Los Angeles — The prosecutor told me I had a choice: Either serve several months in prison or accept community labor for 20 days — which is really a month of work, since most folks get at least two days off a week. This seemed a little severe to me. I was arrested for protesting against Bank [...]
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Los Angeles protest: ‘Peace in Korea now!’
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John Parker March 16, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Even as thousands of U.S. soldiers, sailors, Marines and Air Force members are engaging in war “games” off the coast of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, many people in the United States are demanding that Washington stop its aggressive actions against the northern half of Korea. To underscore this sentiment, the International Action Center [...]
Chickens come home to roost: Chris Dorner & Los Angeles police brutality
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John Parker February 11, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Los Angeles — To protect and serve? For a growing number of Los Angeles residents, that motto is now in question. This stems from recent incidents involving Chris Dorner, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer and veteran, incidents which have apparently made it acceptable for police to target with deadly force those whom they deem [...]
Cops kill, cops lie – Anaheim rebels
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John Parker August 1, 2012 » Add the second comment.
Los Angeles — The city of Anaheim is about a 40- to 50-minute drive south of Los Angeles and is the home of Disneyland. Yet the terror of police repression — so familiar in the Black, Latino/a and immigrant communities of Los Angeles — was unleashed in Anaheim twice, on July 21 and 22. Manuel Angel [...]
