The DA’s office (and Paul Gallegos) have been added to the lawsuit filed by five PEOPLE PROJECT participants demanding accountability for violations of human rights occurring in the police and DA raid on a 2007 homeless encampment in Arcata, CA. The plaintiffs are demanding that the day and night harassment of homeless people by police [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office Now Defendants in PEOPLE PROJECT Lawsuit
Posted in Arcata, CA, People Project, april/may encampment, civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, northern california, rights, updates on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another Homeless Man, Tim Alcorn, Beat to Death: by teenagers
Posted in Redding, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Memorial service held for murdered Redding homeless man
By Jim Schultz
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Although he was homeless, Timothy Lee Alcorn had many friends and loved ones.
A standing-room-only crowd filled McDonald’s Redding Chapel on Friday to honor him and his family shortly before his cremated remains were interred at Redding Memorial Park.
Alcorn, 48, was found beaten to [...]
