Today at the Alameda County Courthouse, made famous by the “Free Huey!” rallies held on the steps by the Black Panther Party, all charges were dismissed against POCC Minister of Information JR Valrey! Join POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and Pam and Ramona Africa for a Power to the People Victory Celebration tonight, Monday, Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m., Black Dot Cafe, 1195 Pine St., West Oakland – YOU are invited!
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BART board,
Black community,
Black Dot Café,
Black Panther Party,
Block Report Radio,
El Hajj Malik el Shabazz,
Free Huey!,
freedom fighter,
Fruitvale BART platform,
Haiti and Latin America,
killer cop Johannes Mehserle,
KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio,
legal defense fund,
Malcolm X,
Marlon Monroe,
Mary Ratcliff,
National Lawyers Guild legal observers,
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums,
Oakland PD,
Oakland Police Department,
Operation Small Axe,
Oscar Grant,
Pam Africa of the Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal,
POCC Minister of Information JR Valrey,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee Fred Hampton Jr.,
punk rock artist Holly Works,
Ramona Africa of the MOVE organization
October 22nd, National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, is much more than just a traditional, methodical way to combat police terrorism. We are demanding no more injustice to be served to us by a just-us system. No batons swung at us. No tear gas or water hoses sprayed on us. No dogs turned on us. No guns fired at us. Just like the ‘60s era, our struggle continues in the 21st century. Our once-silenced voices and visible stances are the exchange of fire that guns us down each day.
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Andrew Moppin,
Anita Gay,
Asa Sullivan,
Block Report Radio,
Brownie Polk,
Carina Lomeli,
change of venue,
Christine Lynn Harris,
covert terrorism,
electromagnetic weapons,
Gary King Jr.,
holocaust,
Ida B. Wells,
Idriss Stelley,
Idriss Stelley Action Resource Center,
Johannes Mehserle,
just-us system,
Kathleen Espinosa,
Kim Swan aka Queennandi,
lynching,
Marlon Crump,
mesha Monge-Irizarry,
Michael Cho,
Minister of Information JR,
Muteado,
National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation,
Oakland Police Department,
October 22nd,
October 22nd Coalition,
Oscar Grant,
PNN,
police brutality,
police terrorism,
POOR Magazine,
Poor News Network,
Po’ Poets,
resistance movement,
Rita Akayama,
Ruyata McClothin aka RAM,
San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper,
San Francisco Police Department,
Sean Bell,
Sheila Detoy,
slave catchers,
“Tiny” Lisa Gray Garcia
On March 21, 2009, a sunny Saturday afternoon, Lovelle Mixon killed four Oakland police officers before being shot to death. Featured in this broadcast quality video are Lovelle’s cousin, Minister of Information JR and Bakari Olatunji.
Chauncey Bailey was probably the best known Black journalist in the Bay Area, yet his own Black newspaper is ignored by every agency investigating his murder. Justice for this Black journalist cannot be achieved by silencing Black journalism. By interviewing only the mainstream media, Democracy Now is implying that the Black press and the Black community have nothing significant to say about the murder of the Black editor of a Black newspaper.
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Amy Goodman,
Black journalism,
Black press,
Black public affairs show,
Chauncey Bailey,
Chauncey Bailey Project,
Chauncey Bailey's murder,
City Attorney John Russo,
Democracy Now,
former Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown,
Jerry Brown,
Judge Henry Ramsey Jr.,
KPFA,
Oakland Police Department,
Oakland Post,
Oakland Tribune,
Officer Bob Valladon,
OPD misconduct,
Paul Cobb,
Robert Rosenthal,
San Francisco Chronicle,
Your Black Muslim Bakery,
Yusuf Bey IV
The Oakland Police Department suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the foot when it further racialized the March 21 shootings by rescinding Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums’ invitation to speak at the public funeral of the four officers who were gunned down.
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Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson,
Attorney General Jerry Brown,
Black Panther Party,
Congresswoman Barbara Lee,
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Jean Damu,
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums,
Oakland Police Department,
racial divide,
Sen. Barbara Boxer,
Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
State Assembly Member Sandre Swanson
Police are virtually an occupying military force in Black urban centers. Their presence will neither eliminate the plague of rampant crime nor address the underlying disease of extreme impoverishment.
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African National Congress (ANC),
Aisha Guillory,
Black community control,
Black Panther Lil Bobby Hutton,
Black Panther Party,
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense original10-point program,
Carl Finamore,
despair spawns violence,
economic neglect,
Eldridge Cleaver,
extreme impoverishment,
Hunters Point,
John Burris,
Lovelle Mixon,
Mack "Jody" Woodfox,
Marlon Brando,
motorcycle cops,
Oakland Police Chief Wayne Tucker,
Oakland Police Department,
occupying military force,
Officer Hector Jimenez,
oppressed communities,
police corruption and brutality,
police violence,
racist police oppression and brutality,
Riders,
search and destroy missions,
self-policing by African-American communities,
siege mentality of police,
unemployment rate
Jan. 23 the movement for justice for Oscar Grant III kicked into high gear at the Prisoners of Conscience Committee’s Town Bizness Town Hall Meeting. Follow up by packing the courtroom at Johannes Mehserle’s bail hearing Friday, Jan. 30, 2 p.m., at 1225 Fallon St., Oakland. Don’t let the cops outnumber us.
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African National Congress,
Antoine "Soda Pop" Goff,
Chauncey Bailey,
Coalition Against Police Executions,
Don Wiggins,
Gary King,
Gus Rugley,
Idriss Stelley,
Jack Bryson,
Johannes Mehserle,
John Tennison,
Laronte Studesville,
Oakland Police Department,
Oakland Rebellions,
Oakland Riders,
Oscar Grant III,
Pan African Congress,
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
police terrorism,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee,
Willie Ratcliff
In the early hours of this year of ostensible hope, the reality of the persistence of racism in Oakland became devastatingly clear, sparking a powerful response the likes of which this city hasn’t seen in years.
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BART headquarters,
BART police,
Black Panthers,
first-degree murder charges,
Fruitvale BART Station,
Fruitvale Village,
George Ciccariello-Maher,
Jerrold Hall,
Johannes Mehserle,
Lake Merritt,
Mayor Ron Dellums,
Oakland Police Department,
Oscar Grant,
shoot-to-kill policy,
tear gas,
vandalism,
videophones
Everything about Chauncey Bailey’s life and work spoke of his devotion to the Black community. Yet the Chauncey Bailey Project appears to have veered far off the course that Chauncey was taking.
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Barack Obama,
Bay Area Black Journalists Association,
Bay View Associate Editor JR Valrey,
Bob Butler,
Chauncey Bailey,
Chauncey Bailey Project,
Dave Newhouse,
ethnic media,
ex-offenders and jobs,
Jerry Brown,
KPFA News,
Oakland Police Department,
Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb,
Oakland Tribune,
Your Black Muslim Bakery,
Yusuf Bey IV
This the second part in a short series to give you the raw information regarding the investigation into who killed Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey, the investigation into the Black Muslim Bakery and the whole controversy surrounding the Oakland Police Department’s involvement in a cover-up.
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