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Justice for the Custodio Family Now
The San José Police Department is again being charged with police brutality and racial profiling: Filipino organizations, youth groups, and a growing movement for police accountability rallied outside the San José Superior Court "Hall of Justice" demanding justice for Marlo, Romel, and Marilou Custodio, three Evergreen Valley residents being charged with resisting arrest during a February 5 incident.
Speakers at the press conference included Marlo himself, an attorney working with the family (Richard Honda), an uncle, and members of MALAYA, Silicon Valley DeBug, MAIZ, the Filipino Youth Coalition, the National Hip Hop Congress, and other organizations. Their statements are below, in MP3 format.
"Eight police officers participated in the beatings and two officers observed. Examples of use of excessive force include: One officer slammed Marilou's head against a police car three times. Marilou suffers post-traumatic anxiety due to the police beating. She is a single mother. Five officers swarmed, tackled, and brutalized Romel. Already pacified, Romel was still tasered with three weapons for 40 seconds (over the usual time limit) and had to seek medical treatment for physical injury and taser burns. One officer choked and tasered Marlo even while he was following police orders; afterwards, another officer kneed Marlo in the face" (from a flier circulated at the press conference).
San Jose's police force has been under the spotlight lately--with major news media stories on racial profiling of the Latino population, a well-publicized and successful Copwatch on Cinco de Mayo, and a strong effort to survive the painfully-slow process of the Human Relations Commission in order to institutionalize *some* kind of oversight for the SJPD.
"Eight police officers participated in the beatings and two officers observed. Examples of use of excessive force include: One officer slammed Marilou's head against a police car three times. Marilou suffers post-traumatic anxiety due to the police beating. She is a single mother. Five officers swarmed, tackled, and brutalized Romel. Already pacified, Romel was still tasered with three weapons for 40 seconds (over the usual time limit) and had to seek medical treatment for physical injury and taser burns. One officer choked and tasered Marlo even while he was following police orders; afterwards, another officer kneed Marlo in the face" (from a flier circulated at the press conference).
San Jose's police force has been under the spotlight lately--with major news media stories on racial profiling of the Latino population, a well-publicized and successful Copwatch on Cinco de Mayo, and a strong effort to survive the painfully-slow process of the Human Relations Commission in order to institutionalize *some* kind of oversight for the SJPD.
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Specific Info of the Incident?
Mon, Mar 17, 2008 3:36PM
Rhodora?
Fri, Feb 29, 2008 3:04PM
Chairperson
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 7:20AM
Well allow me to reply
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 5:20PM
What really happened?
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 3:35PM
What really happened?
Thu, May 31, 2007 12:56PM
Hey Daniel!
Sun, May 27, 2007 11:47AM
Support Organizing Meeting on 5/18
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