ILLEGAL TO BE HOMELESS THE WORST CRIME IS BEING POOR EVERY NIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS, HUNDREDS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE TURNED AWAY FROM OVERCROWDED SHELTERS WHAT AWAITS THEM ON OUR STREETS IS MADE EVEN WORSE BY CITY ORDINANCES THAT MAKE HOMELESSNESS A CRIME. FILMMAKER MARGARET HASTINGS DEDICATED A YEAR TO CAPTURING FIRSTHAND THE STORIES OF SOME OF THOSE CAUGHT IN THIS CATCH-22 AND DELVING INTO LOCAL POLITICS IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS ABOUT WHY WE SYSTEMATICALLY PUNISH THE POOR. AMONGST THOSE LENDING THEIR VOICES TO THIS DEBATE ARE MAYOR R.T. RYBAK, COUNCIL PERSON DEAN ZIMMERMAN AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER GAIL DORFMAN.
AND URBAN WARRIOR THE MILITARIZING OF AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN RECENT YEARS, THE FORMERLY BRIGHT LINE SEPARATING U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS FROM DOMESTIC POLICE WORK HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY BLURRED. FROM WACO, TO THE WTO PROTESTS, TACTICS AND WEAPONS ONCE RESERVED FOR WARTIME COMBAT ARE BEING USED IN DOMESTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. ââ URBAN WARRIORâ CHARTS THE HISTORY OF THIS TREND AND EXAMINES ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES. SATURDAY, JULY 31ST 5 TO 7P.M. OAK STREET CINEMA 309 OAK STREET S.E. ADMISSION $5.00 REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
