Conghaileach
23rd May 2003, 16:19
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Demo on May 25th to Protest death of Harlem woman by NYPD
The same brutal behavior exercised on people abroad by the U.S.
military, is increasingly also practiced here in this country as the
police are given greater freedom to act as an army of occupation in
oppressed communities of color. Please come out to the event shown
below, to stop the growing menace of militarization of the police.
C.R.
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Dear Friends & Supporters
We need your help to mobilize for a May 25th march and rally in Harlem
to protest the death of Alberta Spruill (see details below). Please
endorse the rally but most importantly please come out and bring
others and noisemakers. If you want to sign on as an endorser please
e-mail at [email protected] or call 212-316-2240. Thanks. I hope
to see some of you folks on Sunday. Peace and Solidarity, Nellie
Hester Bailey
HARLEM
Emergency Rally & March:
To protest death of Alberta Spruill at hands of NYPD.
DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2003
TIME: 2:30 PM
PLACE: 310 W. 143rd St.
Bradhurst & Edgecombe Avenues
*March from 143 to 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.
On May 17, 2003 at approximately 6:10 AM, six NYC police officers from
the elite Emergency Service Unit along with six regular patrol
officers from the 25th Pct -- acting on information from an unreliable
drug informant -- invaded the apartment of Alberta Spruill, a long
time municipal employee & member of Coalition of Black Trade
Unionists, as she prepared for work. The special unit tossed an
explosive "flash grenade" into the apartment creating a deafening loud
noise & blinding flash as they wrestled the 57 years old African
American tenant to the floor and handcuffed her despite pleas of not
being able to breath.
Within two hours of the invasion Spruill was dead!
Apologies from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a promised investigation
from Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly are too little and too late to
address the epidemic of police brutality and misconduct, profiling
African American, Latino and other people of color communities.
THE CRITICAL QUESTION FOR HARLEM AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS
"WHY IS THIS ALWAYS HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS?" This is the
fundamental problem Bloomberg refuses to face! Spruill' death is only
the tip of the iceberg because Harlem and other communities of color
will continue to experience mounting police repression that will
inevitably result in stolen lives as the city and nation slides into
deepening political and economic crisis. Only the collective organized
will of the people can end NYPD's Blue Wall of Terror. THE VICTIMS OF
POLICE BRUTALITY CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES BUT WE CAN, WE MUST AND
WE WILL!!
DEMANDS: Eliminate use of flash grenades; an independent civilian
investigation; establish community civilian police review boards; fire
NYPD brass authorizing grenade policy; dismissal of officers involved.
We march for all the dead victims of police repression in Harlem and
Washington Heights: Richard Watson, Angel Reyes, Kenneth Banks,
Alcadio Guerrero, Sherly Colon, Kevin Cedeno, Lori Leitner, Joseph
Stevens, Diogenes Paoleno, Leonard Lawton, Dario Diodonet, Maria
Rivas, Roger Eppes, Kuthurima Mwaria, Dagoberto Pichardo, Jose "Kiko"
Garcia, Lydia Ferraro, Lawerence Elie and Mitchell Edey. (List
compiled from The Stolen Lives Project website at www.stolenlives.org).
Sponsored Organization: Harlem Tenants Council. Endorsements (list in
formation) Harlem Fight Back, Action for Community Empowerment. For
additional information (212) 316-2240.
Demo on May 25th to Protest death of Harlem woman by NYPD
The same brutal behavior exercised on people abroad by the U.S.
military, is increasingly also practiced here in this country as the
police are given greater freedom to act as an army of occupation in
oppressed communities of color. Please come out to the event shown
below, to stop the growing menace of militarization of the police.
C.R.
--------------------------------------------------
Dear Friends & Supporters
We need your help to mobilize for a May 25th march and rally in Harlem
to protest the death of Alberta Spruill (see details below). Please
endorse the rally but most importantly please come out and bring
others and noisemakers. If you want to sign on as an endorser please
e-mail at [email protected] or call 212-316-2240. Thanks. I hope
to see some of you folks on Sunday. Peace and Solidarity, Nellie
Hester Bailey
HARLEM
Emergency Rally & March:
To protest death of Alberta Spruill at hands of NYPD.
DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2003
TIME: 2:30 PM
PLACE: 310 W. 143rd St.
Bradhurst & Edgecombe Avenues
*March from 143 to 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.
On May 17, 2003 at approximately 6:10 AM, six NYC police officers from
the elite Emergency Service Unit along with six regular patrol
officers from the 25th Pct -- acting on information from an unreliable
drug informant -- invaded the apartment of Alberta Spruill, a long
time municipal employee & member of Coalition of Black Trade
Unionists, as she prepared for work. The special unit tossed an
explosive "flash grenade" into the apartment creating a deafening loud
noise & blinding flash as they wrestled the 57 years old African
American tenant to the floor and handcuffed her despite pleas of not
being able to breath.
Within two hours of the invasion Spruill was dead!
Apologies from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a promised investigation
from Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly are too little and too late to
address the epidemic of police brutality and misconduct, profiling
African American, Latino and other people of color communities.
THE CRITICAL QUESTION FOR HARLEM AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS
"WHY IS THIS ALWAYS HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS?" This is the
fundamental problem Bloomberg refuses to face! Spruill' death is only
the tip of the iceberg because Harlem and other communities of color
will continue to experience mounting police repression that will
inevitably result in stolen lives as the city and nation slides into
deepening political and economic crisis. Only the collective organized
will of the people can end NYPD's Blue Wall of Terror. THE VICTIMS OF
POLICE BRUTALITY CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES BUT WE CAN, WE MUST AND
WE WILL!!
DEMANDS: Eliminate use of flash grenades; an independent civilian
investigation; establish community civilian police review boards; fire
NYPD brass authorizing grenade policy; dismissal of officers involved.
We march for all the dead victims of police repression in Harlem and
Washington Heights: Richard Watson, Angel Reyes, Kenneth Banks,
Alcadio Guerrero, Sherly Colon, Kevin Cedeno, Lori Leitner, Joseph
Stevens, Diogenes Paoleno, Leonard Lawton, Dario Diodonet, Maria
Rivas, Roger Eppes, Kuthurima Mwaria, Dagoberto Pichardo, Jose "Kiko"
Garcia, Lydia Ferraro, Lawerence Elie and Mitchell Edey. (List
compiled from The Stolen Lives Project website at www.stolenlives.org).
Sponsored Organization: Harlem Tenants Council. Endorsements (list in
formation) Harlem Fight Back, Action for Community Empowerment. For
additional information (212) 316-2240.