2014.12.26: FYI: Upcoming Protests + Events

From: Letwin, Michael
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 9:50 AM
To: 1199 Members; CRIMINAL PRACTICE ALL; JUVENILE PRACTICE ALL; CIVIL STAFF ALL
Subject: FYI: Upcoming Protests + Events

http://www.weekofoutrage.com/upcoming-protests
Upcoming Protests + Events
The Week of Outrage continues. Please contact us with news of any other protests or organizing events. You can also receive text updates for NYC-based protest by texting 23559 and including @nyc2ferguson in your message.

Fri Dec. 26
Outreach Action Planning Assembly
When: 7pm
Where: Solidarity Center NYC, 147 W. 24th St. btwn 6th + 7th Aves

Sat Dec. 27
Justice for Akai Gurley
When: 2pm
Where: Pink Houses, 2724 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn, NY

Mon Dec. 30
Dancing for Justice National Call for Artist to Join us in ACTION
Calling all artist, movers, shakers, arts lovers, and PROTESTERS! We seek to use our art and artistry to protest. We create the crime scenes of of Akai Gurly, Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and more.
When: 4-6pm
Where: TBA

Wed Dec. 31
Rock In The New Year With Resistance To Police Murder!
When: 9pm (earlier actions TBA)
Where: Union Square

Thurs Jan 1
Happy New Years action – I Can’t Breathe Sing In
When: 5pm
Where: Grand Central Station, NYC
#: #BlackLivesMatter

Fri Jan. 2
#HAPPYNEWYEARS-Die In And Shutdown Of Racist 1% NY POST/FOX NEWS! Because Black Lives Matter!
When: 2-4pm
Where: 1211 6th Ave, NYC

Justice for Eric Garner and Mike Brown
When: Rally 5-6pm, followed by organizing meeting
Where: 26 Wall Street, Federal Hall Steps
#: #NoRestForTheWicked 

Organizing meeting hosted by Occu-Evolve + OWS:
ENDING BROKEN WINDOWS & SYSTEMIC POLICE POWER AND BRUTALITY, STRATEGICALLY & LEGALLY
When: 7pm
Where: 60 Wall Street
#: #BlackLivesMatter

Friday, Jan. 9
NYC Police Brutality March
When: 5:00pm
Where: Union Square

Saturday Jan. 10
Staten Island For Justice – We Can’t Breathe Solidarity Walk Shore to Shore
When: 9am
Where: Staten Island, NY
#: #BlackLivesMatter

Monday Jan. 19
The 4 Mile March in NYC
When: 2pm
Where: Union Square

2014.12.23: 5pm Tonight: We Won’t Be Silenced: Eric Garner Protest @59 St. and 5 Ave.

From: Letwin, Michael
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 11:43 AM
To: 1199 Members; CRIMINAL PRACTICE ALL; JUVENILE PRACTICE ALL; CIVIL STAFF ALL
Subject: 5pm Tonight: We Won’t Be Silenced: Eric Garner Protest @59 St. and 5 Ave.

Shut Down 5th Ave! Jail killer cops! Stop the War on Black America! Fire Bill Bratton!
“Every day the movement against racism and police terror is in the streets. Millions identify with this movement, and on Dec 23 we are taking it to Fifth Avenue.”
https://www.facebook.com/events/836939939662334/?ref=22&pnref=story

2014.12.17: Brooklyn Public Defenders Die-In for Eric Garner

So proud to be with hundreds of fellow Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW 2325 members, Attorneys of Color of Legal Aid (ACLA), 1199 members and other public defenders who walked out of Brooklyn Criminal Court and joined today’s die-in at Brooklyn House of Detention, for Eric Garner, Mike Brown and all other victims of police violence, mass incarceration and a racist criminal justice system. We also took over Brooklyn Bridge Place and marched through downtown Brooklyn.

Chants included:
*Black Lives Matter: Justice for Eric Garner!
*No Justice, No Peace, No Racist Police!
*End Broken Windows: Fire Bill Bratton!
*Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!
*Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Shut it Down, Shut the Whole Damn System Down!
*Indict, convict, send those killer cops to jail, the whole damn system is guilty as hell!
*Who’s Streets? Our Streets!
*What Do We Want? Justice!

#BlackLivesMatter #EricGarner #WeCantBreathe #ShutItDown#FireBratton

More photos at:

https://www.facebook.com/michael.letwin/media_set?set=a.10205433197099686.1073741850.1542848808&type=1

https://twitter.com/jncatron/status/545358281531604992/photo/1

https://www.facebook.com/somesq1958/media_set?set=a.1446531175169.2060694.1589877680&type=3

Coverage:

100 Brooklyn public defenders walk out in Eric Garner protest

https://www.facebook.com/michael.letwin/media_set?set=a.10205422912842586.1073741849.1542848808&type=3

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/new-york-public-defenders-walk-out-of-court-protesting-eric?bftw=main

http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/legal-aid-attorneys-stage-walk-out-at-brooklyn-criminal-court-to-protest-garner-death-1.9723742

http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20141217/defense-lawyers-march-to-protest-police-killings

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/defense-lawyers-march-protest-police-killings-27667839

Attorneys of Color Caucus – ACLA
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW 2325

Related:

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/12/new_orleans_public_defenders_a.html

Tagged photos below at Facebook

2014.12.10: Eric Garner: Materials for Saturday and Beyond

From: Letwin, Michael
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:12 PM
Subject: Eric Garner: Materials for Saturday and Beyond
To: CRIMINAL PRACTICE ALL, CIVIL STAFF ALL, JUVENILE ALL, 1199 Members

Saturday Dec. 13, 2pm: Day of Anger – Millions March NYC (ALAA contingent location TBA)
‘We call for the cessation of mass incarceration and the eradication of the prison industrial complex all together.’
https://www.facebook.com/events/959630214065046/

The system isn’t broken, it’s racist by design
‘When the police and other state-sanctioned vigilantes are killing African Americans at a rate of one every 28 hours, people won’t accept toothless reforms meant to quell anger while doing absolutely nothing to punish, imprison and disarm the real menace–the agents of the state who terrorize African American communities with impunity.’

December 13: Palestine Contingent at the Millions March NYC #BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe
‘These struggles against oppression – both locally and globally – are one. In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr: “None of us is free until all of us are free.”’
https://www.facebook.com/events/1515270328757753

2014.12.10: Thurs. 1pm (8 Fl. Conf. Rm.) : Next Eric Garner Mobilizing Committee Meeting

From: Letwin, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 1:53 PM
To: CRIMINAL BROOKLYN ALL
Subject: Thurs. 1pm (8 Fl. Conf. Rm.) : Next Eric Garner Mobilizing Committee Meeting

Please join us tomorrow to continue mobilizing for this Saturday’s rally and march, starting 2pm at Washington Square Park, and beyond.

#BlackLivesMatter #WeCantBreathe

2014.12.05; Photos of Brooklyn LAS March to Foley Square for Eric Garner & Upcoming Action

From: Letwin, Michael
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 12:54 PM
To: CRIMINAL PRACTICE ALL; CIVIL STAFF ALL; JUVENILE ALL; 1199 Members
Subject: Photos of Brooklyn LAS March to Foley Square for Eric Garner & Upcoming Action

Brooklyn march pix here.

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https://www.facebook.com/events/959630214065046/

Saturday, December 13
at 2:00pm
Washington Square Park

December 4, 2014: NYC Protest for Eric Garner

UAW 2325 and 1199 union members from Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn office, stood with our clients and communities by leading a 100-strong contingent across the Brooklyn Bridge to rally with thousands tonight at Foley Square.

Chants included:
*Black Lives Matter: Justice for Eric Garner!
*No Justice, No Peace, No Racist Police!
*End Broken Windows: Fire Bill Bratton!
*The System is Racist!
*Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!
*Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Shut it Down, Shut it Down!
*Who’s Streets? Our Streets!
*NYPD, KKK, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?
*What Do We Want? Justice!

#BlackLivesMatter#EricGarner#ICantBreathe#ShutItDown#FireBratton