Website for the Local Coordinating Committee of New York
The October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation has been mobilizing every year since 1996 for a National Day of Protest on October 22, bringing together those under the gun and those not under the gun as a powerful voice to expose the epidemic of police brutality.
The Coalition also works on the Stolen Lives Project, which documents cases of killings by law enforcement nationwide. The second edition of the Stolen Lives book documents over 2000 cases in the 1990's alone. The second volume to this book is now in the works, and volunteers are needed to help with the research and editing. Please contact the National Office at 1-888-NO BRUTALITY or info@october22.org for more information.
LINKS
LINKS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS/STOLEN LIVES, etc. (still in formation)
LOCAL ORGANIZING ARCHIVES (to be reposted eventually (since they were originally on a Geocities site)
PHOTOS (AND REPORTS EVENTUALLY) OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST IN NYC:
NDP 2002
NDP 2004
NDP 2005
NDP 2006 (video collage)
NDP 2007. Initial report posted at Indymedia
STOLEN LIVES PROJECT LINKS:
Stolen Lives cases in NY in the 1990s (from National Website)
Video of of Nicholas Heyward, Sr. speaking about the 2006 Induction Ceremony the week before it took place on MNN's "Let Them Talk" w/Paul DeRienzo & Joan Marie Moossy
Download the flyer of those killed by NYPD since Amadou Diallo
Photos of the Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony in 2003.
Photos of the Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony in 2004.
Photos of the Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony in 2006. Initial report posted at Indymedia.
Photos of the Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony in 2009.
Photos of the Nicholas Heyward, Jr. Candlelight Vigil in September 2005
Video of the O22 rally in support of Sean Bell's family's vigil in February 2007
Photos of the Day of Remembrance for Nicholas Heyward, Jr. in August 2007
Photos of the Malcolm Ferguson Birthday Vigil in October 2007
Photos of the Malcolm Ferguson Candlelight Vigil in March 2008
Photos of the Day of Remembrance for Nicholas Heyward, Jr. in August 2008
Photos of the Day of Remembrance for Nicholas Heyward, Jr. in August 2009
Photos of the Nicholas Heyward, Jr. Candlelight Vigil in September 2009
Photos of the Timur Person Candlelight Vigil in December 2009
LINKS TO PHOTOS OF EVENTS AND ACTIONS OCTOBER 22 COALITION ORGANIZED/HELPED ORGANIZE:
Grand Jury Forum (Mar. 2007)
Press Conference for verdict of Malcolm Ferguson wrongful death suit (Jun. 2007)
Press Conference and Rally on the 43rd Precinct's 8/8 attack on the family and friends of Juanita Young (Aug. 2009)
LINKS TO PHOTOS OF OTHER ACTIONS OCTOBER 22 COALITION TOOK PART IN:
Citywide Rally Day of Remembrance of those killed by police, called for by Calvin Hunt of the National Action Network (Apr. 2007)
Lakou New York's screening of "Giuliani Time" in Brooklyn (Apr. 2007) (Click here for more info on the film)
People’s Justice Rally & March after Sean Bell’s killers’ verdict (Apr. 2008)
Harlem Revolution Club's WE ARE ALL SEAN BELL Rally & March in Manhattan (May 2008)
Press Conference for Rosario & Vega Wrongful Death Suit in Bronx (Mar. 2009)
To contact the New York local coordinating committee of October 22 Coalition:
Telephone/Fax: 866-235-7814 (toll-free)
E-mail: oct22ny@yahoo.com
For the National Office of October 22 Coalition:
Telephone: 1-888-NO BRUTALITY (toll-free)
E-mail: info@october22.org
Website: october22.org
Address for both: P.O. Box 2627, New York, NY 10009
To subscribe to the listserv for announcements, statements, etc., send a blank e-mail to oct22ny-subscribe@topica.com
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If you would like a copy of the Voices Against Police Brutality chapbook, please send a check or money order for $5.61 ($5 for the book, 61 cents for the postage) to P.O. Box 2627, New York, NY 10009.
There are still copies of the preview sampler for the Voices Against Police Brutality mixtape. If you would like a copy or would like to help with the editing and production of the mixtape cd, please contact Kathie.
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CIVIL RIGHTS SUMMIT ON POLICE USE OF "DISORDERLY CONDUCT"
hosted by the Civil Rights Campaign of Picture the Homeless
January 21, 2010
7:00pm
Center for Constitutional Rights, 7th Floor
666 Broadway (between Bond and Great Jones Streets), Manhattan, NY
(6 train to Bleecker Street, F to Broadway-Lafayette, N/R/W to Prince Street)
From PTH: "Many people in NYC know that tickets and arrests for 'disorderly conduct' have been used by the NYPD unconstitutionally, with the alleged violation not even specified. Individuals from sectors of the city's population that have been targeted with police harassment have their lives messed with, get caught-up in the police-court-jail system, are pressured to plead guilty, made to pay a fine they can't afford, etc.
Please join the organizations and individuals at this summit for discussion and action-planning -- to organize to stop the illegal harassment and criminalization of homeless and non-homeless people through the use of the Disorderly Conduct statute."
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STAND WITH JUANITA YOUNG AND HER FAMILY IN COURT
February 24, 2010
9:30am
Bronx Supreme Court, Part 35
851 Grand Concourse, Bronx
(B/D/4 to 161st Street-Yankee Stadium)
Stand in support of Juanita Young and her family as her son James Ferguson faces bogus charges leveled against him after the 43rd precinct attacked his family and friends and brutalized him.
Please contact:
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson
198 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
Tel: 718-590-2312
Fax: 718-590-2198
and/or
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr
851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
Tel: 718-590-3557
E-mail: webmail@bronxbp.nyc.gov
to demand that the charges are dropped against James and the other family members and friends who were given disorderly conduct charges and that there be an independent investigation of the charges and the police raid that night and in the following months.
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STAND WITH PEOPLE'S LAWYER LYNNE STEWART AT A POTENTIAL RESENTENCING
April 22, 2010
4:30pm
US District Court, Room 12B (Judge Koeltl)
500 Pearl Street, Manhattan
(4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall, J/M/Z to Chambers Street, R to City Hall, N to Canal Street)
Stand in support of Lynne Stewart on this day if she is indeed being resentenced. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals told Judge Koeltl to consider lengthening her 28-month sentence.
E-mail info@lynnestewart.org or PatLevasseurP@aol.com or see the website for more information.
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