Donald Stacey
Victims of excessive force by law enforcement
Mon Jun 30 19:06:59 2003
208.152.73.67

Victims of excessive force by law enforcement

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Subject: This just in: Please forward
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:55:17 -0400
From: "Dstacey" donald.stacey@comcast.net


I have sent quite a few messages over the past few years about victims of
excessive force by law enforcement agencies in this country. Here is an
effort to collect the names of all such victiims. So far they collected over
2000 names in the 90's. This information should be collected and made known
to all Americans. Do what you can to help. Start by sending this message on
to as many people as you can.

Thanks,

Don Stacey

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> "Subject :) Volunteers for the 3rd Version of the
> Stolen Lives Book
>
> Please spread this call by email and web postings as
> widely as you can.
>
> A Call for Volunteers for the 3rd version of the
> Stolen Lives book!
>
> At the national winter meeting recently held in
> Houston, Texas, representatives of the October 22nd
> Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the
> Criminalization of a Generation from all over the
> country developed a vision of a unified, nationwide
> effort involving many hundreds of people creating the
> 3rd version of the book, Stolen Lives: Killed by Law
> Enforcement, in English and Spanish. We require your
> help to make this happen.
>
> The situation that we face today is urgent. The
> number and rate of people killed by law enforcement
> agents have jumped alarmingly in this new political
> climate of increased "homeland security" and
> repressive laws, which give law enforcement agents a
> green light for their lethal actions. Racial
> profiling of Arab, Muslim and South Asian immigrants
> has become commonplace and legally acceptable, along
> with the continued and stepped up harassment of
> populations traditionally "under the gun" of police
> brutality. This issue affects all of us. People's
> ability to speak out, to get organized and to protest
> on any issue, including against the war in Iraq, will
> be greatly limited by the development of a police
> state terrorizing its population. We call on people
> not to drop what they are doing to work with us, but
> rather to see the connections, and take out the word
> far and wide about the work of this 3rd version of the
> Stolen Lives book.
>
> WHAT IS THE VISION, AND HOW CAN YOU HELP?
> In the 2nd edition of the Stolen Lives book, the
> October 22nd Coalition, the National Lawyers Guild,
> and the Anthony Baez Foundation documented over 2,000
> cases of people killed by law enforcement agents in
> the 1990s. In a continuation of this work, we
> published a poster this summer called "Police
> Brutality Did Not Die on September 11th!" which listed
> over 140 cases of killings nationwide. However, the
> rate and extent of the killings are outstripping our
> ability to keep up with the documentation and exposure
> that this nationwide epidemic requires. Seven Stories
> Press has volunteered to partner with us to publish
> the 3rd version of the book, which will make a very
> valuable contribution to the fight to stop police
> brutality. This vision of the creation of this 3rd
> version is that it will give expression and focus to
> the desires of many to fight against this "war at
> home". We see many hundreds of people contributing
> in different ways to give "voice to the voiceless"
> through the powerful exposure this project
> concentrates.
>
> What Can People Do?
>
> . Spread the word far and wide that this new version
> is underway;
> . Send in the information that they know of cases;
> . Translate the cases documented into Spanish, and
> develop promotional materials in Spanish;
> . Make the database searchable and accessible;
> . Become part of the research team, verifying the
> cases sent in and seeking out new information;
> . Contribute funds, or organize fundraising events;
> . Organize Stolen Lives induction ceremonies, where
> the families are honored;
> . and much more
>
> This effort will need:
>
> . Families of Victims of Police Brutality to speak out
> against what is happening;
> . Youth and Students to get out the word in their
> schools and communities;
> . Programmers and Designers to help set up the website
> so that people can easily participate in the data
> entry. Knowledge of some of the following would be
> most helpful: PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, XML,
> XSLT. Consulting on database engineering, web
> accessibility for people with disabilities, and human
> interface design are welcome;
> . Artists to develop the cover design or promotional
> materials;
> . Journalists to develop media campaigns spreading the
> word about the coming book;
> . Community organizers to set up speaking engagements
> for the Stolen Lives families in your community'
> . Lawyers and/or Law Professors to guide and assist
> law students in the research process;
> . Clergy to bring the Stolen Lives families to speak
> to your congregations;
> . and the efforts of many more hundreds of people, to
> take on the million and one tasks that this momentous
> task requires.
>
> CONTACT: Office@october22.org or call 1-888-NO
> BRUTALITY
>
> SF Bay Area: Oct22sf@energy-net.org
> 415 864-5153."
>
> james m nordlund
>

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