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News :: Crime & Police |
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Martell Miller Speaks Out about Veya and the Attempt to Silence Minority Activists |
by Dave Berliner
Email: daveberliner (nospam) hotmail.com |
06 Sep 2004
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In this story Martell Miller talks about how his experience videotaping the Champaign Police department's traffic stops of African-American men has resulted in a potential sentence of 4-14 years in jail for eavesdropping. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Local Activists Charged with Eavesdropping After Videotaping Local Police - Community Rallies Behind Them |
by Kimberlie Kranich
Email: kakranich (nospam) yahoo.com |
05 Sep 2004
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Two founding members of VEYA, Visionaries Educating Youth and Adults, Martell Miller and Patrick Thompson of Champaign, have been charged with eavesdropping by the state's attorneys office for videotaping Champaign Police traffic stops of African-American men and their white counterparts. A video that features these stops by police was to air on Urbana Public Television on August 25, 2004 but UPTV staff turned the tape over to police without Mr. Miller's knowledge and now the tape is being used as "evidence" against Mr. Miller and Mr. Thompson. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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UCIMC Members Report on Their Arrest, Captivity in New York City |
by Sarah Kanouse, Zoe Ginsburg, Colleen Cook, Arun Bhalla
Email: sarahk (nospam) readysubjects.org |
04 Sep 2004
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First hand account of UCIMC members detention during the RNC protests this week in New York City.
At 4 PM on Tuesday, August 31, five members of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center were arrested in a mass round-up of peaceful demonstrators just one block from the site of the former World Trade Center in New York City. The arrest led to a two and a half day ordeal for the demonstrators and their loved ones as the New York Police Department and the Department of Corrections attempted to clear the streets of demonstrators during the Republican National Convention (RNC).
The march, organized by the War Resisters League and the School of the America’s Watch, had assembled at the World Trade Center to march to Madison Square Garden in an effort to bring the sober legacy of September 11 home to the RNC, which was widely reviled in New York City for capitalizing on the attacks for political gain. An estimated 400 people were arrested shortly after police had announced that the march, which did not have a permit to close the street, must remain on the sidewalk and obey New York State traffic laws. The demonstrators were moving along the sidewalk, leaving about 2 1/2 feet of space for other pedestrian traffic and attempting to organize themselves to walk two abreast, when the police suddenly blew a whistle and announced that everyone was under arrest. The police gave no order to disperse prior to surrounding the march with net and beginning the process of handcuffing everyone on the block, including a German tourist, a New Yorker who wanted to watch the demonstration, and a 17 year old woman from Delaware visiting New York for the first time. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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Released U-C IMC Reporters On Their Way Home |
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by IMC Home Support Team |
03 Sep 2004
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At approximately 10:10PM CDT just as the monthly UC IMC Steering group meeting was breaking up here in Urbana, we received word that the NYC reporting team were enroute back to Illinois.
Thanks to all of them, who bore the brunt of state repression, and to their home team, which supported them here (and some of whom have not slept in several days, either!) The reporting has been top-notch under very difficult circumstances, but it should make clear that Indymedia will not be intimidated. Your donations are still needed to off-set the expenses incurred. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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The Arrest and Detention of U-C IMC Reporters, Hour by Hour |
by Editors
Email: web (nospam) ucimc.org |
03 Sep 2004
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These are reports from the streets of New York City called in to the U-C IMC on Sept. 1 and 2 during protests against the Republican National Converntion.
Five Urbana-Champaign IMC reporters were arrested on the afternoon of August 31, 2004 while collecting audio and video footage of the War Resisters march in New York City.
These reports are in reverse chronological order.
9/2/04 5:51PM CDT. FINAL UCIMC REPORTER RELEASED! Sarah Kanouse called and has been released from jail after 50 hours of being detained.
9/2/04 10:30AM CDT. UCIMC Reporter has called-in from Central Booking. She is in good spirits, and expects to be released in approx. 6 hours.
9/2/04 8:42AM CDT. UCIMC Reporter Sarah Kanouse is still being incarcerated -- she's been held since the afternoon of August 31st without access to lawyers. UCIMC home support has been attempting to get more information about her condition from NYC police throughout the night. The National Lawyers Guild has told UCIMC home support that there are approximately 800 people that have not been arraigned who are well into their second day of detention.
9/2/04 4:21AM CDT. FOURTH UCIMC REPORTER HAS BEEN RELEASED!!! Zoe Ginsburg has been released from jail and is undergoing the standard legal and medical check-up.
9/2/04 3:10AM CDT. After over 35 hours in detention, a fourth UCIMC reporter is expected to be arraigned in one hour, after a court recess. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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UCIMC Reporters Arrested in NYC |
by Meghan and Ellen
Email: radicallibrarian (nospam) hellokitty.com |
02 Sep 2004
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Eight UCIMC reporters attended the Republican National Convention protests that began in New York last Sunday, August 29. Five of the UCIMC reporters were arrested during the War Resisters' League March on Tuesday, August 31, 2004. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Education : Labor : Protest Activity |
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GEO Protest Thursday, Sept 2 Against UIUC Violations of New Contract |
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by ML |
01 Sep 2004
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Don't Let them Strangle our Union!
Protest Union Busting
Thursday, September 2, from 11:30AM to 1:30PM
Henry Administration Building (Meet on the South side) |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Republican National Convention Coverage - Aug. 31, 2004 |
by Editors
Email: web (nospam) ucimc.org |
01 Sep 2004
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Breaking reports from UCIMC reporters in New York
6:22PM CDT: Report from Time Square. 20-25 people arrested for blocking the street.
4:57PM CDT: Report from Ground Zero. Three police buses have taken marchers away.
4:40PM CDT: Report from Johnny Cash protest. Still going strong. Protesters are singing Johnny Cash songs.
4:20PM CDT: Marchers are still waiting on sidewalk to be arrested.
4:00PM CDT: It is confirmed that arrests will be made. Police have brought a bus. Marchers are still on the sidewalk.
3:23PM CDT. They are receiving reports from march organizers that everyone on the sidewalk in the orange fencing has been declared under arrest. Our reporter has not yet seen anyone being taken away.
3:13PM CDT. Police are fencing in marchers using orange plasic fencing. Protesters are chanting: "Let us Disperse"
3:07PM CDT. March has stated to move. Police are calling it illegal and saying they will arrest anyone who violates traffic signals.
2:40PM CDT. They are at ground zero with the War Resisters' League March. Three is heavy police prensence.
1:50PM CDT. Police seem to be headed to the Convergence space at St. Mark's Church.
12:10 CDT. At the immigrant's march there are about 200 protestors and 500 police officers. march is mainly a lecture, but there are bike and riot police. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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Republican National Convention Coverage 8/30/2004 |
by Editors
Email: web (nospam) ucimc.org |
31 Aug 2004
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Reports from the UCIMC Reporters on the streets of NYC during the RNC protests on Aug. 30, 2004 -- in reverse chronological order:
8:15PM CDT OUr reporter is out of the pen. Police are letting people leave.
7:40pm CDT Rep Talked with National Lawyers Guild. They don't think people in the pen will be arrested.
7:30PM CDT One of our reporters is in the pen that the policed forced some of the marchers into. There are approximately 250 people in the pen. About 75 people are lying down spelling peace with their bodies.
7:00PM CDT March is being pushed in a fenced in pen. Police have split the march in two. Half the march in the pen. Others are being asked to disperse. People are being arrested. Police are using billy clubs.
6:50PM CDT March is festive. People are still joining the march.
6:45PM CDT March is headed up 8th Avenue. Police presence is still there, but calm.
6:05PM CDT The police have informed the National Guard of the march. Still no arrests.
5:20PM CDT The police presence has thinned out and half a street has been blocked off for the march. Mood is still festive and peaceful.
5:15PM CDT The march is 1000+ people strong and there are several hundred people in front of the march videotaping.
4:00PM CDT They have joined in the March for Our Lives. Police presence is strong but peaceful. Mood is festive.
1:50PM CDT Police are breaking up a march into one block chunks. Mood is still festive. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Republican National Convention Coverage - Aug. 29, 2004 |
by Editors
Email: web (nospam) ucimc.org |
30 Aug 2004
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Breaking reports from U-C IMC reporters on the streets in NYC covering protests against the RNC on Aug. 29, 2004 -- in reverse chronological order:
5:20pm CDT Brief update call from Central Park reports 10-20,000 people converged on Central Park. Atmosphere is calm.
4:50pm CDT Third report in from the NYC streets.
March ended and UC-IMC reporters started heading toward Central Park. Atmosphere continued to be festive -- lots of drums and people on rollerskates.
Elsewhere in the city, there are mass arrests going on at 46th and Broadway. Between 100-150 people have been arrested. Legal observers are also being arrested.
3:00pm CDT Second report in from UFPJ march. March was halted briefly due to fire in front of the convention center. Fire was put out with no injuries reported. March continued but was split up due to streets being blocked. Protesters are making their way to Central Park.
12:50pm CDT First report back from UCIMC reporter at the United for Peace and Justice march. Atmosphere is festive and chill, with no police in sight. |
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