------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the July 15, 2004 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE DEMAND JUSTICE In Brooklyn one year ago, police brutally attacked a Puerto Rican family, the Acostas, during a Fourth of July barbecue in front of their building. The police were supposedly responding to a noise complaint. Eight family members were injured during this police assault. They included Margarita Acosta, now 63 years old (right), and her 12-year-old grandson, Darrell. Margarita Acosta and four other family members face felony and misdemeanor charges. Their trials have been delayed for more than a year. The family believes it is because the New York Police Depart ment and the Brooklyn district attorney's office have no evidence to convict them. Jose Acosta is now scheduled to go to trial on July 8. On July 4, a rally was held at the site of the police assault. Brooklyn City Council person Charles Barron, a candidate for mayor in 2005, demanded justice for the Acosta family and all victims of police brutality. --by Anne Pruden - 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 wwnews- [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]>
