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Feb 27, 2013

BERKELEY COALITION DEMANDS ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2013 CONTACT: Andrea Prichett (Berkeley Copwatch) Phone: (510) 229-0527 email: prichett@locrian.com...

Dec 17, 2012

In Chicago, Police Kill 5 African American Teenagers in One Week in November

Uhuru News reports on November 18th that five young people from across African American communities in Chicago were killed in one week in...

Nov 24, 2012

South San Francisco Police Department Faces $10 Million in Damages for Killing of 15 Year Old Derric

From IndyBay: “On October 30, the family of Derrick Gaines, the 15 year old who was shot and killed by South San Francisco Police...

Sep 17, 2012

Vallejo turns out a Crowd and Together We Organize to Document Police

There’s been a lot of organizing in Vallejo following the horrifically violent murder of Mario Romero by the Vallejo Police Department on...

May 12, 2012

Vigil this Evening at 5pm for Alan Blueford, Youth Killed by OPD on Sunday

For more information about the killing and the vigil, please see: www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/10/18713300.php

May 8, 2012

Alan Blueford, 18 Years Old from Tracy, California, Killed by Oakland PD just after Midnight on May

According to The Oakland Tribune, the 19 year old ran when police approached him, and they suspected he had a gun. This part of the story...

Apr 26, 2012

Pack the Courts for Fly Benzo!

Fly Benzo (DeBray Carpenter) was one of the main Bayview residents trying to hold the police accountable for the murder of Kenneth...

Mar 15, 2012

First Steps Victory in SF: Coalition for a Safe San Francisco Takes on JTTFs and Racial Profiling

Coalition for a Safe San Francisco For Immediate Release: San Francisco, March 13, 2012 Ordinance to Prevent SFPD-FBI Abuse Passes Board...

Feb 13, 2012

FLY BENZO’S TRIAL CONTINUES ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, IN DEPARTMENT 27, 850 BRYANT IN SF, at 10AM

PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT IF ABLE. Fly’s attorney, Severa Keith, anticipates that Tuesday’s testimony will last only through the...

Nov 26, 2011

Police Critic Fly Benzo Keeps Catching Hell Since Police Murder of Kenneth Harding

November 24, 2011 From SF BayView: You are listening to the Minister of Information on Hard Knock Radio (broadcast on KPFA Nov. 17,...