'Cops Gone Wild!" Press conference

Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Subject: 'Cops Gone Wild!" Press conference- Please forward widely

Hello,
Attached and pasted below is the advisory for a press conference to denounce Cops Gone Wild, a call for an end to the criminalization of those who lawfully document police activities. Speakers will also address the lack of discipline for those who harass, intimidate, and physically assault New Yorkers, especially those Officers who intentionally makes false official statements regarding their misconduct.

Please email me if your organization would be interested in being listed among supporters on the press release, and if you plan on attending. Please forward widely and call or email me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Kate Mikuliak
Community & Policy Aide
Council Member Rosie Mendez, Manhattan District 2
237 First Avenue, Suite 504
New York, NY 10003
212-677-1077 phone
212-677-1990 fax
*Please note: My email address is
now council.nyc.gov>

The Justice Committee & City Council Member Rosie Mendez

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Loyda Colon 347-622-3504

August 4th, 2008 Contact: Kate Mikuliak 212-677-1077

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NYC Outraged By Cops Gone Wild!

WHAT: A Press conference to denounce Cops Gone Wild, a call for an end to the criminalization of those who lawfully document police activities. Speakers will also address the lack of discipline for those who harass, intimidate, and physically assault New Yorkers, especially those Officers who intentionally makes false official statements regarding their misconduct.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 10 am

WHERE: In front of One Police Plaza

The latest episodes of police brutality and misconduct captured on video will be the focus of a press conference on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 10am, in front of One Police Plaza. The event will bring together an unprecedented number of elected officials, social justice organizations and civil rights groups who are outraged and determined to put a stop to police brutality and the criminalization of those who document it.

Among the groups and individuals expected are: Attorney Norman Siegel, Audre Lorde Project, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, Casa Atabex Ache, Center for Constitutional Rights, Council Members Rosie Mendez and Charles Barron, Free Wheels Bicycle Defense Fund, Immigrant Justice Solidarity Project, International Action Center, Justice Committee, Make The Road NY, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, Peoples' Justice for Community Control & Police Accountability, Social Justice Leadership, Times Up! Environmental Group and VAMOS Unidos.

Click here to watch a 12 minute video showing NYPD officers harass and arrest cyclists and those documenting these arrests during one ride last
year: http://glassbeadcollective.blip.tv/file/784711/

Click here to watch video of NYPD officer repeatedly beating a handcuffed army veteran on the ground with a metal Baton: http://tinyurl.com/6mbgq9
is same page as...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07302008/news/regionalnews/2nd_video_gives_nypd_black_eye_122218.htm
or
http://tinyurl.com/6ne7go
same as...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07292008/news/regionalnews/2nd_video_gives_nypd_black_eye_122136.htm

Click here to watch video of Officer Patrick Pogan violently knocking Christopher Long off his bicycle on July 25th: http://tinyurl.com/65dq8g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ

Press Advisory 8-6-08 FINAL.doc [avail. on request --t.]