<div dir="ltr"><p>Heads up for a rad event this coming Sunday! Come by Sudo Room at 3pm for:<br></p><p>Short documentary screening: “The Battle for Oscar Grant Plaza” by
Jacob Crawford and co-produced by Dave Id, Indybay.org. The documentary
shows how the City of Oakland and its Police tried to shut down the
budding “Occupy Wall Street” movement, turning downtown Oakland into a
teargas filled war zone and injuring numerous people. Police video
obtained in discovery in the National Lawyers Guild’s successful lawsuit
and interviews with activists and journalists about their experiences,
tell the real story of the disastrous Fall 2011 police actions that
pushed the troubled OPD to the brink of federal receivership.</p>
<p>Documentary (in it’s current state) is 25 minutes and will start
around 3:15. Expect light refreshments and intellectual discourse! We’re
interested in sparking conversation around police accountability in the
Oakland area and beyond. If you have any interest in direct involvement
with OPD accountability (especially if you are a coder!), you won’t
want to miss this!</p>
<p>The producers and some plaintiffs (including Scott Olsen) will be present to answer any questions.</p>
<p>Jacob Crawford is a long time Copwatcher based out of the Bay Area in California. He joined <a href="http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/" target="_blank">Berkeley Copwatch</a>
in 2000 and produced the first ever “in the streets” non-dramatized
know your rights video “These Streets Are Watching”. He currently is
running <a href="http://wecopwatch.org" target="_blank">WeCopwatch.org</a> with other Copwatchers and has been a contributor for <a href="http://copblock.org" target="_blank">CopBlock.org</a> for several years.</p><div>Calendar event listing: <a href="https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/the-battle-for-oscar-grant-plaza-screening-and-discussion-on-police-accountability/?instance_id=75333" target="_blank">https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/the-battle-for-oscar-grant-plaza-screening-and-discussion-on-police-accountability/?instance_id=75333</a><br>
<br>Jenny<br>
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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
-Laurie Anderson<br>
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"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
-Hannah Arendt<br>
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"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
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