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Title: LA Benefit for Police Brutality Victims
START DATE: 12/15/2006
START TIME: 8:00 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: Los Angeles
Location Details:
Remy\'s On Temple, 2126 W. Temple St., Los Angeles
(Temple and Alvarado)
Event Topic: Stop Police Brutality & Racism - Free Speech Now!
Event Type: Benefit with Music, Speakers, Poetry & More
Contact Name: ANSWER Coalition
Contact Email: answerla@answerla.org
Contact Phone: 323-464-1636
DESCRIPTION:


Los Angeles Benefit for Victims of Police Brutality

Featuring: Speakers, Music, Poetry, Food & Discussion

Say No to Police Racism & the Anti-Immigrant Minutemen! 

Friday, December 15, 8 pm

Remy's On Temple, 2126 W. Temple St., Los Angeles

(Temple and Alvarado)

For more info call 323-464-1363 or email answerla@answerla.org.

Join us in Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 15 for a night of speakers, music, spoken word poetry, food and discussion to benefit the victims of police brutality. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is hosting events taking place across the country to raise money for the struggle against police brutality, racism and for free speech. The Los Angeles event will feature:

* Los Kache: Progressive Latino ska band from Los Angeles 

* Victims of police brutality & anti-racist activists, including Jose Villa and Christen Westberry

* Spoken word poetry by Joneric Concordia of KmB Pro-People Youth and Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines

* How police brutality can be stopped: From LA to NYC to Atlanta, no more victims!

* Tribute to Mumia Abu-Jamal: African American political prisoner on the 25th anniversary of his arrest. 

On July 8, 2006, the Los Angeles Police Department viciously attacked immigrant rights activists who were protesting against the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project in Hollywood. The protest of 300 people was called by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition to counter a Minuteman hate march down Hollywood Boulevard, a traditional route for anti-war and other progressive demonstrations.

The police launched a coordinated attack on the protesters, striking people with clubs and pushing them to the ground. The protesters were simply exercising their free speech rights. A.N.S.W.E.R. activists Jose Villa and Christen Westberry were two of the protesters badly beaten. They were pushed to the ground and clubbed repeatedly by cops as they tried to photograph the police falsely arresting another protester. All of this was captured on video.

Villa was then falsely arrested and outrageous felony charges carrying the possibility of a long jail sentence were slapped on him. Villa was held in jail for nearly two days on ,000 bail. He was released after paying a ,000 unrecoverable bond. Villa and Westberry had to be treated at a local hospital for their wounds.

In response to the police riot against the protesters, A.N.S.W.E.R. held a press conference and waged a prolonged political struggle against the LAPD, showing the video of the incident on media outlets and at political gatherings. More than 250,000 people have viewed the video online. Now, in a major victory, the charges against Villa have been dropped. This comes on the heels of additional videos of LAPD brutality surfacing on the internet.

A.N.S.W.E.R. is hosting the Dec. 15 LA benefit, along with benefits in other U.S. cities, to defray the costs of the bond paid to free Villa, and to continue the struggle against police brutality and racism.
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