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Friday, September 11, 2009 

Category: News and Politics
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/09/national/a132141D78.DTL&type=bondage#ixzz0QoPSiDTK

(09-09) 13:21 PDT Columbus, Ohio (AP) --
A former Ohio deputy accused of feeding an inmate a bologna sandwich that been rubbed against another inmate's genitals has pleaded guilty to two health code violations. In a Columbus courtroom on Wednesday, 38-year-old Joseph Cantwell also apologized for the shame and embarrassment that he said he had caused.

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Friday, September 11, 2009 

Category: News and Politics
Green the Block - Pittsburgh, PA

TODAY!

September 11, 2009 03:00PM to 11:00PM
Hosted by Katrina Struloeff
Event Description:

3-5:30pm Larimer Clean Up along Larimer Ave., East Liberty Blvd. and surrounding streets
In preparation for the national and local spotlight for GET:Larimer G-20 Summit Tour, streets in Larimer will be walked and trash/debris collected. Highlighting both the communities pride in its accomplishments and opportunities that exist, participants will demonstrate the impact that small actions (like trash clean up) as well as large actions can have on a neighborhood.

6:15-7:30pm Green Economy Panel at Shadow Lounge, 5972 Baum Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Join us as our panel of experts and community members discuss how to grow value around opportunities prevalent in communities like Larimer. The panel discussion will be moderated by Khari Mosley of GTECH and Green for All.

7:45-9pm Mixer & Networking
Meet our panelists, community and other green urban groups
Enjoy food prepared by Larimer Green Team from the Larimer Garden & Urban Farm
Join us for a letter Writing Station for Green the Block
Watch live Painting by local artists

10pm - CD Release Party at Shadow Lounge
All participants are invited to stay at the Shadow Lounge for local renowned hip hop artist, Omar Abdul who will be releasing a Mix CD with selections from his last 5 releases featuring over four local artists.

Local partners for this event include GET:Larimer, GTECH Strategies, Pittsburgh Cares, Larimer Green Team, and more

Location:
East Liberty Blvd. & Frankstown Ave.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 

Category: News and Politics
A This Week With Jasiri X Special Report



If you support Van Jones text "Van" to 69866

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LYRICS
Your seeing a Crucifixion mass media lynching
destroy my reputation and cast me into prison
no more crosses and ropes it's the tell lie vision
you're a witness and if your silent then your complicit


They been using the same methods for 2000 years
to shut the truth down make you walk around in fear
to black and brown it's clear that's why most sounds scared
and spoke soft with they head down like they found prayer
approach if they dared they be hung with a rope around they throats in a square
so other folks would stare or burnt at the stake like a roast being prepared
to terrorize anyone even close to being aware
but nowadays it's high tech on any live threat
no secretes private the winners whoever lies best
why yes that's why Bill O Riley's behind desks
and corporations sign checks for who they gonna bribe next
cause it's about dollars not a government game
Van Jones knows that greens the only color of change
and this is bigger than a chin check of lying racist Glenn Beck
cause they all wanna see a noose around black mens necks


Your seeing a Crucifixion mass media lynching
destroy my reputation and cast me into prison
no more crosses and ropes it's the tell lie vision
you're a witness and if your silent then your complicit

Jemimah Wright Farrakhan and Al Sharpton
now matter how you feel about em were found targets
world renown artists get lock down with charges
athletes jailed no more touchdowns and yardage
it don't stop even it death they now startin
they attacked Michael Jackson like vultures round his carcass
not even minutes after his death bigots that's in the press
took out they knives and started slashin his flesh
With no care for his family that gathered and wept
they just batter ya rep like they wrappin ya neck
then tighten the noose liars so they hiding the truth
never providing the proof for self righteous rebukes
no more white suits they use the airwaves to throw threats
Today the KKK is FOX

Murdocks the grand dragon Hannity's grand standing
more nails into black males feet and hands they slammin
and we can stand around and watch the drama
till the next one crucified is Barack Obama
either ya stand and fight or you got no honor
till ya necks in a noose and you got yo karma

Your seeing a Crucifixion mass media lynching
destroy my reputation and cast me into prison
no more crosses and ropes it's the tell lie vision
you're a witness and if your silent then your complicit
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 

Category: News and Politics
Dear Friend,
On behalf of GET:Larimer, USED, GTECH, Green For All and the Hip-Hop Caucus and others it is my honor to invite you to participate in our Green The Block festivities this Friday September 11th, 2009. 


GREEN THE BLOCK is part of a day-long schedule of activities that will include:
    A blight reduction community service event in Larimer
    A highlight of the inspiring, transformative work underway in Larimer
    A formal announcement of Green For All’s partnership with GTECH at the Shadow Lounge
    A post panel reception/mixer at the Shadow Lounge
GREEN THE BLOCK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
    3:00pm - 5:30pm Larimer Clean Up along Larimer Ave., East Liberty Blvd. and surrounding streets
    6:00pm - 7:30pm Green Economy Panel at Shadow Lounge and formal announcement GTECH/Green For All Partnership
      Confirmed speakers:
        Fred Brown, Kingsley Association & Urban Green Growth Collaborative
        State Senator Jim Ferlo
        Paradise Gray, 1Hood
        City Councilman Bill Peduto
        Kareem Sami, Larimer Green Team
        Dewitt Walton, United Steelworkers & A. Phillip Randolph Institute
    7:45pm - 9:00pm Mixer & Networking at Shadow Lounge


    10:00pm – Until Omar-Abdul CD Release Party at Shadow Lounge *All participants are invited to stay for local renowned hip hop artist Omar Abdul’s CD release party


INFORMATION about GREEN THE BLOCK:
On Friday September 11th, Green For All and the Hip Hop Caucus will launch a new campaign Green The Block to educate and mobilize low-income communities and communities of color to ensure they have a voice and stake in the clean-energy economy. 
Green The Block is proud to stand in solidarity with the President and United We Serve to participate in the 9.11.09 Green The Block National Day of Service.
The Hip Hop Caucus and Green For All have joined together to launch a new campaign, Green The Block, to educate and mobilize low-income communities and communities of color to ensure a voice and stake in the clean-energy economy.
More about Green The Block http://www.greentheblock...net/
Green The Block Mission: Green The Block seeks to ensure that low-income communities and communities of color have the resources and platforms needed to access the benefits and opportunities of the growing clean-energy economy.  The four pillars of the Green The Block campaign are:
    Education and awareness
    Legislative advocacy
    Youth activism
    Private-sector development
The campaign is principled on the foundation that a clean energy economy can address the joint crises of poverty and pollution at the same time. Pollution and poverty hurts everyone, but it hurts low-income and communities of color the most.
The solution is two-fold, just and equitable climate and energy legislation at all levels of government and grassroots efforts to engage and educate the communities that can't afford another gray economy that works for a select few.
The Coalition: The Hip Hop Caucus and Green For All are co-convening a diverse coalition of national and local organizations to support the principles of Green The Block, elevate successful local and city-wide green economy models, and build awareness and educate communities of color about the social, environmental and economic benefits of going green.
For more information: k.mosley@gtechstrategies.org
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Paradise Gray
One Hood
Http://www.1HOOD.org
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Saturday, September 05, 2009 

Category: News and Politics
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09247/995480-84.stm

Friday, September 04, 2009
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
JERICHO, Ark. -- It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps.
The response from cops? They shot him. Right there in court.
Chief Payne ended up in the hospital, but his shooting a week ago brought to a boil simmering tensions between residents of this tiny former cotton city and their police force.
Drivers quickly learn to slow to a crawl along the gravel roads and the two-lane highway that run through Jericho, but they say sometimes that isn't enough to fend off the city ticketing machine.
"You can't even get them to answer a call, because normally they're writing tickets," said Thomas Martin, chief investigator for the Crittenden County Sheriff's Department. "They're not providing a service to the citizens."
Now, the police chief has disbanded his force "until things calm down," a judge has voided all outstanding police-issued citations, and sheriff's deputies are asking where all the money from the tickets went
With 174 residents, the city can keep seven police officers on its rolls, yet missed payments on police and fire department vehicles and saw its last business close its doors a few weeks ago. "You can't even buy a loaf of bread, but we've got seven police officers," said former resident Larry Harris, who left town because he said police harassment became unbearable.
Sheriff's deputies patrolled Jericho until the 1990s, when the city received grant money to start its own police force, Mr. Martin said.
Police often camped out in the department's two cruisers along the highway that runs through town, waiting for drivers who failed to slow down when they reached the 45-mph zone ringing Jericho.
Residents say the ticketing got out of hand. "When I first moved out here, they wrote me a ticket for going 58 mph in my driveway," 75-year-old retiree Albert Beebe said.
The frequent ticketing apparently led to vandalization of the cruisers, and the department took to parking the cars overnight at the sheriff's department, eight miles away.
It was anger over traffic tickets that brought Chief Payne to city hall last week, said his lawyer, Randy Fishman. After failing to get a traffic ticket dismissed Aug. 27, Chief Payne or his son got another ticket from police that same day. Chief Payne, 39, returned to court to vent his anger to Judge Tonya Alexander, Mr. Fishman said.
It's unclear exactly what happened next, but Mr. Martin said an argument between Chief Payne and the seven police officers who attended the hearing apparently escalated to a scuffle, ending when an officer shot Chief Payne from behind.
Doctors in Memphis, Tenn., removed a .40-caliber bullet from Chief Payne's hip bone, Mr. Martin said. Another officer suffered a grazing wound to his finger from the bullet. Mr. Martin declined to name the officer who shot Chief Payne. It's unclear if the officer has been disciplined.
Prosecutor Lindsey Fairley said yesterday that he didn't plan to file any felony charges against the officer or Chief Payne. Mr. Fairley, reached at his home, said Chief Payne could face a misdemeanor charge stemming from the scuffle, but that would be up to the city's judge. He said he didn't remember the name of the officer who fired the shot.
Chief Payne remains in good condition at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. He referred questions to his lawyer. "I know that he was unarmed, and I know he was shot," Mr. Fishman said. "None of that sounds too good for the city to me."
After the shooting, Mr. Martin said police Chief Willie Frazier told the sheriff's department that he was disbanding the police force "until things calm down." The sheriff's department has been patrolling the town in the meantime.
Chief Frazier did not respond to a written request for comment.
Judge Alexander has voided all the tickets written by the department both inside the city and others written outside of its jurisdiction -- citations that the department apparently had no power to write. Judge Alexander, who works as a lawyer in West Memphis, resigned as Jericho's judge in the aftermath of the shooting, Mr. Fairley said. She did not return calls for comment.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09247/995480-84.stm#ixzz0QBcT3T3r

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Saturday, September 05, 2009 
Monongahela cop tipped off drug dealers, grand jury says
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Friday, September 04, 2009 

Category: News and Politics

http://freedomarchives.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/a-history-of-oakland-resistance-to-police-violence/


A History of Oakland Resistance to Police Violence

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The Freedom Archives was happy to have hosted summer interns to help us catalog new materials and produce audio projects that include the archives. Projects that use our archived material is so integral to our intentions as an organization. Without these projects, radical histories would not be able to live outside of our library and off the shelves.
One of our summer interns, Sophie Ashley, a senior at Pitzer College, produced a short 3 minute piece documenting Oscar Grant’s death at the hands of police and how the community mobilized to confront police violence. She connects the community mobilization we saw earlier this year with the efforts of the Black Panther Party in the 60s and 70s to show how Oakland communities have historically found creative ways of resisting police violence.
This is what Sophie had to say about the process of making this project.
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Making this audio documentary was a humbling experience. The amount of work that goes into a piece five minutes long is unimaginable to someone unfamiliar with the software and art of audio production.
It was interesting to learn about story telling through audio production because modern media so often has a visual component too. Making a piece about such a sensitive subject come alive through music and narroration was a challenging task.
I want to thank all the artists whose music made the project what it is:
Mistah Fab, Jasiri X and Rukus. I also want to thank Leticia for her help with the story and the physical production. Her advice about the mecanics of the project and her guidance about telling a story of violence in a sensitive manner were very important. It was a really good summer at the Freedom Archives and I recommend it to everyone. Thanks to all parties involved!
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Monday, August 17, 2009 

Category: News and Politics
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We won! Thanks to you and 35,000 other NAACP members and supporters, the U.S. Supreme Court today announced that Troy Davis will finally get his day in court…and a chance to prove his innocence.

The court ordered a federal judge in Georgia to review, what we and many others believe is, the overwhelming evidence of Troy's innocence. Troy was sentenced to death for the 1991 killing of a police officer in Savannah, Georgia.

As you know, the NAACP and other organizations have been fighting to save the life of Troy Davis. There was no physical evidence tying him to the crime and seven out of nine witnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony. And today, finally, the Supreme Court gave Troy a chance to present this evidence and prove his innocence! That's a victory for Troy and his family — and for all of us.

Thank you for all your work to make this happen. I'll be in touch again soon to let you know how else you can help.

Sincerely,

Ben Jealous
Benjamin Todd Jealous
President and CEO
NAACP
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Monday, August 17, 2009 

Category: News and Politics

Ohio Police Dispatchers Email Racist Air Force One Image

http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/08/16/ohio-police-dispatchers-email-racist-air-force-one-image/




(ChattahBox)—Racism is alive and well in America and especially within the ranks of Ohio Police dispatchers. Think Progress, reported on Sunday, of yet another instance of vile emails forwarded in the workplace containing racial slurs attacking President Obama, during work hours using employee email accounts.
The racist email originated from a Uniontown, Ohio police dispatcher and was forwarded to an unknown number of recipients by a police dispatcher from North Canton Ohio.
The OhioDaily Blog first reported the sending of the racist email by Ohio police dispatchers on Friday. The blog received a copy of the racist email sent out by North Canton police dispatcher, Anita Malachowski, which contained a photoshopped image of Air Force One with the tail number replaced with “NI66ER”
The email contained the message: “New “Air Force One” Tail Number and yes, please forgive me, I’m really sorry, I really, really tried not to laugh, but …………………..!”
What kind of person finds such an offensive racial slur so hilarious that when reading it, she “really tried not to laugh,” but then found it so “funny” she had to send out an email blast to share the hilarity with all her racist pals?
Malachowski sent out the racist slur against President Obama using her North Canton Police email account.
It was later discovered that Malachowski’s email originated from a larger racist email blast sent out by, Uniontown Police dispatcher, Holli Webb during work hours at 8:45AM, using her private hotmail account.
OhioDaily contacted Webb, asking if she was on the job during that time, and she answered yes, “after significant hesitation.”
As noted by OhioDaily and other local media outlets covering this story, this behavior by police dispatchers is certainly a violation of the public’s trust. What’s even more disturbing, is that police dispatchers are the first line of defense when people call for emergency help, and part of their job is “prioritizing calls”
Would racist police dispatchers relegate emergency calls for help from black residents or from minority neighborhoods to a low priority?

The OhioDaily first reported this incident as the act of a “rogue dispatcher.” So far, two so called “rogue dispatchers” have emerged from the ranks of Ohio Police dispatchers. How many more are hiding?

These two police dispatchers should be fired immediately. The North Canton Police Department provides an online forum for comments here. The Uniontown Police Department’s email is uniontownpd@neo.rr.com.

(Update: Both police dispatchers have been placed on administrative leave, while an investigation is conducted. Their E-mail accounts were suspended. It’s not clear whether the two police dispatchers were placed on paid or unpaid leave.)


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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 

Category: News and Politics
To: Senator Bob Casey, Governor Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania Attorney General Thomas W. Corbett, Jr, Lieutenant Governor/Senator Joe Scarnati, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, Ronald D. Castille, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Pittsburgh City Council

We, the undersigned, support Joseph Hall's cause and believe that all charges should be dismissed due to lack of evidence and corruption.

We believe there is reasonable doubt that he committed the crime of homicide for which he was originally charged and convicted.

We hereby request that Joseph Hall's case be reviewed, including interviewing witnesses that were coerced by threats and intimidation by Pittsburgh homicide detectives and the proper review of witnesses and evidence withheld by ineffective council and/or barred by trail judge.

We ask the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania to dismiss all charges and release Joseph Hall immediately, as guilt could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt as the states only witness was in the words of trial Judge David Cashman "A corrupt witness" and no physical nor forensic evidence was provided by the state. We also request that Joseph Hall's record be expunged.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Please Click here to sign the petition

For more info. regarding Joseph Hall's case, please visit http://www.macoti.com "Mothers Against Conviction Of The Innocent". Joseph Hall was wrongfully convicted! Watch the videos for yourself and read the articles.
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