Above photo: From elisabeth epps, esq “My son & his HS classmates shut down busiest street in Denver. #BlackLivesMatter more than AP Lit. class. #ShutItDown”
Last night, protests over police brutality continued from coast to coast. In New York City, demonstrators shut down the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn where Prince William and Kate were attending a basketball game. They called it the #RoyalShutDown. In Berkeley and Oakland, thousands turned out to march in response to violent police attacks on protesters the night before. More athletes are using their public platform to raise awareness and show solidarity with the movement. And protests spread across the ocean to London where thousands also marched last night. Below are some tweets from yesterday’s actions.
Just arrived. Crowd much larger, more diverse than last night. #Berkeley #BlackLivesMatter #FTP #BerkeleyProtests pic.twitter.com/YTSydWcatR
— Not Frantz Fanon (@violentfanon) December 9, 2014
BREAKING PHOTOS: Mass die-In now at #BarclaysCenter #EricGarner #ICantBreathe #royalshutdown pic.twitter.com/GWUZjP40bD — Anonymous (@YourAnonGlobal) December 9, 2014
BREAKING: #PoliceBrutality protest block 14th St bridge WashSC I-395 #EricGarner #ICantBreathe Police: 2nd warning. pic.twitter.com/SKpCY5dEoe
— john zangas (@johnzangas) December 9, 2014
Die-in at Dupont Circle. Still have not seen a single arrest. #DCFerguson pic.twitter.com/RKNBbCkrdl — Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) December 8, 2014 Last night, there were protests against police brutality from coast to coast and a large march in London. Demonstrators in New York shut down the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn where Prince William and Kate were attending a basketball game, calling it the #RoyalShutDown.
BREAKING: People are gathering by the thousands in #London #England to support #EricGarner & #BlackLivesMatter. pic.twitter.com/R0EvqnZrDn
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) December 8, 2014
March huge. I think three full block filled w!pple chant: #HandsUpDontShoot #berkeleyprotests turned left university pic.twitter.com/HoeG3aZFg2 — Alyssa (@alyssa011968) December 9, 2014
Eric Garner tribute in the Bundesliga: Köln’s Anthony Ujah (@ujah_9) showed this message after scoring #ICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/veqrpORAiM
— Archie Rhind-Tutt (@archiert1) December 7, 2014
Crowd peacefully overwhelms NYPD blockade, marches down Flatbush #RoyalShutdown #EricGarner #ShutItDown pic.twitter.com/j5fuauW2M4 — L.A. Kauffman (@lesliekauffman) December 9, 2014
WHOSE STREETS, OUR STREETS! #BlackLivesMatter #TamirRice #IndictTheSystem pic.twitter.com/YYUCF0OLop
— OHStudentAssociation (@OHIOStudents) December 9, 2014
And this happened. The movement is growing. #ICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/0X4uOXNz2K — RYTF (@RockawayYouth) December 9, 2014