We are asking you and your organizations to support a mass walk out on Monday at 12:01pm—the time that Mike Brown was murdered. Folks can put their hands up as they leave their job, schools or wherever they are and gather together. Please share widely on social media using #HandsUpWalkOut. Click here for an image to share.
Source: fergusonaction.com
On Monday November 24th 2014 in the US, the grand jury of St Louis County said it would not charge Darren Wilson with a crime. Wilson is the White police officer who gunned down Michael Brown in broad daylight and let his body lie there in the street for four hours. Brown was 18 and unarmed. This was in Ferguson, Missouri, a mostly Black township in suburban St Louis. Nights of violence between police and protesters followed and 108 days of protest.
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Source: abagond.wordpress.com
Save our children or be a willing participant in our extinction…#Ferguson
— Wakiti Muhammad (@WakitiMuhammad) November 25, 2014
An unidentified motorist in Minneapolis drove into protesters at a rally in solidarity with the family of slain Missouri teen Michael Brown, leaving one woman in need of medical attention, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.
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Source: www.rawstory.com
Tamir Rice (age 12)
Rice’s parents on Tuesday sent a letter through attorneys Tim Kucharski and David Malik to Mayor Frank Jackson and the Cleveland Division of Police asking for the release of the video, which police said depicts one of their rookie officers shoot Rice twice after he pulled a replica gun from his waistband.
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Source: www.cleveland.com
New audio from the chilling dash-cam tape of a South Carolina state trooper shooting an unarmed man has prompted even more questions. Chris Hayes examines the mindset of the now-former trooper with psychology professor Phillip Atiba Goff.
I recently read the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. If you haven’t read it, you might want to get a quick intro to him by watching his TED talk:
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Source: www.onedropoflove.org
The middle part of the video and the second half are the most important.
And don’t miss Fanshen’s recommendations:
“Teaching About Ferguson and also this terrific crowd-sourced google document (which I will be adding to soon): Ferguson resources, crowdsourced in real-time by educators (thanks Abby Brown-Steinberg for the link!)”
1921
A mob of deputized whites looted and burned to the ground a black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This included the destruction of 40 square blocks of 1,265 African American homes, including hospitals, schools, and churches, and 150 businesses. By the time the terror ended, 300 African-Americans had been killed.
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Source: zinnedproject.org
HT Fanshen Cox @fanshen
"We want justice and peace. That's what we want." Right now in #ferguson https://t.co/PVb00S5PuJ
— Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) November 25, 2014
RT @ManilaChan: “Who are we? Mike Brown!” – Angry crowd chants at White House https://t.co/2ezFC9kCAm #Ferguson
— RT America (@RT_America) November 25, 2014
On the same day #MarissaAlexander was sentenced to 3 years for shooting no one, Darren Wilson wasn’t even indicted for killing Mike Brown. — Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) November 25, 2014
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 25, 2014
ur impression that MLK Jr encouraged black ppl to *quietly demand justice on white ppl’s terms* is fucking wrong. pic.twitter.com/bbkVYYiVEL
— Stella Boonshoft (@stellaboonshoft) November 25, 2014
Protests from across the #US following the grand jury decision in #Ferguson: http://t.co/WuocKH9OlI #MichaelBrown pic.twitter.com/ZQvFgUhQrq
— Saulo Corona (@SauloCorona) November 25, 2014
Michael Brown, 16, with his brother Andre and his sister Deja, in happier times. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/9ohlVAIUrT
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 25, 2014