Month July 2006

Richard Becker. Press conference

Becker is western regional coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition. “The severity of the charges is correlated to the severity of the beating.” (1:05 min.)

LAPD brutality. Stills

After repeated watching of the video, it appears most of the beating of Villa and Westberry was done by an LAPD sergeant. Villa and Westberry were standing on the street videoing. An officer on bicycle comes behind them, picks up…

Big win for South Central Farmers

From LAVoice A judge today shot down Ralph Horowitz‘s bid to shut the South Central Farmers out of court as well as the 14-acre plot of his land where they had squatted rent-free for three years. This means they’ll be…

LAPD brutality. Arrest for ‘lynching.’

Jose Villa was videoing LAPD during the anti-Minutemen protest called by ANSWER LA last Saturday. As the YourTube video shows, he and Christen Westberry were standing still when an LAPD officer on a bicycle stopped next to them, picked up…