| Alberto Gaitan on 28 Jul 2000 14:43:08 -0000 |
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| <nettime> (Fwd) Lawsuit Filed Against the US and DC Governments in A16 W |
------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Eddie Becker <ebecker@cni.org> Send reply to: "ebecker@cni.org" <ebecker@cni.org> To: "'dc_imc@yahoo.com'" <dc_imc@yahoo.com> Subject: Lawsuit Filed Against the US and DC Governments in A16 WB/IMF Case Date sent: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:58:35 -0400 Forwarded from posting on the DC Independent Media Center site. Sorry for cross posts. On July 27, 2000, a lawsuit was filed in Washington, DC charging that the United States and the District of Columbia governments deliberately plotted to disrupt and stifle peaceful protests against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The lawsuit asserts that federal and D.C. government agencies and officers unlawfully intimidated, harassed and disrupted the protest. - falsely portrayed the protesters as threatening violence - maliciously closed the protesters headquarters for pretextual fire code violations - confiscated protesters political literature, banners and medical supplies - wrongfully barred protesters from demonstrating near the World Bank-IMF meetings - arrested hundreds of protesters without cause, and - used excessive force against non-violent demonstrators all with the purpose of preventing the protesters from exercising their constitutional rights of freedom of speech and assembly. The lawsuit seeks money damages for people whose rights were violated, and court orders prohibiting the government from interfering unlawfully with future protest. The DC-IMC has posted the complete complaint at http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3834 Police misinformation during A16 See how the Police invented violence to cover their illegal operations http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3777 The dc-imc Id's the law enforcement officer who beat Rob Fish. Can you find him in your tape? http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3760 See Police with cameras. Use the FOIA to get your own set of police tapes and find out about the US Marshal Service http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3639 Police attacks photojournalists. http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3601 It's the Fire Inspectors Who should be Condemned. Are they a tool of real estate speculators? http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3584 Convergence Raid Puts Intelligence Unit into Pepper Was this police actions, and the arrest of the two people who were leading the non-violent workshops, meant to cause violence? http://dc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3562 http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3573 Police Commander Explains Optional Badge Policy Did the police deliberately hide their identities to engage in deliberate acts of violence? http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3542 Police Commander Explains Optional Badge Policy http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3503 THE POLICE RIOT OF MAY 1971 What can we learn from the past? http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3533 Hit and Run by Secret Service White Van on A16 http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3491 Philadelphia Police Observers Interviewed http://dc2.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3478 --o-- ------- End of forwarded message ------- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net