PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY: Motion for Emergency Restraining Order Against Police
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Michelle Gross 612-793-1612
Geneva Finn 612-387-0965
PRESS CONFERENCE:
CUAPB, NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD AND OTHERS FILE EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
DATE: Sunday, August 31, 2008
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Hennepin County Government Center Outdoor Plaza
5th Street between 3rd and 4th Ave S, Minneapolis
In the aftermath of a series of raids on the homes of activists and journalists, the National Lawyers Guild and Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) filed an emergency motion late yesterday asking weekend signing judge Mark Wernick to grant injunctive relief to prevent police from seizing video equipment and cellular phones used to document their conduct.
Examples of police interference with the right to document their conduct include the beating of CUAPB vice president Darryl Robinson while copwatching, seizure of equipment of three journalists with Glass Bead Collective, and the targeting of journalists during a raid on 951 Iglehart in St. Paul yesterday afternoon.
Another example is the action of Ramsey County Sheriff’s Deputies, who deliberately shut off CUAPB president Michelle Gross’ video camera while she was documenting Friday night’s raid from inside the convergence space. This action prevented her from documenting the incident in its entirety. Despite their actions, Ms. Gross was able to capture about 7 ½ minutes of video and audio of the beginning of the raid, including use by deputies of a battering ram to force open the door to a upstairs theater where families were watching a film. Copies of this footage will be provided to media representatives in attendance at the press conference.
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good luck!
hope you get the restraining order!
isn't that the judge though that gave the warrants?
Temporary restraining order.
If the judge does the right thing, Gross and Kushner will be laughed out of court.
if the judge does the right thing,
if he's the one who signed off on the warrants, he'll recuse himself and pass the matter on to another judge. Gross and Kushner have a good case on lots of things, not just the obvious 42 US 1983 cases, but on numerous tort causes of action as well. It'll be interesting to see the litigation that comes out of this series of events. It'll also be interesting to see what the local District Attorney does with the charges - if nothing else, if people choose to fight it out in court, the DA will have to expend considerable time and money in what will most probably be a losing cause.
On top of which is the fact that this is a disaster for the Republican Party - which is probably why they'll avoid Minneapolis/St Paul like the plague. It really doesn't look good for the local sheriff to recreate the Palmer Raids - it's a guaranteed loser for any candidate associated with it.
Police Harassment - How To Deal With The Situation
The whole plan is to discourage people from protesting, period. That is why they used the gestapo tactics. They do not want a return of 60's style protests. They want compliant sheep who bleat at home or in their cells.
http://twincities.indymedia.org/2008/aug/police-harassment-how-deal-situ...
Police Harassment - How To Deal With The Situation
slow and negligent disaster
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raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and local law enforcement which divide our communities and go against our family values;attacks against unions and our basic rights to organize, and exploitation of labor world-wide;violent attacks against our queer and trans friends, and the complicity or participation by police;the continual rape of our environment, and disregard for our endangered animal friends;deprivation of basic land rights, and rights to healthy food;the endangerment of human life and the health of our Earth through denial of global warming;raids and attacks against global and domestic activist communities under the guise of the GreenScare and the War on Terror;and generally, patriarchy, heteronormativity, sexism, transphobia, racism, fascism, capitalism, jingoism, classism, and all other forms of domination and oppression which exist in our daily lives and the lives of people around the world.But, without messianic figures, who have gained celebrity through the power of transcendent vocals or compelling film roles, our movements simply lack direction and leadership, and the wisdom to know what is best for impoverished and oppressed victims of imperialism and neoliberalism around the world. This should come as no surprise, because, as anarchists, we lack a corporatist, hierarchical organizational structure, and any sort of leadership or wholesale lingerie organization would go against our very nature. Without a Bono, or a Geldof, or a Sean Penn, we simply cannot be hip. Try as we might with our snazzy all-black get-ups, or our pink and blue spandex, it simply is not enough
Against Police Brutality!
Police brutality is sometimes a big problem. Newspaper are full of violent police attacks. These guys and women think sometimes they are above the law. So it is a pleasure to see that there is a blog which shows their mistakes! Well done and please keep on posting.
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