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Murder of Luis “Jr.” Martinez , bombing of the Crusade for Justice headquarters
Call Number: CAP 149Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Real DragonCollection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
After a party at the Crusade headquarters, 2 police cars were surveying people. The crusade headquarters were under constant police surveillance. The Crusade were surrounded by 10 police units . The police blocked off the road around the crusade building- Luis “jr.” Martinez was killed in an alley behind the headquarters. Three witnesses saw Martinez in police custody prior to his death, they say he ran between the buildings , contradicts police statements. the Crusade party was going on in only one unit of the building, the police searched all 10 units, then later came up with a warrant about noon, didn’t deliver the warrant to any of the tenants. the police were shooting into the crusade building (where they claimed they had been targeted by sniper fire ) then there was a loud explosion. A bomb. at 9:30 Corky Gonzales brought in a an independent explosives detective to investigate, police charged him with unlawful use of an explosive and aggravated assault on an officer. the independent explosive detective was denied entry along with Corky the police stated they needed a court order for entry into the building to conduct the investigation. Corky and the Crusaders believe that it was a police conspiracy along with the FBI to provoke an incident in order to justify a search of all 10 units of the Crusade’s headquarters. the police and FBI believed the headquarters was being used as a storage place for weapons to be used at the American Indian Movement occupation of Wounded Knee.
Outcry LA: Riots*Trials*Recovery
Call Number: V 008Format: VHSProducers: Simon Wiesenthal Museum of ToleranceCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
3 part video with footage of South Central LA post-not guilty verdict of the 4 officers. Racist tone depicting black community members as unruly “anarchists without respect for life or authority”. Mostly focuses on lack of police response/deployment and later on how they regained “control” by mass arrests. In Part II (Trials) the 4 officers involved in beating speak about their roles in the King incident. Also focuses on the LA 4 arrested after what ensued at Florence and Normandy. The 4 were charged with torture and aggravated mayhem, if convicted, could face life sentences whereas officers were only charged with beating. Part III - recovery sequence details efforts being made to help rebuild LA.
Rape, Racism and the White Womens Movement: An Answer to Susan Brownmiller
Publisher: Sojourner Truth OrganizationFormat: MonographCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
A critique of Against Our Will and the tendency it represents. Also, a call for a new form of womens movement with a theoritical and programatic approach that will help women build a base powerful enough to begin to change society in such a way as will some day end the oppression of women, including the crime of rape.
Capital Punishment: Descriptions of methods of execution
Call Number: JG/ 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Unknown speaker “Duffy” describes in detail different methods of capital punishment with anecdotal commentary.
Ethics of the death penalty
Call Number: JG/ 053Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A Discussion between Professor Ernest Van Den Haag (Proponent - Professor of Jurisprudence & Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation) and Professor Hugo A. Bedau (Opponent - Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University) on the ethics of the death penalty.
Capital Punishment in California
Call Number: JG/ 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview discussing the details of the death penalty in the state of California.
Capital Punishment: Watt Espy of The Capital Punishment Research Project
Call Number: JG/ 055Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A discussion with Watt Espy of The Capital Punishment Research Project. Covering a history of execution in the state of California. Juvenile executions, statistics, etc.
Capital Punishment Discussion
Call Number: JG/ 056Collection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview of/discussion between Curtis Sliwa (Founder of Guardian Angels) and Karima Wicks of the Legal Defense Fund and Capital Punishment Project of the NAACP on the issue of the death penalty and capital punishment. Race/Class in punishment. Disproportionate sentencing.
San Quentin Sounds
Long introductory period of tape (fully a third or more) of ambient sounds recording in the Mess Hall of San Quentin. Some informal conversational snippets with prisoners and staff in the tape’s middle, some interesting. More ambient building/voice sounds toward the end again.
Same as CD 330
Prisoner Interview
An interview of an (unknown) inmate, touches on personal awareness of George Jackson, Inmate racism, Judicial injustice, Jury commentary, Alameda County Jail conditions, Black Panther Party mobilization around his case (brief), Strip and isolation cell conditions, and opinions on “psychology of prison administration”
