[van-announce] WITNESS CALL-OUT, Safe Streets Act demo April 9th

[Stephanie Smith]

Dear comrades:

On April 9, 2005, at a demonstration against the Safe Streets Act 
and at the jail solidarity vigil that followed, participants, 
witnesses and passers-by were harassed, assaulted and arrested by 
the VPD.

Police charged into the crowd with horses and motorcycles; 
several people were brutally attacked and injured by police. 
The outcome of this disgusting spectacle of police intimidation 
and violence is that three of our comrades are facing criminal 
charges ranging from mischief to assault police, while several 
others received tickets.  All intend to vigorously defend the 
charges against them.

If you were a witness to any of the events of April 9th, we 
urgently need you to come forward and help defend our comrades 
against this escalating campaign of brutality by the VPD.  We ask 
anyone who might be able to provide witness statements, or 
photographic or video evidence, to please contact the 
Anti-Poverty Committee at (604) 682-2726 or at apc at resist.ca.

In solidarity,
Stephanie Smith
on behalf of the APC Legal Defence Committee