{"article":{"id":224286,"heading":"Justice for Annette Garc\u00eda: Community responds to police murder of activist mother","author":"Rockero","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2013-11-11 00:59:47","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:59:47","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>They convoked the assembly to build momentum for the movement for justice for Annette Garc&iacute;a, a Perris resident, Brown Beret member, and mother of six, who was shot in the back on January 23 by a Riverside sheriff's deputy.\r\n<br><br>\r\nThe Brown Berets were joined by mourners, anti-police brutality activists, community members, and immigrant rights activists, many of also protested today's simultaneous immigration raids in many communities across the Inland Empire.\r\n<br><br>\r\n(Border Patrol agents were reported to have done sweeps in the cities on Rialto and Fontana, as well as paying visits to the Riverside Home Depot and the San Bernardino Greyhound station. See the calendar for information about tomorrow's emergency press conference.)\r\n<br><br>\r\nBut the focus of the evening fell mainly on Annette Garc&iacute;a, and the need for organization, unity, and action to prevent such acts of state-perpetuated cruelty.\r\n<br><br>\r\nOrganizers asked the nearly fifty people present to return on Saturday at 10:00 am for another, larger march and press conference. \"Go back, tell people about it. If you've got some websites, jump on the websites. On MySpace, send out your bulletins. Tell 'em how it was today, tell them what you expect to happen Saturday. We wanna raise hell over there at Bobby Bonds Park before we get here. Then we're gonna close this place down for several hours.\"\r\n<br><br>\r\nThe impact of the police presence on the local community was underscored by the nearly constant procession of sad-faced family members, some of whom seemed surprised to see protesters upon arriving at the detention center to attempt to free their loved ones.\r\n<br><br>\r\nAfter several moving speeches and raucous chants, we were all provided rides back to the Ch&aacute;vez center.\r\n<br><br>\r\n\"This is not the first time we've marched on Riverside,\" said one veterano at the initiation of the march.\r\n<br><br>\r\nNor will it be the last.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"rockero420@yahoo.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"RIVERSIDE, California - January 29, 2009\r\n\r\nThe Brown Berets of Aztl\u00e1n led a march from the C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Community Center at the Bobby Bonds Park to the Riverside Sheriff's Department, where they held a candlelight vigil and demonstration.\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_006.jpg","filesize":"923.1 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2009\/01\/224286.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_006.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_006.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_006.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":224287,"heading":"Her children watched her die","article":"","author":"Rockero","parent_id":224286,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_003.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_003.jpg"}},{"id":224288,"heading":"They are holding people inside","article":"","author":"Rockero","parent_id":224286,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_005.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_005.jpg"}},{"id":224289,"heading":"Next Demo Saturday at 10","article":"","author":"Rockero","parent_id":224286,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_006.jpgk8z12u.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_006.jpgk8z12u.jpg"}},{"id":224290,"heading":"Crowd","article":"","author":"Rockero","parent_id":224286,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_007.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_007.jpg"}},{"id":224291,"heading":"Speaker","article":"","author":"Rockero","parent_id":224286,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_010.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_010.jpg"}},{"id":224292,"heading":"Brown Berets flag","article":"","author":"Rockero","parent_id":224286,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_027.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_027.jpg"}},{"id":224293,"heading":"Chicana mother of 6 kids Murdered by Riverside Sheriffs","article":"","author":"Rockero","parent_id":224286,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","modified":"2009-01-31 08:30:35","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_032.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2009\/01\/justice_for_annette_garc_a_29jan2009_032.jpg"}}],"comments":[]}