Tag: police

POLICE MISCONDUCT? TELL YOUR STORY

POLICE MISCONDUCT?  TELL YOUR STORY
August 16, 2011

POLICE MISCONDUCT? TELL YOUR STORY This Thursday August 18, 2011 6:30 PM Abyssinian Baptist Church, 224 West Kinney Street Newark, …Read the Rest

Stop FBI Repression! End the Raids, Grand Jury, and Infiltration of the Movement

Stop FBI Repression! End the Raids, Grand Jury, and Infiltration of the Movement
January 24, 2011

Come out in solidarity with the nine newly subpoenaed activists who are being called before a secret grand jury in Chicago …Read the Rest

Justice Department investigates ACLU’s call for federal oversight of Newark police

Justice Department investigates ACLU’s call for federal oversight of Newark police
January 20, 2011

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/justice_department_quietly_inv.html January 20, 2011: NEWARK — The U.S. Department of Justice is actively investigating the American Civil Liberties Union’s call …Read the Rest

Protests over deaths while in custody of New Jersey police departments

Protests over deaths while in custody of New Jersey police departments
August 29, 2009

Protests over deaths while in custody of New Jersey police departments

Brutal Triple Murder Rocks Newark

Brutal Triple Murder Rocks Newark
August 27, 2007

Chairman Lawrence Hamm’s August 22, 2007 interview with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman on the execution-style shooting on three college students in an elementary school playground August 4th.

People vs. Police Terror Interview with Parents of Police Murder Victims

People vs. Police Terror Interview with Parents of Police Murder Victims
May 21, 2005

Fight Back! talked on May 8 with Elizabeth (Bonnie) Moore, whose son Rasheed, 26, was killed in January by Newark, NJ police officer Thomas Ruane (see Fight Back! March/April 2005.) Fight Back! also talked with Earl Williams, whose son Earl Faison was killed by Orange, NJ policemen in April of 1999. After a struggle of five years, led by the Faison’s family and by the People’s Organization for Progress, four cops were sentenced to terms of 33 months each for violations of the victim’s civil rights. One officer was sentenced to nine years.