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

Date 

Add to My Calendar Wednesday, October 22, 2014 12:00am

Location 

Join with families who have lost loved ones to police murder at the 19th annual October 22nd National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality on October 22nd. Gather at 1:00 p.m. at Union Square, and march to Times Square. RSVP here on Facebook, and visit october22.org to view The Call for the 19th National Day of Protest. 

Excerpt of The Call
On the eve of the 19th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, a defiant new spirit is in the air. In Ferguson, Missouri, people continue to rise up in outrage against the killing of Mike Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old Black youth who was just days away from starting college. Despite the rapid and ruthless militarization of the town by racist police and the National Guard, people defied curfews, tear gas, rubber bullets, and calls for a return to business-as-usual—and oppression-as-usual—by protesting and rebelling for ten consecutive, sweltering nights in August. Thousands from around the country gathered in Ferguson this past weekend to stand in solidarity with the brave people of Ferguson. These are the moments where the decades of racist abuse, criminalization, and police terror at the hands of this system came crashing against fearless resistance from the very people it seeks to control, inspiring justice-seeking people not just nationwide, but around the world. The National Day of Protest was founded to oppose exactly these kinds of abuses. This year, in big cities and small towns, in the face of police brutality, repression, mass incarceration and the criminalization of youth we say, Let the spirit of Ferguson ignite hearts nationwide with an uncompromising passion for justice!

What: Rally and march for National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and Criminalization of a Generation
Where: Union Square, marching up to Times Sqaure
When: Wednesday, October 22nd at 1:00 p.m.
 

Last modified 

October 20, 2014