Above photo: People’s Organization for Progress protest in August, 2014. (Credit: Jim Smith/WCBS 880)
The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will have a march and rally to demand justice for Abdul Kamal. It will take place Saturday, January 10th, 12 noon, beginning at Irvington Town Hall, 1 Civic Square, in Irvington, New Jersey.
Keesha Kamal, left, the sister of Abdul Kamal, who was shot and killed by Irvington police, holds a poster at a protest organized by the People’s Organization For Progress on Thursday, Oct. 2, in Newark, near the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, to demand justice for her brother.
Abdul Kamal, a 30 year-old Black man was unarmed when he was shot 10 times and killed by Irvington, New Jersey police more than a year ago. His family and friends and many in the community, including the People’s Organization For Progress, believe his death was unwarranted and unjustified.
His case will go before an Essex County grand jury sometime this month.
“We are having this demonstration to send a clear message to the Essex County Prosecutor that we want the officers who killed him to be held accountable for his death,” stated Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress.
For more information contact the People’s Organization For Progress at (973) 801-0001.