And the political hip-hop group Dead Prez have announced they are filing a suit today against the New York Police Department in response to their Sept. 29 arrest which took place during a film shoot in Brooklyn. Police reportedly beat members of the group and detained them for 36 hours. At a press conference today, Dead Prez plan to announce a People’s Self Defense Campaign to monitor police brutality in urban communities and to end the targeting of hip hop artists by police.