[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Urban Warrior

[Lance Larkin]

Very cool. I will have to try and find the time to go
to this one.

Post it.

L.

--- jonathan lawson <jonathan at indymedia.org> wrote:
> The IMC dates are contingent on their being approved
> by space folks...
> 
> subtitle: THE RISE OF DOMESTIC MILITARIZATION
> title:  Urban Warrior: New Documentary on
> Paramilitary Policing
> 
> <p>For years now, police forces in US cities have
> undergone a 
> transformation from law enforcers to a paramilitary
> force of 
> occupation.  Under the guise of a 'War on Drugs,' or
> 'War on Crime,' police 
> have developed units that are little different than
> Special Forces units in 
> the military, and military units have been given
> greater latitude to be 
> used against civilians.  Since September 11, this
> trend has accelerated 
> even faster. <a 
>
href="http://www.geocities.com/urbanwarrior_northwest/film.html"><i>Urban
> 
> Warrior</i></a> is the first documentary to focus on
> this trend. Drawing on 
> experts and witnesses, director Matt Ehling focuses
> on case studies 
> including the Seattle WTO Ministerial, The
> Democratic National Convention 
> in Los Angeles, botched drug raids, and the attack
> on the Branch Davidians 
> in Waco, Texas to illustrate this alarming incursion
> into our civil 
> liberties. <b>Debut screenings</b> in Seattle will
> be followed by 
> discussions with Paul Richmond, local activist,
> attorney, and consultant on 
> the film:
> 
> <p><font face="verdana, arial" size="-1">
> <b>Mon S16</b>, 7pm: Bellevue Regional Library |
> <b>Mon S23</b>: 7pm: 911 Media Arts Center |
> <b>Wed S25</b>: 9pm: IMC |
> <b>Thurs S26</b>: 7pm/9pm: Seattle Labor Temple,
> Main Hall |
> <b>Fri S27</b>, 9pm: IMC |
> <b>Tues O1</b>, 7pm: Freeway Hall</font>
> 
> <p>For more information on the film or the above
> screenings, click <a 
>
href="http://www.geocities.com/urbanwarrior_northwest/film.html">
> here</a>.
> 
> 
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