Ferguson

State Of Emergency Declared In Ferguson’s County

August 11, 2015 Staff, www.stltoday.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, #MikeBrown, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Ferguson, police brutality, Protests

By Staff in St. Loius Post-Dispatch - Protesters and police gathered on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson Monday night. Protesters had walked the streets chanting and police were monitoring, and the scene had remained relatively quiet with some skirmishes between the crowd and police. Shortly after 10 p.m., protesters began to scatter as police began to make arrests. There were about 50 reporters, 75 cops, and 150 protesters at the scene. "Unruly crowd is throwing frozen water bottles at officers," the St. Louis County Police Department tweeted earlier in the evening, shortly after 10 p.m. "Those who choose to act violently will be arrested." Witnesses said police were using pepper spray. Police tweeted that the crowd was unlawfully assembled and said those who would not follow orders would be arrested. Department Chief Jon Belmar was on the front lines monitoring. Police donned helmets shortly after 9:30 p.m. after they reported rocks and bottles being thrown at them. Witnesses said they saw a water bottle being thrown. By about 10:30 p.m., things had calmed down and the crowd began to march again.

Newsletter – Remembering Through Action

August 8, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Black Lives Matter (BLM), Ferguson, Iran, Mike Brown, Nuclear Weapons, TPP, Wars and Militarism

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance - This week, memorials were held to mark the one year anniversary of the murder of Mike Brown which sparked the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This weekend there are events in Ferguson to mark the anniversary of the deaths of Mike Brown, Kajieme Powell and others. . . The US and its allies recently negotiated an agreement with Iran concerning its nuclear program. This agreement has been hailed as an historic step for diplomacy rather than war. The agreement with Iran is under attack by members of Congress who are beholden to AIPAC. . . This week the American Psychological Association decided to no longer allow psychologists to participate in tortrue. There seemed to be considerable division over the recent findings of the APA’s complicity with torture but in the end six dissidents who urged an end to participation in torutre won near unanimous decision.

One Year Later: Reflections On The Ferguson Uprising

August 8, 2015 Pamela Merritt, www.rhrealitycheck.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Ferguson, killed by police, Mike Brown, Police violence, Racism

By Pamela Merritt for Reproaction - It was through a series of tweets sent by a friend who lives in Ferguson that I learned a young man had been shot and killed by a police officer. Additional tweets relayed the shock of people who gathered at the scene and looked on in horror as Michael Brown lay dead in the street for hours. What followed is best understood as the Ferguson Uprising, an almost unbearable public display of grief, anger, frustration, and disgust that spilled out into the streets to confront an over-the-top militarized police force and the callous disregard of a legal system as unfamiliar with justice as it is with accountability. It felt as if the killing of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014, was the last straw, as if we hit the breaking point and collectively decided to make our stand for justice. Protests broke out all over the nation, as communities rose up and declared Black lives matter.

This Weekend Remember #MikeBrown & The #FergusonUprising

August 8, 2015 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Ferguson, killed by police, Mike Brown, Police abuse, police brutality, Police violence, Racism

By Staff for Popular Resistance - Since the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson one year ago the #BlackLivesMatter movement has swept the nation. Tomorrow, there will protests in many parts of the country to remember his death and the uprising that has followed. Michael Brown was not the first person to be killed by police, this is a long, historic reality of US policing of black and brown communities, nor was his death the first to be protested. Popular Resistance has reported on protests against police violence throughout its existence and in our earlier incarnation as the Occupation of Washington, DC at Freedom Plaza. Historically, riots in urban areas have often been ignited by police violence. Something is different now, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has created an organized revolt against police violence. It is developing a broad base in communities of color with many Caucasin communities participating, standing with #BlackLivesMatter leaders. Postive changes have been made in the last year and we expect escalation of the #BlackLivesMatter over the next year and will do all we can to support it.

1 Yr After Mike Brown’s Death, Tef Poe & Kayla Reed Hungry For Justice

August 8, 2015 Interview with Kayla Reed and Tef Poe Raqiyah Mays and introduction Shenequa Golding, www.vibe.com Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Ferguson, Mike Brown, police brutality

Interview with Kayla Reed and Tef Poe by Shenequa Golding - White supremacy on any level does not shock me. I’m very aware of how it operates and how it manifests in the systems that oppress us, so in the space, as far as The New Yorker, I’m disappointed but I’ve come to expect that some of the national media outlets do things to agitate spaces. Am I shocked? No. But my response is we knew Darren Wilson was racist the moment he killed Mike Brown. Stood over his body and had to negotiate with his grandmother to put a sheet over him. We knew the day he got assaulted and his cheek looked rosey red to me. We knew he got a million dollars and he’s living apparently on the outskirts of St. Louis and is concerned about a lawsuit and doesn’t see the value that someone lost their child. I think he is living proof of why we continue to be in this struggle and why we continue to fight but I have no expectations his mind will be liberated from the hatred that he encompasses.

Ferguson Action Council: Mike Brown Anniversary #UnitedWeFight

July 30, 2015 Ferguson Action Council, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Ferguson, Mike Brown

By Ferguson Action Council - It has been almost one year since the murder of Michael Brown, Jr. and the uprising that followed. Our movement has grown immensely and here in Ferguson and St. Louis, we continue to fight for all those who have been lost. From August 7-10th, we will stand together, united in purpose, as we uphold our commitment to this movement for Black Lives. We invite you to join us in St. Louis for the Anniversary Weekend. If you can’t join us, we ask that you plan solidarity actions in your own communities. We ask that groups honor Michael Brown Jr by participating in a four and a half minute National Moment of Silence on Sunday, August 9th at 11:55AM CST.

Honor For St. Louis Police Before Ferguson Anniv. Sparks Outrage

July 23, 2015 Rania Khalek, www.electronicintifada.net Resist! Ferguson, Israel, police brutality

By Rania Khalek in Electronic Intifada - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is honoring the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) on 31 July, just days ahead of the first anniversary of the police killing of unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown in the St. Louis-area municipality of Ferguson, Missouri. The purpose of the event, according to an announcement on the ADL’s website, is to celebrate 10 years since the launch of the organization’s Holocaust education program, called “Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons of the Holocaust” (LEAS). Designed by the ADL and the Holocaust Museum, LEAS is described as “an innovative training that increases law enforcement’s understanding of their role as protectors of the American people and the Constitution.” “By examining the Holocaust, police learn about the dangers that anti-Semitism, bigotry and bias pose to all,” according to the ADL, which boasts of having trained more than 90,000 police officers in LEAS.

The Motivating Forces Behind Black Lives Matter

July 21, 2015 Tasbeeh Herwees, www.magazine.good.is Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Black Women, Ferguson, History

By Tasbeeh Herwees in Magazine Good Is - The names of female victims of police violence—names like Rekia Boyd, Natasha McKenna and Mya Hall—however, remained unknown to most people. Cullors, Garza, and Tometi have been tireless in their campaign to change that, using Black Lives Matter to push for a more thorough rejection of state violence—one that considers the specific ways that this violence impacts the lives of black women. This means focusing on stories of black women who have been victimized by police or the prison system. But it also means cultivating a strong cohort of black women leaders within the movement at large. Unlike the Occupy protesters of 2011, who claimed to be leaderless, the co-founders of Black Lives Matter instead assert that their movement is—in their words—a leaderful one. And those leaders are frequently black women like Richards, women who are carrying out grassroots community work in their neighborhoods in service of a global struggle against police violence.

How Many Lies Can You Find In This Interview With Ferguson Chief?

June 8, 2015 Molly Hennessy-Fiske, www.latimes.com Educate! Ferguson, Missouri, police brutality, Racial Justice

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske in The Los Angeles Times - Alan "Al" Eickhoff, interim police chief in Ferguson, Mo., took over the embattled department in March after former Chief Tom Jackson resigned amid investigations into how police handled the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Eickhoff, 59, had joined the department as assistant chief five days before Brown's shooting Aug. 9 by Officer Darren Wilson. Previously, he spent four years with the nearby Creve Coeur Police Department and 32 years with the St. Louis County Police Department. After a grand jury decided in November not to indict Wilson in Brown's death, riots erupted in Ferguson. Then in March, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice said Ferguson police had persistently and repeatedly violated the constitutional rights of African Americans.

Michael Brown Is Getting A Permanent Memorial In Ferguson

May 21, 2015 Mariah Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com Create! Art, Ferguson, Memory, Michael Brown, police brutality

Dozens of teddy bears that memorialized Michael Brown were removed from a site on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon. The memorial will be replaced by a permanent plaque honoring Brown, who was fatally shot by a police officer in August 2014. Michael Brown Sr., the slain teen's father, appeared with Mayor James Knowles in the Ferguson Community Center to unveil the plaque. Brown Sr. acknowledged that the current memorial site has become a safety concern and that he is content with a new, permanent replacement. The announcement came on what would have been Brown's 19th birthday, and followed a press conference announcing that Canfield Drive, the street where Brown was shot, would be repaved within the week.

Ferguson Defends Arrest Of Man Who Was Filming Police

May 9, 2015 Ryan J. Reilly, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Ferguson, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press, Law, Media, police brutality

City officials in Ferguson, Missouri, are defending the arrest of an observer who was filming an arrest during a protest last month, telling a federal court that the city should not be held in contempt for violating an earlier order intended to protect the rights of journalists and citizens to record in public places. Scott Kampas was filming the police response to a small protest outside the Ferguson Police Department in the early evening hours of April 14. When one protester was taken into custody, Kampas took a step into the street, which had already been blocked off by the police, and was immediately taken into custody.

The Fruits Of Govenment Sponsored Segregation

May 5, 2015 Richard Rothstein, www.epi.org Educate! Baltimore, Ferguson, police brutality, Poverty, Racial Justice

Baltimore, not at all uniquely, has experienced a century of public policy designed, consciously so, to segregate and impoverish its black population. A legacy of these policies is the rioting we have seen in Baltimore. Whether after the 1967 wave of riots that led to the Kerner Commission report, after the 1992 Los Angeles riot that followed the acquittal of police officers who beat Rodney King, or after the recent wave of confrontations and vandalism following police killings of black men, community leaders typically say, properly, that violence isn’t the answer and that after peace is restored, we can deal with the underlying problems. We never do so. Certainly, African American citizens of Baltimore were provoked by aggressive, hostile, even murderous policing, but Spiro Agnew had it right. Without suburban integration, something barely on today’s public policy agenda, ghetto conditions will persist, giving rise to aggressive policing and the riots that inevitably ensue.

Baltimore Protests & Solidarity Events In 8 Cities

April 30, 2015 Jennifer Baker, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Baltimore, Ferguson, police brutality

As protests over the in custody death of Freddie Gray enter their 12th day in Baltimore, solidarity events are scheduled to be held in Los Angeles, Washington DC, NYC, Boston, San Diego, Denver and Chicago. It is highly likely we will see more actions in Oakland and Ferguson as well. A call for all Baltimore College & High School students to meet at Penn Station at 5:45 to march to City Hall went out this morning. Members of Baltimore’s Latino community also plan to gather on Wednesday evening in a show of solidarity at 6 p.m. at the CASA Baltimore office near Patterson Park “to march for justice and pray for peace in solidarity with African-American brothers and sisters.” (all times listed are in local timezone’s).

Michael Brown Family Sues For Wrongful Death

April 24, 2015 Jon Swaine, www.theguardian.com Resist! Ferguson, Law, Michael Brown, police brutality

The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting by police led to months of unrest last year, are suing the city ofFerguson, Missouri, their lawyers said on Wednesday evening. Relatives of Brown will announce their filing of a civil lawsuit against the St Louis suburb at a press conference on Thursday morning, attorneys Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks said in a statement. The lawsuit will accuse city authorities of liability for “the wrongful death of Michael Brown Jr”, the statement said. A city spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment. Their civil action, which will almost certainly seek financial damages, is likely to be the Brown family’s final opportunity to hold authorities responsible for the death of their son.

Killer Cops Boost Body Count In War On Black America

April 13, 2015 Glen Ford, www.blackagendareport.com Strategize! Criminal Justice, Ferguson, police brutality, Racial Justice

The United States produced a bumper crop of what Billie Holiday would call “Strange Fruit,” in March: at least 111 bodies, the majority of them unarmed men of color, shot down by police in the blood-fertilized streets of American cities. Yet, in the same month, President Obama declared Venezuela a threat to the national securityof the United States, based largely on the death of 14 “dissidents” during a period of anti-government disturbances back in 2014. Many of the dead were pro-government activists killed by “dissidents.” By contrast, Philadelphia police have been shooting an average of one person a week for the last eight years, the overwhelming majority of them Black and brown, according to a new U.S. Justice Department report. As Frederick Douglass said, “for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.”

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