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\nRiot police are shown firing rubber bullets at protesters after firing tear gas during a protest in Miami November 20.
\nPhoto by Shannon Stapleton\/Reuters<\/p>\n
\nRiot police are shown firing rubber bullets at protesters after firing tear gas during a protest in Miami November 20.
\nPhoto by Shannon Stapleton\/Reuters<\/p>\n
Click here to view photos: FTAA protests in Miami.<\/a><\/p>\n For more information and latest news, visit Save Our Civil Liberties<\/a><\/p>\n FTAA Protesters Settle Suit Over Strip Searches in Miami Jail<\/a>, Associated Press, February 15, 2005 FTAA Scorecard: 283 Arrested \/ 0 Convictions Killmon vs. City of Miami Federal Lawsuit Challenges the ‘Miami Model’ and Hundreds of FTAA-Related Criminal Cases Stopping the “Miami Model” in its Tracks Federal Court Ruling on FTAA Ordinance and Miami’s Permit Scheme is a Clear First Amendment Victory Lawsuit Filed Attacking Miami Ordinance Used During FTAA Protests Letter from Members of Congress Calling for Investigations into Rights Violations by Police during FTAA Protests and FBI Surveillance of Protesters NPR: Miami Probes FTAA Protest Response First Trial of FTAA-related Arrests to Occur Tuesday, January 20 at 10:00am Amnesty International Condemns Police Violence at FTAA Protests, Calls for Independent Investigation Allegations of excessive use of force and ill-treatment of protestors in Miami Police Repression during the negotiations on a Free Trade Area of the Americas Criminalizing Dissent: What Miami Means On Miami Police Conduct During FTAA Ministerial Meeting Protests Union condemns use of federal Iraq reconstruction funds to subsidize “homeland repression” at FTAA meetings
\nReport Stalled as Police Hold Back on Plans<\/a>, Miami Herald, January 3, 2005
\nProducer Sues City Over Lead Ball Fired by Miami Police<\/a>, Associated Press, September 23, 2004
\nLock and Load: The Protests May Be Peaceful, But the Cops Are Ready For War<\/a>, The Gadflyer, August 30, 2004
\nGrandmother’s Arrest: No Prosecution, No Apologies<\/a>, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, August 24, 2004
\nTreating Protesters Like Terrorists<\/a>, The New Republic, July 22, 2004
\nPolice Deny FTAA Report<\/a>, Miami Herald, June 24, 2004
\nMiami Police Refuse to Give FTAA Plan to Oversight Board<\/a>, Miami Sun Post, June 18, 2004
\nInfamous ‘Miami Model’ of Protest Clampdown, Coming to a Town Near You<\/a>, New Standard, June 8, 2004
\nPanel Rips Police Conduct at Trade Talks<\/a>, Palm Beach Post, June 4, 2004
\nPanel: Police Trampled Protesters’ Rights<\/a>, Associated Press, June 3, 2004
\nOppressive Bureaucracy<\/a>, Daily Business Review, May 21, 2004
\nPublic Records Still Secret<\/a>, Daily Business Review, May 18, 2004
\nPanel Examines Weapons Police Used in Protests<\/a>, Miami Herald, May 11, 2004<\/p>\n
\nRead the press release by the Save Our Civil Liberties Campaign, May 4, 2004<\/a>
\nThe Truth Is Out, Says Man Cleared in Timoney Case<\/a>, Miami Herald, April 11, 2004
\nTimoney Testifies in Philadelphia<\/a>, Miami Herald, April 7, 2004
\nActivist Organizations File Suit Against Local Officials Over FTAA-related Arrests<\/a>, Miami Sun Post, April 4, 2004<\/p>\n
\nRead the federal lawsuit filed by the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee, March 25, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRead the press release by Miami Activist Defense, March 25, 2004<\/a>
\nWomen Arrested in FTAA Protests Sue over Miami-Dade Strip Search<\/a>, Associated Press, March 12, 2004
\nPanelas Addresses Critics over Police Tactics at FTAA Talks<\/a>, Associated Press, March 11, 2004
\nMiami Commissioners Repeal Protest Law<\/a>, Miami Herald, March 11, 2004<\/p>\n
\nRead the AFL-CIO Executive Council Resolution, March 10, 2004<\/a>
\n3 Women Sue Miami-Dade, Say They Were Strip-Searched<\/a>, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 6, 2004
\nMiami Commissioners Move Toward Rescinding Demonstration Ordinance<\/a>, Miami Sun Post, March 4, 2004
\nNo Rest for the Weary Agitator<\/a>, Miami New Times, March 4, 2004
\nPanel Hears of Police Violence<\/a>, Miami Herald, March 2, 2004
\nAFL-CIO Demands Apology, Chief’s Resignation<\/a>, WPLG Local 10 News, March 1, 2004<\/p>\n
\nRead the press release by Miami Activist Defense, March 1, 2004<\/a>
\nThreat to Liberty at FTAA Worth a Second Look<\/a>, Miami Herald, February 26, 2004
\nCost of Trade Talks Security Pegged at Nearly $24 Million<\/a>, NBC-6 News, February 23, 2004
\nChief’s Trusted Aide has a Past Worth Noting<\/a>, Miami Herald, February 22, 2004
\nSummit Security Costs Public Millions<\/a>, Miami Herald, February 22, 2004
\nJudge says Miami anti-protest law has ‘serious constitutional problems’<\/a>, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, February 6, 2004
\nLawsuit challenges FTAA protest arrest ordinances<\/a>, Associated Press, February 5, 2004<\/p>\n
\nRead the Miami Activist Defense Press Release, February 4, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRead the letter<\/a>
\nNon-Protesting Filmmaker Wonders Why He Was Shot?<\/a>, Miami Herald, February 1, 2004
\nProtester=Criminal?<\/a>, The Progressive, February 2004
\nMiami judge dismisses charges in first FTAA-related jury trial<\/a>, Associated Press, January 29, 2004<\/p>\n
\nListen to the report from National Public Radio’s All Things Considered<\/a>
\nCharge Against Free Trade Protester Dropped After Cop Fails to Show in Court<\/a>, Associated Press, January 20, 2004<\/p>\n
\nRead the press advisory by Miami Activist Defense, January 19, 2004<\/a>
\nMaking the right to counsel vanish<\/a>, St. Petersburg Times, January 18, 2004
\nHail to the king of the tirade: Joe Arriola<\/a>, Miami Herald, January 18, 2004
\nMember of police oversight board resigns after criticism<\/a>, Miami Herald, January 17, 2004
\nMiami probes police crushing of trade protests<\/a>, Reuters, January 16, 2004
\nFind truth about police, panel told<\/a>, Miami Herald, January 16,2004
\n‘Bulletin’ Worries Church<\/a>, Miami Herald, January 15, 2004
\nPanel to open FTAA police probe<\/a>, Miami Herald, January 15, 2004
\nFeeling Violated<\/a>, Daily Business Review, January 5, 2004
\nPanels Will Look into Allegations of Abuse by Police During FTAA Protests in Miami<\/a>, Sun-Sentinel, December 27, 2003
\nProsecutors won’t seek jail time, denying defendants the use of public defenders<\/a>, Daily Business Review, December 23, 2003
\nModel student recounts horrors of FTAA arrest<\/a>, Miami Herald, December 21, 2003
\nJudge: “I saw police commit felonies”<\/a>, Miami Herald, December 20, 2003
\nAmnesty Says Miami Police May Have Broken UN Laws<\/a>, Reuters, December 18, 2004
\nFTAA Fallout Finds Chief Timoney<\/a>, MSNBC, December 18, 2003
\n‘Miami Model’ of FTAA security is lightning rod<\/a>, Miami Herald, December 18, 2003
\nGroups air gripes about police actions<\/a>, Miami Herald, December 17, 2003<\/p>\n
\nRead the letter from Amnesty International to Florida Governor Jeb Bush, December 16, 2003<\/a>
\n“This is not America”<\/a>, Salon.com, December 16, 2003
\nCommentary: Fear and Loathing in Miami<\/a>, Daily Business Review, December 15, 2003
\nCriminalizing Dissent<\/a>, The Free Press, December 15, 2003
\nDemonstrators Vow to Sue Miami for Police Action During FTAA, Union Prez Demands Miami Chief’s Resignation<\/a>, Miami Sun Post, December 12, 2003
\nHeadbangers Ball: Claims that police didn’t aim at FTAA protesters’ upper bodies get a black eye<\/a>, Miami New Times, December 11, 2003
\nWhose Streets? What It Looked Like In Miami<\/a>, Ripsaw News, December 10, 2003
\nMilitarized Miami: Is this the ‘new model’ for making global trade deals while squashing democratic dissent?<\/a>, Polaris Institute’s Tony Clarke, December 2003
\nFTAA takes stage in Senate race<\/a>, Miami Herald, December 8, 2003
\nGroups plan to sue city over FTAA actions by police<\/a>, Miami Herald, December 8, 2003
\nActivists scold Penelas for role in policing trade protests<\/a>, Sun Sentinel, December 7, 2003
\nGoons Over Miami<\/a>, In These Times, December 5, 2003
\nPolice, Legal Observers Clash In Miami<\/a>, American Bar Association Journal, December 5, 2003
\nFilmmaker Says FTAA Pictures Show Police Violence<\/a>, click10 News, December 3, 2003
\nPolice overreaction<\/a>, St. Petersburg Times, December 2, 2003
\nMiami crowd control would do tyrant proud<\/a>, St. Petersburg Times, November 30, 2003
\nACLU: ‘In the name of maintaining order, Chief Timoney suspended the constitutional rights of law-abiding people.’<\/a>, Miami Herald, November 30, 2003<\/p>\n
\nRead the Press Release from Amnesty International, November 26, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRead the Citizens Trade Campaign Press Release, November 26, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRead the analysis by Chris Jones of the Resource Center of the Americas, November 26, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRead the Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, November 26, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRead the USWA Press Release, November 24, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n