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Oakland Police Abuse Oakland Students- Rally and Press Conference Tomorrow
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY RALLEY AND STAND UP AGAINST RACISM AND
POLICE BRUTALITY !
WHEN: 4:00 PM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH
WHERE: EASTMONT MALL POLICE SUBSTATION
7700 BANCROFT STREET, OAKLAND
CONTACT: GEORGE GALVIS (510) 501-4185
POLICE BRUTALITY !
WHEN: 4:00 PM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH
WHERE: EASTMONT MALL POLICE SUBSTATION
7700 BANCROFT STREET, OAKLAND
CONTACT: GEORGE GALVIS (510) 501-4185
The following is endorsed by the Education not Incarceration Coalition...
ATTENTION YOUTH ADVOCATES, ORGANIZERS, CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS:
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY
ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (SSJCD) WERE DETAINED, HARRASED, AND
THREATANED BY MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAND POLICE TASKFORCE DURING OFF CAMPUS
LUNCH. THE STUDENTS WERE ILLEGALLY SEARCHED (ONE STUDENT WHO STANDS ONLY
5 FT. 3 IN. AND 110 LBS, WAS PUBLICLY SEARCHED IN HIS BARE GENITALIA AREA
AT LEAST FOUR TIMES BY AN OFFICER MCGUINN), THREATENED WITH PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE, AND REPEATEDLY CALLED NIGG** BY WHITE OFFICERS. WHEN SSJCD
TEACHERS QUESTIONED THE OFFICERS AS TO WHY THEIR STUDENTS WERE BEING
DETAINED AN OFFICER GLOVER STATED SARCASTICALLY, "UNDER REASONABLE
SUSPICION OF BEING BLACK." WHEN ASKED FOR THEIR BADGE NUMBERS THE
OFFICERS LAUGHED AND REFUSED TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF.
SOON AFTER MOST OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE SCHOOL BEGAN TO FILM THE
POLICE ACTIVITY AND RALLIED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE STUDENTS. OVER 5
CARLOADS OF OFFICERS DROVE AROUND NERVOUSLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED THE
STUDENTS WITHOUT COMMENT, EXPLANATION, OR APOLOGY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY RALLEY AND STAND UP AGAINST RACISM AND
POLICE BRUTALITY !
WHEN: 4:00 PM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH
WHERE: EASTMONT MALL POLICE SUBSTATION
7200 BANCROFT STREET, OAKLAND
CONTACT: GEORGE GALVIS (510) 501-4185
ATTENTION YOUTH ADVOCATES, ORGANIZERS, CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS:
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY
ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (SSJCD) WERE DETAINED, HARRASED, AND
THREATANED BY MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAND POLICE TASKFORCE DURING OFF CAMPUS
LUNCH. THE STUDENTS WERE ILLEGALLY SEARCHED (ONE STUDENT WHO STANDS ONLY
5 FT. 3 IN. AND 110 LBS, WAS PUBLICLY SEARCHED IN HIS BARE GENITALIA AREA
AT LEAST FOUR TIMES BY AN OFFICER MCGUINN), THREATENED WITH PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE, AND REPEATEDLY CALLED NIGG** BY WHITE OFFICERS. WHEN SSJCD
TEACHERS QUESTIONED THE OFFICERS AS TO WHY THEIR STUDENTS WERE BEING
DETAINED AN OFFICER GLOVER STATED SARCASTICALLY, "UNDER REASONABLE
SUSPICION OF BEING BLACK." WHEN ASKED FOR THEIR BADGE NUMBERS THE
OFFICERS LAUGHED AND REFUSED TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF.
SOON AFTER MOST OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE SCHOOL BEGAN TO FILM THE
POLICE ACTIVITY AND RALLIED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE STUDENTS. OVER 5
CARLOADS OF OFFICERS DROVE AROUND NERVOUSLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED THE
STUDENTS WITHOUT COMMENT, EXPLANATION, OR APOLOGY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY RALLEY AND STAND UP AGAINST RACISM AND
POLICE BRUTALITY !
WHEN: 4:00 PM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH
WHERE: EASTMONT MALL POLICE SUBSTATION
7200 BANCROFT STREET, OAKLAND
CONTACT: GEORGE GALVIS (510) 501-4185
For more information:
http://www.may8.org
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if anyone has film of this incident please do feel free to upload to this site :: expose police racism & abuse
7200 BANCROFT STREET suite 273 , OAKLAND (not 7700 Bancroft)
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