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CUAPB sends regular newsletters by email about every two weeks, more often if events warrant. These newsletters are often packed with interesting articles and information on local and national cases. Click on the dates below to read past editions. If you would like to receive our newsletters at your email address, click on the tab SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MAILING LIST.

12-22-04 Newsletter
THE BATTLES AHEAD...
...AND WAYS TO TAKE THEM ON

12-12-04 Newsletter
MPD BLOWS ANOTHER CASE OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
LITANY OF VINDICTIVE PROSECUTIONS
TASER USE PROMPTS FBI PROBE IN LOUISIANA CASE
HIGH TECH TORTURE DEVICE READY FOR DEPLOYMENT

11-21-04 Newsletter
NIGHTWATCH: MAKING OUR PRESENCE KNOWN DOWNTOWN
DENNIS BABCOCK HEADS BACK TO COURT
YOUR SCALP: CONSTITUTION-FREE ZONE??
LOCAL POLICE ABUSE WORSE THAN MOST BELIEVE

11-12-04 Newsletter
MICHAEL QUINN CUTS THE THIN BLUE LINE
MIAMI POLICE USE TASER ON 6-YEAR-OLD KID

11-1-04 Special Newsletter
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE ROUNDUP

10-21-04 Newsletter
MINNEAPOLIS CRA FIGHTS BACK

10-14-04 Newsletter
VICTORY IN FLOWERS/CLEMONS CASE
O22 EVENTS
INS/BICE SEPARATION ORDINANCE UPDATE

10-5-04 Newsletter
MINNEAPOLIS CRA BOARD CONSIDERS ORDINANCE CHANGES
FARIBAULT "DRUG RING" NOT QUITE WHAT MEDIA REPORTED
INS/BICE SEPARATION ORDINANCE
NEW BOOK BLOWS LID OFF MPD: WALKING WITH THE DEVIL
TRANSLATION DEVICE AIDS MINNESOTA POLICE

10-3-04 Newsletter: Special Taser Edition
71 CASES OF DEATH FOLLOWING STUN-GUN USE
MAN SHOT IN BACK BY REAL GUN--COP THOUGHT HE WAS USING TASER
LOCAL AI ACTIVIST RELEASES IMPORTANT NEW REPORT ON TASERS
ON THE FUTURISTIC WEAPONS FRONT...

9-6-04 Newsletter
HOLY COW--WHAT A WEEK!:
1) Video 1: The Slap Heard Round the Town
2) Video 2: Kick Him When He's Down
3) Cops as Carnivors: What Some Would Do for Steak Dinner
4) HC Prosecutor Goes Down in Defeat (Again)
FEAR OF FIRST AMENDMENT DRIVES SOME HCGC EMPLOYEES
PAWLENTY ATTACKS INS/BICE SEPARATION ORDINANCE: TIME TO ACT!

8-20-04 Newsletter
THE PEOPLE CONFRONT HC ATTORNEYS: First Amendment Very Scary for Klobuchar's Crew

8-17-04 Newsletter
PHILANDER BACK IN COURT--BE THERE!
IMPORTANT NEW FILM TO AIR ON PBS: EVERY MOTHER'S SON
RESURGENCE OF POLICE-STATE MEASURES:
1) FBI VISITS DISTURB SOMALIS
2) TYRANNY IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM

8-6-04 Newsletter
HENN COUNTY PROSECUTOR PULLS CHEAP STUNT (Philander Jenkins Case)
AND NOW THE GOOD NEWS: DENNIS BABCOCK WILL GET NEW TRIAL
DID THEY MISTAKE A PAYDAY CANDY BAR FOR A WMD?
KIDS PISS OFF BUSH-LOVER COPS, GO TO JAIL

7-29-04 Newsletter
JENKINS TRIAL UPDATE: WITNESSING A RARE AND AMAZING EVENT
FBI SWOOPING DOWN ON ACTIVISTS, CITING DNC/RNC SECURITY
TWO IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT RULINGS:
1) Twice -- The First Time Without Miranda -- is Usually Improper
2) If a Cop Asks Your Name, You Have to Tell (But Not in MN)

7-23-04 Newsletter
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE 2004 (AND WARNING)
FILM ON HOMELESSNESS IN MINNEAPOLIS GETS SPECIAL SCREENING
ABU GHRAIB, USA (WITH LINKS)

7-20-04 Newsletter
YET ANOTHER SAD IN CUSTODY DEATH (Michael Harold Wessels)
FORCE THE TRUTH RALLY SHOWED TRUTH OF DEATHS IN CUSTODY
STATEMENT BY ADAM SITZE, RESEARCHER IN "LESS LETHAL" WEAPONS TECHNOLOGIES
IF I GET SHOT BY THE POLICE by ADAM BAHNER
SURVIVOR/FAMILY PICNIC

6-11-04 Newsletter
SAD NEWS OF ANOTHER DEATH IN CUSTODY (James Cobb)
LETTER TO MCMANUS: END USE OF FREEZE PLUS P

6-7-04 Newsletter
SLAM JOB ON STEPHEN PORTER
FORCE THE TRUTH: RALLY AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
PHILANDER JENKINS CASE: HOT, HOT, HOT!
MPD TRIES BACK ROOM MOVE TO DISMANTLE CRA
THE RABBIT

6-1-04 Newsletter
MPD COP BEATS IRAQI ARTIST
JENKINS CASE GOES TO TRIAL: BE THERE!
IS IT JUST PERCEPTION OR DO THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO GET AWAY WITH IT? (Son of a Chief)
CHICAGO COPS KILL ELDERLY, DISABLED ACTIVIST
SHOOT TO KILL ORDERED AT G8 IN GEORGIA
EVEN "PRETEND" CAPTIVES GET ABUSED

5-27-04 Newsletter
BREAKING NEWS: MPD COPS KILL MAN IN CUSTODY
UPDATE ON JENKINS FAMILY SITUATION
GAMES TO WATCH: The Courts
NLG CHALLENGES WAR AT HOME
HYSTERIA IN THE HEARTLANDS (OVER HIPHOP SONG)

5-26-04 Newsletter
BREAKING NEWS: JENKINS FAMILY ATTACKED AGAIN

5-10-04 Newsletter
BACK TO CHASKA TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR PERKINS FAMILY
HARRINGTON MAKES THE CUT
TORTURE IN IRAQ: INEVITABLE

4-27-04 Newsletter
STIRRINGS OVER CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR SELECTION PROCESS
SHADOW AND ACT, SCENE II (City Pages)

4-25-04 Newsletter
"FUNNY BUSINESS" WITH CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR CANDIDATES
JUSTICE IS COMING! (THE MOVIE, THAT IS)
STUDY SUSPECTS THOUSANDS OF FALSE CONVICTIONS

4-23-04 Newsletter
MEET THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR FINALISTS
DING-DONG, STANEK'S GONE (ALMOST)
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO THAT MINISTER WAS...
WHITE WHINE: Reflections on the Brain-Rotting Properties of Privilege

4-20-04 Newsletter
THE DEATH OF WALTER C. BURKS: An Analysis of Minneapolis Police Department Actions

4-16-04 Newsletter, Edition B
PRESS CONFERENCE TO OPPOSE CONFIRMATION OF STANEK
RICHARD STANEK AND HIS USE OF THE TERM "NIGGER"

4-16-04 Newsletter, Edition A
PHILANDER JENKINS UPDATE
DUY NGO CASE UPDATE
SMALL TOWN FOLKS DON'T LIKE POLICE BRUTALITY EITHER

3-30-04 Newsletter
HENNEPIN COUNTY FILES CHARGES AGAINST PHILANDER JENKINS--THE DAY BEFORE HE GOES TO COURT
CUAPB MEDIA STATEMENT ON PHILANDER JENKINS

3-28-04 Newsletter
NGO CASE, ETC.: CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO TALKING ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES?
SENATE CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEE APPROVES BAD BILL
CHASKA: SUCCESS! AND WHAT'S NEXT
IMPORTANT CASE: WITHHOLDING YOUR NAME DURING POLICE STOPS

3-19-04 Newsletter
SENATE COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON BAD BILL
GOOD RIDDANCE, BUT WHY NO PROSECUTION?
PERKINS FAMILY HARASSED BY CHASKA POLICE IN FRONT OF MEDIA
SMALL TOWN ACTIVISM BRINGS BIG RESULTS

3-7-04 Newsletter
DELMONICO'S OPEN LETTER: WHAT'S THE REAL AGENDA?
RACIAL PROFILING IS WRONG! SUPPORT THE PERKINS FAMILY!
USE OF TASERS RAISING QUESTIONS

2-28-04 Newsletter
MCMANUS SO FAR: TWO THUMBS UP!
TAKE OUR RESOLUTION TO YOUR PARTY CAUCUS
HIGH SPEED CHASES OFTEN DEADLY

2-24-04 Newsletter
WHAT "BAGGAGE" DO YOU CARRY TO THE AIRPORT?
ATTACKS ON ACTIVISTS, LARGE AND SMALL

2-22-04 Newsletter
AIRLINE SECURITY PROGRAM HAS 'SLAVE' OVERTONES
FREEZE, FBI!

2-17-04 Newsletter
RACIAL PROFILING IS WRONG! SUPPORT THE PERKINS FAMILY!
A NOVEL APPROACH TO POLICE BRUTALITY--CRIMINALIZE PEOPLE WHO REPORT IT
OPEN LETTER TO CRA--REOPEN DUMPED CASES!
MORE HARASSMENT OF CAMPUS ACTIVISTS
DETROIT: KILLER COP PROMOTED, FELLOW OFFICERS CHEER

2-9-04 Newsletters A&B
STATE COURT TO HOLD HEARING ON PROPOSAL TO MAKE ARREST RECORDS PUBLIC
SAD, SAD DEATH AT HANDS OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
NEXT COP WEAPON TO WATCH OUT FOR
DES MOINES PEACE ACTIVISTS FACE POLICE STATE MEASURES
CORRECTION RE: TASER INCIDENT
ACTION TO FOLLOW UP ON FED RAID ON ACTIVISTS' HOME
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD TARGET OF FBI SUBPOENA: Legal/Activist Group Will Not Divulge Membership Information
DON’T TALK!: Just Say NO to Grand Jury Attack on the Anti-War Movement

2-6-04 Newsletter
FEDERAL MARSHALS ENTER HOME OF LOCAL ACTIVIST

2-5-04 Newsletter
SWEET, SWEET VICTORY IN RICKEY JONES CASE!
THERE GOES HER SAFE DRIVER DISCOUNT: TROOPER CHARGED IN HIGH-SPEED LIFT FOR FRIEND
CORRECTION TO LAST NEWSLETTER ON COUNCIL CONFIRMATION VOTE

1-27-04 Newsletter
MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE MCMANUS CONFIRMATION
MCMANUS REMARK CRITICIZED BY DAYTON POLICE UNION PREZ
MORE THAN 80 APPLY FOR ST PAUL POLICE SELECTION PANEL
VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE'S VICTORY--FEDERAL JUDGE RULES PART OF PATRIOT ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
TOO SMART TO BE A COP?

1-15-04 Newsletter
COMMUNITY FAVORS MCMANUS FOR CHIEF

1-8-04 Newsletter
MCMANUS PETITION AVAILABLE--HELP US COLLECT SIGNATURES
CUAPB STATEMENT ON SELECTION OF WILLIAM MCMANUS AS POLICE CHIEF

1-7-04 Newsletter
HAPPY NEW YEAR! NOW LET'S GET BUSY!
CUAPB STATEMENT ON SELECTION OF WILLIAM MCMANUS AS POLICE CHIEF
ANALYSIS OF PATRIOT ACT II
AND NOW WE SEE IT IN ACTION...
AND AGAIN WE SEE IT IN ACTION...

1-2-04 Newsletter
PHILANDER JENKINS COURT WATCH, DAY 3