Organizers in St. Louis, MO call for protesters to gather at 3 pm today in the Metro public parking lot at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Hanley Road. After a rally, protesters plan to block traffic at 4:30 pm, symbolizing the four and a half hours that Michael Brown’s lifeless body was left lying on Canfield Drive after Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson shot him at least six times and killed him. The Dont Shoot Coalition, comprised of over 40 organizations including Veterans For Peace, has released a unity statement with further demands to ensure racial justice for the St. Louis area. The coalition seeks to expose the ongoing crisis of police-on-black crime and to address ongoing systemic problems of police practices in black, brown and all oppressed communities. The group calls for immediate and long-term change.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:28:15 +0000