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[mattio]

On the heels of the last post, two sad things:

Common Ground organizer outs himself as an FBI informant; serious charges brought against two activists.

And, SF BART cops shoot an unarmed man in the back as he's about to be handcuffed.

Comments

[molofan]

somehow, after all the things I've heard about Brandon Darby, it doesn't surprise me that he'd do something like that. Well, it's still surprising, but if it had to be anyone from CGC...

[gimblegyre]

Re: Oscar Grant and Gaza--what does one say? (much less, do?) We need a word for frustration times a thousand.

I'm shaken about Brandon Darby. Here's an indymedia post that includes his open letter: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/02/18557859.php. There have always been good reasons to be cautious about him, but this was...well, shocking. The extensiveness of his involvement is disturbing, appearance of a "stop snitchin'" site dedicated to him is disturbing, his close access to people I respect is disturbing, and given his personality--the fact that two people might be sent to jail for 30 years based on his word is really, really fucking disturbing.

[mattio]

That his letter is signed "In Solidarity" really feels like getting punched.