MATCH THEIR COURAGE
October 15, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
MATCH THEIR COURAGE.
WANTED: 100 donors to give $100. 100 donors to give $10 in HONOR of 100 families of loved ones whose lives were stolen by police.
These families have shown tremendous courage in the face of the rampant epidemic of police murder, to stand up and fight for justice and Rise Up October.
It takes real courage to speak out when the authorities spin the story in order to justify the police killing. When the media broadcasts police lies over and over. When the media works overtime to put your loved one in the worst possible light.
It takes real courage to not give up when the police manufacture evidence and all they have to do is say "I feared for my life," because of the color of their skin and the system backs them to the hilt.
It takes real courage to speak out when the police literally come to funerals and memorials to intimidate and threaten you as you bury your loved one. When the police department harasses witnesses, arrest your family members, and intimidate you in a thousand “legal” ways.
It takes real courage to speak out when that means reliving over and over the awful reality that your loved one's life was stolen by the police. When you have no time to grieve privately … when you can't sleep at night … when you have to go through all the evidence because they are trying to dismiss and discredit you.
It takes real courage to keep speaking out when you are met with threatening hate mail. It takes real courage to stand up and demand justice, like these determined families are now. Some like Nicholas Heyward, Sr. have been fighting for more than 20 years after the police killed his 13-year-old son for playing with a brightly colored plastic toy gun as the boy told them, “we're only playing.”
It takes real courage to stand up to a system that retaliates against the families who dare to speak out.
OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NEEDED TO BRING A GROWING NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS TO NY FOR RISE UP OCTOBER 22nd - 24th.
MATCH THEIR COURAGE: NEEDED: 100 DONORS TO MAKE A SACRIFICE AND DONATE $100... AND 100 DONORS TO GIVE $10 EACH. Who can you ask?
Let's make this goal by October 17, one week before this historic march—let's get those most affected by police terror to New York City where their voices WILL be heard! STOP POLICE TERROR!
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