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#RiseUpOctober Mass Protest Against Police Violence

Above photo from Telesur.

#RiseUpOctober held a series of days of mass protests against police violence. The largest event on Saturday came one day after demonstrators gathered in Queens to protest Rikers Island, saying it should be shut down, according to a Bronx news station. About a dozen protesters were arrested outside the jail’s entrance Friday.

International Business Times reported: 

Activists and concerned citizens marched the streets of Manhattan in New York City Saturday as part of “Rise Up October,” a mass demonstration to protest police brutality in the United States. A number of protesters were reportedly arrested, but it wasn’t immediately clear what the charges were.

According to a tweet, a police officer allegedly smacked the cell phone out of the hand of the first woman arrested. It was not immediately clear how many protesters marched the streets, which were filled with chants of “justice now” and signs saying “Stop police terror!” and “Which side are you on.”

Telesur reported:

Photo by Ted Alexandro from twitter.
Photo by Ted Alexandro from twitter.

Celebrities, university students, religious congregations, activists, and community housing projects commenced the final day of the Rise Up October campaign against police brutality marching to the heart of Manhattan on Saturday morning, defiantly condemning “police terror” against U.S. citizens just a day after protesters were arrested for trying to shut down New York’s notorious Rikers prison. . . .

The march is the culmination of a three-day action in New York that sought to keep the focus on police harassment and brutality that activists say targets the most vulnerable in United States, especially economically marginalized communities of color, leading to a culture of impunity for police violence.

And, Free Speech Radio News reported:

Film director Quentin Tarantino and actress Gina Belafonte were among those at Thursday’s rally who read out a list of names of people who had lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement. The two stood on a podium surrounded by the glowing lights of Broadway. The microphone was passed to relatives of people killed by police.

Justin Howell’s mother told rally-goers her son was killed while running away from police in Illinois. “We have a problem when we live in a nation that says that it’s not OK to flee for your life, but it is OK to gun someone down in fear for your life,“ she said.

 

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