[Seattle-editorial] feature proposal: LEIU 2

[Jason Reep]

approve

jonathan lawson wrote:

> (rewritten from an earlier version based on Gentry's story). It's a 
> bit long but is intended to archive all the relevant info (and thus 
> can be updated)..
>
> subtitle: "INTELLIGENCE" AND BRUTALITY
> title: SPD Criticized for Aggressive use of Chemical Weaponry
>
> <p>Protests against the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit expanded 
> this week to include criticism of aggressive police tactics which 
> broke up a protest rally on Tuesday evening, including the use of 
> bicycles as weapons, batons, pepper spray, concussion grenades, 
> electric tazers and guns loaded with plastic, rubber and wooden 
> projectiles. While these weapons are called "non-lethal," but which 
> have been linked to serious injuries (see feature below). <br>
> Apparently embarassed by media attention to the incident, in which <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28345">legal 
> observers</a> and both mainstream and independent journalists were 
> injured by police attacks, SPD officers claimed that protesters were 
> hurling glass jars, ball bearings and other objects at them. However, 
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28325">SPD 
> refused to back up this claim</a> when questioned by a 
> Post-Intelligencer reporter.
>
> <p><a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28350">Unconfirmed 
> reports</a> suggested that several protesters detained Tuesday by 
> Seattle police were held because their names were part of a list of 
> names "flagged for possible links to terrorist organizations." Nothing 
> more is known, and the original posting has been removed by request of 
> the author. <br>
> The coalition opposing the LEIU includes police accountability 
> activists, civil liberties organizations and anti-war groups. The week 
> of demonstrations has succeeded in organizers' primary intention of 
> "outing" the private intelligence network and its corporate sponsors, 
> forcing LEIU officials to issue carefully worded statements 
> acknowledging the organization's past abuses of information networks 
> while denying present wrongdoing, claiming that the LEIU now only 
> keeps tabs on "criminals."
>
> <p>More LEIU <b>photographs</b>:
> <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28307">1</a> |
> <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28316">2</a> |
> <a href="http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/06/1616221.php">3</a> |
> <a href="http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/06/1616188.php">4</a> |
> <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28249">5</a> |
> <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28266">6</a> |
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28267">7</a>
>
> <p>LEIU <b>audio coverage</b> from Radio X (ogg vorbis/mp3)<br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28291">
> Undercover Police Instigate Unrest at Permitted March</a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28387">
> Legal Observer Shot Between the Shoulder Blades</a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28294">
> Spoken-Word/Die-In at Westlake Plaza</a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28281">
> Chemical Weapons Used by SPD</a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28286">
> Police Account of June 2 Anti-LEIU Protest is Flawed </a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28288">
> Who Gave the Orders?</a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28283">
> Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske Must Go</a><br>
> <a href="http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/060403cc.mp3">
> Public Testimony at Seattle City Council (mp3)</a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28293">
> Deputy Mayor Says "Police Acted Accordingly"</a><br>
> <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28289">
> Democracy Now! Seattle LEIU Report</a>
>
> image: 
> http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/2jun03_cops_make_big_push-thumb.jpg 
>
>
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