PRESS ADVISORY

Contacts:
Callie Maidhof (Phone)
Cat Brooks (Phone)

Who: No Justice No BART and allied community groups
What: Press Conference and announcement of our next BART demonstration
Time: 4:30 PM, Monday September 5th
Place: Civic Center Station, inside the station but outside the fare gates

Tomorrow, Monday September 5th, No Justice No BART will be hosting a
press conference at 4:30 PM inside Civic Center BART station.   Along
with several other community groups, we are planning a mass action on
Thursday, September 8th, at the Powell BART station, to demand Justice
for Charles Hill, who was needlessly gunned down by BART police.  We
will demand that the violent, corrupt, and dangerous BART police force
be disbanded.

The press conference will include the release of more detailed
information about the upcoming action.  This action will likely differ
from previous No Justice No BART actions in the following ways:

* Our intention is to protest outside the Powell station fare gates,
but we will not block emergency exits to and from the station.
* IF our demonstration is successful, passengers will RIDE BART FOR
FREE from Powell.   We are calling this a SPARE THE FARE day.
* IF BART Police and Administrators attack or interfere with our
protest, we move into BART and onto the platforms, which may cause
disruption for passengers.
* We are making our strategy public so that people know what to expect
and so that BART administrators know that THEY will be held
accountable for all disruptions caused by the actions of their police.

Background:

No Justice No BART is a campaign of protests targeting the BART
transit agency.  We formed 3 years ago in the wake of the BART police
murder of Oscar Grant and have been fighting since... for justice for
Oscar Grant, Fred Collins, Charles Hill, and all victims of BART
police violence and murder.  Our core demand is that BART disband its
murderous, inept, corrupt police department.

On July 11th, No Justice No BART called a protest on the Civic Center
station platform to respond to the BART police killing of Charles
Hill.  BART to shut down all 4 downtown stations and the disruption to
the evening commute impacted thousands of commuters.   This
demonstration prompted BART to release the video of the shooting weeks
ahead of schedule.

On August 11th, fearing another protest by No Justice No BART, BART
shut down its cellular service to prevent protesters from
communicating with one another.    This draconian and illegal decision
prompted a strong and negative reaction from people around the world,
from organizations such as the ACLU and EFF, and civil disobedience on
the streets and the internet organized by the shadowy “Anonymous”.
For the past 3 weeks, community groups have refrained from taking
organizing roles in demonstrations against BART, and instead our
members have watched or participated as individuals in the weekly
(Monday) actions called by Anonymous.  On Thursday we will step off
the sidelines.

[No Justice No BART is not affiliated with Anonymous, and none of our
actions have been been coordinated by Anonymous.]