Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, February 12, 2009

(02-11) 19:10 PST San Francisco
--
The state Supreme Court allowed a transgender former prison inmate on
Wednesday to proceed with a lawsuit accusing prison guards of failing
to protect her from being raped and beaten by her cellmates.

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, February 12, 2009

(02-12) 13:22 PST Scranton, Pa. (AP) --

Two Pennsylvania judges charged with taking more than $2 million in
kickbacks to send youth offenders to privately run detention centers
pleaded guilty to fraud Thursday in one of the most stunning cases of
judicial corruption on record.

Due to your actions, Leonard was transferred back to Lewisburg.

Remember that the changed mission of USP-Lewisburg means that

Mr. Peltier will be transferred yet again.  Please continue to

keep the pressure on the Bureau of Prisons to transfer Leonard to

an appropriate facility.  Today and every day, make your voices

heard.  Send letters, call, and/or e-mail the director of BOP:

http://www.FreePeltierNow.org/transfer.htm.

OSCAR GRANT -- and YOU
[col. writ. 1/17/09]  (c) '09 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 
 
    Like you, I've seen the searing phone-camera tape of the killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, of Oakland, California.
 
    And although it's truly a terrible thing to see, it's almost exceeded by something just as shocking.  That's been how the media has responded to this police killing, by creating a defense of error.
 

Leonard Peltier was attacked on January 20th very soon after his transfer to USP-Canaan in Waymart, Pennsylvania.

In the wake of the brutal murder of Oscar Grant by Bart Police
Officer Johannes Mehserle on New Years Day, thousands gathered in
Oakland on January 7th in order to pour their outrage into the streets.
The Oakland uprisings that followed showed the spirit and anger not
just to this officer and bart police, but to the entire system,
especially targeting police and corporate power.  The community of
Oakland understands that racism and brutality accompanies the current
system, and are organizing against it.   Police  repression that

Wednesday, January 14  Oakland City Hall  4 pm
Action Support For Coalition Against Police Executions

National Day of Nonviolent Action

In the early hours of January 1st, BART police shot and killed a 22
year old man, Oscar Grant, on the platform of the Fruitvale BART
station in Oakland. Witnesses report that Grant was "lying on his
stomach with his hands out in a non-threatening position when he was
shot". Police have confirmed Grant was unarmed and have suggested the
shooting was an accident. Grant lived in Hayward and leaves behind a
4-year-old daughter.


BART officials have not released the name of the officer who

Ths SF8 went back to court on December 17th--it was concluded that the Preliminary Hearing will start June 8, 2009, and conclude September 3. The Preliminary Hearing is the process to determine whether or not there are grounds for the case to go to trial.