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Berkeley Copwatch Strategy meeting Justice4OscarGrant: Take Action !

Date:
Monday, January 12, 2009
Time:
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Event Type:
Meeting
Organizer/Author:
Berkeley Copwatch
Email:
Phone:
510.548.0425
Address:
Grassroots House 2022 Blake Street in Berkel
Location Details:
Grassroots House 2022 Blake Street in Berkeley (near Shattuck) BERKELEY

berkeley-copwatch [at] lists.riseup.net



Dear friends of Copwatch,

By now you have seen the video-

It is New Year's Eve at the Fruitvale Bart station and the Bart cops have taken
several young men of color off the train. The cops seem to escalate the
situation at every turn. They make the young men sit on the floor. Then they
make them kneel. Then they make them lie down on their stomachs. Then an
officer takes out his gun and clear as day, shoots the prone, unarmed man.

WE MUST ACT NOW!!!

We are talking about spontaneous, public execution. If this incident is not met
with widespread, militant response, we can surely EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME! If
you have been watching from the sidelines, this might be a good time to unleash
your OUTRAGE!

This is a time when we need to unite to win some victories for the people. We
can not bring Oscar back or end the suffering of his grieving family. But we
can take action to bring about some justice.

Let's talk about our response. Ban Bart police? Disarm them? A public art
campaign that keeps this atrocity in the public eye?

Let's strategize:

What: Copwatch meeting

When January 12 8pm

Where: Grassroots House 2022 Blake Street in Berkeley (near Shattuck)

Contact: 510.548.0425
Berkeleycopwatch [at] yahoo.com


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Berkeley Copwatch
2022 Blake St
Berkeley, CA 94704
510.548.0425
berkeleycopwatch [at] yahoo.com
http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org

Looking to get involved? Come to any of our weekly events!!
Monday Night Organizational Meetings: 8pm @ Grassroots House, 2022 Blake St
Wednesday Night Office Hours: 6-8pm @ Grassroots House
Thursday Night Public Shift: Meet at 8:30pm, Depart 9pm @ Ashby BART Station
Added to the calendar on Tue, Jan 6, 2009 12:07AM

Comments (Hide Comments)
by Sinead
Don't forget the SF solidarity march at five!
by San Francisco Solidarity
Tonight, the streets of Oakland came alive.

This is bigger than Oakland, however. The relationship of the police officer and the civilian is perverse: an unelected authority who has the unencumbered power of life and death over a population.

Last month San Francisco saw a confrontational solidarity action against the police murder of a young man on the other side of the world, yet there has been nothing against the police murder of a young man on the other side of the bay.

There will be a demonstration against the police murder of Oscar Grant on Monday, January 12 at 5pm at the Civic Center BART station.
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