Saturday, March 31, 2012
Important events in ABQ today
Cesar Chavez Day presented by Recuerda a Cesar Chavez
Today, Sat., March 31, 2012 at 10:30 am there will be a march and festival in honor of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The march begins at 10:30am at the National Hispanic Cultural Center at 4th and Bridge SW streets i n Albuquerque. The festival is from noon until 3:00 pm and will include a kid's corner, food and beverages. There will also be a free performance from Ivon Ulibarri y Cafe Mocha & La Banda Tierra Manzanera. Call 505-246-2261 or visit www.cesarchaveznm.org for more information.
LULAC District 1 Convention
Today, Sat., March 31, 2012 from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm, the League of United Latin American Citizens LULAC, will be hosting it's annual District 1 Convention at the University of New Mexico on Lomas and Central in Albuquerque. A variety of guest speakers and information will be available to the general public free of charge.
Today, Sat., March 31, 2012 at 10:30 am there will be a march and festival in honor of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The march begins at 10:30am at the National Hispanic Cultural Center at 4th and Bridge SW streets i n Albuquerque. The festival is from noon until 3:00 pm and will include a kid's corner, food and beverages. There will also be a free performance from Ivon Ulibarri y Cafe Mocha & La Banda Tierra Manzanera. Call 505-246-2261 or visit www.cesarchaveznm.org for more information.
LULAC District 1 Convention
Today, Sat., March 31, 2012 from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm, the League of United Latin American Citizens LULAC, will be hosting it's annual District 1 Convention at the University of New Mexico on Lomas and Central in Albuquerque. A variety of guest speakers and information will be available to the general public free of charge.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Email to city council from activist
By Silvio Dell'Angela
Councilors
You received the referenced NY Times report about APD below and read today in the Journal an example of just how broken the DA and Grand Jury judicial system is here when a killer cop is not criminally charged. Who are these Grand Jury people-former cops? APD cops are truly untouchable-above the law.
The question by most scared of APD citizens here and likely most others in the US who have been following APD’s routinely exonerated “death squad” officers is just why Schultz is still the police chief?
Stopping cop $500 bounty payments and having new union leadership won’t solve the APD record killing problem but making police accountable and stopping the cover-ups condoned absence of recordings as directed by Schultz will. As long as the corrupt Schultz is still Chief here, nothing will change!
Do you nine represent us or Schultz and his enabler Mayor Berry? Time to step up!
Silvio
Stop Police Atrocities NOW!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Police association vote in interim president
Today, March 29, 2012, the executive board of the Albuquerque Police Officers Association unanimously voted in an interim president and vice president. Sergeant Greg Weber will be serving as president of the APOA and Sergeant Tom Henderson will be serving as vice-president. Sergeant Henderson currently serves the Foothills area command station.
According to the press release received from Northeast command representative, Mark Aragon, no other business was discussed at today's meeting. The union will hold another meeting on April 5, 2012 to discuss "other issues among the entire membership".
Mayor Barry, Chief Schultz and citizen activist groups have criticized the union after is was discovered that police officers involved in fatal shootings were given payments in order to decompress. It has not been determined whether or not the payments are part of the current union contract with the City of Albuquerque which may classify them as hazard pay. The Burque Blotter has sent a email requesting additional information regarding these issues to Mr. Aragon and is awaiting a response.
According to the press release received from Northeast command representative, Mark Aragon, no other business was discussed at today's meeting. The union will hold another meeting on April 5, 2012 to discuss "other issues among the entire membership".
Mayor Barry, Chief Schultz and citizen activist groups have criticized the union after is was discovered that police officers involved in fatal shootings were given payments in order to decompress. It has not been determined whether or not the payments are part of the current union contract with the City of Albuquerque which may classify them as hazard pay. The Burque Blotter has sent a email requesting additional information regarding these issues to Mr. Aragon and is awaiting a response.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Demonstrators demand 'spring cleaning' from DOJ
By Pilar Armstrong
"Don't procrastinate! Time to investigate!" shouted demonstrators, at an anti-police brutality rally. A group of around 25 activists from the community gathered in front of Albuquerque's City Hall building at 4:00 pm carrying signs of those slain by APD.
The police department has come under additional scrutiny after two killings in one week and the discovery of a "bounty system" in which officers are awarded $500 for each shooting. Officers also receive and additional three paid days off to "decompress". Ralph Arellanes, president of LULAC, is outraged.
"This isn't a timeshare. These are our families, lives, our communities. Until people are held accountable our community will be held hostage by this type of conduct", said Arellanes.
Mayor Richard Barry recently renounced the bounty system asking that APD union leaders put a stop to the practice. Union leaders had an emergency meeting but voted for continuing the bonuses. Ironically the president and vice-president of the Albuquerque Police Officers Association, Joey Sigala and Felipe Garcia, resigned and requested to be reassigned to other positions within the department. An emergency meeting will be held tomorrow, Thur., when an official statement will be made public.
Activists also criticized the popular media in lack of sufficient coverage and racial bias. The recent shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin garnered the immediate attention of the national media and the FBI.
"Why isn't the FBI here investigating? We have 23 dead!" exclaimed Silvia Fuentes, mother of a shooting victim, Lenny Fuentes.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Council is asking that the community attend the next City Council meeting on Mon., April, 2, 2012 and support an investigation of APD by the DOJ.
"Don't procrastinate! Time to investigate!" shouted demonstrators, at an anti-police brutality rally. A group of around 25 activists from the community gathered in front of Albuquerque's City Hall building at 4:00 pm carrying signs of those slain by APD.
The police department has come under additional scrutiny after two killings in one week and the discovery of a "bounty system" in which officers are awarded $500 for each shooting. Officers also receive and additional three paid days off to "decompress". Ralph Arellanes, president of LULAC, is outraged.
"This isn't a timeshare. These are our families, lives, our communities. Until people are held accountable our community will be held hostage by this type of conduct", said Arellanes.
Mayor Richard Barry recently renounced the bounty system asking that APD union leaders put a stop to the practice. Union leaders had an emergency meeting but voted for continuing the bonuses. Ironically the president and vice-president of the Albuquerque Police Officers Association, Joey Sigala and Felipe Garcia, resigned and requested to be reassigned to other positions within the department. An emergency meeting will be held tomorrow, Thur., when an official statement will be made public.
Activists also criticized the popular media in lack of sufficient coverage and racial bias. The recent shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin garnered the immediate attention of the national media and the FBI.
"Why isn't the FBI here investigating? We have 23 dead!" exclaimed Silvia Fuentes, mother of a shooting victim, Lenny Fuentes.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Council is asking that the community attend the next City Council meeting on Mon., April, 2, 2012 and support an investigation of APD by the DOJ.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Response to "Blocked" article
Sent by Silvio Dell'Angela
This discrimination against certain citizens and media outlets who dare criticize what’s going on like the burqueblotter, Eye on Albuquerque and others is evidenced once again in the preceding burque article “Mayor’s Office Blocks Burque Blotter from ambassador’s visit.” Why was burque’s editor Ms. Pilar Armstrong singled out for exclusion from this story while KOB-TV and others were not? No credible answer from the Mayor for this-not surprisingly. This was NOT a “private event”-the phony excuse used by the Mayor’s PIO Breanna Anderson.
Don’t we citizens have a right to know just how much of our tax dollars are being spent on these Mayor Berry image-promoting only visits-be they here in the City or for our Mayor’s boondoggles to other cities to find new ways to spend our tax dollars? The Mayor’s campaign promise to us posted in 2010 on his ABQView website of a “new era of transparency and accountability” seems to be a joke-doesn’t it?
Be assured that we will be there in numbers at the March meeting with signs and anxious to see your new suppression tactic. Maybe another APD enabler-Council President Jones will bless your edict using the same phony excuses. You are either a willing part of the problem or part of the solution with APD here. You seem to be the former thus far. You still owe us a public apology and maybe even your resignation! Your arrogance is disgraceful!
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