Benefits for victims of police brutality to be held across the country
*See below for a list of events*
Help the campaign against racism and for free speech rights *Please circulate widely** The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition will be hosting and supporting events taking place across the country in November and December to raise money for the struggle against police brutality, racism and for free speech. See below for a list of events. On July 8, 2006, the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) viciously attacked immigrant rights activists who were protesting against the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project in Hollywood. The protest of 300 people was called by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition to counter a Minuteman hate march down Hollywood Boulevard, a traditional route for anti-war and other progressive demonstrations. The police launched a coordinated attack on the protesters, striking people with clubs and pushing them to the ground. The protesters were simply exercising their free speech rights. A.N.S.W.E.R. activists Jose Villa and Christen Westberry were two of the protesters badly beaten. They were pushed to the ground and clubbed repeatedly by cops as they tried to photograph the police falsely arresting another protester. All of this was captured on video. | Support!
Please take a moment to support this struggle and make a donation by clicking here. | Villa was then falsely arrested and outrageous felony charges carrying the possibility of a long jail sentence were slapped on him. Villa was held in jail for nearly two days on $50,000 bail. He was released after paying an unrecoverable $5,000 bond. Westberry was hospitalized. In response to the police riot against the protesters, A.N.S.W.E.R. held a press conference and waged a prolonged political struggle against the LAPD, showing the video of the incident on media outlets and at political gatherings. More than 300,000 people have viewed the video online. Now, in a major victory, the charges against Villa have been dropped. This comes on the heels of additional videos of LAPD brutality surfacing on the internet. A.N.S.W.E.R. is hosting and supporting fundraising benefits to defray the costs of the bond paid to free Villa. Video of the police attack on the demonstration and the subsequent press conference will be shown at the events. Click here to view some of the video from the protest. Make a financial contribution to support this campaign If you cannot attend any of the events but would like to make a much needed contribution, click here. Events across the U.S.
(listed in chronological order) San Francisco, California
Tuesday, November 28
7:00 pm
2489 Mission St., #28
For more information: Call 415-821-6545 or email answer@actionsf.org Miami, Florida
Wednesday, November 29
7:00 pm
Florida International University - Biscayne Bay Campus
3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, Library Room 155
For more information: Call 954-707-0155 or 305-954-0855, or email answerflorida@gmail.com New Haven, Connecticut
Thursday, November 30
7:00 9:00 pm
New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St., second floor program room
For more information: Call 203-404-9965 or email connecticut@answercoalition.org Seattle, Washington
Friday, December 1
7:30 pm (refreshments at 7:00 pm)
1423 10th Ave.
For more information: Call 206-568-1661 or email answer@answerseattle.org Washington, DC
Wednesday, December 6
7:00 pm
1247 E St. SE
For more information: Call 202-544-3389 or email dc@internationalanswer.org Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Thursday, December 7
7:30 pm
GLCC, 1717 NE Andrews
For more information: Call 954-707-0155 or email answerflorida@gmail.com Los Angeles, California
Saturday, December 9
Contact for details
For more information: Call 323-464-1636, email answerla@answerla.org, or check out http://www.answerla.org/ Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, December 16
Contact for details
For more information: Call 773-463-0311, email ANSWER@ChicagoANSWER.net, or check out http://www.chicagoanswer.net/ New York City, New York
Date TBD
Contact for details
For more information: Call 212-694-8720 or email nyc@internationalanswer.org New Paltz, New York
Date TBD
Contact newpaltz@answercoalition.org for details  | 
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