[van-announce] Organizing Meeting for the 9th International Day Against Police Brutality

[anton at resist.ca]

To all people who want to fight police brutality:

We are a group that has come together to organize for the 9th 
International Day Against Police Brutality on March 15th 2005.  We are 
calling ourselves the Action Group Against Police Brutality and we are 
open to all people who agree with our organizing principles and want to 
work for justice with those who are most directly affected by police 
brutality.  We want to build solidarity among those peoples who are on the 
front lines of police brutality and we want to build solidarity between 
all people who have been affected by police brutality, malfeasance, 
corruption, and incompetence.

March 15th is an international day of protest open to all people who want 
to take a stand and fight for justice for those who are oppressed and 
brutalized by the police and security institutions.  The first 
international day was originally called jointly by the Montreal-based 
Collectif oppose a la brutalite policiere (COBP) and the Swiss Anarchist 
Black Cross after the brutal beating of two teenagers by the Swiss police. 
It is in this spirit of international solidarity that we want to organize 
this day, standing together against police brutality locally and 
internationally, from the VPD's rampant shootings in the DTES to the 
RCMP's involvement and complicity in the occupation of Haiti.

Next Organizing Meeting of the Action Group Against Police Brutality:

Wednesday February 16th
6 PM
Purple Thistle Youth Collective
875 Vernon St., Upstairs 
(Located near the intersection of Vernon and Venables)

For information please contact the APC at (604) 682-2726,
email apc at resist.ca