October 22nd Coalition in the San Francisco Bay Area October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation

After launching the BLOG Oakland Police COP WATCH yesterday i been overflooded with emails tips testimony's etc. I Just got a video that was sent to me this morning with ABSOLUTE proof that the COP that Killed OSCAR GRANT did it premeditated and with anticipated intentions to commit FIRST DEGREE MURDER. Please download and distribute widely http://oaklandcopwatch.blogspot.com

Location: t Palma Ceia Baptist Church Street: 28605 Ruus Road City/State/Zip: Hayward California

Political activist Brandon Darby has been revealed as a confidential informant for the FBI. Darby, 32, of Austin, Texas, is best-known as a co-founder of the Common Ground Collective, a loose-knit group of radicals and activists which organized relief efforts in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 :An Austin-based activist named Brandon Darby has revealed he worked as an FBI informant in the eighteen months leading up to the Republican National Convention. Darby has admitted to wearing recording devices at planning meetings and wearing a transmitter embedded in his belt during the convention. He is expected to testify on behalf of the government later this month in the trial of two Texas activists who were arrested at the RNC on charges of making and possessing Molotov cocktails.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 :Investigative journalist Allan Nairn reveals Admiral Dennis Blair played a critical role in backing the Indonesian occupation of East Timor during the 1990s. At the height of a wave of ruthless attacks on Timorese that killed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands, Blair personally informed top Indonesian general Wiranto of unwavering U.S. support. He continued to support the Indonesian military until international outcry forced the Clinton administration to withdraw its military and diplomatic backing.

Democratic Speaker of the House and San Francisco Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi was personally briefed on the illegal use of torture by the Bush administration and not only kept her mouth shut but allowed continued funding of torture. She should be put on trial with the torturers for her crimes. She has bloody hands in the criminal policies of the US government

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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!!!

When the scheduled federal trial begins this month for two Texas men who were arrested during the Republican National Convention on charges of making and possessing Molotov cocktails, one of the major witnesses against them will be a community activist who acted as a government informant. Brandon Darby, an organizer from Austin, Tex., made the news public himself, announcing in an open letter posted on Dec. 30 on Indymedia.org that he had worked as an informant, most recently at last year's Republican convention in St. Paul.

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2009/01/223459.php Title: SPEAK OUT Against Police Brutality and Murder START DATE: 1/15/2009 START TIME: 7:00 PM Duration:

THERE WILL BE A RALLY AT THE FRUITVALE BART STATION IN RESPONSE TO THE MURDER OF 22YEAR OLD OSCAR GRANT.PLEASE COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT.JANUARY 7TH WEDNESDAY.....3PM-8PM

A home video has surfaced showing the events surrounding the shooting death of 22-year-old man by police at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland early New Year's day. A copy of the videotape was provided Saturday to CBS 5 by the woman who captured the scene on camera. Karina Vargas told CBS 5 that she was making the tape available so the public would know what transpired shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday at BART's Fruitvale station when Oscar Grant was shot. The video, that Vargas said she shot on a brand new camera she received for Christmas, would seem to support previous witnesses accounts that Grant was laying on his stomach with his hands behind him on the train platform when a single shot was fired by a BART officer.

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Monday, January 5, 2009 : NEW YORK -- In a victory for constitutional rights, two Transportation Security Authority (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid Raed Jarrar $240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated against the U.S. resident based on his ethnicity and the Arabic writing on his t-shirt.

Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:08:33 -0800 From: amandla_now@... Subject: Service for Dontaze Storey and Victims of Police Murder Set For January 10th To:

Human Rights Report 5 January West Papua: The Police shooting season over the New Year period makes major concern for upcoming Indonesian General Election

60 Minutes show this week paints a picture of a very dark future, where employers and the government have the ability to read your mind.

Notices have been posted on G and Santa Clara streets, putting the homeless on notice that they must "move on" or they will have their property taken by the City of Fresno. Photos of the notice and the encampment on Santa Clara street are below.

http://tinyurl.com/7v49ja Cops place boy, 12, in handcuffs for graffiti *By Scott Sticker* Published December 31, 2008 Frances Mahurin's knees buckled after an