AZ Police Kill Unarmed Man
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Phoenix, AZ.  Another example of the disregard for the rights of gente in Phoenix thanks to laws like SB1070.  Maricopa police are called to the home of Daniel Rodriguez by his mother after an argument on October 8th. When police enter the home, Rodriguez questions the police officers and ask them for a warrant.  According to officer Virgillio his partner then pulls out his gun and puts it to the head of Rodriguez and states "I don't need not warrant Mother Fucker".  Rodriguez is eventually tazed twice and then in a brutal act the tazed man is shot and killed. After having his partner tell investigators these horrific details, one would think this would be an open and shut case.  However, in the current racist Arizona climate where the body of Mexicans and Chicanos is not worth anything, officer Richard Chrisman was released on bail after only being charged with the minor offense of aggravated assault instead of murder. In this racist climate it is important to not that officer Virgillio is Italian and his sister has claimed that her brother just could not believe that the other officer could do such a thing.

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 October 2010 )
 
Chicago schools cut off the heat on La Casita sit-in
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Wednesday, 06 October 2010
Chicago, IL.  
October 6, 2010

For the past month a group of parents, teachers and their supporters have staged a 24-hour sit-in against a Chicago Public School (CPS) decision to tear down their schools field house at Whittier Elementary in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.  The parents have used the field house they call "La Casita", as a community center that provides English classes, after school classes and a library.  For the past 10 years parents have battled with the CPS to build a library and center for their children.  Parents have complained that Whittier has been continuously underfunded.  Whittier is one of only 30% of CPS schools without a school library. The closest library to the school is over a mile away, in an area controlled by the La Raza street gang that consider the area around Whittier to be rival gang territory. Children are not able to safely pass to that area.  


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