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MILK NOT JAILS Campaign Organizers Arrested in Buffalo, NY

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

MILK NOT JAILS Campaign Organizers Arrested in Buffalo, NY September 26, 2010 Buffalo, NY ? Two MILK NOT JAILS Campaign Organizers were arrested late Saturday night on Allen Street in Buffalo, NY after a successful day of serving ice cream and popular education to the people of Buffalo. Members of the organization were standing outside of a local business when a police officer approached the group with marijuana in his hand, looked at the one African-American in the group, Tychist Baker, and said, ?You dropped something.? Regardless of a lack of evidence connecting the drugs to Mr. Baker, the arresting officer asked for identification from everyone in the group, called for back up and proceeded to frisk Mr. Baker. Lauren M., one of the other campaign organizers, intervened, questioning what she describes as Officer Lorenzo?s unlawful targeting and investigation of the group and was arrested for so-called obstruction of governmental administration...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 29, 2010 (boomark / email).