5teve Nelson Tor Bjornstad ·o: j Ubject: RE: Olympia, Washington March Against Police Violence April 8 (UNCLASSIFIED) From: Tor Bjornstad Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:27 AM To: Steve Nelson; Ray Holmes Cc: Gary Michel Subject: FW: Olympia, Washington March Against Police Violence AprilS (UNCLASSIFIED) Steve, This is what I mentioned the other day. I'm not sure where this was posted but it sounds like we may have some activity. Tor From: Rudd, Thomas R OV USA IMCOM [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:31 AM To: Tor Bjornstad Subject: Olympia, Washington March Against Police Violence AprilS (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO ' 'VHERE: Grocery Outlet parking lot, corner of Harrison and Division on the Westside. lfHEN: April 8, 7:30 PM WHAT: Meet up in the parking lot, march from Westside to downtown. Black bloc is encouraged. \s anarchists, we do not need justifications for opposing the police. Their normal operations, their exercises of state power, keep the state and capitalism functioning smoothly. Their role is that of guardians of the state, which allows commodity relations and all other forms of hierarchy to continue their wretched conquest of the earth and its inhabitants. When a cop chooses not to kill you or give you a speeding ticket, he still maintains his position of power that allows him to commit either of these actions and everything in between with no repercussions. And as anarchists, we recognize these facts. We need not wait around for a singular event that is especially horrifying in ·order to orchestrate our vicious response. The day to day activities of the police should be enough incentive for us to attack these jail guards. But a response is needed more than ever when the police kill marginalized members of our community. On March 22, police in Portland, Oregon, shot and killed a homeless man, Jack Dale Collins, after killing Aaron Campbell, an unarmed black man, only two months prior. On New Year's morning in Oakland, California, BART police shot and killed Oscar Grant while he lay on the subway ground, unarmed. And perhaps striking closest to home, Olympia police officer Paul Bakala shot and killed Jose Ramirez-Jimenez in November 15, 2008. Bakala also tasered 59 year old Stephen Edwards for allegedly shoplifting from a grocery store in November 2002. Edwards died in police handcuffs less than an hour after the incident. narchists appropriately responded to all of these events, but it is important to keep the pressure up. So long as police Kist and carry out these murders, we must be there to fight back. Join us in Olympia this Thursday at 7:30PM. We will meet up in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet on the Westside (2100 'iarrison Avenue) and proceed to march downtown. Black bloc is encouraged-wear a mask! 1
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Tor Bjornstad ·o: jUbject: RE: Olympia, Washington March Against Police Violence April 8 (UNCLASSIFIED)
From: Tor Bjornstad Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:27 AM To: Steve Nelson; Ray Holmes Cc: Gary Michel Subject: FW: Olympia, Washington March Against Police Violence AprilS (UNCLASSIFIED)
Steve, This is what I mentioned the other day. I'm not sure where this was posted but it sounds like we may have some activity. Tor
From: Rudd, Thomas R OV USA IMCOM [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:31 AM To: Tor Bjornstad Subject: Olympia, Washington March Against Police Violence AprilS (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO
''VHERE: Grocery Outlet parking lot, corner of Harrison and Division on the Westside.
lfHEN: April 8, 7:30 PM
WHAT: Meet up in the parking lot, march from Westside to downtown. Black bloc is encouraged.
\s anarchists, we do not need justifications for opposing the police. Their normal operations, their exercises of state
power, keep the state and capitalism functioning smoothly. Their role is that of guardians of the state, which allows
commodity relations and all other forms of hierarchy to continue their wretched conquest of the earth and its inhabitants.
When a cop chooses not to kill you or give you a speeding ticket, he still maintains his position of power that allows him to
commit either of these actions and everything in between with no repercussions.
And as anarchists, we recognize these facts. We need not wait around for a singular event that is especially horrifying in
·order to orchestrate our vicious response. The day to day activities of the police should be enough incentive for us to
attack these jail guards. But a response is needed more than ever when the police kill marginalized members of our
community.
On March 22, police in Portland, Oregon, shot and killed a homeless man, Jack Dale Collins, after killing Aaron Campbell,
an unarmed black man, only two months prior. On New Year's morning in Oakland, California, BART police shot and killed
Oscar Grant while he lay on the subway ground, unarmed. And perhaps striking closest to home, Olympia police officer
Paul Bakala shot and killed Jose Ramirez-Jimenez in November 15, 2008. Bakala also tasered 59 year old Stephen
Edwards for allegedly shoplifting from a grocery store in November 2002. Edwards died in police handcuffs less than an
hour after the incident.
narchists appropriately responded to all of these events, but it is important to keep the pressure up. So long as police
Kist and carry out these murders, we must be there to fight back.
Join us in Olympia this Thursday at 7:30PM. We will meet up in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet on the Westside (2100
'iarrison Avenue) and proceed to march downtown. Black bloc is encouraged-wear a mask!
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Black bloc is encouraged.
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orchestrate our vicious response. The day to day activities of the police should be enough incentive for us to attack these jail guards. But a response is needed more than ever when the police kill marginalized members of our community.
On March 22, police in Portland, Oregon, shot and killed a homeless man., Jack Dale Collins, after killing Aaron Campbell, an unarmed black man, only two months prior. On New Year's morning in Oakland, California, BART police shot and killed Oscar Grant while he lay on the subway ground, unarmed. And perhaps striking closest to home, Olympia police officer Paul Bakala shot and killed Jose Ramirez-Jimenez in November 15, 2008. Bakala also tasered 59 year old Stephen Edwards for allegedly shoplifting from a grocery store in November 2002. Edwards died in police handcuffs less than an hour after the incident.
Anarchists appropriately responded to all of these events, but it is important to keep the pressure up. So long as police exist and carry out these murders, we must be there to fight back.
Join us in Olympia this Thursday at 7:30 PM. We will meet up in the parking lot of
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Grocery Outlet on the Westside (2100 Harrison Avenue) and proceed to march downtown. Black bloc is encouraged-wear a mask!
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"We need not wait around for a singular event that is especially horrifying in order to orchestrate our vicious response."
Viscious response? Huh?, like knock over a newspaper box? Oooh, I bet all the cops are shaking in their little jackboots.
"The day to day activities of the police should be enough incentive for us to attack these jail guards"
I love the psuedo-bravado. Yes, we're all still waiting for one anarchist to step forward and attack a cop. When there is official word that a cop has actually died at the hands of an anarchist, then I'll start believing this stupid rhetoric.
"Anarchists appropriately responded to all of these events, but it is important to keep the pressure up."
j What pressure? Cops keep killing with 1 impunity. Where do you live?Yeah, keep up 1 the pressure, it's obviously working! ' » I reply
f There was that kid a few I Submitted by anon on Tue, 2010-04-06 i 10 : 33. j There was that kid a few years back in SF 1 I that threw water in that cops face during I a demo and the cop had a heart attack I and died. Also Andy McCrae from Olympia I killed a cop a week after the cops killed ! 59 year old Stephen Edwards. I
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How come you fa.gs don't Submitted by anon on Tue , 2010-04-06 10:53. How come you fa.gs don't hold fund raisers this brave Andy McCrae (real name Andrew Mickel) who bravely I shoots people from behind? i It's not like his parents are quoted as saying their son is mentally ill or
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Troll on, Troll, troll on. Submitted by anon on Tue, 2010-04-06 10:56. Troll on, Troll, troll on. » reply
oh boy, another black bloc! Submitted by anon on Tue, 2010-04-06 07 :40 . oh boy, another black bloc! fap fap fap fap I» I reply
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[Thanks for letting me know j Submitted by anon on Tue, 2010-04-06
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["Black bloc is Submitted by anon on Wed, 2010 -04-07
! 02 :28 . "Black bloc is encouraged-wear a mask!"
Really, I'm not trying to be a prick, but we did this shit years ago. "Event. Blah Blah Blah ... (Insert Vague goals here) bring your friends and 'dress warm' Blah Blah Blah"
Most friends of mine who no longer go to
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I these events stopped going because they
I where tired of seeing their friends arrested (we can't always de-arrest our friends ... ).
! And most of the time that people got caught I up was due to the horrible lack of
I. communication. Now don't get me wrong. I , will be there, but maybe next time we can
I. make it a point to apply some of the things many of us learned from the greeks.
t Assemblies! That way we can each actually
I express what we want to see happen. For
1 example do we want to smash, or do we want 1
I to show our numbers? Or both? That kind of I shit would benefit me greatly here as well as '
· many of my comrades and potential comrades.
I Thought I would bring it up. Always next j time.
I See you in the streets (if we are not rounded i up at the start up point of course) I l !G.C I» I reply
jThere actually has been a 1 Submitted by anon on Wed , 20 10-04-07 05:33 . There actually has been a decent amount of dialogue on what people intend for this march, though I recognize and apologize
: for the fact that not everyone is totally aware of these discussions (I at least partially blame the limited time frame . that we've had in organizing this event.) I But a lengthy part of these meetings have .,'
j been centered around past events in I Olympia and how we can move beyond : I the rather self-destructive nature of these I I actions. How well this all plays out on the I j 8th is still yet to be seen, but the dialogue l 1 is definitely there. 1
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Well I am glad to hear that there is some conversation as to the intensions of this march, and I also understand the speed needed in organizing this event. I would love to talk more about this too if you like and help to the best of my ability in the future, but I don't really want to continue this discussion here. If you would like to approach me some other time in person feel free, but I will hold
1 no grudges if that does not happen.
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I Submitted by anon on Wed, 2010-0LJ-07 15·34.
I Here are some posters and leaflets \ that where put together up here i regarding police violence. Some
I. will be printed for tomorrow but you can download the pdf and
1 print some out yourself if you like.
I G.C l ! A leaflet to be cut in half to make two double sided 5 1/5 by 8 in leaflets
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April 8-9 Days of Action against State Violence From the Bay to the Sound: No More Police Killings! West Coast Days of Actiori April 8-9 Oscar Grant, Aaron Campbell, and all the others: We Won't Forget! Freedom for Joel Dow and Holly Works!
Organize protests and autonomous actions in your own city!
Earty on New Year's morning, 2009, BART police in Oakland, California, shot and killed Oscar Grant as he lay unarmed on a subway platform. Only after community members rioted did the cop get charged with the shooting.
On March 22, 2010, Portland police shot and killed a homeless man, Jack Dale Collins, just two months after they shot to death Aaron Campbell, an unarmed black man. Anarchist and other community members responded immediately, taking to the streets in a riotous protest that marched on the police station, expressing anger at cops for the systemic killings, and at the media for covering up the prevalence of police violence. On March 23 there was another protest, at which police on motorbikes attacked the crowd. In a typical move, they charged one protester with attacking them. Joel Dow is currently sitting in jail, facing a felony charge and two misdemeanors .
The only times the police have ever been held responsible for their murders is when we take to the streets and han business as usual. Following the law, being peaceful, being quiet, has never discouraged police violence, because it is the function of the police ·to use violence against the exploited, against the oppressed, against those who fight back.
Police violence is systemic. II is not a matter of isolated cases, or bad apples. For that reason, we · are calling for two Days of Action, up and down the West Coast. The trial for Oscar Grant's killer has been moved all the way to Los Angeles, where the government hopes it can get an acquittal. The problem of slate violence stretches across borders. Only by extending our solidarity from city to city can we gain the strength to fight back and show that this is not an isolated problem.
People have already started using a diversity of tactics to resist the police. After the killings of Oscar Grant and Jack Dale Collins, people rioted. After the most recent killing in Portland, anonymous anarchists smashed up the police union office. In the Bay Area, Oakland Peace and Justice is organizing a blockade of the Embarcadero BART station for April 8. In Seattle, people are organizing fiyering and protasts in the city center. All the tactics are needed!
When we recognize the need to stand up against state violence, we have to remember to support those who have been arrested in the struggle. Joel Dow is in jail for two felony charges and two misdemeanors for a counterattack against police at the March 23 protest in Portland. On April 5, Holly Works goes to trial for felony charges from the Oscar Grant riots. They need to be freed, not on the basis of their guitt or innocence, but because the actions that took place were a necessary response to the police murders. Without those riots, the killings would have been swept under the rug, like so many times in the past. The struggle is not over until everyone is free!
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