Tacoma SDS

October 22nd Coalition supporters:

PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE...

We strongly encourage you to participate in Seattle's contribution to
the 13th Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality,
Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation:

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Seattle Central Community College, south plaza (near Broadway and Pine
on Capitol Hill)
Rally starting at 4:00pm, march starting at 5:30pm

With the current economic crisis looming large in the minds of millions,
repression by police of dissent is becoming more open and organized.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) ― A Bridgeport police officer accused of stealing hot dogs from a courthouse concession stand has been fired.

Officer Murphy Pierce has been accused of stealing hot dogs from a vendor starting in late 2006 and later trying to tamper with witnesses in the case when the vendor complained.

A panel of police commissioners has signed off on the decision to fire Pierce. The board says the intimidation began in September 2006 when Pierce approached Michael Pinto, who operates the "Snappy Dog" concession stand near the courthouse.