http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/February
Vol. XXXV, Number 2 February 2015
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/February
Teen Girl Fatally Shot by Cops at Texas Police Station
A knife is certainly not nothing. But it’s also not a gun.
But why can’t three cops, in the middle of their own lobby,
subdue a knife-wielding teen girl without using lethal force.
Coignard was shot four times, and three police officers have
been placed on administrative leave.
The Portland Alliance: January 2015 **Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981**
“Coretta Scott King: “We have done what we can to reveal the truth, and we now urge you as members of the media, and we call upon elected officials, and other persons of influence to do what they can to share the revelation of this case to the widest possible audience.”
Ervin Edwards Beaten, Tazed and killed by six officers while
The whole time, Edwards body was
lying motionless on the ground. His feet and hands
were cuffed. He was not resisting…
he was not even moving. They tortured this man to death!
How can we stop police from abusing their authority?
The number of people in uniform who will knowingly and maliciously violate your human rights is huge.
Resist Bad cops in PDX-Ferguson-NYC-Berkeley-Cleveland-Utah-NC, etc. Join us!
Call about bat cops
US Department of Justice, Criminal Investigations Unit, 202-514-2000
Eight witnesses say Mike Brown did not need to die
The autopsy proves Mike Brown was falling forward, staggering or on his knees when the last four shots were fired. The final shot went in the top of his head and came out his eye.
Kathy Kelly
There are numerous, obvious solutions to problems in Afghanistan which NATO countries could actually consider, or even attempt, if the alliance was actually there to help improve the quality of life for Afghan people.
Three eyewitnesses to Mike Brown murder stand by original accounts of his surrender
Tiffany Mitchell, Piaget Crenshaw, and Dorian
Johnson have each stated since the day Mike Brown was killed that they saw him surrender to Darren Wilson with his hands in the air.
America’s 53 simultaneous wars… became 56
America is fighting at least 50 unprovoked and avoidable corporate-American wars (economic and military aggression ranging from sanctions to contractors, mercenaries, troops and bombs) in Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gaza, Gulf of Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, the West Bank, Yemen and Zimbabwe.



