This Thursday at 10:30 am, activist groups and coalitions held a press conference regarding their lawsuit against the LAPD suggesting the PD's behavior surrounding the Democratic National Convention and the Oct.22nd March Against Police Abuse was violent and illegal and that the tactics employed supressed constitutionally sanctioned protest activity. Groups involved in the suit are the National Lawyers Guild, D2K, the LA Mumia Coalition, th ACLu and the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality.
Take a walk through the newswire archives to see some of the more egregious examples of the LAPD's misconduct.
[ Oct.22nd Coalition's Press Release | LA NLG site and Radio Coverage | Corporate News article on the press conference ]
