STOP POLICE VIOLENCE
COPLEY, TOMORROW, 2PM
NATGAT ’14
The Ferguson Murder is part of the militarization of US that starts with one-on-one racism between police and the poor and ends with locking people up to make a buck. Occupy Nat Gat 2014 has called for
“A MONTH OF RESISTANCE TO MASS INCARCERATION, POLICE TERROR, REPRESSION AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF A GENERATION!
For 2 generations, Black and Latina/Latino youth in the U.S. have been shipped off to prison in numbers never before seen anywhere in the world at any time. More than 2 million people, of all nationalities languish in prison — ten times the number 50 years ago. The U.S. has 5% of the world’s population but 25% of the world’s prison population! More than 60% of those in U.S. prisons are Black or Latina/o. 32% of Black men between the ages of 20 and 29 are in prison or on parole or probation on any given day. More than 80,000 people in prison are held in solitary confinement.
The Stop Mass Incarceration Network
http://www.stopmassincarceration.net/
In 1967 the Black Panthers called for the release of all imprisoned Black Men as part of their 10 Point Plan. Now it’s your turn.
DEMAND THE RELEASE OF ALL THOSE CONVICTED OF VICTIMLESS CRIMES.
Long live Treyvon Martin,
Aria Littlhous
DEMO DETAILS
As many of you have heard, teenager Michael Brown was killed August 9th in Ferguson, MO – shot multiple times by a police officer despite eye-witness accounts that he was unarmed and had his hands up in surrender. The police reaction? Refusing to interview the main eye witness, confiscating phones with videos of the incident, and declining to publicize the autopsy report or the name of the involved officer. As protests in Missouri heat up on both sides with protestor and police violence escalating, support from cities across our country is vital!
This peaceful protest is for Boston to show its solidarity with Ferguson and say that racialized police brutality is an American CRISIS that needs to be addressed. The slaughter of unarmed children cannot continue – every American citizen has the right to due process, and to be treated with dignity and respect.
Come to Copley Square this Saturday the 16th to make our voices HEARD! There will be plenty of signs, and I need YOU GUYS to help carry them all!
Please please share and invite. Michael Brown’s family deserves justice!
http://www.occupy.com/article/black-man-killed-us-every-28-hours-police
http://gawker.com/anonymous-vows-action-over-shooting-death-of-unarmed-te-1619233440
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/12/opinion/baez-police-garner-michael-brown-chokehold/
3 Responses to “Ferguson Murder Demo, TOMORROW, 8/16, Copley”
Who’s event is this will the same people be there like yesterday ..is this a national event or just yours aria ?? Need to know thanks ..it’s Ben along time since I’ve seen this page used
I was invited to this event on Facebook by two or three people. Last I checked there were 500 RSVP’s. It is in line with the NATGAT call for a month of ations. Please let us all know how it goes.
on August 16th, 2014 at 11:47 am #
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