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Peoples Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability
Volunteer Open House

Want to volunteer with the coalition?

For all people interested in getting their hand dirty in some powerful radical work to stop police violence in NYC!!

Come find out how your can support PJ’s work on the group through our Cop Watch Network, Know Your Rights Educational Campaign, Public Art and Advertising and Fundraising efforts.

Thursday, July 14 from 7-9pm
@
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway 6th FL.
(D, F to Broadway Lafayette, 6 Train to Bleecker street)

*Spread far and wide and take a stand against police violence*

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NYC Peoples’ Justice Cop Watch Training March 20th

8:22 am By Maegan La Mala · Justice|New York City · Comments Off

10 Mar 2011

What Would Police Accountability Look LIke?
Spring Training Series by Peoples’ Justice
Sun. Feb. 27, 2-5pm:  Know Your Rights
Sun. March 20, 2-5pm:  Cop Watch
PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: Community Service Society, 105 E. 22nd St. at Park Ave., Room 4A.
6 or N Trains to 23rd Street.
*** It is preferable, but not necessary, to attend both trainings.  TO RSVP for either: Emailinfo@peoplesjustice.org and specify which training(s) you wish to attend.***
Who Should Attend:
-  Groups of 3-5 who wanna start Cop Watch teams.
-  Folks who wanna learn about their rights when approached by the cops (esp. poc, youth, immigrants, trans and
queer folks).
-  Folks who are tired of watching police violence in their neighborhoods.
-  Folks who wanna plug into PJ’s work.
-  Lawyers who want help hold the NYPD accountable to NYC communities.
-  Folks who wanna talk to their communities about issues they face.
Brought to you by:
Peoples’ Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability
212.614.5343

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When:Sat. Jan. 15th, 2011, 2-5 pm
Where: Center for Constitutional Rights,666 Broadway, 7th Floor
(N/R/W to 8th Street or B/D/F/V to B-Way-Laf St.)

Who Should Attend:
- Groups of 3-5 who wanna start Cop Watch teams.
- Folks who wanna learn about their rights when approached by the cops (esp. poc, youth, immigrants, trans and
queer folks).
- Folks who are tired of watching police violence in their neighborhoods.
- Folks who wanna plug into PJ’s work.
- Lawyers who want help hold the NYPD accountable to NYC communities.
- Folks who wanna talk to their communities about issues they face.

Brought to you by:
Peoples’ Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability
212.614.5343
www.peoplesjustice.org
info@peoplesjustice.org

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seanbellsitin.jpgAll to often in the mainstream media, the issue of police brutality is painted as a black and white issue when in reality it is an issue impacting all people of color. The most recent highly publicized police killing of Sean Bell in Queens, NYC last November has long time police brutality activists and communities of color across the city organizing and calling out a pattern and practice of racially based police killings.

The recent indictments against three of the five officers who fired 50 shots at Bell on the eve of his wedding have left some in the Latino community justifiably unsatisfied. Some showed their dissatisfaction by committing and act of civil disobedience by blocking the entrance to the Queens Criminal Court in Kew Gardens.

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