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The Enclosed Public: Protest and Premonitions at the Vice-Presidential Debate in St. Louis
A record television audience of almost 70 million people viewed the vice-presidential debate last Thursday night at Washington University's Athletic Complex in St. Louis. But nearly a mile out of view of the complex lay an example of what corporations, the media, and the state have together tried to quell in increasingly forceful ways: public dissent.
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Over one hundred workers, activists, students, veterans and families gathered in Northmoor park near campus to voice alternatives to the candidates' discussion of abstract policy issues. Activist groups Instead of War, Code Pink, and Veterans for Peace organized the protest to highlight the narrow scope of the debate, and to expose the carefully mediated lack of public access to discussions of public policy.
National Day Against Police Brutality - Rally & March @ Poelker Park
Wednesday, October 22, 4:00 pm
Poelker Park, Tucker and Market across from City Hall
Tow Local Control BACK to St. Louis!!
No More Police Corruption & Scandals!!
Civilian Oversight of the Police Now!!
Speakers to include family members of police violence, police carjackings, community leaders, and others.
Wear black. Wear black. Wear black.
Sponsor: Coaltion Against Police Crimes and Repression (CAPCR)
Contact: 314-454-9005, capcr_cob@hotmail.com
Date:
10/22/2008 - 4:00pm - 10/22/2008 - 6:00pmCAPCR Press Conference 7/22 @ City Hall -- Police Impound Scandal
Please attend a Press Conference being held by the Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression. The Press Conference will be at City Hall (on the Tucker Side) at noon on Tuesday, July 22. We will be giving our response to the current Police Department scandal--in which officers and the Chief’s daughter benefited from the private use of impounded vehicles. Police Commissioners have tried to cover up the inappropriate nature of the relationship between the Department and the Towing company. We need your show of support!
Date:
07/22/2008 - 12:00pmCAPCR Press Conference 7/22 -- Police Impound Scandal
Please attend a Press Conference being held by the Coalition Against Police
Crimes and Repression. The Press Conference will be at City Hall (on the Tucker
Side) at noon on Tuesday, July 22.
We will be giving our response to the current Police Department scandal--in which officers and the Chief’s daughter benefited from the private use of impounded vehicles. Police Commissioners have tried to cover up the inappropriate nature of the relationship between the Department and the Towing company. We need your show of support! Let the City
know that we need Local Control to hold this Department accountable.
More info:
Civilian Oversight Board Campaign
capcr_cob@hotmail.com
Upcoming Jerome Johnson Civil Trial
Jerome Johnson is suing the St. Louis Police Dept. and the City of St. Louis for
civil rights violations relating to his original shooting by St. Louis police and
the subsequent harassment which went on for years. This trial has the possibility of
exposing a pattern of abuse by a broad spectrum of St. Louis law enforcement. All
who are interested are invited to attend the trial, which begins January 22, 9:00
a.m. in the Eagleton Federal Courts Building. It is being held in the courtroom of
Judge Perry.
Most of you will remember the Jerome Johnson case. At age sixteen, he was shot seven
times and survived. Police claimed that he shot at them, but newspaper
investigations and eyewitness accounts discredited much of the police testimony. In
2002 Jerome was found innocent of all charges in a trial which exposed police
accounts as totally impossible to accept.
Before and after the trial, Jerome was subjected to constant harassment. He was
arrested on a gun charge which lacked any substance. He was shot at under suspicious
Postcard Campaign--Local Control of the St. Louis Police Department
Did you know that St. Louis and Kansas City are the
only two cities in the USA which do not control their
police department? They are controlled by the State of
Missouri.
This antiquated system dates back to the
Civil War and involves issues long since resolved. We
need to make our police department more responsive to
citizens. We are now in a campaign to get signed
postcards of support, which we can take to Jefferson
City next year. Contact: Coalition Against Police
Crimes and Repression (CAPCR) 454-9005 or 314-413-0454.
CAPCR: Local Control Update
As we move toward the next legislative session in Jefferson City, the Coalition
Against Police Crimes and Repression is gearing up for phase two of our campaign for
Local Control of the St. Louis Police Dept. Maida Coleman has agreed to sponsor our
bill in the State Senate again this year. Jeanette Mott Oxford will be the House
sponsor.
As many of you know, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted 22-1 to support a
resolution calling for Local Control. The Aldermanic Black Caucus has offered
support in turning out folks for a Lobby Day in Jeff City which will probably be in
February.
We are in the process of getting signatures on postcards which we will use in Jeff
City to show support for the issue. If you can take some of these cards to meetings
of your organization, or if you or your organization want to officially endorse
Local Control, please let us know at capcr_cob@hotmail.com.
