------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Sept. 5, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
OAKLAND, CALIF.: "JUSTICE FOR DONOVAN JACKSON-CHAVIS!" By John Parker Oakland, Calif. Activists from Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland and other California cities converged on Bobby Hutton Park in downtown Oakland Aug. 24 to rally support for Donovan Jackson-Chavis and build a fight-back against racism and police brutality. The Caravan for Justice, which traveled from Los Angeles to Oakland, was organized by the Donovan Jackson-Chavis Justice Com mittee and included a bus and several cars. Talibah Shakir from Los Angeles, one of the main organizers of this event, said the caravan activity brought the fight against police brutality to a new level of struggle and urged everyone to stay involved. The Oakland location was significant since Jackson-Chavis, a 16-year-old victim of police abuse in Inglewood, is just one year younger than Bobby Hutton, a 17-year-old Black Panther who was gunned down by Oakland police in collusion with the FBI's Cointelpro program that targeted Black leaders in the 1960s. Fortunately, Jackson-Chavis survived the July 6 police attack. His case gained national and international attention after a witness videotaped the incident. Two Inglewood cops, Jeremy Morse and Bijan Darvish, have been suspended with pay for their role in the beating of Jackson-Chavis. Morse already had numerous complaints of police brutality against him before the latest incident. As is normally the case with racist police abuse, Morse was allowed to continue his attacks on Black people unhampered. Both cops now await trial. Activists at the demonstration said they were well aware that police brutality is no aberration in the U.S. Many called for community control of the police and punishment and jail time for racist cops. Some called for an end to capitalism, which they said encouraged poverty and police brutality. Speakers at the event included representatives from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10, the United Front, Prison Rights Union, Students for Justice in Palestine and International ANSWER--the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism coalition. - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
