Monday, October 01, 2007
Chicago police again mired in scandal - Yahoo! News
Chicago police again mired in scandal - Yahoo! News
Dig the part about the "99.9 percent" of officers who allegedly aren't corrupt.
Without a doubt, the police, military, mercenary outfits like Blackwater USA and other careers of this type are as much, if not more, of a haven and finishing school for racist and violent people with an axe to grind against others in society, whether Blacks, Latinos, GLBT, and Natives and especially now Arab descent persons.
It will be too late when the nation wakes up to this fact: There are no checks in place to prevent violent racists from careers in criminal justice because criminal justice as practiced in the USA is a function of a violent and racist agenda in the first place.
Dig the part about the "99.9 percent" of officers who allegedly aren't corrupt.
Without a doubt, the police, military, mercenary outfits like Blackwater USA and other careers of this type are as much, if not more, of a haven and finishing school for racist and violent people with an axe to grind against others in society, whether Blacks, Latinos, GLBT, and Natives and especially now Arab descent persons.
It will be too late when the nation wakes up to this fact: There are no checks in place to prevent violent racists from careers in criminal justice because criminal justice as practiced in the USA is a function of a violent and racist agenda in the first place.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Navy barracks shaped like swastika
The Navy says it will spend about $600,000 to remodel the offensively shaped housing, but my question is why?
If the shoe fits....
When America went fascist
The writer pinpoints the day in 2000 when the Supreme Court rammed GW down our throats despite his electoral loss(es).
I propose that the actual coup began in November 1963 in Dallas Texas when several assassins, including the DRIVER of the presidential limo, blew President Kennedy's skull to pink mist.
I propose that the actual coup began in November 1963 in Dallas Texas when several assassins, including the DRIVER of the presidential limo, blew President Kennedy's skull to pink mist.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Police offer jobs to recruits failing anti-racism test | the Daily Mail
Police offer jobs to recruits failing anti-racism test | the Daily Mail....
Though this article is from and about the UK, this has been the norm rather than the exception here in the US since the inception of "policing" -- more like 'occupying'.
Though this article is from and about the UK, this has been the norm rather than the exception here in the US since the inception of "policing" -- more like 'occupying'.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
US military moves to control Africa outright
This is the cost of negating a Human Rights/Pan Africanist awareness to the civil rights dialog of the past...we have taken our eyes off of our common humanity and in the meantime, imperialist, genocidal nations are still raping the resources of the MotherlLand.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Shock Doctrine
A good look at how the CIA's electroshock experiments translated to the our collective shock of 9-11.
Suckas
Suckas
Monday, September 10, 2007
CUAPB Statement on Critical Mass Incident
"CUAPB CONDEMNS ATTACK BY MPD ON CYCLISTS; POLICE ACTIONS WILL NOT DETER FREE SPEECH Editor's Note: CUAPB has been heavily involved in securing the legal rights of the people brutalized and/or arrested during last night's Critical Mass bicycle ride. What follows is a statement we released to the media earlier today.
In the aftermath of this attack, we urge people to get to the next meeting of the Minneapolis city council's so-called 'free speech' working group, which will be held on September 12 at 11:00 a.m. in room 333 of city hall.
At this point, most of the arrestees have been released on bail and will have their first appearance in court on October 1, 2007. We will keep you posted on the progress of legal defense efforts for the Critical Mass 19. Communities United Against Police Brutality strongly condemns the violent attack by Minneapolis police on bicyclists riding as part of last night's Critical Mass.
For simply enjoying the beautiful weather by riding their bicycles legally down the street, these riders were subjected to beatings, false arrests, clouds of noxious chemical irritant, destruction of their property and wholesale violations of their rights. As a result of this unprovoked attack, nineteen were arrested, including a number of bystanders. Some individuals were tasered while handcuffed. Eight people were beat"
In the aftermath of this attack, we urge people to get to the next meeting of the Minneapolis city council's so-called 'free speech' working group, which will be held on September 12 at 11:00 a.m. in room 333 of city hall.
At this point, most of the arrestees have been released on bail and will have their first appearance in court on October 1, 2007. We will keep you posted on the progress of legal defense efforts for the Critical Mass 19. Communities United Against Police Brutality strongly condemns the violent attack by Minneapolis police on bicyclists riding as part of last night's Critical Mass.
For simply enjoying the beautiful weather by riding their bicycles legally down the street, these riders were subjected to beatings, false arrests, clouds of noxious chemical irritant, destruction of their property and wholesale violations of their rights. As a result of this unprovoked attack, nineteen were arrested, including a number of bystanders. Some individuals were tasered while handcuffed. Eight people were beat"
MPD going after cyclist/protestors
The Minneapolis Police Force has been off the rails for a long, long time, becoming more and more reliant on brutality and oppression of our Constitutionally guaranteed right to freedoms of speech and assembly. The new police chief has wasted little time in demoting several qualified officers of color and women from positions as precinct commanders and inspectors (Lt. Lee Edwards, 4th Pct, Valerie Wurster, 3rd, to name two.) Chief Tim Dolan now has the all white boys club we weren't too long removed from.
Now they are going after activists gearing up to protest the 2008 Republican National Convention here in the Twin Cites, and the lockdown has already begun, because, while activists are prepping and honing their rights, law enforcement agencies and the weak-kneed mayors (Rybak) and city councils that let them violate our rights with impunity are honing their draconian 'talents' as well.
This following is a statement from Communities United Against Police Brutality issued Sept. 1 -- I was Missou for the weekend and this was my first time hearing about what happened to the riders of the monthly Critical Mass ride:
Now they are going after activists gearing up to protest the 2008 Republican National Convention here in the Twin Cites, and the lockdown has already begun, because, while activists are prepping and honing their rights, law enforcement agencies and the weak-kneed mayors (Rybak) and city councils that let them violate our rights with impunity are honing their draconian 'talents' as well.
This following is a statement from Communities United Against Police Brutality issued Sept. 1 -- I was Missou for the weekend and this was my first time hearing about what happened to the riders of the monthly Critical Mass ride:
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Free the Jena 6:
BLACKLOGIC condemns the local Jena law enforcement agencies and supports the rights of all six Black youths being lynched down south in 2007.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
The Raw Story | Nugent defends right to threaten Democrats during his concerts
Media refuses to take Nucklehead has-been Nugent to task for terroristic threats against fellow Americans.
Media scrutiny is reserved strictly for Hip Hop, I guess.
Media scrutiny is reserved strictly for Hip Hop, I guess.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
USA and Venezuela: Worlds Apart
Guess which one actually embodies a democratic society, and which one does not.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
White Americans Happier
Duh! Ya' think?
Of course they're happier...the purpose of the United States is the misery of everyone who ain't white, so why the frick wouldn't they be happier?
Of course they're happier...the purpose of the United States is the misery of everyone who ain't white, so why the frick wouldn't they be happier?
Monday, August 20, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Iraq contractors a reckless force? - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
Iraq contractors a reckless force? - who frickin' woulda' guessed?
If these folks were really patriotic, they would have stayed their arses in the military instead of profiteering off the death...to paraphrase one of the enlisted soldiers interviewed for the story.
If these folks were really patriotic, they would have stayed their arses in the military instead of profiteering off the death...to paraphrase one of the enlisted soldiers interviewed for the story.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Writer wishes for another 9/11
Damn Stu, why don't you join the frickin' PNAC neo cons then?
This is f)*&^#! reasoning from a so-called leftist, and serves to reveal their latent inclinations of white privilege to steer attention away from the issue that this is what the world is fundamentally rebelling against.
What is most sick about this article and the pov in particular is that it gives the shadowy figures who create/facilitate such tragedies as 9/11 permission to do so again. (Yes, we think it was an inside job). Bush, his fellow chickenhawks, and the rabid, private armies they've employed are more than capable and willing to heed this bitch ass writer's request for another 9/11, or similar tragedy, and that's supposed to be a good thing?
So when we are all united under false pretenses, according to Stu Bykofsky, we're supposed to be better off?
WTF?
This is f)*&^#! reasoning from a so-called leftist, and serves to reveal their latent inclinations of white privilege to steer attention away from the issue that this is what the world is fundamentally rebelling against.
What is most sick about this article and the pov in particular is that it gives the shadowy figures who create/facilitate such tragedies as 9/11 permission to do so again. (Yes, we think it was an inside job). Bush, his fellow chickenhawks, and the rabid, private armies they've employed are more than capable and willing to heed this bitch ass writer's request for another 9/11, or similar tragedy, and that's supposed to be a good thing?
So when we are all united under false pretenses, according to Stu Bykofsky, we're supposed to be better off?
WTF?
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Monday, August 06, 2007
Prescott Bush and the Plot against America
High crimes and misdemeanors run wild in the Bush Family.
They practically gallop!
(Thanks CG and FK)
They practically gallop!
(Thanks CG and FK)
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Right to assemble threatened in, and by, Minneapolis and it's city leaders respectively
BLACKLOGIC was one of several activist's to receive this posting a TCs activist about the big brother stylings of the RNC, and their efforts to make the constitutionally guaranteed right to assemble at their upcoming convention in 2008 impossible by requiring permits. The Mpls city council has thus far been complicit in this effort to restrict our rights -- again.
What follows is the email in it's entirety with contacts of all the "RNC Working Group Members" in Mpls:
Subject: the right to protest threatened in minneapolis
[My apologies for any double-postings... even so, please forward this to fellow activists and organizers!]
Hello friends,
There seems some sort of conspiracy over at City Hall. Several people, including myself, have tried to call and emailed several different offices today, and prior. We are trying to understand what is being done by the so-called RNC Free Speech Work Group, and where they are in the drafting of a new ordinance to require permits for public rallies (see below).
We have spoken to individuals in the City Coordinator's office, the Mayor's office, and the offices of Councilmembers Gordon, Ostrow and Schiff. We believe (though there are conflicting reports) that the Free Speech Work Group will have it's next meeting on Wednesday, August 8 from 11am to noon. We suspect that these meetings are CLOSED to the public, and this is why we are not getting a straight answer from most the people we speak to. It is outrageous that a committee purportedly working to protect our free speech (in particular during the 2008 Republican Convention), would be meeting in secret!
Some of you haven't received all the messages that have gone around on this, over the last week or so. To catch you up... The proposed permit ordinance is alarming: among other things, it criminalizes protests without a permit (and empowers a police officer to revoke a permit during the course of a protest at their own discretion). Participating in an unpermited public rally or meeting with more than 20 people would be a MISDEMEANOR offense. This policy is unacceptable. Current city policies have no such restrictions.
We need to shine a light on what this committee is doing, and stop them from passing this restrictive ordinance. This message is to alert you to what is going on. While we work to confirm these facts, please discuss with your organization how to respond. The National Lawyers Guild is sending in a letter opposing the ordinance. The Anti-War Committee and Communities United Against Police Brutality are planning to do the same. I will forward our letters when the drafts are final. I would encourage your organizations to send in letters as well. I will include helpful contact information below.
If we can determine whether this meeting is really happening next week, it could be very important to have a presence there. Please pencil it in on your calendar (Wednesday 8/8 @ 11am). Again, I will send out a confirmation when I can get it, probably sometime on Monday.
In solidarity,
Jess Sundin
Anti-War Committee
612.272.2209 (cell)
Free Speech Work Group Members:
Mayor R.T. Ryback (member, free speech work group)
(612) 673-2100
rt@minneapolis.org
Police Chief Tim Dolan
(612) 673-3787
police@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
City Attorney Jay Heffern
(612) 673-2010
cityattorney@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Department of Civil Rights Director Michael Jordan
(612) 673-3012
Michael.Jordan@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Teresa Nelson, American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota
* note: she has raised criticisms of the proposed ordinance
651-645-4097 x122
tnelson@aclu-mn.org
Ward 1 Paul Ostrow (chair)
(612) 673-2201
paul.ostrow@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 2 Cam Gordon (alternate)
(612) 673-2202
Cam.Gordon@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 10 Ralph Remington
(612) 673-2210
Ralph.Remington@ci.minneapolis.mn.us Other councilmembers:
Ward 3 Diane Hofstede
(612) 673-2203
Diane.Hofstede@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 4 Barbara Johnson
(612) 673-2204
Barbara.Johnson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 5 Don Samuels
(612) 673-2205
Don.Samuels@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 6 Robert Lilligren
(612) 673-2206
Robert.Lilligren@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 7 Lisa Goodman
(612) 673-2207
Lisa.Goodman@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 8 Elizabeth Glidden
(612) 673-2208
ElizabethGlidden@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 9 Gary Schiff
(612) 673-2209
Gary.Schiff@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 11 Scott Benson
(612) 673-2211
Scott.Benson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 12 Sandy Colvin Roy
(612) 673-2212
Sandy.Colvin.Roy@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 13 Betsy Hodges
(612) 673-2213
Betsy.Hodges@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
PROPOSED ORDINANCE:
CHAPTER 462. PUBLIC RALLIES
462.10. Purpose. The purposes of this chapter are:
(a) To protect the rights of all people to the orderly freedom of expression, speech and association guaranteed by the U.S. and Minnesota Constitutions;
(b) To impose reasonable time, place, duration and manner restrictions on such expression, speech and association so as to protect the public's safety and access to public buildings and spaces.
462.20. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section shall have the following meanings:
Business Licensing. All staff from the Business Licensing Division of Regulatory Services, all other City staff that have been assigned to coordinate on the processing and issuance of public rally permits, and all staff from other political subdivisions who are working in cooperation with City staff on the processing and issuance of public rally permits.
Person. A single person, group of persons, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other entity that intends to announce, conduct or hold a public rally.
Public Rally. A group activity involving 20 or more people including but not limited to a demonstration, meeting, assembly, protest, vigil, parades, solicitations or other gathering that takes place on public property for the purpose of expressing views or opinions. Public rallies do not include lawful picketing that has no affect on the flow of pedestrian or motorized traffic on sidewalks, streets and allies.
462.30. Public rally permit required. No person shall announce or hold any public rally prior to obtaining a public rally permit from Business Licensing. There shall be no charge for a public rally permit. Failure to obtain a permit prior to holding a public rally shall be a misdemeanor.
462.40. Written application and process. Business Licensing shall create a written application and procedures for the processing and filing of public rally permits and shall make those documents available to the public physically and electronically. Any person seeking a public rally permit shall submit an application to Business Licensing. The application shall inquire about the precise time, duration, anticipated number of persons and location of the public rally, and shall inquire about other information as deemed necessary by Business Licensing. The application shall clearly set forth all of the requirements that applicants must comply with in obtaining other licenses, permits, or other permissions for the proposed public rally. At any time prior to a scheduled public rally, reasonable time, place, duration and manner conditions may be place on the permit by Business Licensing, only upon written findings of the necessity of such conditions.
462.50. Time for filing and processing public rally permit applications. (a) If an application is submitted one year or more prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall approve or deny the application within sixty (60) days of the date the application is received, or the permit shall be issued.
(b) If an application is submitted at least ninety (90) days but less than one year prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall approve or deny the application within thirty (30) days of the date the application is received, or the permit shall be issued.
(c) If an application is submitted at least seven (7) days but less than ninety (90) days prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall approve or deny the application within five (5) business days of the date the application is received, or the permit shall be issued.
(d) If an application is submitted less than seven (7) days prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall make every possible effort to approve or deny the application the same business day or within one (1) business day, but in all cases shall approve or deny the permit within two (2) business days, or the permit shall be issued.
462.60. Grounds for denying a public rally permit. Business Licensing shall approve an application and issue a public rally permit unless:
(a) the conduct of the public rally will interfere with the safe and orderly movement of emergency personnel or vehicles at the proposed location;
2. the location of the proposed public rally is inconsistent with the anticipated size of the public rally;
3. the proposed public rally would conflict or interfere with a previously approved public rally or other scheduled public activity at the proposed location;
4. the proposed public rally location is adjacent to and would unduly disturb a neighborhood based on the timing or identified activity of the public rally;
5. the proposed public rally may cause physical injury to persons or substantial damage to property;
6. the application is incomplete in some substantive way that would affect the safety of the participants in the proposed public rally;
7. The applicant has not complied with the procedural requirements contained in the application;
8. The applicant has not provided a bond or insurance certificate as required by Business Licensing;
9. The proposed public rally is prohibited by law;
10. The application contains misrepresentations of any kind;
11. The applicant refuses to execute an agreement, as may be required by Business Licensing, to reimburse the public for costs incurred in repairing or restoring any public property to its conditions prior to the public rally;
12. The proposed public rally will interfere with the operations of any governmental agency; or
13. It reasonably appears that the proposed public rally will present a clear and present danger to the public safety or health, or conflicts with security needs anticipated for the time and place of the proposed public rally.
Prior to denying an application for a public rally permit, Business Licensing will make every effort to assist the applicant in finding a suitable and safe location in the public domain that the proposed public rally can safely take place at. Business Licensing shall make specific written findings on all factors upon which an application for a public rally permit is denied. Business Licensing shall not make any findings or deny any application for any reason relating to the content of any proposed expression, speech, idea or other protected activity.
462.70. Appeal of denial of application for public rally permit. (a) An applicant shall appeal the denial of an application for a public rally permit within 5 business days of the denial. An appeal must be submitted on a form provided by Business Licensing. Upon receipt of an appeal of a denial of an application, the Assistant City Coordinator of Regulatory Services shall designate a three-person appellate panel to hear the appeal. Two panel members shall be Deputy Directors or Directors in Regulatory Services, and one panel member shall be a City Council member.
2. The appellate panel shall consider the appeal as soon as possible so as to allow further review by state or federal courts prior to the date of the proposed public rally. If the date of the proposed public rally is less than fourteen (14) days after the appeal was received, the appellate panel shall convene and rule within one (1) business day of the appeal.
3. The appellate panel hearing is not open to the public. At the hearing, the appellate panel may receive and consider all forms of evidence, including hearsay evidence, and may set reasonable limits on the number of witnesses that may be called by Business Licensing and by the appellant. The appellate panel may limit the hearing to one (1) hour to expedite its deliberation and ruling. The appellant may be represented by an attorney.
4. The appellate panel may reverse, affirm or modify the denial of an application for a public rally permit. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the appellate panel shall notify Business Licensing and the appellant of when it will issue its ruling. The appellate panel shall make every effort to rule as soon as possible so as to allow further review by state or federal courts prior to the date of the proposed public rally.
462.80. Violation of permit conditions. If a person violates the conditions of any permit, the permit may be immediately revoked. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to continue to engage in an activity for which a permit was required after the permit has been revoked, provided the person knows the permit as been revoked.
462.90. Rights granted to permit holders. Any person possessing a valid permit has the exclusive right to use the area or facility specified in the permit for the applicable time. It shall be misdemeanor for any person to refuse to leave an area or facility which has been reserved by a valid permit when asked to do so by the permit holder or by any public employee or official.
462.100. Duties of permit holders. It is the duty of the permit holder to obey all laws and conditions on the permit, clean and restore the area used for the public rally to its original condition after the public rally has concluded, and to reimburse the City for all expenses incurred by the City to repair or restore any public property damaged by the public rally.
462.80. Other provisions not affected. This chapter does not alter, replace, modify or otherwise affect any other provisions in the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances.
462.90. Insurance required. Upon written findings only, Business Licensing may require an applicant to provide proof of insurance or a bond to alleviate identified risks associated with a proposed public rally.
462.100. Intergovernmental cooperation and coordination. Business Licensing staff is directed to coordinate and cooperate with other political subdivisions, including the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, to the fullest extent possible and as authorized by Joint Powers Agreements or other legal authority on the application process, permitting process, planning, coordination and all other aspects of scheduling and providing safe and available forums for public rallies.
What follows is the email in it's entirety with contacts of all the "RNC Working Group Members" in Mpls:
Subject: the right to protest threatened in minneapolis
[My apologies for any double-postings... even so, please forward this to fellow activists and organizers!]
Hello friends,
There seems some sort of conspiracy over at City Hall. Several people, including myself, have tried to call and emailed several different offices today, and prior. We are trying to understand what is being done by the so-called RNC Free Speech Work Group, and where they are in the drafting of a new ordinance to require permits for public rallies (see below).
We have spoken to individuals in the City Coordinator's office, the Mayor's office, and the offices of Councilmembers Gordon, Ostrow and Schiff. We believe (though there are conflicting reports) that the Free Speech Work Group will have it's next meeting on Wednesday, August 8 from 11am to noon. We suspect that these meetings are CLOSED to the public, and this is why we are not getting a straight answer from most the people we speak to. It is outrageous that a committee purportedly working to protect our free speech (in particular during the 2008 Republican Convention), would be meeting in secret!
Some of you haven't received all the messages that have gone around on this, over the last week or so. To catch you up... The proposed permit ordinance is alarming: among other things, it criminalizes protests without a permit (and empowers a police officer to revoke a permit during the course of a protest at their own discretion). Participating in an unpermited public rally or meeting with more than 20 people would be a MISDEMEANOR offense. This policy is unacceptable. Current city policies have no such restrictions.
We need to shine a light on what this committee is doing, and stop them from passing this restrictive ordinance. This message is to alert you to what is going on. While we work to confirm these facts, please discuss with your organization how to respond. The National Lawyers Guild is sending in a letter opposing the ordinance. The Anti-War Committee and Communities United Against Police Brutality are planning to do the same. I will forward our letters when the drafts are final. I would encourage your organizations to send in letters as well. I will include helpful contact information below.
If we can determine whether this meeting is really happening next week, it could be very important to have a presence there. Please pencil it in on your calendar (Wednesday 8/8 @ 11am). Again, I will send out a confirmation when I can get it, probably sometime on Monday.
In solidarity,
Jess Sundin
Anti-War Committee
612.272.2209 (cell)
Free Speech Work Group Members:
Mayor R.T. Ryback (member, free speech work group)
(612) 673-2100
rt@minneapolis.org
Police Chief Tim Dolan
(612) 673-3787
police@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
City Attorney Jay Heffern
(612) 673-2010
cityattorney@ci.minneapolis.mn
Department of Civil Rights Director Michael Jordan
(612) 673-3012
Michael.Jordan@ci.minneapolis
Teresa Nelson, American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota
* note: she has raised criticisms of the proposed ordinance
651-645-4097 x122
tnelson@aclu-mn.org
Ward 1 Paul Ostrow (chair)
(612) 673-2201
paul.ostrow@ci.minneapolis.mn
Ward 2 Cam Gordon (alternate)
(612) 673-2202
Cam.Gordon@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Ward 10 Ralph Remington
(612) 673-2210
Ralph.Remington@ci.minneapolis
Ward 3 Diane Hofstede
(612) 673-2203
Diane.Hofstede@ci.minneapolis
Ward 4 Barbara Johnson
(612) 673-2204
Barbara.Johnson@ci.minneapolis
Ward 5 Don Samuels
(612) 673-2205
Don.Samuels@ci.minneapolis.mn
Ward 6 Robert Lilligren
(612) 673-2206
Robert.Lilligren@ci.minneapolis
Ward 7 Lisa Goodman
(612) 673-2207
Lisa.Goodman@ci.minneapolis.mn
Ward 8 Elizabeth Glidden
(612) 673-2208
ElizabethGlidden@ci.minneapolis
Ward 9 Gary Schiff
(612) 673-2209
Gary.Schiff@ci.minneapolis.mn
Ward 11 Scott Benson
(612) 673-2211
Scott.Benson@ci.minneapolis.mn
Ward 12 Sandy Colvin Roy
(612) 673-2212
Sandy.Colvin.Roy@ci.minneapolis
Ward 13 Betsy Hodges
(612) 673-2213
Betsy.Hodges@ci.minneapolis.mn
PROPOSED ORDINANCE:
CHAPTER 462. PUBLIC RALLIES
462.10. Purpose. The purposes of this chapter are:
(a) To protect the rights of all people to the orderly freedom of expression, speech and association guaranteed by the U.S. and Minnesota Constitutions;
(b) To impose reasonable time, place, duration and manner restrictions on such expression, speech and association so as to protect the public's safety and access to public buildings and spaces.
462.20. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section shall have the following meanings:
Business Licensing. All staff from the Business Licensing Division of Regulatory Services, all other City staff that have been assigned to coordinate on the processing and issuance of public rally permits, and all staff from other political subdivisions who are working in cooperation with City staff on the processing and issuance of public rally permits.
Person. A single person, group of persons, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other entity that intends to announce, conduct or hold a public rally.
Public Rally. A group activity involving 20 or more people including but not limited to a demonstration, meeting, assembly, protest, vigil, parades, solicitations or other gathering that takes place on public property for the purpose of expressing views or opinions. Public rallies do not include lawful picketing that has no affect on the flow of pedestrian or motorized traffic on sidewalks, streets and allies.
462.30. Public rally permit required. No person shall announce or hold any public rally prior to obtaining a public rally permit from Business Licensing. There shall be no charge for a public rally permit. Failure to obtain a permit prior to holding a public rally shall be a misdemeanor.
462.40. Written application and process. Business Licensing shall create a written application and procedures for the processing and filing of public rally permits and shall make those documents available to the public physically and electronically. Any person seeking a public rally permit shall submit an application to Business Licensing. The application shall inquire about the precise time, duration, anticipated number of persons and location of the public rally, and shall inquire about other information as deemed necessary by Business Licensing. The application shall clearly set forth all of the requirements that applicants must comply with in obtaining other licenses, permits, or other permissions for the proposed public rally. At any time prior to a scheduled public rally, reasonable time, place, duration and manner conditions may be place on the permit by Business Licensing, only upon written findings of the necessity of such conditions.
462.50. Time for filing and processing public rally permit applications. (a) If an application is submitted one year or more prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall approve or deny the application within sixty (60) days of the date the application is received, or the permit shall be issued.
(b) If an application is submitted at least ninety (90) days but less than one year prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall approve or deny the application within thirty (30) days of the date the application is received, or the permit shall be issued.
(c) If an application is submitted at least seven (7) days but less than ninety (90) days prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall approve or deny the application within five (5) business days of the date the application is received, or the permit shall be issued.
(d) If an application is submitted less than seven (7) days prior to when a person intends to hold a public rally, Business Licensing shall make every possible effort to approve or deny the application the same business day or within one (1) business day, but in all cases shall approve or deny the permit within two (2) business days, or the permit shall be issued.
462.60. Grounds for denying a public rally permit. Business Licensing shall approve an application and issue a public rally permit unless:
(a) the conduct of the public rally will interfere with the safe and orderly movement of emergency personnel or vehicles at the proposed location;
2. the location of the proposed public rally is inconsistent with the anticipated size of the public rally;
3. the proposed public rally would conflict or interfere with a previously approved public rally or other scheduled public activity at the proposed location;
4. the proposed public rally location is adjacent to and would unduly disturb a neighborhood based on the timing or identified activity of the public rally;
5. the proposed public rally may cause physical injury to persons or substantial damage to property;
6. the application is incomplete in some substantive way that would affect the safety of the participants in the proposed public rally;
7. The applicant has not complied with the procedural requirements contained in the application;
8. The applicant has not provided a bond or insurance certificate as required by Business Licensing;
9. The proposed public rally is prohibited by law;
10. The application contains misrepresentations of any kind;
11. The applicant refuses to execute an agreement, as may be required by Business Licensing, to reimburse the public for costs incurred in repairing or restoring any public property to its conditions prior to the public rally;
12. The proposed public rally will interfere with the operations of any governmental agency; or
13. It reasonably appears that the proposed public rally will present a clear and present danger to the public safety or health, or conflicts with security needs anticipated for the time and place of the proposed public rally.
Prior to denying an application for a public rally permit, Business Licensing will make every effort to assist the applicant in finding a suitable and safe location in the public domain that the proposed public rally can safely take place at. Business Licensing shall make specific written findings on all factors upon which an application for a public rally permit is denied. Business Licensing shall not make any findings or deny any application for any reason relating to the content of any proposed expression, speech, idea or other protected activity.
462.70. Appeal of denial of application for public rally permit. (a) An applicant shall appeal the denial of an application for a public rally permit within 5 business days of the denial. An appeal must be submitted on a form provided by Business Licensing. Upon receipt of an appeal of a denial of an application, the Assistant City Coordinator of Regulatory Services shall designate a three-person appellate panel to hear the appeal. Two panel members shall be Deputy Directors or Directors in Regulatory Services, and one panel member shall be a City Council member.
2. The appellate panel shall consider the appeal as soon as possible so as to allow further review by state or federal courts prior to the date of the proposed public rally. If the date of the proposed public rally is less than fourteen (14) days after the appeal was received, the appellate panel shall convene and rule within one (1) business day of the appeal.
3. The appellate panel hearing is not open to the public. At the hearing, the appellate panel may receive and consider all forms of evidence, including hearsay evidence, and may set reasonable limits on the number of witnesses that may be called by Business Licensing and by the appellant. The appellate panel may limit the hearing to one (1) hour to expedite its deliberation and ruling. The appellant may be represented by an attorney.
4. The appellate panel may reverse, affirm or modify the denial of an application for a public rally permit. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the appellate panel shall notify Business Licensing and the appellant of when it will issue its ruling. The appellate panel shall make every effort to rule as soon as possible so as to allow further review by state or federal courts prior to the date of the proposed public rally.
462.80. Violation of permit conditions. If a person violates the conditions of any permit, the permit may be immediately revoked. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to continue to engage in an activity for which a permit was required after the permit has been revoked, provided the person knows the permit as been revoked.
462.90. Rights granted to permit holders. Any person possessing a valid permit has the exclusive right to use the area or facility specified in the permit for the applicable time. It shall be misdemeanor for any person to refuse to leave an area or facility which has been reserved by a valid permit when asked to do so by the permit holder or by any public employee or official.
462.100. Duties of permit holders. It is the duty of the permit holder to obey all laws and conditions on the permit, clean and restore the area used for the public rally to its original condition after the public rally has concluded, and to reimburse the City for all expenses incurred by the City to repair or restore any public property damaged by the public rally.
462.80. Other provisions not affected. This chapter does not alter, replace, modify or otherwise affect any other provisions in the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances.
462.90. Insurance required. Upon written findings only, Business Licensing may require an applicant to provide proof of insurance or a bond to alleviate identified risks associated with a proposed public rally.
462.100. Intergovernmental cooperation and coordination. Business Licensing staff is directed to coordinate and cooperate with other political subdivisions, including the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, to the fullest extent possible and as authorized by Joint Powers Agreements or other legal authority on the application process, permitting process, planning, coordination and all other aspects of scheduling and providing safe and available forums for public rallies.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Nike settles Chicago race case for $7.6 million - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com
Boycott candidate Nike settles Chicago race case for $7.6 million
Still spending half your income to be like Mike?
Still spending half your income to be like Mike?
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
ABC News: Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
The bridge actually links downtown Mpls to SouthEast Minneapolis...not St. Paul as mentioned in ABC's 'reporting.'
Eyewitnesses have told Blacklogic that the fatality number will likely be higher than seven. More on this as it develops.
Eyewitnesses have told Blacklogic that the fatality number will likely be higher than seven. More on this as it develops.
What WE already knew: US justice is not colorblind
"Is American justice colorblind? A new study finds that blacks on death row convicted of killing whites are more likely to be executed than whites who kill minorities. It also concludes that blacks who kill other minorities are less likely to be executed than blacks who kill whites. The authors of the report say their findings raise serious doubts about claims that the U.S. criminal justice system is colorblind."
"The findings, in short, show that we clearly value white lives more than those of Blacks or Hispanics."
"The findings, in short, show that we clearly value white lives more than those of Blacks or Hispanics."
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Nancy Pelosi is either a coward or corrupt
I can still remember her flexing her biceps for the front page of every corporate newspaper as if she were about to whoop up on some Bush Crime Family arse.
Man, did she fool us.
You have my pity, Cali.
Man, did she fool us.
You have my pity, Cali.
Ohio destroys 2004 vote records
With elections having been stolen in 2000 and 2004, Blacklogic.blogspot.com is reluctant to engage in blather about the 2008 elections, despite having such a dynamic choice of Dem candidates/enablers to choose from. Obama is a shill for the Council on Foreign Relations (Trilateralism) and Hilary, who voted to give der Monkey unchecked and near imperial power after 9/11, is just a straight up thug, and those are the two best choices.
We recommend boycotts of your least favorite corporate entities and mainstream news media leading up to and beyond the deception 2008.
We recommend boycotts of your least favorite corporate entities and mainstream news media leading up to and beyond the deception 2008.
Monday, July 30, 2007
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Sunday, July 29, 2007
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Monday, July 23, 2007
Racial disparities widen in US incarceration rates
Locking up Blacks is a successful cottage industry that brings jobs to poor rural, WHITE communities at the expense of ours.
Anglo alliance protects record heroin crops
Where's Lucky Luciano when you need him?
----der smirking monkey
----der smirking monkey
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
RIP Sekou Sundiata
I am passing this on upon receiving it moments ago...rz:
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is with deep sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we inform you that Sekou Sundiata, the eloquent and much loved poet, performer, artist activist and educator, passed away this morning July 18, 2007 at 5:47am at the age of 58 due to heart failure.
Sekou Sundiata fell ill earlier this month as he was preparing for the European premiere of his latest epic music/theater piece, the 51st dream state, at the Stimmen Festival in Germany. In early June he performed, blessing the boats, at the Spoleto Festival in S.C. and delivered a keynote presentation at the 13th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed International Conference in Minneapolis. He leaves behind a full schedule of performances, community residencies and keynote speeches.
Mr. Sundiata's untimely passing is a profound loss not only to his family and innumerable friends, colleagues and students but also to all of the individuals and communities whom he touched and changed through his performances, music, writings, public talks, interviews and conversations.
Mr. Sundiata is survived by his wife, Maurine (Kazi) Knighton, daughter Myisha Gomez, stepdaughter Aida Riddle, grandson Amman and his mother Virginia Myrtle Feaster, two brothers William and Ronald and lots of nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Cards can be sent to Maurine at 296 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11221. Donations in memory of Sekou may be made to the National Kidney Foundation at 30 E. 33rd Street, Suite 1100, New York NY 10016. Details regarding funeral arrangements will be forthcoming.
We have attached here some additional information about Sekou Sundiata and his work. Please feel free to contact us for further information.
In the words of Sekou,
All of a sudden.,
Cathy, Ann, Jordana, Milka and Emily
MAPP International Productions
Tel: 646-602-9390
excerpt from the 51st (dream) state by Sekou Sundiata:
What if we were Life
Or Liberty
Or the Pursuit of something new?
Between the rocks below
and the stars above
What if we were composed by Love?
And what if we could show
that what we dream
is deeper than what we know?
Suppose if something does not live
in the world
that we long to see
then we make it ourselves
as we want it to be
What if we are Life
Or Liberty
and the Pursuit of something new?
And suppose the beautiful answer
asks the more beautiful question,
Why don't we get our hopes up too high?
What don't we get our hopes up to high?
High!
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is with deep sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we inform you that Sekou Sundiata, the eloquent and much loved poet, performer, artist activist and educator, passed away this morning July 18, 2007 at 5:47am at the age of 58 due to heart failure.
Sekou Sundiata fell ill earlier this month as he was preparing for the European premiere of his latest epic music/theater piece, the 51st dream state, at the Stimmen Festival in Germany. In early June he performed, blessing the boats, at the Spoleto Festival in S.C. and delivered a keynote presentation at the 13th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed International Conference in Minneapolis. He leaves behind a full schedule of performances, community residencies and keynote speeches.
Mr. Sundiata's untimely passing is a profound loss not only to his family and innumerable friends, colleagues and students but also to all of the individuals and communities whom he touched and changed through his performances, music, writings, public talks, interviews and conversations.
Mr. Sundiata is survived by his wife, Maurine (Kazi) Knighton, daughter Myisha Gomez, stepdaughter Aida Riddle, grandson Amman and his mother Virginia Myrtle Feaster, two brothers William and Ronald and lots of nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Cards can be sent to Maurine at 296 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11221. Donations in memory of Sekou may be made to the National Kidney Foundation at 30 E. 33rd Street, Suite 1100, New York NY 10016. Details regarding funeral arrangements will be forthcoming.
We have attached here some additional information about Sekou Sundiata and his work. Please feel free to contact us for further information.
In the words of Sekou,
All of a sudden.,
Cathy, Ann, Jordana, Milka and Emily
MAPP International Productions
Tel: 646-602-9390
excerpt from the 51st (dream) state by Sekou Sundiata:
What if we were Life
Or Liberty
Or the Pursuit of something new?
Between the rocks below
and the stars above
What if we were composed by Love?
And what if we could show
that what we dream
is deeper than what we know?
Suppose if something does not live
in the world
that we long to see
then we make it ourselves
as we want it to be
What if we are Life
Or Liberty
and the Pursuit of something new?
And suppose the beautiful answer
asks the more beautiful question,
Why don't we get our hopes up too high?
What don't we get our hopes up to high?
High!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
MUMIA: Crimes of the CIA--June 28 '07
THE CRIMES OF THE CIA
By Mumia Abu-Jamal
[Col. Writ. 6/28/07]
News Item: Spokesman for the CIA announced today that the American spy
agency engaged in a series of improper, and illegal acts during the
1970's. According to documents released from the era, the nations' spy
agency snooped on American dissenters, spied on U.S. journalists, and
once tried to hire someone to kill Cuban leader, Fidel Castro. The
spokesman assured reporters that was the 'old days', when things were
done without proper oversight. "Things are different now," the
unidentified CIA spokesman noted.
That was the impression from several recent articles on the U.S.
government spy agency.
The articles almost went out of its way to leave the reader with the
impression that this was a distant, almost historical revelation.
Surely this didn't happen in our day, because of something called
'oversight.'
To anyone who has dared to look beneath the headlines, and who has
dared to ask questions, the revelations are nothing short of
astounding.
There are several published sources that show us that the CIA has
violated both U.S. and international laws for generations, and is
still doing it today!
The most remarkable source is the CIA itself, in it's reports to the
U.S. Congress.
According to a report by the house Intelligence Committee, the Agency
commits hundreds of crimes - hundreds - every single day!
And this is a conservative estimate.
Investigative journalist John Kelly, in an essay entitled "Crimes and
Silence: The CIA's Criminal Acts and the Media's Silence", published
in the anthology Into the Buzzsaw: Leading journalists Expose the Myth
of a Free Press. ED, by Kristina Borjesson (Amherst, N. Y.: Prometheus
Books, 2002, tells us:
"The report was the first official admission and definition of CIA
covert operations as crimes which the committee, without explanation,
equated with essential national security operations. In other words,
the national security of the United States requires that more than one
hundred thousand extremely serious crimes be committed every year. The
committee expressed no legal or ethical concerns about these crimes.
"On the contrary, CIA offenders were portrayed as potential hapless
victims of sinister foreign authorities opposed to their lawbreaking.
'A typical 26 year old, GS-11 case officer,' reads the study, 'has
numerous opportunities every week, by poor trade craft or inattention,
to embarrass his country and President and get agents imprisoned or
executed'."
But, you would argue, doesn't this very congressional report prove
that there is oversight? Hardly. For Kelly goes on to write that in
2000, President Clinton signed into law the Intelligence Authorization
Act, which immunizes the CIA from violating International Laws and
Treaties. In fact, It's a law to violate the law!
Some oversight.
This is something straight from the Nazi playbook. If the State
declares it lawful, then nothing is a crime.
We need look no further than the work of the late Gary Webb, who
brilliantly documented the CIA's role in domestic drug trafficking.
His reward for such groundbreaking reporting?
A professional death sentence (and perhaps, suicide.)
The media defenders of the Agency attacked him with a vengeance, and
his paper let him go.
We've just been speaking in generalities. The CIA has committed
murders, drug trafficking, assassinations of heads of state, removal
of governments, takeovers of labor unions, destruction of
democracies--you name it.
It didn't stop in 1975, any more than the attempted assassination of
Castro stopped at one try.
It continues to this very day.
Generation Chickenhawk
Max Blumenthal is so frickin' cool for this drive by interview of a college republican gathering where he records the hypocrisy inherent in these cowards: all for war, none willing to fight it.
Why do we shop in their stores, watch their movies, internalize their f'd up world-views, thus encouraging them to think that the rest of the world is waiting, dying, to become their niggas?
Why do we shop in their stores, watch their movies, internalize their f'd up world-views, thus encouraging them to think that the rest of the world is waiting, dying, to become their niggas?
Peace caravan to Cuba stopped at the border
PRESS RELEASE FROM PASTORS FOR PEACE
PRESS RELEASE
July 17, 2007, 8:30am –
for immediate release
CONTACTS: IFCO/Pastors for Peace
McAllen: Ellen Bernstein 646/319-5902
New York: Lucia Bruno 212/926-5757, 347/423-4330
PASTORS FOR PEACE CUBA CARAVAN DETAINED BY HOMELAND SECURITY:
OFFICERS CURRENTLY SEARCHING VEHICLES, 'DETAINING' COMPUTERS
126 U.S. Citizens and International Activists Challenging Immoral U.S. Blockade of Cuba
The 18th Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba approached the Pharr International Bridge at the Texas/Mexico border this morning at 6:30am. They found that the International Bridge was blocked off by local police. The caravan was diverted into the US Customs lot, where Customs and
Border Patrol officers proceeded to X-ray and search the vehicles. Nearly 50 officers spent nearly two hours unloading and reloading crutches, wheelchairs, commodes, and medical supplies from the vehicles. They located and 'detained' 12 computers from the caravan.
"This is a battle of David and Goliath – and Goliath knows that he's losing," said Rev Luis Barrios, member of the IFCO/Pastors for Peace board of directors. "What they are taking from us today is purely symbolic. They are trying to show us that they are in charge. But we know that we are the
ones in charge, and that the people's power will prevail."
The Pastors for Peace caravan, 12 brightly painted vehicles carrying 126 activists and 90 tons of aid, plans to cross into Mexico later today on its way to Cuba. The caravan is a direct nonviolent challenge of the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, which prevents the Cuban people from accessing
much-needed supplies. The caravan also challenges the travel blockade, which seeks to prevent U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba.
Two years ago, US government officials spent a whole day seizing computer aid– CPUs, modems, cables, and toner cartridges – from the 16th IFCO/Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. IFCO/Pastors for Peace struggled for nearly a year to finally get that aid released. Two weeks ago,
the Bush Administration detained medical aid for Cuba at the Maine-Canada border—hospital gowns, stethoscopes, even breast pumps – although they allowed the very same sort of aid to pass into the U.S. from Vancouver, Toronto, and Winnipeg. Demonstrations continue in Canada and
the US for the release of that aid.
"We are going to allow Homeland Security a couple of weeks to reconsider their decision to seize these computers today," said Rev Lucius Walker, Jr, executive director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace. "By then we will have returned from Cuba. Our supporters around the US will have contacted their
elected officials to let them know about the pettiness of the US government's policies toward Cuba. And we will be prepared to mount yet another campaign to win the release of this humanitarian aid
for our sisters and brothers in Cuba."
"Our caravans are like water dropping onto a rock," said Rev. Diane Baker of Dallas, TX. "The rock may seem impenetrable, but we just keep on keeping on -- because the water always wins."
Pastors for Peace is a project of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which has been working for social justice since 1967. Photographs of the caravan are available at
www.pastorsforpeace.org .
PRESS RELEASE
July 17, 2007, 8:30am –
for immediate release
CONTACTS: IFCO/Pastors for Peace
McAllen: Ellen Bernstein 646/319-5902
New York: Lucia Bruno 212/926-5757, 347/423-4330
PASTORS FOR PEACE CUBA CARAVAN DETAINED BY HOMELAND SECURITY:
OFFICERS CURRENTLY SEARCHING VEHICLES, 'DETAINING' COMPUTERS
126 U.S. Citizens and International Activists Challenging Immoral U.S. Blockade of Cuba
The 18th Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba approached the Pharr International Bridge at the Texas/Mexico border this morning at 6:30am. They found that the International Bridge was blocked off by local police. The caravan was diverted into the US Customs lot, where Customs and
Border Patrol officers proceeded to X-ray and search the vehicles. Nearly 50 officers spent nearly two hours unloading and reloading crutches, wheelchairs, commodes, and medical supplies from the vehicles. They located and 'detained' 12 computers from the caravan.
"This is a battle of David and Goliath – and Goliath knows that he's losing," said Rev Luis Barrios, member of the IFCO/Pastors for Peace board of directors. "What they are taking from us today is purely symbolic. They are trying to show us that they are in charge. But we know that we are the
ones in charge, and that the people's power will prevail."
The Pastors for Peace caravan, 12 brightly painted vehicles carrying 126 activists and 90 tons of aid, plans to cross into Mexico later today on its way to Cuba. The caravan is a direct nonviolent challenge of the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, which prevents the Cuban people from accessing
much-needed supplies. The caravan also challenges the travel blockade, which seeks to prevent U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba.
Two years ago, US government officials spent a whole day seizing computer aid– CPUs, modems, cables, and toner cartridges – from the 16th IFCO/Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. IFCO/Pastors for Peace struggled for nearly a year to finally get that aid released. Two weeks ago,
the Bush Administration detained medical aid for Cuba at the Maine-Canada border—hospital gowns, stethoscopes, even breast pumps – although they allowed the very same sort of aid to pass into the U.S. from Vancouver, Toronto, and Winnipeg. Demonstrations continue in Canada and
the US for the release of that aid.
"We are going to allow Homeland Security a couple of weeks to reconsider their decision to seize these computers today," said Rev Lucius Walker, Jr, executive director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace. "By then we will have returned from Cuba. Our supporters around the US will have contacted their
elected officials to let them know about the pettiness of the US government's policies toward Cuba. And we will be prepared to mount yet another campaign to win the release of this humanitarian aid
for our sisters and brothers in Cuba."
"Our caravans are like water dropping onto a rock," said Rev. Diane Baker of Dallas, TX. "The rock may seem impenetrable, but we just keep on keeping on -- because the water always wins."
Pastors for Peace is a project of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which has been working for social justice since 1967. Photographs of the caravan are available at
www.pastorsforpeace.org .
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