Remember the pepper-spraying cop who doused a peaceful Occupy Wall Street protest on the campus of UC Davis? STORY: GTFOH! Police Pepper Spray Peaceful College Protesters Well, nineteen students and alumni at the University of California, Davis filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the university. The lawsuit is the latest fallout from […]
Kayvan Sabeghi was hospitalized after suffering a ruptured spleen caused by the police brutality at Occupy Oakland. He is the second Iraq war veteran to be hospitalized. The Los Angeles Times has the details: A second Iraq war veteran who was hurt in Occupy Oakland protests is in stable condition, a hospital spokesperson said Saturday. […]
I visited the Wild 100s yesterday, ak.a. The Altgeld Gardens, one of Chicago’s roughest housing project on the city’s far south side. I went in to talk with Sherry Smith, mother of Eugene Riley, who’s being held without bond for the murder of Derrion Albert. They’re in court this morning. I also had an meeting […]
