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Moral Monday Ferguson: Marches, Banners, Arrests And More

October 13, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
The Ferguson, Moral Monday protest brought people of all ages into the streets of Ferguson and St. Louis seeking justice. Rev. Osagyefo Sekou wrote a column in the St. Louis American that clarified the issues the nation is confronting: "America has a choice – death or rebirth. Will it be a nation where we kill unarmed black teenagers with their hands up, hogtie peaceful protestors and teargas pregnant women and children, or can we envision a nation that would give justice to all the Mike Browns of America? The deadly option, it seems, is the preference. The police brutality embodied in the killing of all the Mike Browns of America and the blatant disrespect shown to his body and community are emblematic of a nation heading toward spiritual death."

Thousands Rally For Justice In #FergusonOctober

October 11, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
People from coast-to-coast joined the people of Ferguson and St. Louis County calling for justice in the killing of Mike Brown. Below are a series of tweets that give a sense of the massive protest held in St. Louis today. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch describes the scene: Thousands of demonstrators from across the country marched in downtown St. Louis Saturday, chanting "We are Mike Brown," as part of a series of events to protest police violence nationwide. "We're fighting for our lives,'' St. Louis activist and rapper Tef Poe told the crowd. The march started in the middle of Market Street at 15th Street and ended at Kiener Plaza. The crowd chanted, "Hands up, don't shoot,""No justice, no peace," and "United we stand, divided we fall." Police used barricades to keep traffic away from the crowd. Officers patrolled on bicycles and foot. But unlike the protests in August after Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown, St. Louis police avoided any visible show of force during Saturday's downtown march.

End Police Violence & Militarization at Home and Abroad

October 10, 2014 SOAW, www.SOAW.org , , , , , , ,
The militarized "solutions" taught at the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC) are also being applied to communities within the US. We need to end the racist system of state violence and militarization at home and abroad. Our Struggles Stand Together: Converge on Ferguson, Fort Benning and the Stewart Detention Center Mass mobilizations in which thousands take to the streets have always been an important part of social change movements. We need to strengthen our organizing and build lasting coalitions with others who are resisting across the Americas. Support our friends in Ferguson and St. Louis! Mobilize your community to converge on Fort Benning, Georgia fromNovember 21-23, 2014, where we will connect the dots between militarization in Latin America and the US. Join the Caravan to the Vigil to Shut Down the Stewart Detention Center, where communities in resistence will come togetheron Saturday, November 22. Stewart is the largest corporate detention center in the US....

March Against Police Violence Will Shut Down Georgetown Saturday

September 29, 2014 Staff, www.nbufront.org/ , , , ,
A coalition of grassroots demonstrators will march in a major commercial area demanding "Justice for Michael Brown" and other significant March to Shut Down Georgetownchanges in policing practices. On Saturday, October 4, 2014, beginning at 7:00 p.m. demonstrators will gather at the Foggy Bottom Metro Station in Washington DC and march to Georgetown. Saturday's march and rally will build on all of the past events, bringing together many organizations and individuals. Saturday's march and rally are specifically demanding the arrest of Officer Darren Wilson, the demilitarization of the police, and the institutionalization of civilian review boards of the police with the right to hire and fire.

Come to Ferguson, MO – October 10-13

September 26, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , , , ,
A call has been issued by Hands Up United, Organization for Black Struggle, and a coalition of local and national organizations demanding justice for Mike Brown, an end to police violence, racial profiling and police militarization. People across the country are being urged to travel to Ferguson on October 10 through October 13 to participate in a series of events with the main march is scheduled for Saturday October 11 in downtown St. Louis. Please answer this call from the people of Ferguson and the surrounding region. Solidarity with the people of Ferguson will strengthen the people on the front lines in Ferguson. Come with others in your community, send a delegation from your campus or church or neighborhood. Organize ride shares and a car caravan. Jump on a bus or train! This call for people from around the country to come to Ferguson October 10-13 comes at a crucial juncture in this battle as the grand jury has been meeting to determine whether the police officer who shot Michael Brown will be indicted.

Holder Prosecuted Whistleblowers & Journalists, Not Bankers & Torturers

September 25, 2014 Kevin Zeese, greenshadowcabinet.us , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
We urge President Obama to replace Holder with a public interest not a corporate lawyer; that will put the rule of law before corporate power. This appointment is an opportunity to shut the revolving door between big business and government. We also hope the next attorney general will put rule of law ahead of the security state, prosecute torture and other war crimes, protect privacy from US intelligence agencies and protect Freedom of Speech, Assembly and Press. Finally, we hope to see an attorney general that will confront the war culture that has allowed the president to ignore the constitutional requirement that Congress is responsible for deciding when the US goes to war, not the president; and one who respects international law and requires UN approval before the US attacks another nation.

Washington, DC: Another March For Mike Brown On Saturday

September 5, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
There have been a series of protests in Washington, DC since the killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. These marches have brought hundreds, sometimes more than a thousand people, into the streets of Washington, DC to call for the arrest of Officer Wilson and an end to racism, militarized police. March to U Street For Mike Brown Rally Begins at 7 PM at The African American Civil War Memorial and Museum 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20001 Sponsored by American Muslim Alliance The Answer Coalition National Black United Front Part for Socialism and Liberation We Act Radio

Ezell Ford Mourners Say Farewell, Call For Justice

August 31, 2014 Gale Holland, www.latimes.com , ,
Mourners come by the hundreds to lay Ezell Ford to rest and to protest his fatal shooting by police 'This is the breaking point,' Maurice Bull, one of Ezell Ford's cousins, said outside the funeral service On a breezy Saturday morning in southwest Los Angeles, they came by the hundreds to lay Ezell Ford to rest and to protest the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed black man struggling with mental illness. "This is the breaking point," Maurice Bull, 46, one of Ford's cousins, said outside the funeral service at First African Methodist Episcopal Church, the city's oldest black pulpit. "It's got to stop." Conflicting accounts have emerged about the Aug. 11 killing of Ford, 25, who family said had been diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia. The funeral program described Ford as the life of the party in his younger years, who after the onset of mental illness became a "drifter" who walked the neighborhood "endlessly," asking for cigarettes.

Over 1,000 Protest In Ferguson, Call For Highway Shutdown

August 31, 2014 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org , , , ,
More than 1,000 people protested in Ferguson today. There was a call to action at the event. Organizers at the rally called on demonstrators to drive on Interstate 70 and other area highways at 4:30 p.m. Monday, turn their hazard lights on and stop their vehicles for four and a half minutes to symbolize the four and a half hours that Mr. Brown’s body lay in the street. “We’re going to tie it down, lock it down,” Anthony Shahid, one of the lead organizers of the rally, told supporters from the stage at a park. The following week, if the coalition’s demands were not met, including that Officer Wilson be fired and arrested on charges of murder, another four-minute traffic shutdown would occur on two days instead of just one, he said.

Breaking: Vine Videos Show Massive Protest In Ferguson

August 30, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
On Saturday August 30th a large protest was held in Ferguson in response to the police killing of Michael Brown, Jr. The crowd was made up of a combination of local residents and people from around the country who are opposed to police brutality and want to see justice in the case of Michael Brown. Black Lives Matter brought 500 people to the event. The protest, which included Michael Brown's family in the lead (as the video below shows) included more than 1,000 people. Despite heavy rain at one point, the protesters marched through the streets of Ferguson to the police department headquarters. Below are a series of videos from Vine that give you a good sense of the protest.

Advocates Demand New Police Standards At U.S. Department of Justice

August 29, 2014 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us , , , ,
Dozens of groups rallied outside the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday afternoon to deliver a list of demands to Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General. They cited specific changes needed to change police departments which they claim are targeting and profiling minorities. Their demands come in the wake of the Ferguson, Missouri police shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed youth. They asked for an appointment of a special prosecutor, an immediate civil rights investigation, and prosecution of Darren Wilson, the police officer responsible for the shooting. Organizers are mobilizing on the heels of a building crescendo of national interest in changing police force posture. They sense a climax in consciousness towards achieving justice and equal rights applied by police forces in communities across the country. They want to seize the opportunity to implement their ideas while the enthusiasm is there to do it.

Ferguson Saturday: National March For Michael Brown

August 29, 2014 Staff, www.answercoalition.org , , , ,
The following call to action was issued by the Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Council, made up of community leaders on the ground in Ferguson. Protest against police killings, brutality, profiling and legal coverups "This will be a national massive march on Ferguson. People of conscience, from all walks of life, and all over the United States, will come together in Ferguson in the largest single mass demonstration to demand justice for Michael Brown," said Akbar Muhammad of the Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Council. The march demands . . .

Michael Brown, Jr. Mourned

August 25, 2014 Elisa Crouch, www.stltoday.com , , ,
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a St. Louis church this morning for the funeral of 18-year-old Michael Brown, whose shooting death Aug. 9 by a police officer began nearly two weeks of unrest in Ferguson. The service began a bit after 10:30 a.m. at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 5515 Martin Luther King Drive. The church can seat about 2,500 people. Those in the crowd included babies and the elderly, and the attire ranged from ladies in elegant hats to young men wearing t-shirts, shorts and ballcaps. Parked nearby were at least a dozen news satellite trucks. The Rev. Charles Ewing delivered the eulogy for his nephew. He said his message is to heal the hurt, not just in Ferguson but the whole nation. He asked for justice not only for Brown, but for Trayvon Martin, for victims of black-on-black crime, for the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.

Brown’s Father Asks People Not To Protest On Monday

August 24, 2014 Joel Anderson and Alison Vingiano, www.buzzfeed.com , , , ,
The father of Mike Brown has asked that people call off all protests Monday, the day of his son’s funeral. “I would like for no protesting going on,” Michael Brown Sr. said during an interview on Hot 104.1 FM, a hip-hop radio station in St. Louis. “We just want a moment of silence that whole day. Just out of respect for our son.” Brown went on air this morning with the Demetrious Johnson Show, which runs from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Michael Brown’s funeral is set for 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, in a church in St. Louis that can accommodate up to 4,500 people. Three White House officials, Rev. Al Sharpton, and thousands of community members are expected to attend.

Ferguson Police Report For Michael Brown Death Is Blank

August 24, 2014 Saki Knafo, www.huffingtonpost.com , , , ,
It’s been nearly two weeks since a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shot and killed an unarmed teenager, but the police department has yet to offer a full account of the hazy circumstances surrounding Michael Brown’s death. An official incident report, which the American Civil Liberties Union obtained from police and released on Friday, answers none of the pressing questions that hang over the killing. If anything, it raises new ones. The two-page document is almost entirely blank. It includes the address, time of day and a handful of other bare-bones details, but does not include a description of the scene, quotes from eyewitnesses, names of the officers involved, or any other pieces of information normally found on such documents.
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