#RiseUpOctober: STOP Police Terror
Which Side Are You On?
Come Out & Show it during 3 Days of Action October 22-24 NYC
Initiated by Carl Dix & Cornel West
October 5, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
Thursday, October 22: National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation
10:00 am Stolen Lives—#Say Their Names
A commemoration of hundreds of unarmed people killed by law enforcement in the U.S., launching three days of action. Join families whose loved ones' lives have been stolen; artists, musicians, actors, faith leaders, elected representatives, professors in reading the names.
Father Duffy Square, 47th Street & Broadway in Times Square, Manhattan
2:00 pm Rally to Stop Police Brutality & Murder; Brooklyn
NYPD officers have killed dozens of people in Brooklyn. This must STOP! Join the protest.
Columbus Park, Borough Hall
3:00 pm MARCH to Barclays Center, Atlantic Avenue & Flatbush, Brooklyn
Friday, October 23: Shut Down Rikers Island
It's been called “New York's Abu Ghraib,” a combination torture chamber & concentration camp. After years of exposure, after lawsuits and decrees, horrors that shock the conscience continue unabated. In the country's largest jail, every day lives are irreparably damaged.
Join in a non-violent direct action and protest to Shut Down Rikers Island. Sign up to be part of the action, or to provide support. Write: AddMyVoice@RiseUpOctober.org
Action will start in the morning. Time/gathering site TBA on riseupoctober.org.
Saturday, October 24: Flood the Streets to STOP Police Terror
11:00 am Rally at Washington Square Park
Gather your school, faith group, union to march together. Bring your signs & banners, your children, and take the day to show which side you're on.
1:00 pm MARCH to put our demand to the whole world.
This genocidal epidemic of murder by police must STOP. This will be a peaceful & determined march. At the front will be the “Stolen Lives” families.
4:00 pm Rally at Columbus Circle, 59th Street & Broadway
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