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An Evening with DAPL Saboteurs Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya: How and Why Two Women Went from Protesting to Sabotage to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Jessica Reznicek, 35, and Ruby Montoya, 27, both of Des Moines, held a news conference Monday outside the Iowa Utilities Board’s offices where they provided a detailed description of their deliberate efforts to stop the pipeline’s completion…

Both women are involved in Iowa’s Catholic Worker social justice movement and they described their pipeline sabotage as a “direct action” campaign that began on Election Day 2016. They said their first incident of destruction involved burning at least five pieces of heavy equipment on the pipeline route in northwest Iowa’s Buena Vista County. 

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Jessica and Ruby need your support to spread the word!
They think they will likely be indicted soon and in jail awaiting trial. So the event is necessarily being organized on short notice. We need every person to help get the word out. If you are part of an organization, please consider emailing your list. Please share on facebook and twitter. Jessica and Ruby need all the support we can give. Thanks very much ♥

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In the fall of 2016, while the epic battle over Indigenous Rights and fossil fuel infrastructure was being waged in Standing Rock, ND against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), Catholic Workers Ruby Montoya and Jessica Reznicek sabotaged DAPL over and over during its construction near their home in Iowa, successfully delaying the destructive oil project for many weeks.

Recently, they revealed what they had done to the world, despite never being caught in the act.

How did this happen?
They taught themselves how to do sabotage. They had no special skills.

What does it prove?
1. For those who can, successful sabotage is doable and you don’t have to get caught.
2. The idea that the state and corporations are somehow “omniscient” and “undefeatable” is not true.

This changes the field for all environmentalists – and all people who work for change.

Come join Ruby and Jessica and learn about and discuss their decisions and action to do everything they could to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

This event is for everyone. Whether you agree with Jessica and Ruby’s actions completely or not. Everyone who comes with respect and is genuinely interested in a productive dialogue is welcome.

The Global Climate Crisis is forcing people who never imagined or wanted to do anything like Jessica’s and Ruby’s actions to question and re-evaluate what they’re willing to do to confront it. And ask ourselves whether we are willing to support actions like these after they occur – even though some of us would never want to or be able to engage in actions like these ourselves.

With forests on fire, seas rising, super storms ripping apart the coastlines and so many of the most vulnerable people and wild things being hurt by climate change, combined with an emboldened fascism on the rise, it feels more than ever like the world is being murdered right before our eyes. More than ever it’s becoming clear to more and more of us that we must rely on each other to be able to stop this destruction and organized hatred.

Perhaps this evening – for those who would like – can be a time for soul searching.

Our hope lies in the fact that we are capable of so much more than we can even imagine. Jessica and Ruby are just one example of this.

What will be the one step forward into a place of discomfort or fear that you take?

What do you need to get there?

We invite you to an evening where we can all be amongst people who care as much as we do and share from our hearts.

Brought to you by your friends in struggle, Diablo Rising Tide.

P.S. We’ll be collecting donations for Jessica and Ruby.

#NoDAPL
#WaterisLife
#MiniWiconi
#DirectActionGetstheGoods

Rachel Wolkenstein

Lawyer for Mumia from the beginning of his case

ALSO: Other speakers, and a special segment: solidarity with anti-fascist fighters.

ENDORSERS:

Workers World Party, Justice for Palestinians, Leonard Peltier Support Group, Donna Wallach, Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party, Taking Aim, Socialist Viewpoint, Bay Area National Lawyers Guild, Mobilization To Free Mumia, Kiilu Nyasha, Freedom Socialist Party, International Bolshevik Tendency, Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality, Revolutionary Workers Group/Speak Out Now, Critical Resistance Oakland, Haiti Action.

Learn how to get involved our chapter, what’s happening now, and what we have planned. https://t.co/Qi2ioxU07h pic.twitter.com/JXchiQyEpR

— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) October 28, 2017

BFUU SemiAnnual Meeting
Your voice counts and your vote matters! We look forward to seeing you at this meeting.

Join our monthly meeting for members and newcomers interested in opposing the Trump agenda!
For more information, visit indivisibleeb.org.

This month, the Oakland Post Salon will host a community discussion on two of the most obvious problems that seem to
be growing out-of-control in Oakland: homelessness and illegal trash dumping.

The Post Salon, which will feature panelists and community discussion focusing on solutions is free and open to the public.

Invited panelists include:

• Needa Bee, co-founder of “The Village/Feed the People” Homeless Encampment;
• Kate Harrison, Berkeley City Council member;
• Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council member-at-large;
• Ken Houston, community activist working against blight an homelessness;
• City of Oakland official working on homeless issues;
• James E Vann (moderator), co-founder of Oakland’s Homeless Advocacy Working Group.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall.  If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph.  If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months,  once Daylight Savings Time springs forward we tend to assemble at 4 PM).

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 2 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over five years! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
3. Announcements
4. (Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

The money bail system is broken: private companies achieve exorbitant profits by scavenging off of communities (primarily of color) living in poverty. Low-income Americans are sitting in jails for days, months, and even years for the most minor of infractions simply because they can’t afford to pay high bond amounts. The reality is that the majority of people in jails – over 70% – are there for one simple reason: their income status. This is both morally and legally wrong.

Join us for a powerful viewing of the documentary ‘The Bail Trap: American Ransom’ followed by a panel discussion. Understand money bail in depth from experts and those who have been personally affected and learn how we have an unprecedented chance to change this system in California. All are welcome!

Hosted by Congregation Beth El, Netivot Shalom and Bend the Arc, A Jewish Partnership for Justice

Get some free food (mac-n-cheese, hot dogs, vegan chili) and chill out with some cool people (First They Came For The Homeless, Food Not Bombs, Consider the Homeless…). Get some info about the Hepatitis A epidemic, transmission and safety, and local responses to this crisis.

Before the steps of Civic Center (New City Hall), Berkeley, CA.

If you’re hungry, bring an appetite. If you’re not hungry, maybe bring a potluck?

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ZOMBIE MARCH ON COAL
Workers & Youth Unite Against the Tagami Coal-pocalypse

As the fires burn and the cities flood, one man in Oakland is trying to wreak MORE havoc on the planet’s ecosystem and put MORE toxic chemicals into the lungs of our little ones.

That man is Phil Tagami.

See you at his house the day before Halloween?

RSVP and more info  |  Co-Sponsor the march

Halloween is here, but will it be trick or treat? Developer Phil Tagami is using legal tricks to force dirty coal on Oakland.

Last year, Tagami tried to build a coal transport terminal in our town. But workers, youth, and community members came together to win an historic ban on the storage, transport and handling of coal in city limits. Now Tagami is suing to force the City of Oakland to accept his dirty coal terminal.

Tagami can choose the Coal-pocalypse – covering black and brown communities in coal dust – or an Oakland with good jobs and clean air.

Join youth and workers in helping Tagami make the right choice! We’ll meet at 4:30 to get in our best Zombie coal-pocalypse costumes and have a procession to Tagami’s house.

This will be a family friendly event with costumes, face-painting, pumpkin-carving, and other Haloween carnival activities, as well as trick-or-treating.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

HOW DO I GET THERE? In the discussion section of this page, you’ll find posts on both public transit options and a rideboard. Tagami’s house is not super accessible, so please plan ahead. If you need a ride, use the ride board.

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH COSTUMES? HOW DO I GET MY ZOMBIE ON? Please come in whatever you will be comfortable in. All types of costumes (not just zombies!) are encouraged. If you do come all zombied-up, we ask that you go for more “covered in coal dust” than “maximum blood and gore” as we’ll have lots of little kids that we’re trying not to scare. We’ll also have face paint / makeup onsite for you to use.

WILL THIS BE FAMILY FRIENDLY / SAFE FOR KIDS? Yes, absolutely. High school students have been central to the planning of the event and have an amazing set of family-friendly activities planned – from reading circles to music to games! We’ll have things for both little little kids and the other youth. Bring them all!

WILL THERE BE FOOD? We’ll have some very limited snacks and treats meant mostly for kids, but otherwise not. Adults: better to grab that apple or granola bar on the way out the door. Better yet, bring some snacks to share.

WILL THERE BE BATHROOMS? No. We’ll be marching through a residential neighborhood and will not have access to bathrooms. Go light on that afternoon coffee.

WHAT SHOULD I BRING? Layers and lights. We’ll be outside the whole time and it gets chilly when the sun goes down, so bring layers. If you have a flashlight, headlamp, or glowstick, please bring it.

HOW ACCESSIBLE IS THE MARCH? The park at which the march starts is bordered by a sidewalk and path which are accessible by wheelchairs. The march to Phil Tagami’s house is 3-4 long blocks, but one of those is at a significant incline. Additionally, we ask everyone to come as free of chemicals and scents as possible. If you have additional access needs or questions, contact Brooke Anderson at 510-846-0766 or brooke@climateworkers.org.

WHY ARE WE GOING TO TAGAMI’S HOUSE? For years, thousands of Oakland residents have called on Phil Tagami to drop his plans to cover our beloved Town in coal dust. He has not listened. In fact, we passed a ban on the storage, handling, and transport of coal in Oakland and he responded by rejecting the clear will of the people and instead suing the city in an attempt to move forward with his plan to make himself millions at the expense of our children’s lungs. If he wants to bring coal dust into our homes, we’ll bring coal-fighting zombies to his.
Visit www.NoCoalinOakland.org or contact nocoalinoakland@gmail.com for more information and the latest news on the No Coal in Oakland campaign.


Climate Workers is building a worker-led labor movement for climate justice. Climate Workers is our space, our political home, to begin to reclaim our labor – insisting that our work restore, not destroy, the planet we live on and the communities we live in.

Through multilingual popular education, Climate Workers connects the lived experiences of thousands of workers with the roots, scale, and urgency of the climate crisis. As workers, we engage in hands-on projects to foster climate resilience; support our local and national unions in taking bold, public stands against dirty energy; and lead campaigns for a just transition away from extraction and toward good jobs in industries that heal the planet.

Membership in Climate Workers is open to all individuals who are:

• union members or union staff.
• non-union workers actively building power in their workplace or industry.
• staff & membership of other labor organizations (e.g. worker centers, labor centers, etc.)

Sing songs with Ocupella and hold signs, use a sign created by Tax the Rich or create your own on the GOP-Trump tax plan.

Agenda

Reportbacks (5 min)

REMINDER Friends focus group with GIC, Monday, November 20, 5:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce, across the street from City Hall. Please modify your schedules as much as you can to make it possible to attend this.

#DivesttheGlobe

West Oakland (Margie/Jackie)
County of Alameda Supervisor Haggerty
Speakers bureau

Repeating items: (15 min)
Treasurer’s report
introductions of new attendees
overview of public banking for new attendees
set next meeting time and place (place will still be the same as this one; thanks to Barbara!)

Feasibility study update (5 min)

Committees (20 min).
Outreach: anything to report?
Governance; moving forward, soliciting input
Equity: Margie’s efforts

Anything upcoming not discussed above.

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
Updates on the Bayview Hunters Point
Environmental and Climate Justice Struggles
Against Pollution and Gentrification

with Brian Butler, Sheridan Enomoto, and Bradley Angel of Greenaction

Please join us! Announcement details to follow…

An important Berkeley City Council meeting that will consider several actions promoting police accountability.  Your voice is needed in this conversation.

Tuesday is a beginning of a year-long campaign for change in Berkeley policing.  Please join with us to make history in Berkeley.

Highlights:

Item 14 (Bartlett):  Referral to Peace and Justice Commission to divest from entities involved with creating databases or registries to target immigrants and religious minorities; and prohibit investment in all service providers to ICE. (To sail through on the consent calendar, it is important that no more than three community people speak to this item.)

Item 26 (Harrison/3 co-sponsors): Amend use of force reporting to require all use of force

Item 29 (Worthington, Harrison): Refer to PRC to write Charter Amendment for true police commission

See https://www.dropbox.com/s/4tjrulxjsh526mb/2017-10-31%20Agenda%20Packet%28WEB%29.pdf?dl=0

Item 26: require reporting of all use of force.

The importance of Council Member Harrison’s item is that use of force that does not involve a weapon, such as use of legs or arms, does not need to be reported to department management.  If it is not reported internally, there is no way for the council, PRC, or the public to get a true picture of the overall use of force.This is out of step with all other area departments regionally and most nationally.  This failure has been called out by the Center for Policing Equity in their report on BPD’s racial disparities.

The language on Item 26 has gone through changes over time.  Here is the current summary from Kate Harrison’s office.  It can be found in the Revised Materials, a link under Item 26 on the Agenda.

RECOMMENDATION
1. Direct the City Manager to amend Berkeley Police Department (“BPD” or “the Department”) General Order U-2: Use of Force (“General Order U-2”) to:

a. Enhance BPD’s use of force policy statement; and
b. Create a definition of use of force; and
c. Require that all uses of force be reported; and
d. Categorize uses of force into levels for the purposes of facilitating the appropriate reporting, investigation, documentation and review requirements; and
e. Require Use of Force Reports to be captured in a manner that allows for analysis; and
f. Require that the Department prepare an annual analysis report relating to use of force to be submitted to the Chief of Police, Police Review Commission (“PRC”) and Council.

2. Direct that the City Manager report to the Council by December 12, 2017 on the progress to date and present to the Council by February 27, 2018 a final version of General Order U-2.

3. Prior to implementation, the revised General Order U-2 shall be submitted to the PRC in accordance with BMC 3.32.090(B).

Item 28: Address racial disparities, enhance PRC power in Board of Inquiry process

Council Member Worthington’s item contains six reforms requested a year ago by the PRC.  The first three address racial disparities, and the last three enhance the Board of Inquiry process.

On the issue of racial disparities, the PRC has been drafting detailed analysis and recommendations over the past year.  These should be sent to Council by the end of the year.  Mr. Worthington’s proposed reforms touch on some of the same issues that the PRC will address: tracking yield rates, developing training programs, and consulting/cooperating with communities most affected by observed racial disparities to develop and implement policy and practice reforms.

Therefore, points 1, 2, and 3 are positive and should be supported, and will be helpful when the specific PRC recommendations come up for consideration.

Points 4, 5, and 6 are very important enhancements to the civilian complaint review process. These are beginning steps to restore some level of relevance to the ground-breaking oversight that voters mandated in 1973.  They are:

4. Subject to applicable law, provide the PRC with the same access to all department files and records, in addition to all files and records of other City departments and agencies, as the department’s Internal Affairs Division (IAD). The Department and other city departments and agencies will make every reasonable effort to respond to the PRC’s requests for files and records within (10) days.

5. Use the “Preponderance of the Evidence” as the standard of proof for Board of Inquiry decisions of the PRC.

6. Extend the current 120-day limit on the imposition of discipline to one year, consistent with existing California law.

These points may meet with strong staff and department resistance.  Please contact me for clarification if you want to support these vital changes.

Item 29:  Refer to PRC to write Charter Amendment for a true police commission

It is time to put an issue on the ballot to establish a truly independent commission that cannot be overruled by city management. It will have the power to view any evidence required for the oversight function, and to have more direct power over discipline as well as policy.

Last Tuesdays of the month are general orientation meetings for new volunteers. (The first three Tuesdays of the month are open hacknights – we stay focused! )

Our goal is to create a wireless mesh network that is owned and operated by the community.

Want to help create an alternate means of digital communication that isn’t governed by for-profit internet service providers? We need people with both technical and non-technical backgrounds to help with everything from local community involvement and crowdfunding to mounting wifi routers on buildings and developing software!

Learn more at: http://sudomesh.org/

The Eviction Defense Collaborative would be honored by your presence at our 22nd Annual Fundraiser – a fun & inspiring evening dedicated to preventing homelessness, preserving affordable housing, and protecting the diversity & character of San Francisco:

We will feed you delicious food!
We will serve you delicious drinks!
We will honor local heroes of the Housing Justice movement!
We will show a new short film about the impact of the housing crisis on our most vulnerable neighbors.
We will dance the night away to live music by amazing local artists!

You obviously don’t want to miss this. Buy your tickets today!

All proceeds will directly benefit San Francisco tenants facing eviction, displacement & homelessness.

In this edition of Bread and Roses, food for thought will come from EBDSA member John Pearson RN. He’ll talk about a recent member-driven campaign that won breaks and back pay for nurses at Highland Hospital in Oakland. Come break bread and hang with East Bay Labor activists!

Open to East Bay Labor activists, union members and workplace organizers in and outside of DSA.

$16 buffet available at the social.

Come by our open Delegates Meetings every First and Third Thursday of the month at 7pm! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom

SF Police Commission making final decision on use of #Taser on 11/3 at 5pm. #NoTasersSF https://t.co/HCC625DnRD

— Media Alliance (@twrling) October 28, 2017

4:00pm, � RALLY In Front of City Hall

The Sf Police Commission will be voting on whether SFPD will have tasters! It is Critical to get AS MANY PEOPLE POSSIBLE and pack the room! Tasers are dangerous weapons that do not belong in our city!!

The San Francisco Police Commission will be holding its last public hearing on purchasing stun guns for San Francisco police officers. Although there has been much discussion on the topic, there remain many misconceptions about the weapon under consideration and its potential impact on policing in the city.

I’ve heard many people – young and old –  say that they’d rather be stunned than shot with a bullet. This is a logical response. Unfortunately it’s based on misunderstandings about how conducted electrical weapons (CEWs) work.

Even the San Francisco Police Officers Association (POA) has repeatedly asserted after officer-involved shootings that SF police officers need CEWs to use as an alternative to guns.

To be clear, CEWs cannot be substitutes for guns because there are inherent limitations in how they function that render them unreliable for being used in deadly force situations.

The leading manufacturer of CEWs specifically states in its training materials, “CEWs do NOT replace deadly-force options.” Most departments that have CEWs instruct officers NOT to use them in deadly force situations because they cannot be relied upon to stop a threat.   Many factors can cause the CEW be ineffective  – how thick the person’s clothing is, whether both probes hit the person, and whether the CEWs electrical charge captures enough muscle to incapacitate, to name a few.

The law permits officers to use their firearms in deadly-force circumstances, which involve a threat of death or great bodily harm. The manufacturer’s training materials advise officers that the optimal range for CEW deployment is seven to 15 feet. To use a CEW in a situation in which an individual is armed or violent or aggressive would require the officer to be just seven to 15 feet from the individual. Alarmingly, CEWs have been found to fail often, in fact the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reported a 47% failure rate in 2015.

The SFPD adopted a new Use of Force policy in December 2016 stating the commitment to accomplish the “mission with respect and minimal reliance on the use of force by using rapport-building communication, crisis intervention, and de-escalation tactics” including time and distance. Bringing in a weapon that requires officers to be within seven to 15 feet of an aggressive individual would undermine the tenets of the policy and the training that has been instituted. And, should the weapon fail, officers would be in jeopardy and would have no choice but to escalate to lethal force.

In considering adopting CEWs it is prudent to ask, “Have CEWs been shown to stop or reduce officer-involved shootings in other law enforcement agencies?” Recent reports from Los Angeles and San Jose, both cities that have deployed CEWs for many years, register significant numbers of officer-involved shootings. LAPD reports 34 officer-involved shootings to date in 2017, and San Jose registered its eighth officer-involved shooting in September. CEWs clearly do not prevent officers from using guns. SFPD has had ongoing issues with disparate use of force, including deadly force, on persons of color. The findings of the DOJ Collaborative Reform Assessment of the SFPD and the Blue Ribbon Panel Report detail racial inequalities in many areas from stops, searches, and arrests, to officer-involved shootings.

San Francisco is not the only city with disproportionate use of force patterns.   Other cities that have similar problems report disparities in officer-involved shootings as well as CEW use.   For example, a 2016 Chicago study documented that Chicago officers shot and used CEWs on African Americans at disturbing rates, and a Houston studyreported that CEWs were used disproportionately on African Americans.

The question of CEW efficacy is further complicated by the fact that the weapon under consideration for purchase by SFPD at this time, the Taser x2, is a new model that has had very little study or research to verify its reliability. The City of Houston has had several incidents that raise serious questions about the Taser x2.   A lawsuit filed this year by Houston Officer Karen Taylor after she was severely injured in a failed Taser x2 incident details how the newer CEWs, while possibly less dangerous to suspects than previous models, are more risky for officers because they are less effective. In one weekend in March, 2016, in three separate incidents Houston officers shot suspectsafter failed Taser x2 deployments.

Tragically, CEWs, the “less lethal” weapons, kill far too often. In a series published this past summer a Reuters Report examines 1,005 deaths since 2000 involving Tasers and states, “Many who die are among society’s vulnerable  – unarmed, in psychological distress and seeking help. In the city of San Jose alone there have been eight deaths after CEWs have been used-  some linked to the CEWs, and some from other contributing factors. In all of the cases, use of the CEW did not result in safely taking a suspect into custody.

Would we support our city purchasing new, untested cars for employee use that reputedly fail nearly 50% of the time, that randomly kill people (particularly vulnerable populations and people of color) even when used as directed, and would certainly result in costly lawsuits? Of course not.

Before obtaining a new problematic weapon that would most likely be used disproportionately on people of color and vulnerable populations, the city and the SFPD must focus on de-escalation of force and ensuring that policing in San Francisco is equitable and fair and functions at the stated SFPD “highest priority (of) safeguarding the life, dignity and liberty of all persons.”  SFPD General Order 5.01 Use of Force

Barbara Attard is a police accountability consultant, former president of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE), and co-author of the Police Misconduct Complaint Investigations Manual.

8:00 –  DEFENDER – Jeff Adachi and Jim Choi – Documentary – 75 min.                                                                 

This insightful documentary focuses on San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi as he and his team, take on the high-profile case of 22-year-old Michael Smith, who pleads not guilty after he is charged with nine counts of resisting arrest. Pulled off a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train along with his girlfriend, Smith is wrestled to the ground, the arrest captured on the attending officers’ body cameras.