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For Immediate Release: 'Woodwards squatters fight police brutality and unlawful arrest'
Publication type:
Media Release
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Date:
2002-09-23
Pages:
1
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Summary:
This is a media release by the Anti-Poverty Committee announcing a press conference on September 24th, 2002, to address the police brutality and unlawful arrests of the Woodwards squatters during evictions by the Vancouver Police Department, where all the squatters' belongings were destroyed or removed by garbage trucks. A lawyer from the Pivot Legal Society is to outline the lawsuit against the Vancouver Police Department.
Keywords:
Anti-Poverty Committee; Woodsquat; squatters; police brutality; legal issues; Woodwards; eviction; Pivot Legal Society; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)