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Police Beat and Arrest
Muslim and Black youth
at De Anza College Protest

Police brutally arrested 8 people on Friday, 11/11/05 on the last day of a 3 day protest against Colin Powell at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA.

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After almost everyone else had left, the police brutally arrested their targets from among those they had corralled in the parking lot: Muslim and Black youth

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San Jose, CA 95164

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What Happened:

On the night of November 11th at De Anza College, Santa Clara County Sheriffs tackled and beat a number of young Muslim men and one African American non-Muslim man. The night was part of three days of anti-war events and protest around the former Secretary of State Colin Powell's appearance at the Flint Center.

In a shrinking crowd of mostly white protesters, sheriffs singled out and targeted men of color in the crowd with brutal arrests. Included were two Muslim students not participating in the protest, but walking to their cars after attending a class. Sheriffs justified the attacks and arrest by charging seven of the men with various offenses. Two required hospital treatment and one was left unconscious.

This post-September 11 flavor of racial and religious profiling is an attack on communities of color and everyone's right to speak out. We should be able to participate in protest against the crimes and deceptions of Colin Powell and the Bush administration without fear of police brutality.

Take Action:

Call the Santa Clara County District Attorney, George Kennedy, at (408) 299-7400, and demand they stop racial profiling and drop all the charges against the 8 De Anza arrestees from November 11th, 2005.

The Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission will hold another public hearing on December 12th at 5:30 PM, at 1880 Pruneridge, San Jose. Please attend to support those brutally arrested and racially profiled.

Important!
If you or someone you know was at the protest and
took pictures or video of the protest on Friday, 11/11/05,
please send an email to:
endprofiling (at) yahoo.com
(Your identity and privacy will be preserved.)

Look for yourself...
Examine the 214 photographs below from the IndyBay website
of the brutal arrests made by the Santa Clara County police at the
very end of the COLIN POWELL PROTEST in CUPERTINO
on Friday, 11/11/05.

Local copy of the IndyBay photos. Each photo below has been lightened.
Web pages 10 and 11 show brutal arrests, and one person who collapsed when
a police officer sprayed mace into his face and mouth and he couldn't breathe.

Students Arrested at Powell Protest Accuse Police of Targetting Muslims
indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php

Colin Powell De Anza College Resistance Blog
powelldeanza.blogspot.com

Read the article by Aman Mehrzai below for more details on what happened.

Important Articles and Press Releases:

11/15/05 - "Minorities Beat by Police at Powell Protest", by Aman Mehrzai
www.sbm4peace.org/newsroom/articles/05.1115.PoliceBeatCollegeStudents_AmanMehrzai.htm

Important Related Radio Programs:

11/14/05 - Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviewed Aman Mehrzai, a student at De Anza College, about the racial profiling and excessive force used to arrest activists during the Colin Powell demonstration on Friday, 11/11/05.
Listen Now! (link to Democracy Now! website)
www.democracynow.org/article.pl

11/14/05 - Listen to the following 11/14/05 KPFA news segment on the arrests at De Anza College on 11/11/05.
Listen Now! (5 min, 12 sec, local copy, 1,222 KB)
www.sbm4peace.org/newsroom/articles/05.1114.KPFAnews_DeAnzaArrests_5min12sec_32Kbps16000Hz.mp3

11/16/05 - Listen to the following 11/16/05 KPFA Voices of the Middle East segment on the arrests at De Anza College on 11/11/05.
Listen Now! (18 min, local copy, 4,220 KB)
www.sbm4peace.org/newsroom/articles/05.1116.KPFA_VoicesOfTheME_DeAnzaArrests_18min_32Kbps16000Hz.mp3

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