(Source: occupyla)
October 2nd, 2012
July 24th, 2012
Timcast in Anaheim
The police are firing impact weapons indiscriminately in Anaheim. The local populace is rising up in response to increased police brutality in the city.
July 22nd, 2012
Anaheim police murder sparks protest as officers respond with more brutality
July 22, 2012A police shooting that left a man dead led to a near riot Saturday as angry witnesses threw bottles at officers who responded with tear gas and beanbag rounds.
Protesters stormed the police department shouting, “No justice, no peace!” and “Cops, pigs, murderers” as officers stood by.
The man was shot around 4 p.m. in front of an apartment complex on the 600 block of North Anna Drive following a foot chase, Anaheim Sgt. Bob Dunn said. He died three hours later at a hospital.
The Orange County Register cited family members and neighbors who said the man shot was Manuel Diaz. Dunn said he could not confirm the man’s name early Sunday.
His niece, 16-year-old Daisy Gonzalez, said her uncle likely ran away from officers when they approached him because of his past experience with law enforcement. “He (doesn’t) like cops. He never liked them because all they do is harass and arrest anyone,” Gonzalez said.
Residents, protesting what they say is an increased police violence against them in the community, started the near riot after the shooting on nearby La Palma.
Crystal Ventura, a 17-year-old who witnessed the shooting, told the Register the man had his back to the officer. She said the man was shot in the buttocks area. The man then went down on his knees, and she said he was struck by another bullet in the head. Another officer handcuffed the man who by then was on the ground and not moving, Ventura said.
“They searched his pockets, and there was a hole in his head, and I saw blood on his face,” she said.
Dunn said he could not comment on these allegations because the shooting is under investigation.
Jay Jackson, reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, said Saturday night’s scene was chaotic.
The residents blocked off a street and set fire to at least one dumpster.
Earlier in the day, police in riot gear, fired rubber bullets into the crowd. Several protesters lifted their shirts to show large red welts on their torsos and backs.
One man said, “They just started shooting.”Residents told Jackson that police overreacted and created the disturbance.
Police also set a K-9 officer on one woman and a bystander they said were agitating the situation.
Said Susan Lopez, “I had my baby with me. My baby! The dog scratched me and then grabbed me.” She added, “They shot at me while I was holding a baby!” Another woman yelled, “They just shot at us, they shot at a little kid, too.”
According to police, two patrol officers observed three male suspects in an alley.
Police said the suspects tried to flee on foot when a chase ensued.
The shooting reportedly occurred after one of the officers encountered one of the suspects in a courtyard.
No officers were injured.
The other two suspects are at-large.
Dunn said, “What exactly led to the shooting, we don’t know. We’re still investigating. But a shooting did occur. And the male was taken to a hospital.”
Authorities said the circumstances regarding the shooting were under investigation by members of the gangs unit and Orange County District Attorney’s office.
Four people told Jackson that police offered to buy their cell phone video.
all cops are bastards
(via noonemeansme)
May 20th, 2012
(Source: occupyla)
April 18th, 2012
UC Davis police chief resigning after pepper spray
Fantastic! How about the chancellor and the officer who actually sprayed the protesters? Let’s make it a triple.
April 16th, 2012
Portrait of a Protest - Milwaukee Police Brutality
Milwaukee, WI - Dozens of community organizations came together here, April 10, for the “Rally to Demand Justice for Trayvon Martin, Bo Morrison and Victims of Milwaukee Police Brutality”
Filmed and edited by Dan Peters with the assistance of Jacob Flom
According to a number of resources which focus on law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the United States, Milwaukee has been in the top 5 cities which suffer police brutality for decades now and what happened to Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida is, unfortunately,routinein the city of Milwaukee, the most segregated city in the country. What’s even more unfortunate is that there are dozens of cities just like Milwaukee in the United States and racial-minorities rarely have a chance to let their voices be heard.
On the upside, it truly is astounding how entire cities and entire communities across the country can come together to peacefully express their grievances and promote substantive discourse about racism in this country and how we might go about alleviating some of the tension. Trayvon Martin didn’t know he was going to be killed on February 26th but I’m sure he really didn’t think his life would serve as voice for so many or a vehicle to promote anti-racist policy change.
December 4th, 2011
A message from my friend, Tyson Heder, who has just been released from jail after being brutalized by the LAPD while attempting to document the Occupy L.A. demonstrations:
“I can’t thank you guys enough for the support. This page embarrasses me a little, but I get it and I’m very proud of my friends and family. I’m only out on bail because of them and I look forward to proving the charges against me to be completely and thoroughly fraudulent. As I’m getting ready for bed I snapped a photo. It’s almost as disgusting as my week was…and yes I shaved the beard(it’ll grow back). Again thank you all so much. It means the world to me. Quite literally. And if someone says to you that the LAPD did a good job this week feel free to share this photo with them. Gonna go sleep in my bed now for the first time since monday night. I look like hell and my body hurts pretty much from head to toe, but rest assured I’m a happy Zoltan tonight…xo to all of you.”
Free journalist Tyson Heder on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Journalist-Tyson-Heder-Now/282173465159603
November 30th, 2011
Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who had his skull fractured at an Occupy Oakland protest in October, made his first live television interview last night (Nov. 29) on MSNBC’s The Ed Show.
Introducing him as a “tough Wisconsin kid,” host Ed Schultz asked Olsen, 24, how he was doing.
“I’m doing better every day.” Olsen answered. “It’s not always been a pleasant process. It’s been quite frustrating, but I’m doing better.”
Olsen’s speech was at times slurred, halting and even garbled, indicating both how far he still is from a full recovery, but also how much he’s come along since first waking up in the hospital after a projectile struck his head.
“I had a head full of words that I wanted to say, but I couldn’t make them come out,” he said. “It was very frustrating.”
Olsen criticized Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s decision to approve the October 25 crackdown, when resorted to using tear gas, rubber bullets and other projectiles in an attempt to evict the protesters.
“I don’t think it was right for her to do that,” he said of his first days after the injury. “We have the right to be in Oscar Grant Plaza (officially known as Frank H. Ogawa Plaza) and to voice our grievances any time of day.”
Olsen said it was “a bit overwhelming” at first to become an international news figure, but is fine now with the media scrutiny.“I’m happy to step into these shoes and guide this movement and be somebody to look up to for some people,” he said.
Olsen, who did two tours in Iraq, also said he does not regret joining the Occupy movement and would do it again.
“When I took the enlistment oath, when I joined the Marines, I swore to uphold and defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic,” he said. “And I’m continuing to do that.
Olsen concedes the Occupy movement is “changing a lot,” but doesn’t think it’s “going anywhere any time soon.”
“Scott Olsen, I want to thank you for coming on the program tonight,” Ed said to close the interview. “God bless you. Keep fighting hard. And keep recovering. We`ll follow your recovery. All the best to you, my friend.”
November 22nd, 2011
AJE: Egyptians document Tahrir police violence (graphic warning)
From Cairo to Alexandria, Egyptians have captured images of rampant police violence using handheld video cameras and mobile phones.
Near Tahrir Square, a security officer was filmed being congratulated for shooting at the eyes of a protester.
In Alexandria, green lasers alleged to be mounted on guns used by security forces are filmed hitting the leaves of overhead trees just before a protester is shot.Also note: US condemns police ‘excess of force’ in Egypt:
The United States condemned Tuesday the use of “excess” force by police in Egypt following deadly clashes with protesters that threaten the country’s legislative elections.
“We condemn the excess of force used by the police and we strongly urge the Egyptian government to exercise maximum restraint, to discipline its forces and to protect the universal rights of all Egyptians to peacefully express themselves,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
November 20th, 2011
(via Twitter / @CarlosGerboles: pepper spray is b …)
Apparently Carlos doesn’t think unprovoked pepper spray is police brutality. something tells me he may be a PR troll.
