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Congressional Information Packet

IMPORTANT ARTICLES:

Judge: I saw police commit felonies
Miami Herald 12/20/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=314

"This is not America"
Salon.com 12/16/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=308

Groups plan to sue city over FTAA actions by police
Miami Herald 12/8/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=300

U.S. unions seek federal probe of Miami police
Reuters 12/3/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=292

Group Wants Investigation of Police Tactics at Miami Trade Talks
New York Times 11/27/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=283

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NOTABLE LETTERS OF SUPPORT:

Amnesty International Letter to FL Governor Jeb Bush 12/16/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=326

Sierra Club Letter to President Bush 12/5/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=320

AFL-CIO Letter to FL Governor Jeb Bush 12/3/03
 http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/pr12032003a.cfm

United Steelworkers of America Letter to Congress 11/24/03
 http://www.steel.org/news/pr/2003/CITAC0203letter.pdf

National Lawyers Guild letter to Mayor Diaz 11/20/03
 http://www.nlg.org/news/statements/ftaa_letter.htm

Public Citizen's Litigation Group Letter to Miami Authorities 11/21/03
 http://www.citizen.org/trade/ftaa/ministerials/miami2003/articles.cfm?ID=10733

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SUPPORTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL PRESS RELEASES:

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Urges Attorney Gen. John Ashcroft and Fl. Gov. Jeb Bush to Conduct Independent Investigations Into Miami Police Force Tactics During FTAA Demonstrations 12/3/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=311

Amnesty International: Allegations of excessive use of force and ill-treatment of protestors in Miami 11/26/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=309

United Steelworkers of America Calls for Congressional Investigation into Police-State Assaults in Miami 11/24/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=227

National Lawyers Guild Condemns Violence Against the Right to Protest in Miami 11/21/03
 http://www.stopftaa.org/article.php?id=214

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VIDEO CLIPS:

Short Video clips depicting police violence
 http://media.ftaaimc.org/ftaa-media/2003/11/2297.mov
 http://media.ftaaimc.org/ftaa-media/2003/11/2298.mov

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PHOTOGRAPHS:

 http://www.saveourcivilliberties.org/en/2004/01/132.shtml

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DRAFT CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO MAYORS PENELAS AND DIAZ:

Click here for a sample letter:
 http://www.saveourcivilliberties.org/misc/sample_letter.html