One of us remembers his first demonstration — in downtown Chicago, when he was 16 years old — to protest in behalf of his best friend who was a survivor of police violence. The police rounded up and arrested dozens of peaceful protesters for the mere act of gathering.
The other was an organizer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, helping to organize the community demonstrations that kicked off immediately after the police shooting of Michael Brown. Those protests, which continued through the summer and the fall, were almost universally peaceful, but heavily armed police officers outfitted in military-style gear met protesters daily. Theon residents who were hit in the face with rubber bullets and sprayed with chemical agents that burned their lungs.
In 2014, protesters called on prosecutors to charge former Ferguson officer Darren Wilson with murder. Instead, Wilson walked free.And as often happens in this country, glimmers of progress have been met with violent and determined opposition by those who benefit from the white supremacist systems embedded in its governance.
THINK Police reform is coming!The legislation is written and will be brought to the floor for a vote.When it passes it will be signed into law by President Biden. From here retraining,re-certification,recruiting, rewriting of by-laws and mission definitions and reassignment will begin.
THINK Being a white male in America, it's disgusting to see my race act this way towards other Americans that are not white. Speaking truth and peacefully protesting against racial injustice is the American thing to do. The GOP has forgotten what a patriot is.
THINK The Republicans followed Trump into the wilderness and now the Trumplicans are lost and have given up on Democracy and the idea of America, too.
THINK BULLIES WITH BADGES !!! ASSHOLES WILL NOT RULE US !!!
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