[Peace] Taser proposal withdrawn!

[Alfred Kagan]

This is just great. We may be on a path to change the Champaign city 
govt. Many thanks especially to Kim for organizing the AWARE folks. 
Let me also note the impressive NAACP efforts that probably really 
carried the day.


At 8:38 AM -0600 3/25/04, Kranich, Kimberlie wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Our new chief of police and the city manager have decided to withdraw their
>request for Tasers. What a wise and prudent decision!  I am proud of them
>and happy for us.
>
>Our black and white and Latino communities who organized together and spoke
>up and out, the four council members who voted against Tasers Tuesday night,
>and many other allies working hard inside the city and outside made this
>possible. We have an in.  A place to start making change.
>
>For a fuller version of this story and two related stories, please visit:
>ucimc.org
>
>Peace,
>Kimberlie
>
>_______________________________________________
>Peace mailing list
>Peace at lists.groogroo.com
>http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace


-- 


Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu