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Witness Against Torture demands Obama close GITMO

On the 6th of January, Witness Against Torture held a protest near the White House demanding that Obama shut down Guantanimo Bay before he leave office. If GITMO is still open on Jan 20, Trump is expected to resume sending new detainees there. By pre-emptively closing it Obama can obstruct another part of Trump's fascist agenda.

Photo by Code Pink

Black Lives Matter disrupts Mayor Bowser at council swearing-in

On the 2nd of January, DC Mayor Bowser faced the "little Counterinaugural" as Black Lives Matter activists set up in front of her demanding answers about the police shootings of Terrence Sterling and Javon Hall. Three people were forcibly removed while the Mayor went on bragging about private security cameras-and even about the police body cameras whose footage she refuses to release in the Javon Hall case. The cop who shot Terrence Sterling had his camera turned off entirely.

Update Jan 4:Mayor Bowser releases police body camera footage of Javon Hall shooting after two days in a row of protests directed at her. Protest works!

Video-three DC residents dragged from swearing-in over Terrence Sterling and Javon Hall signs

Black Lives Matter disrupts Mayor Bowser for Javon Hall at Freshstart 5K

On the 1st of January, DC Mayor Bowser got an unpleasant surprise when she showed up at her very own Freshstart 5K walk. Family members and friends of Javon Hall backed by Black Lives Matter activists showed up. They were demanding she release the police body camera footage from when cops shot and killed Javon Hall on Dec 25, 2016. She turned her back and refused to face them.

Video by J2 originally posted to Twitter

Vigil held for Javon Hall, killed by DC Police on Dec 25

On the 25th of December, DC police shot and killed JavonHall. His mother say he was unarmed, DC police claim he had a knife but are refusing to release body camera footage that could prove this one way or the other. On Dec 30, family, friends, and Black Lives Matter activists remembered him with a vigil near Walnut St NE.

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