On 22 October 2014, Mothers Against Police Brutality, DCOC, ACLU, BORD (Bill of Rights Defense), CodePink , Indigenous Liberation Party and other coalition partners joined the National Day of Resistance Against Police Brutality and Mass Incarceration in Dallas, TX.
In 2013, police officers murdered 1,414 people (not all shooting deaths were recorded.) Every 28 hours, a Black man is killed by a law enforcement agent. In the month of August, Dallas had 6 people in 17 days shot by the Dallas Police. In Los Angeles, a police officer kills a citizen at least once a week. As of 9/20/2014, we know that 1,541 people have been killed by the police in this country. Police brutality isn't a Black or Brown issue; it's a Human Rights issue
We say NO MORE! No More to having to bury Clinton Allens (Dallas Tx), Michael Browns (Ferguson, Mo) and Eric Garners (New York) and giving their killers paid vacations at the taxpayer's expense.
We say NO MORE to politicians that we elect turning a blind eye to our children being kill as they continue to offer their killers protection through corrupt Grand Jury proceedings and "watered down" investigations.
In the words of our founder, Collette Flanagan, "It is time to show the world what police brutality really looks like, it is time to show the world what images Mothers are left to see when they identify the bodies of their children killed by policemen that were trained to take lives and certainly feel they have the authority to do so at their discretion. It is time for the world to see this dirty secret."
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