2012-01-06 "STOCKTON ACTION REPORT- STOP POLICE TERROR" from "Diablo Valley Movement / Students for a Democratic Society (MDS/SDS)"
Mothers Cry for Justice, James Rivera family, Ernest Duenez family, Oscar Grant Committee, Modesto Copwatch, MDS/SDS [Movement and Students for a Democratic Society] and the Nation of Islam united to sponsor this spirited and loud protest action in downtown Stockton demanding answers from the DA who has remained silent about the police killing of unarmed youth & adults. Sisters Bianca & Sharena kept up the powerful outrage by leading chants.
Local youths insisted on carrying the SDS banner.
OGC and MDS brought out 8 people and 40 memes guns [picket signs] from the East Bay. It was militant action with no arrests even tho the police mobilized and pushed back the rally for a few minutes before leaving. The locals felt empowered by the action and thanked the the East Bay folks for our support.

Demonstrators in front of the San Joaquin County Courthouse chant “We want justice for James Rivera” on Friday afternoon in Stockton.


2012-01-07 "Protesters say officers' fatal clashes unnecessary" by Jennie Rodriguez-Moore from the "Modesto Record"
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STOCKTON - Demonstrators held signs and chanted "No justice, no peace" ["No Killer Police" -MDS/SDS] outside the courthouse Friday afternoon.
Rosemarie Duenez said she wants an investigation completed on the June 8 shooting of her son, 31-year-old Ernest Duenez Jr., by Manteca police
"We are still waiting for the D.A.'s Office to wrap up the case," said the 57-year-old mother.
The county District Attorney's Office conducts reports on fatalities involving law enforcement officers, but limited resources has led to a backlog in cases, prosecutors have said.
Manteca police have contended that Duenez, a parolee, was stopped for a traffic violation but advanced on officers with a weapon.
His family sees it differently. "We did get a police camera video of the incident," Rosemarie Duenez said. She said her son was not armed.
Duenez's relatives were part of a Friday demonstration of about 30 [60 really -frh ] participants, organized by the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression, a group honoring a man killed by BART police in 2009.
The Stockton gathering is part of a statewide effort to mobilize supporters and spread awareness.
"When the state kills, it's a serious matter," said Oakland activist Gerald Smith, who spoke to the crowd Friday. "We are not going to accept the state-sponsored murder against our people."
One of the examples used during the protest in Stockton was the fatal shooting of 16-year-old James Rivera Jr.
Rivera was shot to death by Stockton police and a San Joaquin County sheriff's deputy on July 22, 2010, while behind the wheel of a stolen van that had crashed into a garage after a high-speed chase. Police said the van was coming toward them.
Smith said killing Rivera was unnecessary. "He was a child," Smith said.
Friday's rally was peaceful but did require some law-enforcement resources to direct the protesters away from a doorway of the courthouse that they were blocking.