Sorry this hasn't been updated, folks! A lot of stuff has been going on!
Most critical I think, in recent news, has been the acquittal of Sean Bell's murderers, NYPD Officers Gescard Isnora, Michael Oliver and Det. Marc Cooper, who fired fifty times at the unarmed man, killing him on his wedding night. The acquittal shows the racism and authoritarianism inhereant in our justice system and implies that the New York Police Department is above the law, the constitution and the ethics we have in our society. If you shoot an unarmed person 50 times as an offensive action, you are a murderer.
Dozens of New Schoolers and other SDSers attended the rally and unpermitted march in Queens this past Friday to demand justice for Sean Bell's killers. Despite it being a spontaneous action, over 1000 people showed up to show support for Popular Justice.
Learn more about the Sean Bell case and what you can do to demand justice at
http://www.justiceforsean.net/
Wednesday Night, New School Students working in coalition with the Picture the Homeless campaign will be staging a Sleep-Out to protest the criminilization and gross neglect of New York's homeless population. Thousands of people in New York are deprived of the basic right to shelter, and what is more, treated like criminals for being unable to find housing in the City. All this is happening while millions of square feet lie unused, kept empty to inflate prices by greedy landlords. Help draw attention to the problem by joining us as we sleep out on the corner of 13th Street and 5th Avenue from 7PM Wednesday. Email sleepoutapril30@gmail.com for last minute info.
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