FBI Files Reveal Years of Surveillance of SOA Watch

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Declassified FBI Files Reveal Years of Surveillance of Peaceful Demonstrations by FBI's Counterterrorism Division

ACLU and School of the Americas Watch filed for documents; much information blacked out, some pages not released

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Georgia today released new evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting counterterrorism investigations into School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch), a faith- and conscience-based human rights group. SOA Watch, which organizes yearly nonviolent demonstrations calling for the closure of the School of the Americas, a controversial training school for Latin American soldiers located at Fort Benning, charges that the files demonstrate a clear attempt to stifle political opposition.

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Homeland Security Detains Katrina Victims

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Written by NCLR

Editorial Note: After making explicit statements saying it was safe for immigrants (documented and undocumented)  to come forward and recieve assistance after the hurricane Katrina disaster, the government has started detaining immigrants instead of assisting them.

If immigrants can't come forward and recieve medical andother care, this creates a public safety hazard and continues to sress the lives of many people trying to recover from our largest recovery effort.

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Finding Value in Mexican Lives

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Written by Rich Vázquez

In 1998, James Michael Rogers killed a Mexican gray wolf. Rogers was sentenced to 4 months in prison, 6 months house arrest, 50 hours of community service and 3 years of probation.

In 2000 Samuel Blackwood shot a Mexican man. This week, Blackwood was fined $4,000 and received 180 days probation for a misdemeanor charge classified as "assault".

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Latinos..Ripped From the Headlines

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Written by Rich Vázquez

Last June, the Puerto Rican Day parade in New York was followed by sexual assaults upon women by various groups of young men made up of Blacks, Whites and Latinos. Some policemen were criticized for not paying attention to the women who reported assaults. A few of the police defended their apathy by saying Puerto Ricans would have complained if any arrests were made.

Unfortunately, because the media decided to run with the story given by those very few bad cops, the entire department was stereotyped as apathetic and intimidated by "political correctness" run amok. Puerto Ricans were stereotyped as feeling above the law and opposed to basic law enforcement and personal responsibility. People seemed to accept that Puerto Ricans, for some reason, did not want criminals punished for their crimes. The facts of that day are that many good police officers enforced the law over 3,000 times in a crowd of 2.5 million. This is typical for any large carnival atmosphere. There were also hundreds, if not thousands, of good Puerto Ricans celebrating their heritage with an emphasis on human rights in Vieques and the activist, lawyer and scholar, Pedro Albizu Campos.

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