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Judge Susan van Keulen just granted a 7 day extension of the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) protecting the campers at San Lorenzo Park from eviction for one more week.

Federal Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen just granted a 7 day extension of the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) protecting the campers at San Lorenzo Park from eviction for one more week. Another hearing will be held on January 13, 2021.…

Oakland, CA. Oakland Implements Apartheid for Unhoused Residents

For Immediate Release Press Contact: Tiny Garcia (510) 435-7500 deeandtiny@gmail.com Oakland Implements Apartheid for Unhoused Residents At yesterdays Oakland city council meeting the extremely dangerous Encampment Management Policy was unanimously approved, which will result in the forced removal, further criminalization,…

Portland, OR. Police violence escalates

This was last night.. the pigs attacked folks that were camping by the justice center.. this happened when the riot cops came to push us back folks have been camping there for a long-ass time. then they pushed protesters all…

Portland, OR. Sweeps support hotline is LIVE – PDF attached.

STS organizers, Several people working with the Stop the Sweeps Pdx coalition have created a people’s neighborhood legal collective “sweeps support hotline”, designed for houseless folks and supporters to call and report any and all sweeps-related activities. Flyer is attached,…

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Essay: What I learned about police while homeless

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When I lost my sublet and joined the community of people living at a fixed address, I found that police perceived me as a danger.

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This guy's story is all too common, but one part of it that's not mentioned is what happened to his 6th Amendment right to counsel from the time of his very first court date? Seems that competent counsel could have prevented this horror from the beginning, and it's a fact that right to counsel failures are systemic all across the country, especially in the context of indigent people being brought up on petty and even unconstitutional charges.