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by Sam Miller, Clamor Magazine Voting Poor Columbia Journalism Homeless Votes Count, Too Columbia Journalism RNC: Where are they now? Radio.Indymedia.org, Aug 31, 2005 National Conference Brings Energy, Strategies, Information to Portland Portland Cop Watch, Feb. 10, 2005 Empty Dreams, Homeless 'canners' crushed by the system Vilage Voice, Dec. 17, 2004 Sleep-Out to protest Harrasment & Selective Enforcement of Homeless people in NYC Radio Indymedia, Nov. 26, 2004 2004 National Conference on Police Accountability Playback Times Flying Focus Video Collective, Oct. 2004 The New York the Bush Partisans Wouldn't See Tenant Inquilino, Sep. 2004 Interviews from Still We Rise March Radio Inymedia, Aug 31, 2004 Protestors Greet Start of GOP Convention with Poor People’s Marches The New Standard, Aug. 31, 2004 Life Could Get Tougher RNC Displaces NYC's Homeless Catholics for Democracy, Aug. 4, 2004 Real Change News, Jul. 8, 2004 Picture The Homeless and Judson Memorial Church Mark National Homeless Memorial Day Global Black NewsJan. 4, 2004 The live-ins -- Homeless fight for a place in the park nyc24.org City's sued in homeless busts Daily News, Nov. 26, 2002 Gavin Newsom's Scared of the People..!! Poor Magazine Online, Mar. 12, 2002 Stop Police Brutality stoppolicebrutality.org, May 1, 2000 Civil Rights Reports & PublicationsCivil Rights Campaign MeetingThe Civil Rights Committee meets every Tuesday at 2pm.
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ACDs (Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal)When you are ticketed or arrested for a minor offense, you may be offered an ACD plea bargain. Often the judge or lawyer will say something like, “Your case is being dismissed. Just stay out of trouble for six months.” An ACD can offer you immediate freedom BUT there are important things to know about ACDs: 1) A condition of an ACD is often no police contact for six months. If you violate a condition of your ACD you can receive a much harsher penalty than your original violation carried –- like jail time. *If this has happened to you, let Picture the Homeless know -– it is illegal! 2) Under New York’s Criminal Procedure Law §170.55, you can not be given an ACD lasting longer than six months unless it is related to marijuana or family violence. 3) You do not have to take an ACD! If you think you will not be able to avoid police contact or will violate another term of your ACD and do not want to receive a harsh penalty for the violation, ask your Legal Aid lawyer what will happen if you don’t take the ACD. ( categories: )
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