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

Press Release:
Contact: Rita Akayama 415 336-2801 oct22sf@yahoo.com

Location and Times:
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
1:30 pm Converge Frank Ogawa Plaza/City Hall Oakland (14th Street and Broadway)
2:00 pm March
3:30 pm Rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza/City Hall Oakland

Community Feeder March initiated by family of Gary King, Jr. and October 22nd Coalition:
12:30pm Mosswood Park- march
1:30pm arrival at main convergence at Frank Ogawa Plaza

What: 12th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation: March and Rally. Event will include hundreds of people dressed in black, as well as the Stolen Lives Walls - a 100-foot long collection of 6 foot high black walls that list thousands of names of people killed by law enforcement.

Thousands across the country –including New York, LA, Chicago and Oakland and 20 other cities will act to STOP Police brutality, repression and the way that youth are treated like criminals.

On October 22nd, puts a spotlight on the NATIONAL epidemic of police brutality. Families that, like Gary King Jr's family, have lost loved ones at the hands of the police, as well as youth, immigrants, teachers, churches, community groups, civil liberty organization,s and many others will come together to say, "STOP police violence, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation."

The Stolen Lives Project details the over 3,000 cases of people who have been killed by law enforcement since 1990 - information that no other organization within the United States has documented. Meanwhile, immigration police continue to terrorize immigrant communities by raiding jobs and homes and separating husbands from wives, and parents from children. We will be wearing black on October 22nd in memory of those whose lives have been stolen from us.

Speakers:

Families who lost loved ones to police brutality:
Gary King, Jr family, Gary King Jr was killed by Oakland Police
Rashidah Grinnage, whose son and husband were killed by Oakland Police
Andres Soto, survivor of police brutality who now works in Alameda County as a Violence Prevention Coordinator
Danny Garcia, brother of Mark Garcia killed by SF Police
Mesha Irizarry, whose son Idriss Stelley was killed by SF Police
Elvira Pollard, whose son Gustavus Rugley was killed by SF Police
Art Tims, whose son Richard Tims was killed by SF Police
Ayala family, whose son Julio Ayala was killed by South SF Police
Statement from family of Asa Sullivan- who was killed by SF Police
October 22nd Coalition
International Longshore Workers' Union representative
Miguel Robles, Latin American Alliance for Immigrant Rights
PUEBLO - People United for Better Living in Oakland
Tiny Garcia, Poor News Network
SF Chapter of World Can’t Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime, speaking about protesting "Islamo-Fascist Awareness Week" at UC Berkeley