On July 13, last year we were asking "what happened to Sandra Bland?" On July 17, 2014 we saw the police take the life of Eric Garner! Now two Black men in the prime of their lives, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have been stolen from us.
We know the system will play theater while the people need justice for their sons, fathers, uncles, brothers, cousins, and nephews. Over 3,000 of our brothers and sisters lives have been stolen by law enforcement since 2014, the year the Ferguson Rebellion. On this day we remember them by taking to the streets, the only place where the people can build our collective power to win justice for ourselves and our families STOLEN from us by the racist police state!
On July 7, five police officers were reportedly killed by a sniper in Dallas, Texas. Law enforcement, media outlets, and elected officials are sniffing for a link between these deaths and the women and men organizing actions across the country to condemn
police brutality for the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
Our movement had nothing to do with the shooting of these officers.
We organize disciplined mass actions to bring the weight of the majority to bear in our struggle for justice. We know that there are millions of people in the United States that are fed up with unchecked police brutality. Fed up with countless cases where police are found not guilty or, more commonly, never even have to stand trial for their crimes. Mass Action Against Police Brutality seeks to channel this anger and desire for change into a movement of unified action.
We recognize it is a sad and unfortunate circumstance for the families of the police officers who were killed. However, we know the state will take measures to hold accountable those responsible for killing these officers, whereas this is not the case for police officers who murder Black people.
We also point out that the violent social climate we live in is produced by the police and the racist system in which we live. Undoubtedly pro-cop legislators will try to use it to clamp down on democratic rights and demonize social struggle activists.
If the police and the courts continue to not indict or jail cops who beat and murder Black people, people not organized into a disciplined movement like ours and many others across the country — at some point — will start taking matters into their own hands.
The State has created a powder keg, and each Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Jeffrey Pendleton, and Usaama Rahim is a spark the powers that be are tossing at it. In this spirit we we will take to the streets Wednesday, July 13, at 6:30pm, in front of the Boston Police Headquarters on Ruggles and Tremont.
We know the system will play theater while the people need justice for their sons, fathers, uncles, brothers, cousins, and nephews. Over 3,000 of our brothers and sisters lives have been stolen by law enforcement since 2014, the year the Ferguson Rebellion. On this day we remember them by taking to the streets, the only place where the people can build our collective power to win justice for ourselves and our families STOLEN from us by the racist police state!
On July 7, five police officers were reportedly killed by a sniper in Dallas, Texas. Law enforcement, media outlets, and elected officials are sniffing for a link between these deaths and the women and men organizing actions across the country to condemn
police brutality for the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
Our movement had nothing to do with the shooting of these officers.
We organize disciplined mass actions to bring the weight of the majority to bear in our struggle for justice. We know that there are millions of people in the United States that are fed up with unchecked police brutality. Fed up with countless cases where police are found not guilty or, more commonly, never even have to stand trial for their crimes. Mass Action Against Police Brutality seeks to channel this anger and desire for change into a movement of unified action.
We recognize it is a sad and unfortunate circumstance for the families of the police officers who were killed. However, we know the state will take measures to hold accountable those responsible for killing these officers, whereas this is not the case for police officers who murder Black people.
We also point out that the violent social climate we live in is produced by the police and the racist system in which we live. Undoubtedly pro-cop legislators will try to use it to clamp down on democratic rights and demonize social struggle activists.
If the police and the courts continue to not indict or jail cops who beat and murder Black people, people not organized into a disciplined movement like ours and many others across the country — at some point — will start taking matters into their own hands.
The State has created a powder keg, and each Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Jeffrey Pendleton, and Usaama Rahim is a spark the powers that be are tossing at it. In this spirit we we will take to the streets Wednesday, July 13, at 6:30pm, in front of the Boston Police Headquarters on Ruggles and Tremont.
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