East L.A. Sheriffs harass organizers: Justice For Salvador Zepeda (1)

On Wednesday February 18th, 2009 members of the October 22nd Coalition and Cop Watch Los Angeles - GC / Revolutionary Autonomous Communities were doing outreach in the East Los Angeles Community, for the vigil that will take place Saturday, February 21st for Salvador Zepeda who was murdered in cold blood by the Sheriffs on November 30th, 2008. In the same community where Salvador (Chava) was killed, the same sheriffs that murdered him continue to harass and intimidate the community. When passing out fliers we witnessed Officer Subler go up to a young Chicano and harass him after he was given a flier for the vigil, at a nearby gas station. The officer asked him what he had in his hand and continued to ask him questions about it. When we started to film and observe he came up to the young woman who is a member of the October Coalition and begin to intimidate her and pulled on her bag, trying to get her bag which contained fliers for the vigil. After we filmed him he wanted to get our names and birthdates and threaten to detain us for filming him. He later left after giving us his name, and after he saw that we knew our "rights."

People in the community have called us and told us that the intimidation and harassment has been growing, and we see this as a means to scare them from coming out to the vigil to demand justice for Chava, and for the terrorism that they're living under on the daily basis in their neighborhood. It is important that people come out to the vigil on February 21st at 5pm, to show solidarity and support the families in this community. We need to continue to build a popular movement against the violence that is coming down from the state on our working class communities of color.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• East Los Angeles
• Police Brutality
• Guerrilla Chapter

[samten10a]

Here is another thing to be concerned about….

There are a few states that want to make it ILLEGAL to video and audio cops doing their job. That needs to be stopped. To stop that every one that use a video need to write and ask both state and fed to write law that will allow the recording of cops. Next every time you see one of these so called people representatives ask then in front of a crowd why there is not a law that allows people to video them.

[SirGlockALott]

Bad, Bad cops, terrible.

[ivaaan3t54]

so injusto

he was so young

and this cop must to go to jail

he was my cousin

and I'm so shocked for this unfortunate incident

[jonnathaneastlos323]

thats rite they like to film us but not them self's haha keep doing what your doing man we need justice for Salvador rest in peace chava aka blex

[judasplow25]

Cops don't like it when you film their abuses. God bless you and keep filming America needs you!