I am a member of the Board of Directors of YouthAction, a national non-profit dedicated to supporting youth who are organizing for social change and justice in their communities. This weekend past, we had our second annual gathering for youth organizing in San Antonio, TX. During the conference 300 youth (from the conference and San Antonio) held an amazingly powerful protest against police brutality and racial profiling. What amazed me was that so many youth, upon finding out that I am from Minnesota, commented on how "good" our city was with regards to police brutality and profiling. I made it clear that a portion of the "finest" of Minneapolis were not much more gentle than some of the neo-nazis who showed up to heckle our protest. It looks as if I am still right on.
-Brandon -Powderhorn Park -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of sue Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] replace the chief instance after instance, we have seen the police department abuse their power. instead of protecting and serving, they go after people who may be gathered peacefully (ie the incident with the bicycle riders), and in this latest instance at the U, club and mace people who were innocent bystanders. i think we all remember the protest at the genetics conference last year, when people photographing the events were beaten and had their cameras taken away. and who do we have to thank for this but our wonderful police chief, robert olson. i encourage all of you to contact your council member, the mayor, etc. and get this clown tossed out on his ear. clearly, he and minneapolis's finest have no clue as how to build trust between the people of the community and those in his department. sue ahachich ward 3 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
