Powerful Protest at UC Berkeley

Very powerful protest shut down class as usual at UC Berkeley today. For at least two hours, up to 70 students blocked Sather Gate. It was like the '60s. Physical confrontations prevented students from going through the line, and hundreds of students were forced to stop and choose another route and confront the reality of Black lives matter and police murder. The protest started with just 15 people, but the action galvanized the real anger among especially the Black and Latino students. One Black student in particular rallied the students, marching up and down the line like a battle commander and demanding they refuse to let anyone go through the line.

Photo: melaniejaycee@Instagram

Chicago:

Columbia College students walk out to join march in Daley Plaza

Video of Kenwood Academy walkout

DePaul students at Daley Plaza

Singing the I Can't Breathe song at #ShutDownA14 Chicago

Washington University, St. Louis

Protesters at #washu "mike brown in every town, April 14 shut it down" #BlackLivesMatter Photo: @sourikbeltran

At Washington University. Photo: special to revcom.us

Die-in at UCLA

Photo: instagram

Die in at U Mass Amherst by Black Students Today

Columbia University

The NYC Revolution Club and Columbia University students staged a rally on campus and read names of people murdered by police before heading down to Union Square. They were joined by a man who heard Cornel West call for the Union Square protest and flew in from Utah on a RedEye to be part of it.

Early a.m. at a Midwest high school

Getting ready for #ShutDownA14

Los Angeles

Fremont High School walkout. Video: special to revcom.us

Los Angeles: High School students in the house! #ShutDownA14

Los Angeles: Teacher told her she was "too small to make a change." she responded: "Look how many ppl I got to walk out w/ me!"

Atlanta, Georgia State University

Inside Georgia State University courtyard with Jasiri X.

Madison, Wisconsin High School Walkout

Madison: East High School students blocking street. Photo: @telldylan

Madison high school students, determined to stop murder by police, plan to block a major street in Madison, Wisconsin, "all night." Photo:  @bgodar

#TonyRobinson protestors outside West HS yelling "what do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now" pic.twitter.com/ZzYni3ycpR

— Bryna Godar (@bgodar) April 14, 2015

John Carroll University, Ohio

JCU police "tore down our signs advertising this event." JCU Black Student Union rep. #ShutDownA14 #BlackLivesMatter Photo: @PTS_CLE

San Francisco Bay Area

High school students in the Bay Area.
Photo: revclub_bay@Instagram

Brooklyn

30+ students walked out Brooklyn Friends HS to #ShutDownA14 #NYC! "We need to bring more ppl in. #BlackLivesMatter" Photo: @StopMassIncNet

April 13: DePaul University My Life Matters Protest - Edward Ward and Elijah Obasanya

Photo: Zhavia Gray

Editor’s note: This picture from a student sitting down in the middle of the street to call attention to the emergency of police murder and publicize/challenge other students at DePaul to be part of shutdownA14.  The shirt he is wearing says "My Life Matters."  The action in the middle of the street that runs through the DePaul campus in Chicago lasted a half hour and caused quite a scene. 

The student asked that this quote be included with this post: "John 5: 30 – I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. I was following God." -Edward Ward