Advisory
board member leading civil liberties case
On
July 14, 2007, Frantz Byer, a 21 year-old father and Job Corps student was
shot in the back six times by Freeport Police. As of
today, August 2, Byer has not been charged, yet he has remained for 19
days under police guard at the Nassau University Medical Center.
Nassau chapter advisory board member, Frederick Brewington, is
representing Byer and demanding that they charge or release him and
justify the shooting of this unarmed man. The Nassau
Chapter is demanding that an independent investigation into the
circumstances surrounding this shooting and the subsequent failure to
charge or release Byer be held immediately. Incidents
like this demonstrate why a civilian oversight board is necessary in
Nassau County.
YourSpace
or mine?
Interested
in a trip down the rabbit hole? Come join us on
MySpace. MySpace is a free social networking website where members can
create interactive personal profiles. The individual
sites are searchable by everyone else on MySpace, so members can learn
about each other and become virtual friends. MySpace is
the third most popular website in the United States according to Reuters
and boasts over 100 million members. Since so many
young people frequent this website it is a great way to keep in touch with
and expand our membership base. Our profile has already
gotten a great response; we have many friends. One
woman, specifically citing the MySpace page as her impetus, has signed up
to get involved. If you are interested in seeing our
page, you can visit it at http://www.myspace.com/nassauny
clu. You do
not have to be a member to simply view the site. We fully expect this to
be the beginning of a great new way to reach out to the younger
generation.
Get
the picture?
Not much time
left to protest Mayor Bloomberg’s new rule requiring permits and
insurance for filmmakers or casual camcorder users who want to photograph
in public places around New York City. Under the rules,
two or more people using a handheld camera in one location for more than
thirty minutes or a tripod for more than ten minutes must get a permit and
insurance from the City. Whatever happened to free
speech? Tell Mayor Bloomberg no one should have to take
out an insurance policy to film a family trip to the Statue of Liberty or
to make a music video for film class. While you’re at
it, ask him if his new rule applies to the hundreds/thousands of cameras
posted on buildings around Manhattan photographing people in the streets
all day long. The comment period closes tomorrow,
August 3. You can join the protest today by visiting www.nyclu.org
or contacting Julianne Cho at Mayor Bloomberg’s office:
Julianne
Cho
Assistant Commissioner
Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting
1697 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10019
jcho@film.nyc.gov
The
Long Island Ethical Society seeks Youth Ethics Director
Our
friends at the Ethical are seeking a Director of Youth Ethics Program for
a Sunday school program for ages (3-13) based on a curriculum to help
young people create an ethical personality with awareness of all religions
and values in each individual. If you would like to
submit your resume for this part-time position click on this link: https://post.craigslist.org
/manage/378839363/tmaiz
See
you at the September Party!
Please
look for your invitation to the September 16 fundraiser in the mail soon!
Our guests of honor this year are Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas!
If you are not on our mailing list, please call the office and let
us know so we can get you an invitation.
