[van-announce] People's Inquiry - Wed. March 30th: Policing Poverty

[apc at resist.ca]

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                             People's Inquiry into Police Violence
                                       Policing Poverty
                               Wednesday, March 30th - 6:30pm
                 Tellier Tower - 16 East Hastings Street (next to the DERA office)
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The People?s Inquiry into Police Violence series continues this week with a panel discussing ?Policing poverty?.

Presentations will be made by the Bus Riders Union, who will discuss the economic inequality within public transit and the increased policing on Skytrains and the criminalisation of transit riders.

The president of the Vancouver Area Network Of Drug Users will speak to the brutal reality of the VPD?s policing of the Downtown Eastside.

An APC organiser will outline the economics and politics of increasing police budgets and intensifying violence.

Next Wednesday, the Peoples Inquiry will have a panel discussing ?Police Violence and Complacency against Women? with speakers from Women Against Violence Against Women, Justice for Girls, No one is Illegal and women involved in the sex trade.

All forums take place at 16 east Hastings (beside the DERA office) and begin at 6:30pm.  Childcare is available