The National Lawyers Guild and ANSWER LA announced today they will file numerous lawsuits and complaints against LAPD for their brutal behavior at the anti-Minutemen protest Saturday, clubbing people, even after they were prone on the sidewalk motionless. (See the two videos following this post.)

Several TV news reporters were at the press conference, and there were gasps from the audience when the video was shown.

The NLG has successfully sued LAPD before, winning two million, and forcing LAPD to abide by a consent decree, one whose terms they appear to have now broken.

Watch the videos, they speak for themselves.

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Unprovoked attacks by Los Angeles police. From the counter-protest called by ANSWERLA.org to protest a Minutemen march in Hollywood on July 8, 2006.

Man in white shirt on left walks towards police, is clubbed. Others are clubbed, person in wheelchair knocked over. Screams of “he’s mentally retarded.” Officer on bike deliberately smashes into two people standing there videoing. Other cops club them, even after they’re on the ground. After several seconds of them not moving, cop clubs them again and is pushed back by another cop.

Watch the video on YouTube

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Slow motion of unprovoked Los Angeles police clubbing of protesters. From the counter-protest called by ANSWERLA.org to protest a Minutemen march in Hollywood on July 8, 2006.

As it starts, officer on bike smashes into two people videoing. Other police them club them. At the end, another officer beats them as they are lying motionless on the sidewalk - and is then pushed back by another officer.

Watch the video on YouTube

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From BlairWatch

Another message from Craig Murray:

“The government’s deadline has passed, the documents are still on the website and we await the court injunction…

Thank you for all your support.

Craig”

Foreign Office legal action “unlikely to succeed“, The Guardian

The government is threatening to sue former ambassador Craig Murray for breach of copyright if he does not remove from his website intelligence material that was censored out of his newly published memoirs.

Foreign Office issues new deadline, Craig Murray replies

This apparent victory is in no small part because the documents were spread far and wide via the Internet, including this blog, to non-British sites. The comments in this post on Lenin’s Tomb lists many of the sites.

“The Internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it.”

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The Party for Socialism and Liberation has launched a new website, PSLweb.org which will feature regular postings of breaking news, as well as analysis, podcasts, and more. RSS feeds too!

This is in addition to their magazine website, SocialismandLiberation.org and the blog, PSLblog.org.

PSL is a coalition member of the ANSWER Coalition. Check out their new site.

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As mentioned, the press conference is today, 10 am. ANSWER LA and the National Lawyers Guild will be filing suit against LAPD for police misconduct (beating people who were lying on the ground) at the Saturday counter-protest against the Minutemen.

I’ll have more to report after the press conference.

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Thx to Wood at TheJohnHeronProject

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