Ferguson

Police Officials Respond To ‘Rules Of Engagement’ For Ferguson Protest

November 22, 2014 Robert Patrick, www.stltoday.com Strategize! Ferguson, Law, police brutality

State and local officials on Friday announced that while they have not negotiated with a coalition of protest groups, they did agree on some of the 19 proposed "rules of engagement" in advance of the announcement of a grand jury decision in the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown. A coalition of roughly 50 groups asked officials earlier this month to agree to 19 rules of engagement for the police response to protests. The first was that “The first priority shall be the preservation of human life.” The groups asked police to agree to a “de-militarized response” that would ban the use of armored vehicles, rubber bullets, rifles and tear gas.

Crabapple Illustrates How Mike Brown’s Death Shed Light On Police Brutality

November 22, 2014 Charina Nadura, Moyers & Company, www.truth-out.org Educate! Ferguson, Media, police brutality

Three months have passed since Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, and this week the community there is nervously awaiting the grand jury’s decision whether to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson. On Monday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and issued an executive order to activate the National Guard to act as a backup to police in case protests get out of control. How exactly did we get here? We recommend you watch this video animation by artist and activist Molly Crabapple. She beautifully illustrates the story of Mike Brown and the activism his death inspired.

#DCFerguson Opposes DC Chief’s Threat Of Riot Squads Against Protests

November 22, 2014 #DCFerguson, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Ferguson, Michael Brown, Police abuse

DC Police Chief Kathy Lanier announced there would be civil disturbance platoons (riot squads) and electronic surveillance units in response to the supposed threat of unrest in reaction to the grand jury decision in Ferguson. Reportedly Chief Lanier has activated 17 civil disturbance platoons and told all members of the special operations division they will be working on Sunday and Monday (there is some expectation that the grand jury decision will be announced on Sunday). She also said that special operations units that include K-9, the bomb squad and the emergency response team would be activated. Lanier has also deployed the electronic surveillance unit which has the capability of recording any protest or demonstration. This is the kind of provocation that will actually increase the chance of violence. There have been many protests in response to the killing of Michael Brown and none have been violent, none have caused any property destruction or looting. Why would Chief Lanier make such an announcement?

Ferguson Struggle Has Already Altered Black Politics

November 21, 2014 Glen Ford, www.blackagendareport.com Organize! Ferguson, police brutality, Politics

Whatever happens after the grand jury announces it decision on whether to indict the cop that killed Michael Brown, the people of Ferguson have already altered the political landscape. They have rejected the counsel of the local and national Black Misleadership Class, who specialize in diverting and suppressing any movement that threatens their patrons among the rich and powerful. They have seen through the con game run by the so-called Black power brokers, whose job is to head off any possibility of a rejuvenated Black mass movement. The fact that protests in a small town outside of St. Louis have put local, state and national security forces on high alert is testament to the failure of the Black Misleadership Class to contain the growing movement. And, if Al Sharpton and his local Missouri counterparts cannot keep the Black masses under control, then the appointees to Gov. Nixon’s Ferguson study commission have been rendered redundant before they begin.

Dear White People: Our State Of Emergency

November 21, 2014 Dennis Trainor, www.acronymtv.wordpress.com Educate! Ferguson, Michael Brown, Police abuse, Violence

As you know, a preemptive State of Emergency has been called in Ferguson, Missouri as the country waits to hear if officer Darren Wilson will be charged with the murder of Michael Brown. Let’s focus on another State of Emergency for a moment. Like me, you are the beneficiary of unearned white privilege. I’m not going to insult your intelligence, nor should you insult other members of this club we were born into, by cataloguing the laundry list of data that point to the clear fact that, taken as a whole, people who are or who present as white, experience privileges that are regularly denied to people who do not present as white. It is a fact. Deal with it. It is from that place of privilege that you and I will watch events unfold when the grand jury comes back with, as all indications seem to point, something less than a murder charge for another member of the white privilege club, Officer Darren Wilson.

Who Says Ferguson Can’t End Well

November 19, 2014 David Swanson, www.warisacrime.org Organize! Ferguson, Michael Brown, Nonviolence, Police abuse

We should understand that the violence in Ferguson is not new and is not limited to Ferguson. It did not begin with a particular shooting. It did not begin with any shooting. It began with a system of oppression that keeps people in misery amidst great wealth. Just as that injustice is inexcusable, so is any violence in response to it. . . courageous, disciplined, principled, and truly loving actions of those resisting injustice creatively and constructively. Such actions are not always successful and not always well-planned to the satisfaction of scholars. But they have long been far more common than is acknowledged on the television or in the history books. As AJ Muste told strikers confronted by the military "...Then I told them, in line with the strike committee's decision, that to permit ourselves to be provoked into violence would mean defeating ourselves; that our real power was in our solidarity and in our capacity to endure suffering..."

Anonymous Seizes Ku Klux Klan Twitter Account Over Ferguson Threats

November 19, 2014 Violet Blue, www.news.yahoo.com Resist! Anonymous, Ferguson, KKK, Racial Justice

Two Twitter accounts belonging to American racial segregation org Ku Klux Klan, @KuKluxKlanUSA and @YourKKKCentral, have been seized by Anonymous as part of the hacker-activist entity's new campaign, #OpKKK. At 6:31pm PST Anonymous said it has knocked the website belonging to "Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" -- the group responsible for the Ferguson threats -- offline. ZDNet has also received an unconfirmed statement that Anonymous has compromised KKK member email accounts, and a phone harassment campaign is being conducted on KKK members. The message is in full at the end of this article. @KuKluxKlanUSA is currently under the control of Anonymous after a week of mutual threats sparked by the KKK's announcement to use "lethal force" against Ferguson protesters. Through the account, Anonymous tweeted that it will release a Monday evening statement about the takeover.

Veterans’ Appeal: ‘Stand With Ferguson Protesters!’

November 18, 2014 March Forward!, www.marchforward.org Resist! Ferguson, police brutality, Wars and Militarism

To our brothers and sisters in the Missouri National Guard: We are writing to you as active-duty U.S. service members and veterans, most of us having served in the Iraq war. You have a choice you can make right now. The whole world is watching the Ferguson police with disgust. They killed an unarmed, college-bound Black youth in broad daylight, and subsequently responded to peaceful, constitutionally-protected protests with extreme violence and repression. Countless constitutional and human rights violations by these police have been documented over the course of the Ferguson protests; from attacking and threatening journalists, to using tear gas against peaceful protesters, including children.

Ferguson Call To Action: Nonviolent, Sustained & Strategic Actions

November 18, 2014 Ferguson Action, www.fergusonaction.com Resist! Ferguson, Law, police brutality, Racial Justice

An announcement from the jury about Darren Wilson will come any day now — and we are planning protests and actions for that day and the following days. We are asking you to get involved. On the day of the announcement, we’re encouraging all community members to do four things: Grab your “protest bag.” Connect with your buddy and/or group and pick a meet-up spot. We are encouraging people to go out to protest in formed groups or with a buddy. Head to two spots the night of: Shaw (at Shaw and Klemm) and the lot across from the Ferguson Police Department (on S. Florissant). Breathe

Ferguson Speaks: A Communique From Ferguson

November 17, 2014 Hands Up United, www.vimeo.com Educate! Ferguson, Journalism, Media, police brutality

As law enforcement officials and national media gear up for a St Louis County Grand Jury’s announcement as to whether it will levy charges against Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for the August 9th shooting of Michael Brown Jr., activists have issued a 9 minute video communiqué providing an intimate look at the climate on the ground. The video communiqué displays a cross section of the myriad groups activated in the region and includes exclusive footage of Vonderrit Meyers Sr., Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III, celebrated artist and HandsUpUnited.org cofounder Tef Poe, Taurean Russell, Lost Voices organizer Low Key, Millennial Activists United co-creator Ashley Yates, activist and Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams, Damon Davis -- a volunteer with The Don’t Shoot Coalition, Canfield Watchmen founder David Whitt, as well as local Ferguson business managers.

Michael Brown Protesters Stage ‘Die-In’ In St. Louis

November 17, 2014 Scott Malone, www.reuters.com Resist! Ferguson, police brutality, Protest, St. Louis

A crowd of a couple hundred demonstrators, angry about the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer, took to the streets of St. Louis on Sunday, briefly blocking a major intersection in protest. Dozens of people lay down in the street outside of a downtown theater hosting a film festival, pretending to have been shot by other protests playing the role of police officers in an action intended to evoke the memory of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who died 100 days ago in front of his home in the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri. Marchers went on to briefly block a major intersection near Washington University and the event ended without any of the violence that seen in Ferguson following Brown's shooting death by police officer Darren Wilson.

Ferguson Protesters Set Ground Rules For Police

November 16, 2014 Jackson Maricana, www.countercurrentnews.com Resist! Ferguson, Police abuse, police brutality, police murder, Police violence, Racism

A coalition of nearly 50 groups who have been protesting in Ferguson, Missouri since the shooting of the unarmed African American teen, Michael Brown, have issued a list of demands to law enforcement. They are calling it the “rules of engagement” and calling on police to accept them if they want there to be peaceful protests. Michael T. McPhearson, the executive director of Veterans For Peace, and a co-chair of the coalition said the group “must do what we can to ensure there’s not loss of life.” He added that, “we want to de-escalate violence, but we do not want to de-escalate action.” The coalition said that police are ultimately to blame for escalating tensions, as before they appeared on the streets in riot gear and the like, there had not been any instances of rioting or looting and protest leaders and activists had been successfully “policing” the crowds who had turned out up until that point. A new wave of protests are expected to erupt soon, as the grand jury decision about whether the killing of Michael Brown was justified is expected to come at any moment now. At a recent news conference about the list of demands issued to local, state and federal law enforcement, the “Don’t Shoot Coalition” said that police should be concerned with safety first, and if they are, this means they should be willing to agree to a “de-militarized response.”

In Ferguson Justice Is What Comes After Grand Jury

November 16, 2014 Tony Messenger, www.theguardian.com Resist! Ferguson, Michael Brown, Police abuse, police brutality, police murder, Racism

What does justice look like? The answers from Ms Bynes and Mr Russell were profound. Neither one of them talked about putting Officer Wilson in jail, as much as they might think that’s a good idea. They didn’t focus on the grand jury that continues to mull whether or not the Ferguson police officer will face charges in Mr Brown’s death. They talked about children. About broken institutions. About breaking down barriers. About having a job and a reliable way to get to work that didn’t involve a car breaking down or running out of gas. As St Louis teeters on the edge of whatever is to come next, much of the talk in some segments of the community is about the grand jury, and about what might or might not happen in the streets following that fateful decision. Justice is about what comes after that. It’s about Ms Bynes driving to work in Chesterfield without having to navigate a patchwork of municipalities, most of which shouldn’t exist, that rely on traffic stops to pay their bills. It’s about her neighbors having that little extra money in their pockets to feed their children, or put gas in their cars, rather than pay fine upon fine in city court upon city court that prey upon blacks in ways most whites in the community don’t understand.

Awaiting Ferguson Grand Jury, Activists Drill Protest Tactics

November 15, 2014 Scott Malone, www.reuters.com Strategize! Ferguson, Law, police brutality

In a former union hall in downtown St. Louis, about 100 activists formed a rough circle and, at the instruction of organizer Michael McPhearson, crossed the room wading through a crowd of people going the opposite way. "How hard was that? How much harder will it be after the grand jury comes back?" McPhearson, executive director of activist group Veterans for Peace, asked the group, which ranged from young black college students to bearded white retirees. Police around the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, are preparing for large protests when a grand jury decides whether to indict the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in August, and so are activists. Several groups from across the United States, and even from abroad, are preparing to take to the streets in actions of nonviolent civil disobedience, particularly if the grand jury finds no criminal trial is warranted.

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