Saturday 25 October 2014

AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY

Every year, the October 22nd Coalition Against Police Brutality has demonstartions and rallies against the shit cops do. But this year, with the shit going down in Ferguson and New York, things seem that much more intense, and they should be. The pigs are not held accountable under this system. It's all gotta go...

October 22 Breaking News

Updated, with new photos, October 23, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us

October 22, National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and Criminalization of a Generation

Over 500 people rallied and marched in NYC, including relatives of those murdered by police; here marchers reach Times Square—defying police threats and denial of permit. Photo: Twitter/@BAEverywhere
  • Over 500 people rallied and marched in NYC, including relatives of those murdered by police; here marchers reach Times Square—defying police threats and denial of permit. Photo: Twitter/@BAEverywhere
  • NYC: Eric Garner's sister, Alicia, whose brother was murdered by police chokehold. Photo: Twitter/anonymous
  • Revolution Club contingent in New York City. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
  • Chicago: Contingent from Roosevelt University, where some 100 students walked out to join hundreds of other protesters at Daley Plaza. Photo: Twitter/@worldcantwait
  • Carl Dix speaking at Rally in Union Square, New York City. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
  • Ferguson, MO: 'America has been run on slavery, empire, and oppression' Photo: twitter/@TimBEastman
  • People protest on October 22 inside St. Louis County Police Headquarters in Clayton, Missouri--where the office of the prosecutor in the case of the police murder of Mike Brown is located. Photo: Twitter/@russellkinsaul
  • Oakland, October 22. Photo: Special to Revolution/revcom.us
  • Hundreds march in downtown Los Angeles. Photo: mc/photo
  • Los Angeles, relatives of Dante Parker, murdered by police. Photo: mc/photo
  • These high school youth were among the hundreds who demonstrated in Chicago on O22. Photo: fjj
  • 50 students walk out from San Francisco high school. Photo: Special to Revolution/revcom.us
  • Columbia University students’ contingent in New York City. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
  • Students march off the UC Berkeley campus towards Downtown Oakland. Special to Revolution/revcom.us
  • Atlanta: A human blockade shut down I-75/85 protesting mass incarceration and police brutality. Photo: Twitter/@Mo_Cain
  • Rallying with a mock-prison cell, Cleveland. Photo: @pts_cle
  • At the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW) before going to Public Square in Cleveland. Photo: Twitter/@pts_cle
  • Mother of Roshad McIntosh -- a 19-year-old Black youth gunned down by police on August 24 in front of witnesses in Chicago. Photo: @BaburRealer/twitter
  • “In Loving Memory of Our Children” - Chicago. Photo: twitter/‏@BaburRealer
  • 150 students rally at UC Berkeley. Photo: Twitter/@RevolutionBksB
  • Rally October 22 in Québec, Canada – Signs say “THIEVES! Police Steal Lives” Photo: D-Max Samson
  • Power to the People: a rally against prisons and police brutality held in Wellington, New Zealand on October 18 inspired by and in solidarity with October Month of Resistance in the United States. Photo: Olexander Barnes
  • Kansas City—one of over 70 cities where protests took place on October 22, including smaller cities like Albuquerque, New Mexico; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Greenville, South Carolina, and elsewhere. Photo: Twitter/@acsacollective
  • Salt Lake City, Utah Photo: Twitter/@anarchoanon
  • Hundreds of Michigan State University students marching down Grand River Avenue in Lansing. Photo: Twitter/@matchett_ian
  • Marching in Downtown Oakland. Special to Revolution/revcom.us
  • Poet Tef Poe, from Ferguson, MO, in Oakland. Special to Revolution/revcom.us
  • Sacramento, October 22 Protest. Photo: AP
  • A die-in outside a police station in Minneapolis. Photo: Twitter/ @colocha_rachel
  • Chicago: United Voices for Prisoners—family members of those incarcerated. Photo: Special to revcom.us
  • Dallas: “Why are we marching for #O22? Because between 2002 & 2013, 74% of all police shootings by Dallas Police were of People Of Color.” Photo: Twitter/@CandiceBernd
  • Revcom.us received a report of a spirited O22 demonstration of 50 people in Rockford, Illinois. Photo: Christopher D. Sims
  • Queer and trans New Yorkers. Photo: twitter/@LaKeniaem
  • Preparing to march from Garfield High School, Seattle. Photo: twitter/@local_maxima
  • Marching in the rain, Seattle. Photo: twitter/@local_maxima
  • Law Students in Washington, DC Photo: twitter/@CarefreeLvste
  • Ferguson, MO: Marching on West Florissant, where protesters have been brutally attacked by police. Special to revcom.us
  • Hundreds of protesters in Ferguson, MO stayed into the streets late into the night – here at Police Headquarters. Special to revcom.us
Over 500 people rallied and marched in NYC, including relatives of those murdered by police; here marchers reach Times Square—defying police threats and denial of permit. Photo: Twitter/@BAEverywhere


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