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WESPAC Foundation is concerned about the criminal justice system. We work in solidarity with other groups and organizations in Westchester County to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, to eliminate racial profiling, and to address the structural and institutional biases inherent in our criminal justice system. We stand to permanently remove the death penalty as a legal option for the state, and we seek to significantly reduce the prison populations by working towards a more benevolent economic system that guarantees meaningful jobs and training at a living wage to all people.
Sending love to our political prisoners
Sending Love to our Political Prisoners WESPAC's Criminal Justice Committee writes letters and joins a statewide movement On February 18th, 2009 WESPAC's Criminal Justice committee hosted a letter writing event to show support for a variety of political prisoners...
Mumia’s Radio Broadcasts
www.prisonradio.org/mumia.htm
Free Mumia
Join WESPAC as we support Mumia on Monday, July 13th at 12 noon:
Mumia Supporters Call for Civil Rights Investigation
From: Hans Bennett Hi folks, this is my new article that just got released by the SF Bay View Newspaper, focusing on the campaign for a civil rights investigation for Mumia. It is a long article, but I thoroughly detail 5 key pieces of withheld evidence, and the...
Help Stay the Execution of Troy Davis
Please take a minute to sign online petition to help stay the execution of an innocent man... Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row – even though the case against him has completely...
Free Mumia Abu Jamal
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New Directions for New York
New Directions for New York: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy A State and City-focused Conference hosted by: The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance have come...
America’s Police Brutality Pandemic
www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts224.html
Cops Use of Police Dog
I videotaped the funeral of Nathaniel Cobb (Newburgh) who had a dog set on him by police then handcuffed, beaten, tazered and put in a police garage with temperatures of over 100. He died later in the hospital. Every Knee-grow leader that spoke at the funeral...
WESPAC on Facebook
November 19th marks the tragic police killing of Mr. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. Kenneth his son will open up the community forum with welcoming words and thoughts on this current moment:Please save the date and help us share widely!Our current slate of confirmed panelists includes: - Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of White Plains Joseph Castelli (Commissioner Hardy is already committed to another panel that evening)- Peekskill Police Chief Adam Renwick - Omar Lopez (Deputy Mayor and CCRB Chairman, Ossining) - Dennis Adams (CCRB Chairman, Peekskill) - Jay Buckiewicz (Secretary CCRB, Peekskill)Invited but not yet confirmed - City of Yonkers Public Safety Commissioner and Westchester County Public Safety CommissionerWe will have light refreshments from 6pm to 6:15pm and then we will head to the auditorium: @followers
WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
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