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POPSLA Police Fail to Use Funds to Test Rape Kit
US: LA Police Fail to Use Funds to Test Rape Kit "Why add to the suffering of rape victims by making them wait years to investigate and prosecute their cases -- or letting a prosecution go forward without this evidence?" said Sarah Tofte, a US Program researcher at Human Rights Watch who is researching the rape-kit backlog in Los Angeles and around the country. "The department needs to use its own budget and any future grants to make sure the job gets done." Timely testing of rape kits can be critical to bringing justice to sexual assault victims. It is often difficult to solve or prosecute a rape case effectively without this forensic evidence. Furthermore, under California law, there is no statute of limitations for bringing a case if the rape kit is tested within two years. But if it is not tested in that time frame, the statute of limitations is 10 years. "I want to thank Human Rights Watch for effectively pushing this issue into the forefront of the public arena," sai
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POPS Cops block traffic to stop erasable chalking event This is the law, been on the books for a while. It doesn't say "chalk" anywhere. They've gone and used it to make sidewalk chalk a crime. Oh, excuse me.... an infraction. MC 9.20.010 UNAUTHORIZED - AUTHORITY. No person shall paint, write or otherwise place or affix upon any public curb or sidewalk in the city, any advertisements of any kind or character whatsoever, or any signs, marks, or paint, other than official traffic signs, marks or paint placed thereon in accordance with law, except as hereinafter provided. The director of public works may authorize, in writing, the painting, placing, or affixing of house numbers, pedestrian safety signs, or other markings serving a public interest. (Ord NS 597, 1964: prior code ยง 4272).
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POPSPlainclothes Police at the March for Our Lives in St. Paul (Theyt even had a pemit) "There was nothing subtle about the undercovers. The guy on the right in the black with glasses approached my black-clad comrade and asked, "hey can I get a quick pictures". The response, "hell no." Then he asked me, "well can you please do me a favor?" To which I responded some of the same and we both pointed our fingers at him to call it out. Also to note, there was at least one person dressed in all black (hood and bandanna too) who was definitely wearing an ear piece. There was a woman not in your photos who was wearing black clothing (not bloc style but more plainclothes like, maybe sunglasses too, can't quite remember) who was walking by me, not looking directly but I could tell she had me in the peripheral vision. Camera was held down by her waist as if she were 'just carrying it', but I noticed that the lens was pointed near my face as she was nonchalantly walking. I definitely saw her click the shutter at this point. Did anyone else notice the "window washers" on the
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POPSAnother NYPD tasering death A Mentally disturbed man on a baloney, posing no immediate threat to anyone was tasered by the police and fell, as you would expect someone to and died on impact. In post articles the officer is very sorry...
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POPSSanta Cruz takes back Drum Circle with a BANG! For the third week the community came out despite the heavy handed violent police presence last week. Children danced, people played music. One has to ask, why did all this have to happen in the first place? Why the riot gear and tear gas? The 15 min parking Lot Paranoia Law, makes it illegal to be in any downtown PUBLIC lot for any reason, for more than 15 min. It has only been used against the poor, activists and "undesirables" not breaking any constitutional laws. This week was a great victory!
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POPShttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/17/18539316.php On September 17th, Jack and Wes were arrested at a gathering in Parking Lot #4 alongside the Santa Cruz Farmer's Market. According to reports published on Santa Cruz Indymedia, police initially went after and arrested Jack, a Food Not Bombs volunteer.
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POPSSanta Cruz Police Bring Violence to Peacful Protest Santa Cruz Police Bring Violence to Peaceful Protest. Main Stream Media Smeared what really occurred. Here is another view. I was there. The arrested protester was released, after a day in jail and the threat of 50,000 in bail, no charges. He was injured and never touched an officer. He was using a passive restive tactic to do what he thought was right. He took a stand.
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POPSRaging Grannies and Trash Orchestra to Defend Drummers from SCPD The Fences have been erected this a.m hours before the protest. "This is merely the newest battle of a war in Santa Cruz. A war against dissent, against the poor, against the homeless, and now against people making music. We challenge these laws and the police crackdown on undesirables -- an effort to "clean up" the streets of Santa Cruz of the young, the very old, immigrants, the unemployed, homeless, the insane, and anyone who resists."
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POPSA Santa Cruz Jib Jab Satirical Video including Police Infiltrator Lt. Rudy Escalante, Council Member Mike Rotkin, Mayor Ryan Connerty, Council Member Ed Porter, Annoyer Tim Rumford. Go to source, sa
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POPSSmoking Gun Contest All you have to do is examine the following police report document and guess what we've hidden beneath the red box.
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POPSSanta Cruz Sleeping Ban Lawsuit Near Here is a new website dedicated to the lawsuit being formed against the City to end this immoral, unconstitutional and unethical law. This site will be a focal point for information on the status of the lawsuit. We need your help from funds to making phone calls and writing letters. Even the act of making making a comment helps.
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POPSEnd the 15 min Panic Law - Restore Public Space - Petition It only takes a few moments to sign, and you do not have to live here to sign, as you may wish to park here. There are only two other cities with this unconstitutional law. We need your help by telling our City Council this is wrong. It takes only a moment of your time, comments are greatly appreciated, but not required. This law affects the disabled, poor and everyone if it is not selectively enforced.
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POPSTaser time on America's public lands With taser deaths on the rise. Its important to note that the forest service often are in charge of taking down homeless encampments and citing the homeless for camping or sleeping at night. Here in Santa Cruz, Ranger john Wallace has given more Sleep Crime tickets then all the City police officers combined. He now has a force of officers. They do not need Taser guns to do their job. The Police have killed people in jails, on the street and recently in the airport in Canada using a taser gun on a tired polish immigrant after he waited 10 hours with no translator after a 15 hour flight. These are OUR public lands, and OUR money being used to police them.
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POPSDEA: a Psychological Terror Group "When courageous and enlightened law enforcement agents themselves speak the truth about aggressive federal police actions targeting innocent patients, physicians, and advocates, it makes for powerful testimony."
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