Forums,
Protests
(Connecticut,
North
Carolina,
Florida,
California)
2/18/00
New Haven, CT, Feb. 23, 7:30pm, "Seized!?! A Debate on Civil Asset Forfeiture," by the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, in conjunction with Western Connecticut State University NORML and the Yale ACLU. Moderated by the Hon. Mike Lawlor, Co-Chair of the Judiciary Committee of the CT General Assembly -- featuring former New Haven Police Chief and Criminal Justice Policy Foundation senior fellow Nicholas Pastore, Roger Pilon, Vice-President of Legal Affairs for the CATO Institute and Graham Boyd, director of the ACLU's drug policy litigation project, arguing for forfeiture reform -- and retired Guilford police officer Anthony Dirienzo III, David X. Sullivan, State's Attorney, Forfeiture Division and Mark H. Kaczynski, Resident Agent in charge of DEA operations in Hartford, arguing against forfeiture reform. At Yale University, Linsley-Chittenden Hall (LC), Room 102. Free, refreshments will follow. For further information, contact Dave Bonan at (860) 247-9823 (daytime) or (203) 791-0284 (evening). Asheville, NC, Feb. 26, 7:00pm -- Cannabis Forum, including presentations on law enforcement, medical marijuana and other topics. Sponsored by Community of Compassion, to be held at the Movement and Learning Center above the French Broad Food Coop. For further information, call Dixie Deerman or Steve Rasmussen at (828)251-0343 or Dawn Humphrey at (828)258-8432, or visit the Community of Compassion website at http://onward.to/herbmercy/. Keystone Heights, FL, Feb. 28, 5:30pm -- "Don’t You DARE Arrest My Parents," protest by activists and parents of recent incidents in which students were encouraged to turn in their parents for drug activity. To be held by the Keystone Heights elementary school, 335 SW Pecan Drive, coinciding with the 6:30pm monthly PTA meeting. For further information, contact Scott Bledsoe at (904) 278-0993 or Jodi James at (321) 253-3673. San Francisco, CA, March 8, 5:00-7:00pm -- "The War on Drugs: Criminal Justice Perspectives," at the San Francisco Medical Society,1409 Sutter, at Franklin. Featuring Vaughn Walker, United States district judge for the Northern District of California; former member of the California Law Revision Commission, former president of the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco, and former judicial representative of the American Bar Association; Joseph McNamara, former chief of police of San Jose, California; research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and author of five books and many articles on criminal justice; Vernon Grigg, managing attorney of the Narcotics and Vice Units of the San Francisco District Attorney’s office; and Dan Macallair of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (Washington, DC and San Francisco). Moderated by Daniel Abrahamson, Director of Legal Affairs for the Lindesmith Center; free and open to the public. Call (415) 921-4987 or e-mail [email protected] to reserve a space.
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