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Mothers of sons murdered by police speak out at Dept of Justice

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 12/11/2014 - 01:32

On the 10th of December, the mothers of a number of young men slain by police spoke to a large crowd outside the Department of Justice. One was from nearby PG county. I heard speech after speech about police responding to attempts to surrender or otherwise non-threatening young men with a fusillade of gunshots. The words of the mothers of the fallen were folllowed by a march through the streets to the White House, shutting down traffic for blocks.

Stirring 1 min 20 sec video

Same video on Liveleak due to outage at Archive.org caused by Pacific storm

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Statehood, pot legalization activists march against rider to overturn Initiative 71

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 12/11/2014 - 01:12

On the 10th of December, opponents of a rider to overturn DC's voter-approved Initiative 71 marched from the Dept of Justice to the Heritage Foundation on Capitol Hill. Once in the Capitol Hill area they left the sidewalks and blocked streets the way civil rights protesters have been doing for the past few weeks.

26 sec video-We voted, we counted, you must respect our ballot

Drugs
Local News/Neighborhoods

Protesting in front of the far-right Heritage Foundation: Julie Borowski photo

Activists call out past Washington Post role in concealing CIA torture

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 12/11/2014 - 01:03

On the 10th of December, the Washington Post ran a front-page story about the Congressional CIA torture report. Unfortunately, this sort of journalism is the exception, not the rule there. Also on Dec 10th, protesters outside the Washington Post charged the newspaper with being the State Department's mouthpiece in covering up decades of CIA cooperation with torture by right-wing regimes in Central America, and involvement on both sides of the "war on drugs." Particular attention was given to the alleged 2004 "suicide" of former Iran-Contra reporter Gary Webb, found with TWO gunshot wounds to the head.

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Police in Oakland, CA fire on civl rights protesters with "non-lethal" rounds from freeway overpass

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 12/10/2014 - 01:40

Late night (Eastern time) on Dec 9, ugly reports surfaced on Twitter that police had opened fire on protesters taking over the freeway with so-called "less lethal" rubber or similar bullets, sending several protesters to the hospital with head wounds.

Youtube video of police attacks on civil rights protesters

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Second night of Rock Creek deer shooting draws protesters

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 12/10/2014 - 01:34

Late night on Dec 9, the National Park Service began shooting deer for the second night in a row. This time they had some unwelcome attention from nearby residents and animal rights activists furious with the slaughter. The Park Service vehicles appeared to retreat from the protesters, and several roadblocks that existed prior to the protest were removed during it. It appears that one or two areas in which deer were to be shot were abandoned due to the protests.

Short video of the protest

Animal Rights

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