The crowd swells in Washington D.C. during the 'Justice For All' march on Satuday, December 13. (Photo: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press)
Dec 13, 2014
Adding their voices to the growing call for justice, tens of thousands of protesters will take to the streets on Saturday in a National Day of Resistance against police brutality, racial profiling and American's broken criminal justice system.
Marches in New York City and Washington D.C. are expected to draw tens of thousands of people while other actions are planned in communities across the country. The protests are part of a growing wave of anger following the recent grand jury decisions to not indict St. Louis police officer Darren Wilson and New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the killings of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
Images and quotes from the nationwide demonstrations are being shared on Twitter.
Tweets about #blacklivesmatter OR #millionsmarch OR #millionsmarchnyc OR #justice4all
"We have a moral obligation to take to the streets and call for the deep changes that will allow us and our communities to live free from fear and suffering at the hands of the police," 19-year-old Umaara Iynass Elliott, one of the organizers behind the Millions March NYC demonstration, said in a press statement. Beginning at 2PM, protesters in New York will march from Washington Square Park to the NYPD headquarters.
Dante Barry, co-founder of Million Hoodies for Racial Justice, which was launched in the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, told Common Dreams that Saturday's demonstrations are not solely about individual deaths. "This is about the history of policing itself," Barry said. "This is about how the state polices black people and starves black people of economic mobility."
The families of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and the families of recent other victims of racial violence, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, were a joined by an estimated ten thousand people who marched in Washington D.C.. Under the banner "Justice for All," the peaceful march was organized by a contingent of established civil rights groups including Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network, the Urban League, and the NAACP.
Addressing the police at a rally before the march to Capitol Hill, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who on November 23 was killed by a Cleveland police officer, said, "Don't shoot our children." And then addressing the other victims' families she added, "We will have justice."
According to organizers, more than 45,000 individuals across the country have committed to take part in the national demonstrations.
Throughout the day the Guardian is posting live updates of the ongoing demonstrations.
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Adding their voices to the growing call for justice, tens of thousands of protesters will take to the streets on Saturday in a National Day of Resistance against police brutality, racial profiling and American's broken criminal justice system.
Marches in New York City and Washington D.C. are expected to draw tens of thousands of people while other actions are planned in communities across the country. The protests are part of a growing wave of anger following the recent grand jury decisions to not indict St. Louis police officer Darren Wilson and New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the killings of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
Images and quotes from the nationwide demonstrations are being shared on Twitter.
Tweets about #blacklivesmatter OR #millionsmarch OR #millionsmarchnyc OR #justice4all
"We have a moral obligation to take to the streets and call for the deep changes that will allow us and our communities to live free from fear and suffering at the hands of the police," 19-year-old Umaara Iynass Elliott, one of the organizers behind the Millions March NYC demonstration, said in a press statement. Beginning at 2PM, protesters in New York will march from Washington Square Park to the NYPD headquarters.
Dante Barry, co-founder of Million Hoodies for Racial Justice, which was launched in the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, told Common Dreams that Saturday's demonstrations are not solely about individual deaths. "This is about the history of policing itself," Barry said. "This is about how the state polices black people and starves black people of economic mobility."
The families of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and the families of recent other victims of racial violence, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, were a joined by an estimated ten thousand people who marched in Washington D.C.. Under the banner "Justice for All," the peaceful march was organized by a contingent of established civil rights groups including Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network, the Urban League, and the NAACP.
Addressing the police at a rally before the march to Capitol Hill, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who on November 23 was killed by a Cleveland police officer, said, "Don't shoot our children." And then addressing the other victims' families she added, "We will have justice."
According to organizers, more than 45,000 individuals across the country have committed to take part in the national demonstrations.
Throughout the day the Guardian is posting live updates of the ongoing demonstrations.
Lauren McCauley
Lauren McCauley is a former senior editor for Common Dreams covering national and international politics and progressive news. She is now the Editor of Maine Morning Star. Lauren also helped produce a number of documentary films, including the award-winning Soundtrack for a Revolution and The Hollywood Complex, as well as one currently in production about civil rights icon James Meredith. Her writing has been featured on Newsweek, BillMoyers.com, TruthDig, Truthout, In These Times, and Extra! the newsletter of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. She currently lives in Kennebunk, Maine with her husband, two children, a dog, and several chickens.
Adding their voices to the growing call for justice, tens of thousands of protesters will take to the streets on Saturday in a National Day of Resistance against police brutality, racial profiling and American's broken criminal justice system.
Marches in New York City and Washington D.C. are expected to draw tens of thousands of people while other actions are planned in communities across the country. The protests are part of a growing wave of anger following the recent grand jury decisions to not indict St. Louis police officer Darren Wilson and New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the killings of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
Images and quotes from the nationwide demonstrations are being shared on Twitter.
Tweets about #blacklivesmatter OR #millionsmarch OR #millionsmarchnyc OR #justice4all
"We have a moral obligation to take to the streets and call for the deep changes that will allow us and our communities to live free from fear and suffering at the hands of the police," 19-year-old Umaara Iynass Elliott, one of the organizers behind the Millions March NYC demonstration, said in a press statement. Beginning at 2PM, protesters in New York will march from Washington Square Park to the NYPD headquarters.
Dante Barry, co-founder of Million Hoodies for Racial Justice, which was launched in the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, told Common Dreams that Saturday's demonstrations are not solely about individual deaths. "This is about the history of policing itself," Barry said. "This is about how the state polices black people and starves black people of economic mobility."
The families of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and the families of recent other victims of racial violence, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, were a joined by an estimated ten thousand people who marched in Washington D.C.. Under the banner "Justice for All," the peaceful march was organized by a contingent of established civil rights groups including Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network, the Urban League, and the NAACP.
Addressing the police at a rally before the march to Capitol Hill, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who on November 23 was killed by a Cleveland police officer, said, "Don't shoot our children." And then addressing the other victims' families she added, "We will have justice."
According to organizers, more than 45,000 individuals across the country have committed to take part in the national demonstrations.
Throughout the day the Guardian is posting live updates of the ongoing demonstrations.
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