[Seattle-editorial] feature proposal: LEIU 2

[Jeremy Kahn]

thumbs up.  Probably not needed here, but thumbs up anyway.

Jason Reep wrote:

> approve
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> jonathan lawson wrote:
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>> (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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