Just so that you readers are aware...
My partner Adam and I are the first case for the 'new' Syracuse Citizen's Review Board. On the night of the Occupy Syracuse eviction we were assaulted by a police officer for simply getting out of our car far from where the O.S. eviction was taking place. We decided to file a formal complaint with the CRB the week of the eviction and contacted Barrie Gewanter from the NYCLU to meet with Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler. Both meetings were this past Friday, so it's taken almost a month just to have the first meetings with both the CRB and Fowler.
I hope that our actions to speak out against the assault will make the people of Syracuse aware of the CRB and that the injustices that occur in this city every day will not go unnoticed. We know that police brutality, racial profiling, and the hyper-surveillance in the poor communities of Syracuse happen on an every-hour basis, but it's crucial to hold the police accountable for their behavior. They want us to think we are powerless. But we know change can only really happen if the people realize their voice is valuable and can make changes!
I will post the interview that I had once the PSL and/or the ANSWER Coalition posts it with more details on how the meetings went and our reasoning for filing formal complaints.
Here is the article written by our comrades (Syracuse ANSWER Coalition) right after the assault took place. This article includes a photo of what the cop did to my left arm.
http://www.answercoalition.org/syracuse/news/syracuse-police-attack-answer.html
Here is the first article that was put online after our meetings with Fowler and the CRB this past Friday 2/10 :
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=718678#.TzoBABwbsiY
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