[CIMC-work] Center-column panel proposal: "Police Department Faces Harsh Scrutiny Following Weekend of Shootings and Arrests by Officers"

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

Chris,

Great topic.  And definitely timely.  But I have two questions:

(1) There should be a center panel a-brewin' (and I'll write a proposal
to this list) on the Taste of Democracy actions tonight.  It's probably
too late to get peer review on this so late.  I'll write a proposal, send
it to this list, and get it seconded or thirded.  How should we
coordinate?  Should I post my center panel first, then yours?

(2) It seems that the center panel might be a little bit long as
center panels go.  But maybe I'm misunderstanding it.  Am I reading your
proposal right?  

Keep up the good work.
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Chris Kaihatsu wrote:

> CIMC,
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> I am proposing the following as a center panel, as soon as possible. I
> will check back tomorrow for working-group responses, and hope to enter
> it in by early afternoon at latest, if there are no objections.
> Feedback/comments are welcome.
> 
> 
> Chris K.
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> Torture scandal becomes focus of political warfare within US government
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> Iraq: Bush Looks for the Exit
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> Lenin on the National Question
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> See the video from which Michael Moore borrowed "Fahrenheit 9/11:" that
> video is Alex Jones' (infowars.com) "911: the Road to Tyranny,"
> available now on the Internet Archive, along with its sequel, "Masters
> of Terror."   infowars.com
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> http://chicago.indymedia.org/media/all/display/11173/index.php?limit_sta
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> Police Department Faces Harsh Scrutiny Following Weekend of Shootings
> and Arrests by Officers
> 
> The Chicago Police Department has opened itself to charges of
> questionable judgment and worse in a trio of recent police actions which
> have left a man in his 20s in a serious condition due to gunshot
> wounds to his chest, a 13-year-old with one bullet wound, a prominent
> community leader arrested on apparently bogus charges while walking his
> dog and three pro-gay activists facing felony charges of aggravated
> assault on officers despite no medical attention needed.
> 
> A witness report asserts that the West Side man, now hospitalized, posed
> no threat to officers Monday, conflicting with a CPD statement,
> according to ABC-WLS. Police hit a 13-year-old girl as they shot at and
> pursued the man into an apartment building.
> 
> [link]
> http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/062804_ns_girlshot.html
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> Dr. Sokoni Karanja, a 32-year resident and educator in Bronzeville, has
> suffered injuries to his shoulder and wrist and received stitches above
> one eye after police attacked him last Saturday despite his cooperating
> with their requests for his dog's license. Officers from the 21st
> District hospitalized him and charged him with assault.
> 
> Rev. Susan B.W. Johnson of the Hyde Park Union Church has called
> Karanja's arrest a case of "Walking Your Dog While Black" and is urging
> Chicago residents to call on aldermen and police to investigate the
> officers. One activist posting to this website is calling for a
> city-wide emergency response network to coordinate around similar such
> incidents.
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> [link]
> http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/43048/index.php
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> Bob Schwartz of Chicago Anti-Bashing Network has compared the
> presence of anti-gay demonstrators at Sunday's Gay and Lesbian Pride
> Parade to past provocations of Ku Klux Klan members at black
> celebrations, casting doubt on the police's claim that three pro-gay
> activists aggravatedly assaulted officers by throwing red liquid on
> them, according to Assistant State's Attorney Erin Antonietti.
> 
> See: "Antigay March Intrudes Upon Pro-Queer March, Three Pro-Queer
> Participants Arrested in Ensuing Confrontation; Emergency Support
> Actions Underway"
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