Sign-On Letter to LAPD Re: May 1 Police Violence

From: Peter Schey [mailto:pschey@centerforhumanrights.org]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:31 AM
Subject: Invite sign-on: letter to LAPD requesting records re May 1 police violence at immig reform rally

Please circulate to your lists of interested persons/groups.

We plan to send a letter promptly (by close of business Tuesday) requesting that the Los Angeles Police Department preserve all records and disclose to the requesting parties and the public all records regarding the police violence against journalists and participants in the May 1 MacArthur Park immigration reform rally. This formal request is being made under the California Government Records Act.  The letter can be downloaded to your computer by selecting this link:

http://http://www.centerforhumanrights.net/5-06-07DraftLAPDRecordsRequest.doc”>www.centerforhumanrights.net/5-06-07DraftLAPDRecordsRequest.doc

You may sign on as an individual or organization. To sign on simply reply to this email with your contact information.

Here are a few links about the police violence at the May 1 immigration reform rally in which several journalists and immigrants were injured:

http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_121214138.html
http://la.indymedia.org/
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-march2may02,0,3947088.story?coll=la-home-headlines

The following individuals and organizations have signed on in the past day or two:

Association for Residency and Citizenship of America (ARCA)
César Ayala, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California
Border Angels
California Mexican American Association
Casa Libre/Freedom House (immigrant youth program)
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law Foundation
Chicanos Por La Causa
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE-Los Angeles)
Coachella Valley Chapter of Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS)
Maria Elena Durazo, Secretary-Treasurer, LA County Federation of Labor/AFL-CIO
Father Richard Estrada, Our Lady Queen of Angels Church  & Jovenes, Inc.
Daniel French, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE-Los
Angeles)*
Gente Unida
Hermandad Mexicana Nacional
Betty Hung, Esq.
Russell Jauregui, Esq.
Jovenes, Inc. (immigrant homeless youth program)
La Opinión (Spanish language daily newspaper)
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
Larry  Lambert
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Los Amigos of Orange County (LAOC)
Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness (LACEHH)
Margaret Johnson
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
Mexican American Political Association (MAPA)
Migration Policy and Resource Center/Occidental College
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Fr. Steve Niskanen, CMF, Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Angels Church
Juan Parrino, United Teachers of Los Angeles*
Ana Maria Patino, Esq.
Fr. Steve Niskanen, CMF, Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Angels Church
Poverty Matters
School of the Americas Watch South Los Angeles
Sweatshop Watch
Voces Unidas
William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI)
* for identification purposes only
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Peter A. Schey
President
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

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