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POPSOn the Street Poetry from Julia Vinograd Berkeley street poet Julia Vinograd read from her latest book "America is Hiding Under My Bed" on free radio Santa Cruz Dec, 18th 2008. Here is one of her poems. I will post a link to the archived show in a comment for those who would like to listen.
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POPSYet another taser death SJ California "The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation to be monitored by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Taser stun-guns are largely unregulated and police departments don't mandate strict controls on their use. In 2005 the ACLU of Northern California released a critical report after studying Taser use at 50 police departments. Their findings indicate that since 1999 at least 148 people in the United States and Canada have died after police shocked them with Tasers." Activists in San Jose are calling for an immediate end to the use of taser stun-guns in that city. "
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POPSCivil Rights Struggle Continues for the Homeless On Saturday, Dec. 6, HUFF and supporters will host a “sleep-out” in symbolic protest of the ordinances and unfair treatment of homeless residents at the Human Rights Fair at the Louden Nelson Community Center. “The problem is you have a bunch of people who are a part of the Democratic Party who persuade themselves they are very liberal,” Norse said. “They vote for Obama, they are in favor of getting out of Iraq, they are members of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), but when it comes to the local issue of poverty and poor people, they are as bad as the Republicans.”
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POPSCouple embark on 450 mile walk for Prop 8 A Pasadena couple is walking on a long march to the Supreme Court in San Francisco in support of revoking Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage that overturned a court ruling in favor of marriage equality.
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POPSTaser Nation: Are Cops Using Tasers Too Often? Depsite the tone of this article. YES Tasers are used far too much. I live in a small town and our cops taser somoene about once a week. Last time was becsue a man was agruging with his wife interupting Black Friday. Nothing violent in his actions. People die from being tasered far too often. They are also used in prisons and jail where the abuse can be more easily hidden.
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