Today was the 19th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. People protested against intensified police killings and abuse, torture conditions inflicted on tens of thousands of incarcerated people, widespread use of solitary confinement, mass incarceration and young people being treated like criminals, “guilty until proven innocent.” Continuing the defiant protests going on in Ferguson, MO in response to the police killing of Michael Brown, people from coast to coast participated in the heightened resistance to police murder all across the country.
Against this backdrop, people in more than 50 cities across the United States took to the streets and protested in other ways. From Atlanta to Oakland, hundreds turned out with a strong message and strong actions – shutting down highways and marching past police barricades.
Here are some of the best moments in photos and tweets from the actions:
Atlanta, GA
Demonstrators gathered in Woodruff Park and marched onto the highway, shutting it down.
LIVE from Atlanta’s Woodruff Park for the #o22 Natl Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality & #EndMassIncarceration pic.twitter.com/mwMNivivsf
— Renaldo Pearson (@RenaldoPearson) October 22, 2014
#O22 #Atlanta #FergusonOctober #ItsBiggerThanYou #solidarity pic.twitter.com/dgEU4MmsOJ — #ITSBIGGERTHANYOU (@ItsBiggerThanU_) October 22, 2014
ATL took over the highway for #o22 pic.twitter.com/NGrEiT1xUU
— Hira (@HiraMahmood5) October 22, 2014
Tallahassee, FL
Around 50 deep in front of the Tallahassee Police Department #o22 pic.twitter.com/ms18cGpeV7 — FSU Dream Defenders (@DDODFSU) October 22, 2014
Washington, DC
#O22 #FergusonOctober law students in DC stand with you! #ToFergusonWithLove pic.twitter.com/WepiC7VB7t — Elle Jay (@CarefreeLvste) October 22, 2014
New York, NY Protesters initially marched along a permitted route, but then broke off and entered Times Square and past police barricades to the police station there.
RT @NaSh12: Permitted March in NYC is over. We’ve taken Times Square. #O22 #fergusonoctober #stoppoliceviolence pic.twitter.com/I4rDWvRlCV — StopMassIncarceratio (@StopMassIncNet) October 22, 2014
Hands up while going up the red steps in times sq #o22 pic.twitter.com/pfVcjDz49R — Shay Horse (@HuntedHorse) October 22, 2014
“@Lukewearechange: Oh wow the police let the protestors take the red steps in time sq #o22 no arrests yet pic.twitter.com/NgOm2Hblfw” !!!!!! — Cori (@generocity_) October 22, 2014
Ferguson, MO The community marched in a funeral procession to the police station. They paused when they arrived at the places where Mike Brown and Kajieme Powell were murdered.
@OBS_StL @organizemo @johnchasnoff 2nd stop funeral procession. We remember #KajiemePowell. We will not forget. #O22 pic.twitter.com/ThFjCC7MXI — J Reyes Lay (@reyes_lay) October 22, 2014
“@deray: The funeral profession pauses on Canfield. Mike Brown, we remember. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/qF6hjkl586” #o22 #solidarity #FightBack — one blood (@kash04316_d) October 22, 2014
School kids just rode past on the bus yelling “NO JUSTICE NO PEACE”.. Babies. No older than 8. YALL. #Ferguson #O22 #MikeBrown — ShordeeDooWhop (@Nettaaaaaaaa) October 22, 2014
WANTED. Darren Wilson for the Murder of Mike Brown #BlackLivesMatter #Ferguson #O22 #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/kjM7qfjPFl
— ShordeeDooWhop (@Nettaaaaaaaa) October 23, 2014
Salt Lake City, UT
#O22 rally at the Salt Lake “public safety” building. #utpol #Justice4Darrien #Justice4Dillon #Justice4Danielle pic.twitter.com/VDMtF42uAw — Anarcho Anon (@AnarchoAnon) October 22, 2014
Los Angeles, CA
#O22 #O22LA marches in downtown Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/CPBR2nFuPV — IE Police Watch (@IEPoliceWatch) October 22, 2014
A couple hundred people have taken over Broadway in downtown LA. #o22 pic.twitter.com/Ie7rvjDmcr — Charles Davis (@charliearchy) October 22, 2014
Oakland, CA Students filled up Oscar Grant Plaza before they began to march. Some expressed solidarity with the 43 murdered student-teachers of Ayotzinapa, Mexico. As they marched to the police station, they chanted “Indict, convict, send them killer cops to jail, the whole damn system is guilty as hell.” In front of the station, demonstrators staged a die-in.
Powerful rally in #oakland – many Bay Area schools reppin #o22 pic.twitter.com/hvkSb3M3QG — StopMassIncarceratio (@StopMassIncNet) October 22, 2014
#AyotzinapaSomosTodxs # oakland #o22 pic.twitter.com/qIozJCWXlI — Paul Malcolm (@PaulinoEastBay) October 22, 2014
Lots of references to #Ferguson being made today as we take the streets. #O22 #Oakland pic.twitter.com/YlIkAGcXta — Minister Flashes (@Federal_flashes) October 22, 2014
People swarming the Federal Building now #O22 #Oakland pic.twitter.com/zI2gJrfUQN — Minister Flashes (@Federal_flashes) October 22, 2014
A staged die in as names of victims of police murder are read off in front of the police station. #Oakland #O22 pic.twitter.com/Ri9AMtuabr — Minister Flashes (@Federal_flashes) October 22, 2014
Seattle, WA
I am like the oldest one here #seattle #o22 pic.twitter.com/J0voAUHW5l
— nobodyCallsMeRioter (@local_maxima) October 22, 2014