Decolonize El Monte
Week of the Summer Solstice
June 15, 2012
Noon-5p
Zamora Park
3800 Penn Mar Ave.
music, poetry, workshops and street theater
In celebration of our Grandfathers and Padres, you are invited to a family orientated event to help raise consciousness and build community. Our collective would like to recognize the hermanos locked up and who cannot be with their families due to the criminalization of men of color. Understanding that many homes are ran by single parents, we also want to celebrate all our mothers and sisters as well. In bringing a critical perspective to this day, we are working to smash patriarchy in all its forms through art, education and direct action. The institutional violence perpetuated in our neighborhoods traces back to the violence of the state and the prison industrial complex. This day of resistance and celebration will be filled with fun and informative activities including music, poetry, workshops and street theater. The solstice signifies the change in seasons and a new arising filled with the fire fueling our quest for justice, dignity and equality.
More details to come...
Commemorating the life of Khoa Anh Le
killed June 14, 2012 by EMPD
When the yelling match between Diane Le's schizophrenic
brother and their father escalated into shoving, Le did what families of the
mentally disabled are repeatedly advised to do. She called the police. At about
11 p.m. on June 14, two El Monte police officers responded to a family
disturbance call in the 2700 block of Caminar Avenue in El Monte.
Hours later, Khoa Anh Le was dead. Investigators said the
37-year-old had been beaten, choked and tazed by the El Monte police officers
whom the family had called for help. "If I could go back in time, I
wouldn't call for help," Diane Le said. "Because of my call, my
brother is now gone”. It was reported that Khoa was handcuffed on the floor apologizing
and pleading with officers as they continued to beat him, using a Carotid
Restraint, also known as a blood choke or sleeper hold, on him. Paramedics were
called to the scene and Le was transported to a hospital where he was
pronounced dead.
Smashing Patriarchy
El Monte police officer accused in federal lawsuit of raping transsexual woman while on-duty
El Monte police officer accused in federal lawsuit of raping transsexual woman while on-duty
Posted on October 24, 2013 by Brian Day
A transsexual woman has filed a federal civil rights claim
alleging she was raped by an on-duty El Monte police officer last year.
The complaint, filed Oct. 18, seeks unspecified damages and lists the City of El Monte and an unnamed police officer as defendants. It also named up to eight additional unidentified defendants.
Court documents indicate the alleged attack took place between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Oct. 23, 2012, as the victim was walking at the northeast corner of Central and Garvey avenues.
The uniformed officer is accused of pulling up alongside the transsexual woman and ordering her to lean into the driver-side window of his marked patrol car. Fearing for her safety if she refused, the victim complied, according to the complaint.
“El Monte Police Officer John Doe groped her breasts,” the complaint alleged. “He then asked plaintiff if she was a ‘nasty she-male.’ Plaintiff responded that she was transsexual.”
The complaint goes on to allege that the officer ordered the victim into a nearby alley, then ordered her to follow him to a deserted and poorly lit loading dock area in the 10000 block of Garvey Avenue.
Once there, “El Monte Police Officer John Doe got out of his car and ordered plaintiff to perform oral sex on him.” according to the complaint.
“After a few minutes, El Monte Police Officer John Doe told plaintiff to stand up and bend over the trunk of the police car,” the complaint stated. The officer allegedly told the victim in course language that he was going to rape her.
The officer called the victim by a pejorative name and told her, “you like this, don’t you,” as the assault continued, court documents claim.
Once the assault was over, the officer allegedly told the woman to “get out of here,” before leaving the area himself in his patrol car.
After walking away from the area, the woman returned to the scene and collected a condom discarded by the officer during the alleged attack, according to the complaint.
The complaint, filed Oct. 18, seeks unspecified damages and lists the City of El Monte and an unnamed police officer as defendants. It also named up to eight additional unidentified defendants.
Court documents indicate the alleged attack took place between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Oct. 23, 2012, as the victim was walking at the northeast corner of Central and Garvey avenues.
The uniformed officer is accused of pulling up alongside the transsexual woman and ordering her to lean into the driver-side window of his marked patrol car. Fearing for her safety if she refused, the victim complied, according to the complaint.
“El Monte Police Officer John Doe groped her breasts,” the complaint alleged. “He then asked plaintiff if she was a ‘nasty she-male.’ Plaintiff responded that she was transsexual.”
The complaint goes on to allege that the officer ordered the victim into a nearby alley, then ordered her to follow him to a deserted and poorly lit loading dock area in the 10000 block of Garvey Avenue.
Once there, “El Monte Police Officer John Doe got out of his car and ordered plaintiff to perform oral sex on him.” according to the complaint.
“After a few minutes, El Monte Police Officer John Doe told plaintiff to stand up and bend over the trunk of the police car,” the complaint stated. The officer allegedly told the victim in course language that he was going to rape her.
The officer called the victim by a pejorative name and told her, “you like this, don’t you,” as the assault continued, court documents claim.
Once the assault was over, the officer allegedly told the woman to “get out of here,” before leaving the area himself in his patrol car.
After walking away from the area, the woman returned to the scene and collected a condom discarded by the officer during the alleged attack, according to the complaint.
http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvcrime/2013/10/24/el-monte-police-officer-accused-in-federa-lawsuit-of-raping-transsexual-woman-while-on-duty/
Throughout our program we will have interactive workshops on gardening and the importance of composting. The City of El Monte is promoting an Urban Agriculture program to convert empty lots into edible gardens. We are taking the initiative by reaching out to our neighbors in order to learn and share our collective knowledge and build a strong healthy community.
Throughout our program we will have interactive workshops on gardening and the importance of composting. The City of El Monte is promoting an Urban Agriculture program to convert empty lots into edible gardens. We are taking the initiative by reaching out to our neighbors in order to learn and share our collective knowledge and build a strong healthy community.
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