Memorial and March for Amilcar: Reporting Back

August 29, 2016Justice for Amilcar Leave a comment

This past Friday marked one year and a half since Amilcar was killed.

In addition to remembering and honoring Amilcar and the other victims of police violence, we called upon California Attorney General Kamala Harris to take over Amilcar’s case and file the murder charges herself.

Read our press release announcing the event and explaining why we are taking these steps.

At the site where he was killed, we remembered and honored him and his family:

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At the site where Amilcar was killed, we remembered and honored him and his family

We marched to the site where his and our neighbor, Luis Gongora Pat, was also killed by SFPD:

We then proceeded to Mission Police Station:

A few of the news reports….

Leading up to the event, KGO-TV ran this:

Later that night, KGO followed up:

Univision 14 covered the event:

And our friends at Mission Local ran this:

This Wednesday’s Vigil

July 26, 2016Justice for Amilcar Leave a comment

This Wednesday’s Vigil for Amilcar, 6pm, Mission Police Station

Mission Station is where the officers who killed Amilcar are stationed. We continue to shine a spotlight on them We want them to know we haven’t forgotten what they did!

This Monday, several of us met with DA Gascon to review his investigation into Amilcar’s killing. At this week’s vigil, we’ll share what we learned and discuss some possible next steps. We’d like your feedback!

Please join us for this week’s vigil.

When: Wednesday, July 20, 6-7pm
Where: Mission Police Station, 17th and Valencia Streets

May 22 River of Sorrows: Invitation to walk with families hurt by police to Mission Dolores

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016Justice for Amilcar Leave a comment

Justice 4 Amilcar is co-sponsoring this community event for the family of Luis Demetrio Góngora Pat and family and friends of other loved ones killed by SFPD.

When: May 22, 2016

What: Walk with families hurt by police from site of SFPD killings from Bernal Heights to Mission Dolores for mass for Luis Demetrio Góngora Pat at noon

Where:

9 a.m. – Start at Alex Nieto Memorial Site on Bernal Heights Park

Noon – Mass at Mission Dolores

1 p.m. – Potluck picnic in Dolores Park

Description:

The family of Luis Góngora Pat invite us to walk with them to the Mission Dolores, where a mass will be held at NOON for Luis.

At 9AM, we will begin walking with Elvira and Refugio Nieto and Justice 4 Alex Nieto supporters from Bernal Heights, down Folsom Street to meet friends and supporters of Justice 4 Amilcar near 24th, then continue on Shotwell Street to 19th to meet up with family and friends of Justice 4 Luis Góngora Pat. From there we will continue in procession to the Mission Dolores. After mass, a potluck picnic will be held at Dolores Park. If you don’t want attend mass, please meet us at Dolores Park and help set up a picnic spot!

Event co-sponsored by Justice4Luis, Justice4AlexNieto, PoorMAG/PrensaPobre, Mission Neighborhood Resource Center.

Note:

May 22 is also the Malcom X Day and there is a festival in the Bayview, where Mario Woods, Kenny Harding Jr, and Idriss Stelley are also being honored.

Wherever you go, walk with us in resistance.

The Mission (SF) Marches, Rallies for Justice for Amilcar Perez-Lopez

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015Justice for Amilcar Leave a comment

by Evan P. Matthews at Anti Police-Terror Project 
Originally Published on IndyBay

On April 24, neighbors for Justice for Amilcar held a vigil and march in honor of Amilcar Perez-Lopez, killed by SFPD on February 26, 2015.

Friday evening, concerned community members organized a vigil, march, and rally calling for justice in the state-killing of Amilcar Perez-Lopez. Shot six times in the back, once in the head by San Francisco Police Department, Amilcar was remembered and honored by all present as an honest, hard-working man. Friends, neighbors, and concerned individuals from throughout the Bay gathered at the site of the state-killing on Folsom street between 24th street and 25th street for a moving vigil. After the vigil, the nearly crowd of nearly 200 marched to the Mission Police District for a rally and die-in. The march was led by powerful, native Aztec dancers in ceremonial costume. Organized by the Justice for Amilcar committee, the march included members of the Mission faith community, Supervisor Dave Campos, Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth (HOMEY), and the San Francisco Organizing Project/Peninsula Interfaith Action (SFOP/PIA).

The action, held in the historic yet gentrifying Mission district, came on the heels of a press-conference in which the results of an independent autopsy were announced to the public. Conducted by the Sonoma County coroners office, the autopsy revealed disturbing conflicts in the story originally given by SFPD and Police Chief Greg Suhr. The police chief stated on March 2nd during a town-hall that Amilcar charged at the police with a knife raised. This story, though always contradicted by witnesses, was reprinted and published as fact by news outlets throughout the bay area. The press conference also announced the lawsuit filed by the parents of Amilcar against SFPD for their use of excessive, deadly force against their son. The lawsuit also charges SFPD with the failure to appropriately train, discipline, and supervise officers Tiffe and Reboldi.

Amilcar Perez-Lopez is a victim of police-terror, but he is also facing eviction – a fate he shares with people of color throughout the Mission and San Francisco. Speakers at the march connected the threat of eviction with the criminalization of black and brown people in San Francisco. Called by many the “bookends of gentrification,” SFPD has a deep history of criminalizing the presence of people of color, effectively pushing them out of the community they call home. While on Mission St, the march passed the dozens of restaurants patronized by the mostly white, young people who are the tenants that replace working class folks like Amilcar.

Hundreds of photos of all the community response to the death of Amilcar can be found on the Justice 4 Amilcar Perez-Lopez facebook group:http://www.facebook.com/groups/353672264838421/

Hashtags for the event:
#Justice4Amilcar
#6shots2theback
#JusticeForAmilcar
#AmilcarPerezLopez
#SFPDCoverUp

Friday 4/24 – 6pm – Justicia para Amilcar/Justice For Amilcar Vigil and March

April 16, 2015Justice for Amilcar Leave a comment

Neighbors for Justice for Amilcar are holding a Vigil and March in honor of Amilcar Perez-Lopez, killed by SFPD on February 26, 2015.

RSVP here

On Friday, April 24th, on behalf of Amilcar’s family, Attorney Arnoldo Casillas will file a civil lawsuit against the City of San Francisco and officers Craig Tiffe and Eric Reboli who killed Amilcar Perez-Lopez mere feet from his home. At 11:00am Casillas will hold a press conference and reveal information that dramatically contradicts the police narrative of the events of the night Amilcar was shot and killed.

We believe SFPD is involved in a cover-up of facts to avoid criminal and civil accountability for the unlawful killing of Amilcar Perez-Lopez. Join us that evening to mourn this tragic loss in our community, resist the forces of gentrification, and DEMAND JUSTICE for Amilcar.

6:00pm – Vigil begins on the East side of Folsom between 24th and 25th, at the site of the shooting
6:30pm – March begins
7:00pm – Stop at Mission Police Station (630 Valencia)
March will end at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (15th St between
Mission and Valencia)

**Please bring votive candles. We will lay these down at the Mission Police Station to symbolize the loss of Amilcar and other victims of police violence in San Francisco.**

stay involved:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353672264838421/