Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 12 VTMBH Article: Article Order VTMBH Article: Title Forum and mass highlight police brutality in Brooklyn VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Haïti Progrès VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On March 15, about 100 people gathered in a school auditorium in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn for a forum denouncing the Jan. 16 police murder of Georgy Louisgene and police brutality in general. In addition to cultural presentations by Kongo and Feet of Rhythm and a powerful video on police brutality, the evening featured speakers who outlined the depth of police brutality in working-class and minority communities throughout New York City. We are not fighting a few rogue policemen, we are fighting a system, said Richie Perez, a Puerto Rican community activist. The entire criminal justice system is rotten. With example after example of the police cover-ups of their murder of youths in New York, Perez illustrated how the blue wall of silence is not just silence, but a whole web of agreed-upon lies. The evenings most emotional moment came when the parents of the many police victims assembled in front of the room, holding solitary flowers in memory of their lost children. These are our heroes, said Abby Louis Jeune, Goergy Louisgenes sister. Our group is growing. But we are also getting stronger. And we are not going to take it anymore! We will find justice! We will stop police brutality! The Georgy Louisgene Justice Committee, made up largely of friends and family of Louisgene, organized the event and planned to continue fighting for justice in his case. To date, the district attorney has not charged the two Brooklyn 67th Precinct cops who shot Louisgene, 23, when he asked them for protection from men who had beaten him. The afternoon following the forum, a mass in memory of Patrick Dorismond was held at Brooklyns St. Francis Church on Nostrand Avenue. Patricks family traveled from Florida to commemorate their son with hundreds of people of all races and nationalities who turned out for the mass, which marked his birthday and the second anniversary of his death. A civil trial of the officers who killed Dorismond is expected this year. The police tried to block our access to grand jury testimony and the results of the internal affairs investigation, arguing that it was privileged information, Derek Sells, the Dorismonds lawyer, told Haïti Progrès at a reception after the mass. Having overcome that obstacle to discovery, we expect to depose the officers involved in April and hopefully get a trial by the fall or early winter. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-26 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v12b2.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 109 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Forum and mass highlight police brutality in Brooklyn 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-26