> > WW News Service Digest #59 > > 1) Protest of police murder attacked by NYPD > by "Gary Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >MARCH PROTESTING MURDER OF PATRICK DORISMOND >ATTACKED BY NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT > >March 18, 2000 >For Immediate Release > >Peaceful protesters denouncing the police killing of an unarmed Haitian man, >25-year-old Patrick Dorismond, on March 16 were attacked and arrested just >blocks from the site of the murder in Midtown Manhattan. More than a thousand >people participated. Six people were arrested at a clash in front of Macy's. > >As they chanted "NYPD murders again" and "Justice for Patrick Dorismond" the >demonstrators wound their way from the Wanaka Lounge at 37th St. and 8th Ave. >through the Times Square area and concluded with a rally at Herald Square at >34th St. and Broadway. > >"People were angry and fed up with the epidemic of police murder and were >demanding that the killer cops be punished for this cold-blooded and unprovoked >execution of this Haitian worker. It is clear that the mobilization that >followed the killing of Amadou Diallo and Malcolm Ferguson were not enough to >prevent this latest tragedy. Only a major increase in the level of organizing >will make a difference," said Ray Laforest of Haitian Mobilization to Defend >Immigrants' Rights. > >"As we marched through the streets, the demonstration grew in size as friendly >passers-by joined the procession. It was at Herald Square that the police >carried out the arrests of demonstrators, including a Black woman lawyer who >functioned as one of our legal observers," noted Monica Moorehead of the >Millions for Mumia/International Action Center. > >"The verdict exonerating the killer cops who fired 41 shots at Amadou Diallo >was >interpreted as a license to kill by the rest of the NYPD. Patrick Dorismond was >murdered when undercover police officers posing as drug dealers tried to entrap >him into buying drugs and he refused. They never identified themselves. And his >co-workers and eyewitnesses only learned that these murderers were police >officers hours after the incident." > >Larry Holmes of Millions for Millions asserted that the Giulianni >administration, far from expressing remorse or regret over this latest police >killing, immediately justified it in the mass media. "There is a kind of death >squad government that now exists in New York City. Forty thousand police >function as an occupation army in the Black and Latino communities and they >have >been given permission to become judge, jury and executioner." > >Holmes said that the struggle against police brutality and police murder, as >well as the racist death penalty, will intensify with more demonstrations and >other protests in the coming months. "On May 7th, thousands of people will >gather at the Madison Square Garden Theater to demand that Mumia Abu- Jamal and >other victims of police brutality receive justice. Mumia needs a new trial. We >will be joined by well known celebrities and religious and community leaders. >Because this venue is in New York City, it will also become a major event to >expose the rampant police brutality and police misconduct that hangs as a >shadow >over New York City." > >International Action Center 39 West 14th Street, Room 206 New York, NY 10011 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.iacenter.org CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE >www.mumia2000.org phone: 212 633-6646 fax: 212 633-2889 > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
