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Counter Repression Spokes rides from 12th and L (DC) to Pittsburgh

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 22:53

Update Day 5-Sun, Oct 1 3:30PM: Ride reaches Pitttsburgh

Update Day 4:Passing Pinkerton Tunnel and Mile 100 on Gap Trail, 1 more day to Pittsburgh

Update evening Day 3:Into PA, and over Eastern Continental Divide. Ride now trends downhill to Pittsburgh. One jerk with Nazi symbol on chest spotted

Update Noon Day 3:Halfway there, mile 175

Update Day 2: Ride passes Williamsport in Western MD

On the 27th of September, the CounterRepressionSpokes bike ride set out from 12th and L sts in DC, bound for Pittsburgh via the C&O Canal towpath and other trails. The ride is raising money for Dead City Legal Posse(J20 defense), One People’s Project, and St. Louis Legal Fund. Each group gets 1/3 of all donations collected.

Video of the segment from DC to Great Falls

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A stop on the trail: Photo from Resist This twitter feed

Stickers condemn J20 prosecutor Jennifer Kerkhoff

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 23:16

Stickers condemning Jennifer Kerkhoff have appeared in a number of places around DC. She is the vicious prosecutor seeking to imprison 194 remaining DisruptJ20 defendents for 75 years each, and is responsible for Dane Powell having been in jail since July.

Police/Legal/Prisons

A "Fuck off Kerkhoff" sticker at 12th and I sts in front of the Starbucks

Over 50 arrests as ADAPT shuts down Trumpcare hearing

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 23:00

Update Sep 26: No vote this week after Sen Susan Collins declares she would vote NO. After Oct 1 60 votes needed as "reconciliation" process dies. Trumpcare 5.0 should be dead

On the 25th of September, over 50 activists from the disability rights groups ADAPT were arrested in a protest that shut down a Senate hearing on the Graham Cassidy bill. Graham-Cassidy is the latest and worst Trumpcare bill, among other things it would turn Medicaid into block grants to state governments.

Video of ADAPT shutting down the Trumpcare hearing on Sep 25

Environment/Food/Health

Still from Live Satellite News video of disruption inside the hearing

Prince William County Killer Cop, Champion Marksman Walks Free

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 08:39

On September 15, 2017 at 10:45 in the morning,  Officer Robert Choyce of the Prince William County Police Department fatally shot 15 year old Rubin Urbina yielding a  crowbar.  Choyce fired his weapon twice, striking Rubin in the chest both times.

According to reports, Rubin had called the police on himself as he was struggling with a psychotic episode.

When the police arrived, they ordered Rubin to drop a crowbar.  15 year old Rubin did not comply.  The police then shot him.  Rubin died on the scene.

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DC Divestfest promotes citywide divestment from Wells Fargo and other big banks

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 00:39

On the 24th of September, multiple organizations came together at the Uptown Art House to stage DC Divestfest. This event promoted both individual and city government divestment from Well Fargo in particular and other pipeline funding, gentrifying, prison-funding banks in general.

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DC Divestfest at the Uptown Art House

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