[Chicago] TOMORROW! OCT 22 19th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Rep

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TOMORROW! OCT 22 19th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation


October 22 Wednesday Protest to Stop Police Brutality
12:00 noon Daley Plaza
(Washington & Dearborn)
Rally and March

The 19th annual Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation will be erecting a giant stop sign against the whole killer program of police brutality and mass incarceration. This is a day when people from cities and towns across the country http://sites.google.com/site/stopmassincarcerationo22/ - youth from inner city high schools and those who have been pushed out of the school system are joining with college students, parents of those who have been murdered and incarcerated, as well as people of conscience in city centers and in the neighborhoods all over.

The Day of Protest 2014 is unfolding during the first October Month of Resistance to Mass Incarceration, Police Terror, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, initiated by Prof. Cornel West and Carl Dix, representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Stop Mass Incarceration Network has been in the forefront of taking on the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson Mo., Eric Garner’s murder by police in NYC, and connecting these struggles against police terror across the country with the whole Month of Resistance movement.

“Police in Chicago are at the forefront of the nationwide attack on Black and Brown youth. Among the youth whose lives have recently been stolen by police here in Chicago are: Roshad McIntosh, 19 years old; Warren Robinson, 16 years old; and Pedro Rios, 14 years old. Glenn Evans, who received 50 complaints for police brutality over the last 13 years, was never disciplined and instead highly praised from the highest levels of the CPD and promoted repeatedly up the ranks of the CPD to commander,” said Gregory Koger, ex-prisoner activist in the Chicago chapter of Stop Mass Incarceration Network. “In the face of growing community outrage and protest, Evans was recently indicted for shoving his gun down the throat of 22-year old Rickey Williams, but still has not been fired. On October 22nd, people in Chicago will defiantly stand with others across the country. We will raise our voices and demand: No more Stolen Lives! No more murders by the police! Stop Mass Incarceration Now.!”

The Call for the Month of Resistance is endorsed by families of those killed by police, former prisoners, clergy, academics, and community organizations, and public figures such as Chuck D, who recorded the Pledge of Resistance and Alice Walker, whose poem “Gather,” is dedicated to Carl Dix and Cornel West. Signatories of Call for the Month of Resistance include Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, Nikki Giovanni, poet, Ted Jennings, Chicago Theological Seminary, Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson, Uncle of Oscar Grant, killed by Bay Area Rapid Transit Police and many more.

Additional Events through the day:

9-11 a.m. Hull House: Public release of UN report on CPD Violence against Youth of Color by www.wechargegenocide.org

6:00 pm Silent Vigil at 11th Police District
3151 W. Harrison

7:00 – 10:p.m. MultiKulti, Cultural Event, Roosevelt University SMIN
1000 N Milwaukee Ave,


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The Stop Mass Incarceration Network is a project of the Alliance for Global Justice, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Stop Mass Incarceration Network is building a movement to stop the injustice of mass incarceration and police brutality; and the racially biased policies and practices of the police, the courts and the U.S. legal system; and to support the rights of prisoners and the formerly incarcerated. We call on all to join us.

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Protest against police killings, brutality in Salt Lake City

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By Alyssa Ferris

Salt Lake City, UT - Over 100 activists gathered at the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building, Oct. 22, to protest police brutality. The protesters demanded justice for Darrien Hunt, the most recent victim murdered by police in Salt Lake City, as well as all victims brutalized by police. Carrying signs that read “Comply or die is not the law” and holding photos of their loved ones murdered by the police, the crowd chanted slogans including, “From Ferguson to SLC, end police brutality,” and “Not a penny, not a dollar, we won’t pay for police to slaughter.”

The rally, organized by Utah Against Police Brutality, had a list of three demands. The first was that District Attorney Sam Gill follows through on his promise to create an independent task force dedicated to investigating police officers involved in acts of brutality. The second demand was the police end the use of deadly force against unarmed civilians. The third demand was that the police officers who shot Darrien Hunt be charged with murder.

“We are here because justice has not been served,” stated Christopher Manor, a member of Utah Against Police Brutality and the main organizer of the event. “I don’t want my tax dollars to pay for a police officer to get a paid vacation because he shot somebody down.”

Another speaker was Lex Scott, the president and founder of United Front Party, a Black civil rights organization that originated in Utah and has chapters nationally. “I’m here to stand against police brutality,” said Scott. “Police are not the judge, jury, and executioners.”

Gregory Lucero, of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, talked about the origins of police brutality. He said, “What most people don’t realize is that many police departments started as slave patrols that would kidnap escaped slaves and return them to slave owners.” He continued, “This police system is not a few bad eggs. It’s systemic oppression from a system made to keep the African American and Chicano nations in chains.”

One of the protesters, Melinda Tucker, carried a photograph of her brother Joey who was murdered by police in 2009 after his family called for help while he suffered a medical emergency related to his diabetes. Tucker attended the protest wearing a shirt that bore a list of victims murdered by police. “My shirt keeps growing with names” Tucker said, referring to the numerous people slain by SLCPD officers since her brother’s death.

“We’re a little too comfortable in our oppression, aren’t we?” Lex Scott asked. “We’re going to stand up, and never sit down again.”

Read more News and Views from the Peoples Struggle at http://www.fightbacknews.org. You can write to us at [email protected]

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National day against police brutality in Sacramento
By Estevan Hernandez

Oct 25, 2014
National day against police brutality in Sacramento

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October 22 marked the National Day Against Police Brutality. For many years now, the day has been observed by protesters who are building a movement to fight back.

This October in many cities people took to the streets. They organized protests, speak outs and marches. In Sacramento, the community organized a large protest that started on the front steps of the California State Capitol.

From the capitol the protesters marched, bringing the message to the wider community. The march shut down major downtown Sacramento streets which drew more attention to the cause against police corruption and brutality.

The march stopped in front of the office of Kamala Harris, the California attorney general, to read from a list of the countless people who have been killed by California’s law enforcement. For each person murdered by cops, the protesters left a coffin at Kamala’s front door to point out her failure to even lift a finger to prosecute killer cops.

The march then went on to protest the county jail. The Sacramento jail is notorious for its blatant racism, corruption and mistreatment of its prisoners. The anti-police brutality protesters made speeches and explained how the system of mass incarceration is part of the same racist system that perpetuates police brutality.

A big part of the protest was the families themselves who have been victimized by police brutality. Some of those present were family members of Oscar Grant, Ernest Duenez, Jr., and AJ DeVellina, all innocent people slain by police who have not received justice.

This October 22 not only marked the national day against police brutality but also the one-year anniversary of the killing of Andy Lopez by Santa Rosa sheriff Erik Gelhaus. Special attention was given to Andy, and many of his friends led the march in his honor.

Protesters pointed out that police brutality is an epidemic that can’t be stopped easily. We will need more actions and a stronger movement to win.

Meanwhile, we must be vigilant and aware that killer cops are still roaming our streets. Just as the protesters vowed to do, we must also stay prepared and determined to fight back against any new case of police terror. This is exactly what we plan to do in the coming days as we seek to build the movement.


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Wear Orange October 30 to Oppose Mass Incarceration


BRING THE OCTOBER MONTH OF RESISTANCE TO A POWERFUL CONCLUSION
WEAR ORANGE ON OCTOBER 30

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On October 30th, people across the country will be wearing orange – as a powerful visible symbol of opposition to mass incarceration.

On campuses, in the streets, in high schools, at work, on public transportation – everywhere you go that day, wear orange. Gather in public spots in your city town or campus with groups of people in orange, challenging others to join you and be part of the crew.

We will be wearing Orange because it is the color prisoners are forced to wear – from the torture chambers in Guantanamo, to the infamous SHU units in California, to the work gangs on Texas prison farms, to teeming youth detention centers coast to coast. We're wearing orange and turning this around – orange will become the color of resistance, and known for that far and wide in society. It will help galvanize and give expression to our opposition.

This country has the highest incarceration rate in world history. 2.4 million people, a huge number of them Black and Latino youth are in prison. Black men are incarcerated at a rate over 6 times that of white men, and given on average much higher sentences for the same offenses. We live in a society that offers no future to masses of Black and Latino youth except prison and punishment.

This is unacceptable! Throughout October resistance has been mobilized to the slow genocide of mass incarceration and police terror The month was opened by taking the Pledge of Resistance in cities across the country. This was followed by sermons in dozens of religious institutions; symposiums at Columbia Univ, UC Berkeley and other campuses; more than a thousand people gathering for Ferguson October and now we're coming off a successful mobilization for October 22, the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. October 30 will be a day to make our resistance resonate further thruout society and deliver a message to one and all that mass incarceration and all its consequences must be stopped; and that we are determined to STOP it!

Be creative. Be bold. Be determined. Make a lot of noise,
get a lot of attention.

WEAR ORANGE OCTOBER 30! STOP MASS INCARCERATION!

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