> http://www.tbwt.com/march/
>
> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
>
> National Emergency March for Justice - Against Police Brutality
>
> Saturday, April 3, 1999
> Washington, D.C.
> 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM
>
> Honorary Chairperson:
> Rev. Walter Fauntroy, President, National Black Leadership Roundtable
>
>
> Assemble:
> at 10:00 at the Mall on G Street, NW, between 9th and 10th Street at
the
> Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
>
> March:
> at 12:00 down 10th Street past the Justice Department to Constitution
> Avenue to the West Front of the Capitol for a
>
> Rally:
> Against Police Brutality at 2:00
>
>
> The Program will include:
>
> o Presentations from family members and victims of police brutality
> o Representatives of civil rights and human rights organizations
> o Poetry readings, freedom songs and sounds of the struggle
>
>
> Call 1-900-226-5715 ext. 184:
>
> o For further information on the March
> o To enlist in Gideon's Army of registered and organized voters
> o To support the March financially
>
>
> Call 1-800-764-0235:
>
> o To report a recent incident of police brutality
> o If you are organizing buses or special contingents
>
>
> Endorsers (list in formation):
>
> Amnesty International - Anthony Baez Foundation - Asian American Legal
> Defense and Education Fund - Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW
Local
> 2325 - CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities - Center for Democratic
Renewal
> - Coalition Against Police Abuse - Ella Baker Center for Human
Rights/Bay
> Area Police Watch - Guinean Association of America, Inc. -
International
> Socialist Organization - Jews for Racial and Economic Justice - Lesbian
> and Gay Anti-Violence Project - MADRE - Malcolm X Grassroots Movement -
> Movement for Change - National Action Network - National Black Police
> Association - National Coalition for Police Accountability - National
> Congress for Puerto Rican Rights - National Conference of Black Lawyers
-
> National Lawyers Guild - National Lawyers Guild-NYC chapter - New York
> City Police Watch - October 22nd Coalition - Pan African Project -
Parents
> Against Police Brutality - Racial Justice Working Group of the National
> Council of Churches - Refuse and Resist - NY chapter - South Carolina
> Malcolm X Grassroots Movement for Self-Determination - Southern
Organizing
> Committee for Social and Economic Justice - United Committee to Save
> Nigeria - United Concerned Christians at Work - William Moses Kunstler
> Fund for Racial Justice - Women for Justice
>
>
> The National Emergency March for Justice is an Initiative of the
> Center for Constitutional Rights,
> Ron Daniels, Executive Director
>
> ===============================================================
>
> THE CALL FOR A
> NATIONAL EMERGENCY MARCH FOR JUSTICE - AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
>
> The police murder of Amadou Diallo, a 22 year unarmed immigrant from
> Guinea, West Africa, by four officers of the NYPD, who fired 41 shots
at
> Diallo, 19 of which fatally pierced his body, has provoked a firestorm
of
> anger and outrage nationally and internationally. As tragic as the
Diallo
> murder is, however, it is simply the tip of the iceberg of an epidemic
of
> police brutality and misconduct which is wreaking havoc on Blacks,
> Latinos, Asians and other people of color in the ghettos, barrios,
> reservations and neighborhoods. All across this nation the families of
> victims of police violence are crying out, demanding justice because
> scores of young people of color are being terrorized and are dying
> needlessly at the hands of police authorities whom we have entrusted
with
> the responsibility of protecting our communities. The crisis between
> communities of color and the police has become a National Emergency -
the
> bitter harvest of more than two decades of misguided public policies
which
> place more priority on massive and aggressive policing, tougher
sentencing
> and more prisons over investment in social, economic and racial
justice.
>
> The Center for Constitutional Rights is calling upon grassroots
> organizations and advocacy groups, public interest legal institutions,
> civil rights and human rights organizations, labor and religious
> organizations and leaders, civic and fraternal orders, all people of
> goodwill, and most importantly youth and families of victims of police
> brutality to journey to Washington D.C., Saturday, April 3, 1999,
Martin
> Luther King Memorial Weekend, for a National Emergency March for
Justice
> to proclaim to this nation and the world -- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
>
> We demand immediate action from the President, Attorney General and
> Congress of the United States:
>
> 1. President Clinton should immediately speak out on this issue and
> empower a national commission to investigate the epidemic of police
> brutality and misconduct which is afflicting communities of color and
poor
> communities across the nation.
>
> 2. Attorney General Janet Reno, under the provisions of the Omnibus
Crime
> Bill of 1994, should issue a directive to the Justice Department to
> intensify pattern and practices investigations in communities with a
high
> incidence of complaints of police brutality. In addition, we call on
the
> Attorney General to press for the expedited investigation of ongoing
civil
> rights cases and to hear appeals for the re-opening of cases which may
not
> have received appropriate priority.
>
> 3. The House Judiciary Committee should immediately convene formal
> hearings to take testimony on the scope and breadth of police brutality
> and misconduct and formulate recommendations for legislation
accordingly.
>
> 4. The Congress of the United States Should:
>
> a. Pass legislation to provide funds for the Justice Department
to
> systematically collect data on police brutality as mandated by the
Omnibus
> Crime Bill of 1994.
>
> b. Enact legislation that would provide for independent federal
> prosecutors to investigate allegations of police misconduct where the
use
> of illegal choke holds or deadly force results in the injury or death
of
> the victim -- The Jonny Gammage Law.
>
> Finally, in memory of all those who have been victimized or died at the
> hands of the police, we pledge to keep the pressure on, to mobilize and
> organize to crystallize a new national movement to take back our
> communities and fight for social, economic and racial justice, putting
> America and the world on notice that as long as there is no justice for
> people of color, the disadvantaged and the dispossessed, there will be
no
> peace.
>
> No justice, No peace! Get on the Bus!
>
>
> Buses are being organized from:
>
> New York City
> New Jersey
> Philadelphia
> Ohio
> North Carolina
> Wisconsin
> and other states
>
> Call the hotline for more information: 1-800-764-0235
>
>
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