In this 7 minute video, we meet Jacques and Paige, members of Occupy Rochester, describing police harassment after they and others were abruptly awaked by police who were asking for identification at 2AM on February 2, 2012. One occupier had the wherewithal to record some of the interaction.

Hours after the police harassed occupiers, the New York Civil Liberties Union released a statement demanding that the RPD cease their unconstitutional activities.

Another crowd of people showed up for a second week to oppose plans for expansion of the Champaign County jail. Several individuals spoke during public comment. Among them were:

Mikhail Lyubansky, who writes and teaches about restorative justice, said, "Jail is just one strategy, not the only one" to public safety and called on the County Board to look into alternatives to incarceration.

Peter Campbell of the GEO Solidarity Committee said, "To argue that we should expand a jail in order to treat prisoners better is perverse: any public official who makes this argument is trading on the lives of the most vulnerable in our community for their own political gain."

Chris Evans spoke about the history of the public safety quarter cent sales tax, passed by voters in 1998. The sales tax ought to be brough back to voters, he said.

Join Movement for Justice in El Barrio for a special Int'l Women's Day Celebration honoring the contributions of the "indignadas" who are leading the movements for justice and dignity around the world!Movement for Justice in El Barrio invites you to?

"¡Mujeres Luchando, Al Mundo Transformando!?:
AN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN?S DAY CELEBRATION
featuring ?indignadas? from El Barrio, Occupy Wall St., and around the world

Endorsed by the General Assembly of Occupy Wall St., Women Occupy Wall St. Caucus (WOW), Global Justice Working Group, Occupy Your Workplace, Outreach Working Group, Movement Building Working Group, Immigrant Worker Justice Working Group, and the Anti-Racism Allies of OWS.

Women around the world are rising up and saying, ?Enough!?

They are organizing new movements from Chiapas to Egypt, from Greece to Spain, from South Africa to New York, and everywhere in between.

They are ?indignadas?, outraged by the staggering inequalities, the violence and deceit, the hatred of democracy, the flagrant corruption and utter disregard for life on this planet that characterize our society, our economy, our governments. They are struggling against this nightmarish status quo, and laying seeds for a new world in the process.

At the forefront of these global movements are countless dignified women whose ?Enough!? resounds in different colors, in different languages, across the lands. They are spearheading these movements, and battling injustice head-on and without compromise, often at enormous risk.

Those from above attempt to repress them; those from ?within? attempt to disregard and silence them. But they are insurmountable, and with their dignified struggles, transform our world each day.

In keeping with our annual tradition of celebrating International Women?s Day, Movement for Justice in El Barrio invite you to join us, as we honor the tremendous leadership and indispensable contributions of women?las indignadas?who fight for dignity and justice everywhere.

Thursday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m.
Harlem, New York*

Due to limited seating, please RSVP no later than Thursday, March 1st if you wish to attend. You may reserve your seats via email at  movementforjusticeinelbarrio@gmail.com. Please include a telephone number at which you may be contacted.

Founded in 2004 by a group of low-income, immigrant women, Movement for Justice in El Barrio remains a majority-women of color, grassroots community organization that fights for dignity and against neoliberal displacement from East Harlem to Chiapas and beyond. At over 700 members, Movement has built a bottom-up struggle for dignity that has taken on and defeated multi-national corporations and corrupt politicians. Committed to the principles of autonomy and self-determination, Movement practices participatory democracy and horizontal decision-making on a community-wide scale. As part of the Zapatista-initiated The Other Campaign, Movement fights for liberation of all marginalized groups from below and to the left.

*Optional donation collected at the door to go towards the venue. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

SCI Mahanoy, February 2, 2012. Mumia Abu-Jamal celebrates his move off of death row with Heidi Boghosian and Professor Johanna Fernandez. This was Mumia's second contact visit in 30 years. His transfer to general population comes after a federal court ruled that instructions to jurors during his trial influenced them to choose death. A broad people's movement secured this victory, and it can now refocus on the goal of freedom. Join us on April 24, Mumia's birthday, as we Occupy the Justice Department in Washington, DC!

Related: Our Contact Visit With Mumia by Johanna Fernandez | Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal: "Why There is No Iran War on the Horizon"

Over the past month protesters have noticed strange men hovering around Occupy Atlanta related protests and filming the events. It's not unusual for lots of cameras to be present at these events, but these people stood out. It was very obvious that they were with law enforcement.

One officer in particular had initially refused to identify himself, but after a nod from white-shirt APD officer C.W. Moss he eventually identified himself as James Hodge (see photo).