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On August 15th, FACTS played a big part of the Shadow
Convention's day dedicated to the Failure of the War on Drugs. After FACTS
state-wide president Geri Silva talked about the 3-strikes law, Susan Sarandon
and Tim Robbins then read some of the 3-strike stories of family members who
were in attendance.
There were many other good speakers that day talking
about the failure of the war on drugs, including Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters,
Bill Maher, and the Governor of New Mexico.
Later on the same day, outside the Shadow Convention, 71 bike
riders were arrested for breaking some minor traffic violations (even though
the police escorted them through the red lights). Public Defender Geralyn
Busnardo (and FACTS member) helped many of the bikers get their cases dismissed
in the following weeks.
On August 16th, FACTS participated in a morning demonstration
against the prison industrial complex and in the afternoon against police
brutality.
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