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Hundreds of people gathered in California on Friday to protest Urban Shield, the annual expo showcasing police and military weapons and offering SWAT training in the Bay Area.
Protest Targets Urban Shield Police/Military Expo “Spreading War On Our Communities”
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/09/protest-targets-expo-spreading-war-our-communities
At least 23 people were arrested as protesters from a wide swath of civil and human rights organizations locked themselves to the entrance of the Alameda County Fairgrounds, where the convention is taking place from September 8-12.
Critics say the event promotes violence and police militarization, particularly in minority and low-income communities.
“The same repressive international forces backed by the U.S. to oppress people across the world are coming together to train with police forces in our local neighborhoods. Urban Shield is literally spreading war on our communities both here and in our homelands,” said Nora Abedelal of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, one of the organizations behind the protest. “We are here today to stand with all communities against the militarization of police, and to demand an end to Urban Shield.”
At the time of publication, the gates at the fairgrounds were still being blocked. Elsewhere, activists marched through the streets, carrying signs and banners that read, “End the Militarization of Our Communities” and “End State Repression.”
A petition to stop Urban Shield states, “These weapons and surveillance tools get integrated into the violence of everyday policing targeting Black, Brown, and poor communities. For instance, Black people are up to 40 times more likely to be impacted by SWAT raids than whites, clearly demonstrating the racism inherent in militarization and policing.”
On Twitter, the actions are being updated with the hashtag #StopUrbanShield.
US police delegation visits Israel to learn counter-terrorism techniques, hold 9/11 ceremony
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-police-delegation-visits-Israel-to-learn-counter-terrorism-techniques-hold-911-ceremony-467277?
Fifty-two officers from seven states arrived on Wednesday for one week to train with multiple units, visit the new state-of-the-art police academy in Beit Shemesh, and hold a ceremony at Jerusalem’s 9/11 memorial on Sunday.
The US delegation was coordinated by Commander Diane Eldad-Sheetrit, head of the International Cooperation Department of the Israeli National Police.
Commander of Israeli Police National License and Permit Unit, Chief Superintendent, Yoni Zeitak, said on Thursday that the visit marks the first time that a police delegation from the US came to Israel to hold such a memorial.
During their stay, the US officers will reside at the Beit Shemesh academy, where they will participate in multiple counter-terrorism training exercises, and meet with Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, Zeitak said.
The leader of the delegation, Michael Safris, chief of the Essex County’s Sheriff’s Office Deputy Division, is also a member of the Police Unity Tour, established in 1997 to honor fallen US officers.
“The motto of the Police Unity Tour is ‘We ride for those who died,’ and every year for Police Week, when they put the names [of fallen officers] on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, DC, we have different chapters that ride bicycles from New Jersey to Washington to raise money for the memorial,” he said.
As a symbolic gesture to show unity with fallen Israeli police officers, Safris, who has regularly visited Israel for 10 years, said on Thursday the US group and officers from Israel rode bikes together for 24 kilometers in the Negev with Deputy Police Commissioner Zohar Devir.
“Because this wasn’t a good year for Israeli officers, we thought we could do a ride together,” he said. “The point was to meet with fellow officers to honor their sacrifices, and to build our relationships.”
Safris said the American officers are participating in numerous training demonstrations at the academy.
“We had demonstrations on different ways they stop vehicles with terrorists, different fighting techniques, including Krav Maga, and how to utilize it, and how they use multiple tactics,” he said, adding that the academy is on par with the finest US federal law enforcement facilities.
The delegation includes male and female officers from New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado, California and Nevada.
Asked why the relationship is so strong between the US and Israeli police forces, Safris noted respect for Israel’s efficiency and advanced tactics, coupled by its ability to enforce the law in a humane manner, despite dealing with countless depraved terrorists.
Craig W. Floyd, president and CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial Fund, said the significance of the US officers coming to Israel to hold a 9/11 ceremony during the present international terrorism wave cannot be overstated.
“I think the timing is certainly very appropriate, because we’re involved in a global war on terrorism, and we need to work together and build solidarity between law enforcement officers from around the world to combat that terrorism, and win that war,” said Floyd.
“Clearly, the United States and Israel have such strong relations to begin with, but to have our law enforcement professionals come over here to spend time and learn from each other in terms of techniques and attitudes in the ways we’re dealing with this terrible problem… if we do it together, we can be successful.”
“When you talk about 9/11,” he continued, “that’s really when our war on terror began, and Israel, obviously, has been dealing with terrorist attacks for many years before, so we can certainly learn from your experience and expertise here.”
Moreover, despite international criticism, Floyd cited Israel’s law enforcement’s ability to protect citizens and provide security while protecting “the rights and freedoms of the people that live here, just as we want to do in the United States.”
Noting that the delegation is one of over 200 from across the globe annually hosted by the Israeli Police Foreign Affairs Department, Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the Israeli National Police is particularly honored by the US delegation’s visit during their annual 9/11 memorial ceremony.
US inmates launch massive strike over ‘modern-day slavery’
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/09/10/484018/US-prison-inmates-strike
Inmates in prisons in as many as 24 states and 40 facilities are refusing to eat or go to work, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) said Friday.
Slavery is alive and well in the prison system, but by the end of this year, it won’t be anymore,” the IWOC wrote in a call to action. “This is a call to end slavery in America.”
Phillip Ruiz, a member of IWOC, said inmates are participating in hunger strikes and sit-ins.
Ruiz added that Inmates are protesting against long-term isolation, inadequate health care, overcrowding, violent attacks and slave labor.
The strike comes on the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison riot, when inmates at a maximum security prison in Attica, New York, revolted and demanded better living conditions.
However activists say reforms demanded during the Attica uprising in 1971 still remain among the demands of the prisoners today.
“People are left in solitary confinement for years on end, which is torture, literally,” Brianna Peril, co-chair of the IWOC and former prisoner, told The Independent.
The Unites States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with about 2.3 million individuals behind bars.
According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), African Americans now constitute nearly one million of the total inmate population.
Figures by the NAACP show that blacks are imprisoned at nearly six times the rate of whites.
Protest Targets Urban Shield Police/Military Expo “Spreading War On Our Communities”
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/09/protest-targets-expo-spreading-war-our-communities
At least 23 people were arrested as protesters from a wide swath of civil and human rights organizations locked themselves to the entrance of the Alameda County Fairgrounds, where the convention is taking place from September 8-12.
Critics say the event promotes violence and police militarization, particularly in minority and low-income communities.
“The same repressive international forces backed by the U.S. to oppress people across the world are coming together to train with police forces in our local neighborhoods. Urban Shield is literally spreading war on our communities both here and in our homelands,” said Nora Abedelal of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, one of the organizations behind the protest. “We are here today to stand with all communities against the militarization of police, and to demand an end to Urban Shield.”
At the time of publication, the gates at the fairgrounds were still being blocked. Elsewhere, activists marched through the streets, carrying signs and banners that read, “End the Militarization of Our Communities” and “End State Repression.”
A petition to stop Urban Shield states, “These weapons and surveillance tools get integrated into the violence of everyday policing targeting Black, Brown, and poor communities. For instance, Black people are up to 40 times more likely to be impacted by SWAT raids than whites, clearly demonstrating the racism inherent in militarization and policing.”
On Twitter, the actions are being updated with the hashtag #StopUrbanShield.
US police delegation visits Israel to learn counter-terrorism techniques, hold 9/11 ceremony
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-police-delegation-visits-Israel-to-learn-counter-terrorism-techniques-hold-911-ceremony-467277?
Fifty-two officers from seven states arrived on Wednesday for one week to train with multiple units, visit the new state-of-the-art police academy in Beit Shemesh, and hold a ceremony at Jerusalem’s 9/11 memorial on Sunday.
The US delegation was coordinated by Commander Diane Eldad-Sheetrit, head of the International Cooperation Department of the Israeli National Police.
Commander of Israeli Police National License and Permit Unit, Chief Superintendent, Yoni Zeitak, said on Thursday that the visit marks the first time that a police delegation from the US came to Israel to hold such a memorial.
During their stay, the US officers will reside at the Beit Shemesh academy, where they will participate in multiple counter-terrorism training exercises, and meet with Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, Zeitak said.
The leader of the delegation, Michael Safris, chief of the Essex County’s Sheriff’s Office Deputy Division, is also a member of the Police Unity Tour, established in 1997 to honor fallen US officers.
“The motto of the Police Unity Tour is ‘We ride for those who died,’ and every year for Police Week, when they put the names [of fallen officers] on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, DC, we have different chapters that ride bicycles from New Jersey to Washington to raise money for the memorial,” he said.
As a symbolic gesture to show unity with fallen Israeli police officers, Safris, who has regularly visited Israel for 10 years, said on Thursday the US group and officers from Israel rode bikes together for 24 kilometers in the Negev with Deputy Police Commissioner Zohar Devir.
“Because this wasn’t a good year for Israeli officers, we thought we could do a ride together,” he said. “The point was to meet with fellow officers to honor their sacrifices, and to build our relationships.”
Safris said the American officers are participating in numerous training demonstrations at the academy.
“We had demonstrations on different ways they stop vehicles with terrorists, different fighting techniques, including Krav Maga, and how to utilize it, and how they use multiple tactics,” he said, adding that the academy is on par with the finest US federal law enforcement facilities.
The delegation includes male and female officers from New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado, California and Nevada.
Asked why the relationship is so strong between the US and Israeli police forces, Safris noted respect for Israel’s efficiency and advanced tactics, coupled by its ability to enforce the law in a humane manner, despite dealing with countless depraved terrorists.
Craig W. Floyd, president and CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial Fund, said the significance of the US officers coming to Israel to hold a 9/11 ceremony during the present international terrorism wave cannot be overstated.
“I think the timing is certainly very appropriate, because we’re involved in a global war on terrorism, and we need to work together and build solidarity between law enforcement officers from around the world to combat that terrorism, and win that war,” said Floyd.
“Clearly, the United States and Israel have such strong relations to begin with, but to have our law enforcement professionals come over here to spend time and learn from each other in terms of techniques and attitudes in the ways we’re dealing with this terrible problem… if we do it together, we can be successful.”
“When you talk about 9/11,” he continued, “that’s really when our war on terror began, and Israel, obviously, has been dealing with terrorist attacks for many years before, so we can certainly learn from your experience and expertise here.”
Moreover, despite international criticism, Floyd cited Israel’s law enforcement’s ability to protect citizens and provide security while protecting “the rights and freedoms of the people that live here, just as we want to do in the United States.”
Noting that the delegation is one of over 200 from across the globe annually hosted by the Israeli Police Foreign Affairs Department, Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the Israeli National Police is particularly honored by the US delegation’s visit during their annual 9/11 memorial ceremony.
US inmates launch massive strike over ‘modern-day slavery’
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/09/10/484018/US-prison-inmates-strike
Inmates in prisons in as many as 24 states and 40 facilities are refusing to eat or go to work, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) said Friday.
Slavery is alive and well in the prison system, but by the end of this year, it won’t be anymore,” the IWOC wrote in a call to action. “This is a call to end slavery in America.”
Phillip Ruiz, a member of IWOC, said inmates are participating in hunger strikes and sit-ins.
Ruiz added that Inmates are protesting against long-term isolation, inadequate health care, overcrowding, violent attacks and slave labor.
The strike comes on the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison riot, when inmates at a maximum security prison in Attica, New York, revolted and demanded better living conditions.
However activists say reforms demanded during the Attica uprising in 1971 still remain among the demands of the prisoners today.
“People are left in solitary confinement for years on end, which is torture, literally,” Brianna Peril, co-chair of the IWOC and former prisoner, told The Independent.
The Unites States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with about 2.3 million individuals behind bars.
According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), African Americans now constitute nearly one million of the total inmate population.
Figures by the NAACP show that blacks are imprisoned at nearly six times the rate of whites.
From the Vancouver area there is a story about an RCMP officer who was cuaght up in what is called Creep Catchers, "a vigilante pedophile-hunting group". Video included as the group announces who they are to this cop:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-rcmp-creep-catchers-1.3755848
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-rcmp-creep-catchers-1.3755848
