Coalition for a Safe Berkeley

Dollars from the feds for "security", in grants from UASI (Urban Areas Security Initiative) show that Berkeley is budgeted for $0 -- perhaps because the City Council must approve any UASI grants over $50,000 (due to previous organizing by the C4SB). Notice RICHMOND -- budgeted for $300,000 and taking $0. Once again, Richmond policing is showing that police can be responsive to the people.

teenagers having fun on warm friday afternoon, laughing and throwing water balloons, until BPD arrived...

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/americans-killed-cops-outnumber-americans-killed-iraq-war/

Americans Killed by Cops Now Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq War The increase in police brutality in this country is a frightening reality. In the last decade alone the number of people murdered by police has reached 5,000. The number of soldiers killed since the inception of the Iraq war, 4489. What went wrong? In the 19070’s SWAT teams were estimated to be use...

Great interview with Maria Moore and Annie Paradise about what happened to Kayla Moore in February, and the Police Review Commission hearing tonight. Interview around minute 20.
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/96416

The Morning Mix with Anthony - October 23, 2013 at 8:00am | KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener...