Diego Rivera Alameda Park

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

San Antonio Police Abuse

nick calzoncit talks about the issue of police abuse by the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) and the efforts to counteract this issue in San Antonio. This clip was for San Antonio Public Access TV.


1 comment:

Diego said...

To everyone who was steadfast in the struggle of civil rights for
Chicanos and immigrants that were being threatened by the xenophobes in Arizona a strong and forceful VIVA LA RAZA!!!

BUT, before we can celebrate anything consider the Texas Republican Party Platform for 2010-2010 approved in Dallas this year (2010)

TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR 2010

PARTY PLATFORM ADOPTED 06/12/2010
DALLAS, TEXAS

1.ENCOURAGE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TO CREATE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE FOR AN ILLEGAL ALIEN TO INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY BE WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

2.OPPOSE AMNESTY FOR UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS IN ANY FORM LEADING TOWARD CITIZENSHIP FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

3.LIMIT CITIZENSHIP BY BIRTH TO THOSE BORN TO A US CITIZEN WHOSE PARENT WAS BORN IN MEXICO WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.

4.ELIMINATE DAY LABOR WORK CENTERS.

5.TERMINATE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PRESCHOOL AND OPPOSES MANDATORY PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN.

6.END BILINGUAL EDUCATION.

7.NON-CITIZENS DENIED ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE OR FEDERAL COLLEGE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE


AND YET REPUBLICANS CLAIM THAT THEY ARE NOT RACISTS BUT SOLELY CONCERNED ABOUT BEING A NATION OF LAWS…………THEIR LAWS!

DOES THEIR PLATFORM SMELL OF ARIZONA?????SOUTH AFRICA WITH APARTHEID COME TO MIND?