20 BCALA NEWS Volume 41, Issue 3

Summer 2014

RESOURCES ON YOUR RIGHTS

• BYP Memo: The Policing of Black Communities and Young People of Color http://www. blackyouthproject.com/files/2014/08/ferguson.pdf

• Fighting Police Abuse: A Community Action Manual https://www.aclu.org/racial-justice_ prisoners-rights_drug-law-reform_immigrants-rights/fighting-police-abuse-community-ac

• Community Violence: Reactions and Actions in Dangerous Times http://www.nctsn.org/sites/ default/files/assets/pdfs/community_violence_reactions_actions.pdf

• Violent Places, Dangerous Times: Does Community Violence Control Your Life? http://www. nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/community_violenceList_final.pdf

• Know Your Rights: What To Do If You’re Stopped By Police, Immigration Agents or the FBI https://www.aclu.org/drug-law-reform-immigrants-rights-racial-justice/know-your-rights- what-do-if-you

• FAQ: Police Encounters http://www.knowmyrights.org/knowledgebase/faq/police- encounters

• Know Your Rights: Demonstrations and Protests https://www.aclu.org/free-speech/know- your-rights-demonstrations-and-protests

• Principles of Good Policing: Avoiding Violence Between Police and Citizens http://www.justice. gov/archive/crs/pubs/principlesofgoodpolicingfinal092003.pdf

• Citizen complaints about police use of force: law enforcement management and administrative statistics http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ccpuf.pdf

• ArchCity Defenders Municipal Court Whitepaper https://www.dropbox.com/s/ vwptqn3mhq9xvy7/ArchCity%20Defenders%20Municipal%20Courts%20Whitepaper.pdf

• ACLU’s Report on Police Militarization Finds Weapons and Tactics of War Used Disproportionately Against People of Color https://www.aclu.org/smart-justice-fair-justice/ aclus-report-police-militarization-finds-weapons-and-tactics-war-used

• Support of Ferguson Protestors https://secure.piryx.com/donate/mS25KFCe/MORE/ mikebrown

• Current Events Classroom - A guide for teachers wanting to discuss Ferguson http://www. adl.org/education-outreach/curriculum-resources/c/current-events-classroom.html#.U_ YEvGOOpX0

LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

• American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri http://www.aclu-mo.org/ • NAACP http://www.stlcountynaacp.org/ • US Human Rights Network http://www.ushrnetwork.org/ • Organization For Black Struggle http://obs-onthemove.org/about-obs/ • Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression • Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis http://www.ulstl.com/ • Better Family Life http://www.betterfamilylife.org/ • Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment http://www.organizemo.org/