CNews 25September08
From our Ward Churchill Is The Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Human Being I've Ever Known In My Life department: Seems there may be a Bill Ayers connection to The Obamassiah, and we all know who claims to have taught Bill Ayers, et alia, which end the bullets go, that kind of thing, don't we. (via lgf)
CNews 19September08
From our Yeah, We Always Wait Two Years To Mention Poisonous Gas Thrown In Our Face, Too department: Police Blotter
A 37-year-old Louisville woman filed a harassment report Sept. 16, insisting several men are following her. The woman, who describes herself as a conservative political activist, feels she's being targeted because she helped organize a rally at the Democratic National Convention. She said she noticed several men following her around town shortly after she posted information about the rally on a political Web site she maintains. The woman took pictures of the men and posted them on the site in an effort to help identify them. She stated this is not the first instance she's been targeted for her political beliefs. The woman claims former CU professor Ward Churchill threw "poisonous gas" in her face as she was exiting a store in Broomfield in 2006.No sign of this woman's blog, or any other mention of this admittedly genocidal act, but we're guessing the "poisonous gas" The Perfesser allegedly "threw" in the woman's face was a puff of cigarette smoke. We're pretty sure that outside of California, that's not a hanging offense.
It be that time of year agin, mateys: International Talk Like A Pirate Day. We present another quote from The Perfesser translated into Pirate (arrrr!)
"One o' t' thin's I’ve sujisted be that it may be that more 9/11s be needed. Garrrr."
CNews 8September08
Mildly OT: New PB reader julius martov (@sspats be upon him/her!) forwards us an email that appears to be making the rounds on behalf of the beleaguered Recrate68 and the impoverished Dave Lane, Esq.:
Recreate 68 is working with David Lane, a prominent civil rights attorney, on civil suits resulting from some of the police actions during the DNC. As you may know, illegal police actions at some of the previous national conventions and other large protests (for example, the FTAA actions in Miami) have resulted in six- and seven-figure payouts by the cities involved. There's no guarantee of similar monetary awards in these cases, but we will still be able to hold the city of Denver and the police officers involved accountable for its violations of the civil rights of demonstrators and of people who simply got caught up in police actions.
We need to gather information relating to four specific incidents:
1) The illegal arrests and detentions on Monday evening, August 25, on 15th Street between Court and Cleveland.
If you were caught in the crowd that evening, either arrested or detained, please send your name, address, phone and email, and a brief description of what happened to you that evening, and what else you saw or heard, to legal@recreate68.org and to dlane@killmerlane.com. If you know anyone else who was there and who may not see this email, please pass this information on to him or her. Time is of the essence, so please, the sooner the better.
If you have video and/or still photographs of any portion of the events that evening, please bring a copy of the video to Mr. Lane's office at 1543 Champa St., Suite 400, Denver. Please leave your name, address, phone and email with the video, along with a signed letter stating that you personally took this video on the date in question. If you can't make a copy yourself, Mr. Lane's office can make a copy and get the original back to you. Please indicate that you need that done.
2) The arrests of Carlo Garcia and Alicia Forrest in and near Civic Center Park on Tuesday, August 26.
If you have video and/or still photos of either or both of those arrests, please follow the instructions above.
3) The pretext stops of vehicles associated with the convergence center on Monday and Tuesday.
We understand that several vehicles were stopped and searched by police shortly after leaving the convergence center, but no citations were issued, and that a truck or van carrying signs and banners was stopped and impounded and held for more than 24 hours sometime during the DNC. We know there were no videos of these events, but if you were involved in any of those stops or have knowledge of them, please get in touch with Mr. Lane. We know that some of those stopped may live outside of Denver; if you have contact with any of them, please pass this information on.
4) The illegal seizure of materials at the convergence center in relation to the incident when the Denver Police Department bulldozed material on private property rented by R-68 and Unconventional Denver.
Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter of critical importance.
Update: Drunkapundit has more.
