Tacoma

A Tacoma police patrol car was vandalized early today parked outside the officer's North End home, the department reported.

The car's windows were smashed out and three of the tires slashed. The vandals spraypainted the rear panel and trunk area with the words, "Oscar Grant was here," Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

The officer interrupted the vandals, who ran off. A police dog searched the area but didn't find the suspects, Fulghum said.

The vandals were described as men wearing hooded sweatshirts. The patrol car was towed to Tacoma police headquarters for processing, Fulghum said.

Wednesday, July 14th: Movie Night! Popcorn! Featured Film: Homotopia

“Set sometime in the future-present Homotopia chronicles a group of radical queer’s dedicated to exposing the trouble with gay marriage, dismantling the State, undoing Empire, while looking totally fierce. Race, gender, ability and desire are reworked through an anti-colonial take of queer struggle creating a visual rhythm of melancholic utopianism that knows there may be no future but still hopes today is not their last.”

6:30pm at the M-11

1212 S. 11th Street Suite 24.

Tacoma, WA.

This is event is part of the wider 9 days of events in Tacoma check out: beyondfeminismtacoma.wordpress.com

Subject: Lawful First Amendment Activities and You

We know you monitor this website on a regular basis and we would like to communicate directly to you. The report you issued on March 26th 2010 (see extract below) on recent efforts by law-abiding citizens to compile information from various Washington State law enforcement agencies cannot pass without comment. You have repeatedly attempted to characterize the lawful first amendment activities of citizens as something nefarious or with ulterior motives. You pass this off as "analysis" and "warning" as a means to inflate your true value. Your attempts are then regurgitated and placed cut and paste into other daily summaries across the land. You've taken the art of pre-criminalizing to a new level Mr Chesbro.

Factors of our society such as patriarchy -a family, community, or system that is governed and dominated by men- and the concept of human capital places each one of us in a submissive position in our daily lives. Whether woman, queer, person of color, or poor we are either victimized, criminalized, or pacified by the dominant culture. Most of the time this goes unnoticed, and is acknowledged as “just the way it is.” There is no solution in perpetuating this sentiment, or merely replacing those who are dominant over others. There is no satisfaction in relying on politicians and the police. Within their existence and infrastructure, they will always be at the top and we will keep sinking lower into the their trenches.

Noise Demo at the NW Detention Center
Saturday, June 26th at 3:00pm

Bring shit to make noise!

Background:

The Northwest Detention Center is a private immigration prison facility located on the tide flats of Tacoma, Washington. The detention center opened in 2004 under a contract with The US Department of Homeland Security, Though owners have changed over time, the facility is now owned by the GEO Group Which operates prison facilities in Australia, The UK, South Africa, the US and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

For the Month of JUNE:
Wednesdays 7:30 PM
at the M11

(1212 S. 11th St. Suite 24)

Tacoma

Day of a 1000 Drums
Rally for the Restoration of Ancestral Names

John Trudell - PuraFe of Ulalli - Star Nayea - Charlie Hill
Quilleute Tribal Mask Dancers - Delbert Miller - Elaine Miles

There will be a court hearing for the remainder of the Tacoma 36, the black men accused of criminal conspiracy (as well as other charges)-as supposeded CRIPS gang members, this Friday, May 21 at 8:30 AM at the Tacoma City-County Building. Family members, community members, and all others that want to stand against this prison world in solidarity are asked to come this Friday.