Non Violent Direct Action @ Oakland Police Dept!

what:
IN MEMORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING!
STOP THE WAR AGAINST THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY!

SIT IN AT THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT

when and where:
MONDAY JANUARY 20 4:PM GATHER AT THE OPD HEADQUARTERS, 7th and BWAY, OAKLAND
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Within days of the Oakland City Council's vote to oppose the "U.S. PATRIOT ACT" the SF Chronicle released a story that Oakland Police Department is embarking in PATRIOT ACT activities against the African community!

The OPD has proclaimed it's "50 worst Oaklander's" list. This list will be kept secret from the public and target 50 Oaklanders for surviellance, police harrassment, police sweeps and who knows what worse! There can be no doubt the primary, if not all, victims of this list will be from the oppressed, poverty-striken, African community.

Allegedly to respond to the horrible outbreak of murders, most of them unsolved and in which the victim was African, the police attempt to violate the constitutional rights of Oakland residents. Why should we not suspect the police themselves for many of these murders? The Police have a long proven track record of wanton murder and brutality inside Oakland. For example, in April 2001, 6 murderous Oakland police beat one unarmed man, Jamil Muwwakkil, to death!

Right now, 4 police (one of which is a fugitive) stand trial in Oakland for false arrests, torture, falsification of reports and murder! These pigs have come to be known as the OAKLAND RIDERS! But that's just the tip of the iceberg! The Police curruption and abuse that allowed the Riders to flourish inside the OPD is alive and well!

We are calling on all friends of the African community to join us on Monday January 20th at 4pm at the Oakland Police Station! We will be non-violent, but we intend to stop the police from functioning as modern day slave catchers! We anticipate arrests!

This is an-anti war action on Martin Luther King's birthday! We must stop not only the war in Iraq, but on the African community! We can't defeat the PATRIOT ACT in Oakland, but turn our backs to the PATRIOT ACT in effect against the African community!

Sponsored by the Oakland Branch of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement. We are dedicated to the self-determination and democratic rights of the African community in the U.S. and around the world! Regardless of nationality, all are invited, encouraged and urged to join us!

Planning meeting Wednesday night, 7pm, January 8th, at the Uhuru House - 7911 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland

For more info, call 510-569-9620, or email oak_inpdum [at] yahoo.com