Press Conference and Protest Against Overreaching Use of Gang Enhancement Laws

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[size=10pt][b]Save Joshua Herrera From an Unfair Life Sentence and End the Ethnic Profiling of a Community [/b][/size]

[b]Press Conference and Protest Against Overreaching Use of Gang Enhancement Laws
CONTACT: Rebecca Rivera (408) 596-1192 // Raj Jayadev (408) 757-5875[/b]

What: Lead by the Herrera family, a Latino family well known for their public service, Joshua Herrera’s mother, Rebecca Rivera, with the support of elected officials, ethnic community leaders, and religious leaders will be making a public appeal to save Joshua from an undeserved life sentence in prison. Joshua, a 24-year-old registered E.M.T. and Mission College student, has a sentencing hearing on February 7th, 2008, and is facing a life sentence in prison due to gang enhancement laws, despite having no criminal history, and in a case where no one was injured. The group will also be hand-delivering letters to the judge in support of Joshua’s attorney’s motion that has been filed, which will remove the life sentence if upheld.

WHEN: Friday Feb.1st // Public Gathering at 11:30AM // Press Conference Begins at 12:00PM // Walk to Court Clerk’s Office immediately after press conference.

WHERE: In front of the Hall of Justice (200 West Hedding Street San Jose, CA 95110)

Background: A young man with no criminal background is about to receive a life sentence for his first offense in a case where no one was hurt and the details surrounding this alleged crime are questionable at best. Joshua Herrera was charged and convicted with Home Invasion Robbery in 2006 and although he never even entered the home, he was charged under the Gang Enhancement Law as if he did. Joshua is a nationally registered EMT and was two weeks away from completing his first semester in the Fire Fighting Academy at Mission College when this incident occurred. But despite these facts, Joshua was continually referred to by the District Attorney’s Office as a “hardened gang member” irrespective of the fact that he has no criminal background, no history of violence and not one Field Identification Card in the records of the San Jose Police Department to label him a gang member. As Rebecca Rivera says, “What is happening to Joshua is happening to young Latino men all over the County. The D.A.’s office is discriminately labeling our youth as hardened gang members, and sending them to prison for years, and it can no longer be tolerated and must come to a stop.”

KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Rebecca Rivera: Mother of Joshua Herrera
Manuel Herrera: Trustee for the East Side Union High School District
Esau Herrera: Attorney at law and former board member with the East Side Union High School District and the Alum Rock Board of Trustees
Sam Herrera: Pastor Jubilee Church Minister
Joel Herrera: Former Principal at Evergreen Valley High School Administrator at Oak Grove School District
Humberto Herrera Jr.: Administrator at the Alum Rock Schoo l District
Assembly Member Joe Coto: (Sent letter of support, waiting for confirmation)
Patti Cortese: Evergreen Community Leader
City Councilmember David Cortese: (Sent letter of support, waiting for confirmation)
Richard Konda: Coalition for Justice and Accountability
Dorsey Nunn: All of Us or None (Statewide Civil Rights Organization)
David Madrid: Silicon Valley De-Bug
Many More in attendance...

Chase The Clouds Away

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asi que para esos Hip Hop fanaticos y pa que no te cuenten checate esto
y pues disfruten de este video y esta rolita que estan bastante buenos.

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-Mex Tape

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El Soundtrack de Mi vida

Hey esto esta divertido les apuesto de que si estan aburridos esto les va a levantar el animo.

-Mex Tape

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool..



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Screen Fold Ft. Juelz Santana-Chubbie Babby

Waking Up:
NiggyTardust-Saul Williams

First Day At School:
Gold Jungle(Tribe)-Madlib

Falling In Love:
American Gangster -Jay Z

Fight Song:
La Traición-Brujeria

Breaking Up:
Indian-Hump-Madlib

Prom:
Chulin Culin Chunfly-Calle 13, Juan Voltio and 3 six mafia

Mental Breakdown:
Tina Terry-Andre Nickatina & Equipto

Driving:
Eu Amo Você-Tim Maia

Highschool flashback:
Revenge of the Nerds Begins-Lupe Fiasco

Flashback:
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Getting Back Together:
So Far To Go-Common Feat. D'Angelo

Birth of Child:
Az-serious.....Az feat. Nas

Wedding:
Brown Eye Lady-Van Morrison

Final Battle:
Old School Player & New School Fools-Outkast

Death Scene:
Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd

Funeral Song:
Spread Love-Mobb Deep

End Credits:
Road Atlas-Qwel & Maker

Thunder Hut Chow

Last night the Blurred Crew and me my self Mex Tape attended the Thunder Hut Project Release party and man what a night at the Britt in Cupertino. The Hut crew had giveaways all night long, plus there was  good folks well known drinks and good music bumping the all night what a way to start the new Years. So again thank you to Thunder Hut for the good times last night and cheers fam. 

-Mex Tape

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Musica

La musica que hago es la reflección de lo que soy. Disfruten de los frutos de mi cosecha y de la bendición que dios me dio.


-mex

Affiti Gray Showing

Yo this was one of the dopest events I have attend in a while. It was just a real good experience to check out a good graff movie and to help a different gente and make a difference in la comunidad :)
Gracias Clout por "Showing Love to Your Boy 2" Nada como la revista Clout.


-Mex Tape