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Ghetto Prophet, Co-Chair of the ONYX Organizing Committee arrested and needs support!
March 20th, 2013 | Rights
Supporters believe this is a political attack. Earlier in the day on March 5, GP participated in the Justice for Alan Blueford (JAB) Coalition rally at the Alameda County Courthouse. He had at least two verbal altercations with police and gave a fiery speech condemning them. It is also public knowledge that ONYX is launching a strategic and sustainable campaign against police brutality, with plans to launch a literacy program on April 3.
Given his penchant for leadership and his past record, Comrade GP would be viewed as and important (and easy) member of ONYX to attack. As of March 16, Ghetto Prophet is still being held at Santa Rita jail and supporters are asking for donations to help support his family.
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I attended the Berkeley MHC meeting mentioned above. I appreciate the COPWATCH advocacy. I’d submit also that the so-called “mental illness” question needs to be reframed, as that constitutes a false explanation for the phenomenon. In Trieste, Italy, for instance, the application of the “clinical gaze critique” perspective has led (over 40 years effort) to end the practice of “forced treatment” there; Italian “Democratic Psychiatry” is the larger related movement.
ABO
FYI, I’m an activist with the Coalition for Justice
and Accountability in San Jose.
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