Race/Racism

SOA Watch protests "war on drugs" inside Sen Rubio's office

On the 24th of April, School of the America's Watch activists culimnated several days of lobbying with a direct action protest inside Sen Marco Rubio's office, calling him out for failing to oppose the failed "war on drugs" that has caused spiraling violence violence in Mexico and elsewhere.

Photo by SOA Watch

March2Justice from NYC against killer cops arrives at US Capitol

On the 21st of April, the 250 miles "March2Justice" from New York City arrived in front of the US Capitol, demanding that three bills to get killer cops under control be passed by Congress. Several members of Congress spoke at their rally.One of them was

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who cited the Black Panther Party in her home town of Oakland as one of two reasons she entered politics

Video-Several family members of those murdered by police speak out at the US Capitol(10 min)

NYPD resorts to orange nets, violence after Brooklyn Bridge shut down

On the 14th of April, #ShutDownA14 protests took place in many cities demanding an end to mass incarceration and the ongoing wave of extrajudicial executions by police. In New York City, police turned violent after protesters blockaded the Brooklyn Bridge. Two serious injuries were reported, and police rolled out orange nets to arrest everyone in target areas just like durng the RNC or when Occupy Wall St blocked the exact same bridge.

Youtube video-NYPD assaults, arrests protesters on Brooklyn Bridge as motorists watch

Orange "Freedom Fence" just like during the 2004 GOP Convention. Photo by James from the Internet

"Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory" Documentary

by Orlando de Guzman and Tim Pool
More than six months after Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson, the youth-led protests in Ferguson continue to fuel a national movement against police brutality.

“Part of the struggle for us in Ferguson is to break a four-hundred-year belief that black people are not human,” says St. Louis native and activist Rev. Osagyefo Sekou.
http://fusion.net/video/108471/ferguson-a-report-from-occupied-territory/

DC Ferguson blocks 14th and U after Metro Transit Police shooting

On the 12th of March, Metro Transit Police shot and killed a man in the tunnels near the Potomac Ave station. They have refused to identify him and some media reports didn't even admit the shooting was by a cop! The following night (March 13), DC Ferguson met at Chinatown, got on the Metro, then got off at U st to block the intersection of 14th and U streets.

stirring video of the protest: never yield!

DC Ferguson packs Council oversight hearing on MPD to oppose jumpouts

On the 10th of March, DC Ferguson activists packed a DC Council Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on MPD. They were there to demand nothing less than a complete end to "jump-out" police tactics that terrorize communities of color in DC. Former cops testified that their training justified any and all police shootings, and someone named Trayvon White said cops are even conducting cavity searches during those jump-outs. A jump-out is when cops swarm out of unmarked cars with the intent of initimidating someone into consent to a search.

A packed house at the Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on MPD-Team Grosso photo

DC Ferguson marches on 7D police station

On the 22nd of February, DC Ferguson met at the Congress Heights Metro in Anacostia and marched on the 7th District police station. Protesters were demanding justice for Ralphael Briscoe, who was shot in the back by a police "jump-out" squad back in 2011 without having even been suspected of having committed a crime. The shooting was described by one speaker as being a "drive-by." As usual, the police involved in this murder have been cleared of all charges and returned to duty. DC Ferguson is demanding that these murderers be punished-and that police jump-out tactics be ended in DC forever.

Video of march on 7D and speakers in front of 7D

In front of the 7th District headquarters of MPD

Muslims, DC Ferguson protest hypocritical "countering violent extremism" summit

On the 18th of February, Obama began his "countering violent extremism" summit, which is mostly an event to coordinate police efforts to spy on and infiltrate Muslim communities. Outside, both Muslims and DC Ferguson activists called out this event for hypocrisy. The US itself was called out for the drone strikes used for extra-judicial executions throughout the Muslim world. This was compared to the routine and never punished street executions of African-Americans by killer cops, often by jump-outs in DC. Lastly everyone was reminded that the profile of almost every terrorist in the US has been an angry, armed white male. This includes last week's murder of three Muslims by a terrorist in North Carolina. No doubt Obama's summit will pay little attention to the ongoing drumbeat of mass murders by angry white men in the US.

Selected video highlights of the protest

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