Police Murders, Uprising in Charlotte, Spark Protests Across the U.S.
September 24, 2016 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
NOTE: This is compiled from early reports. Updates will continue to be posted to this page when available.
Above: Atlanta. Credit: Twitter/@AUCShutItDown
Above: Portland Oregon. Credit: YouTube.
Above: Elon University, North Carolina. Credit: @chris8video.
Above: Sit in at Ole Miss. Credit: Twitter/@NewsWatch_UM
Across the U.S. on Friday, many hundreds came out for protests against the police murders of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina. Protests have been taking place all week. These are a few of the actions which took place today.
Between 500 and 1,000 came out in Atlanta for a #MidNightInAmerica march organized by the NAACP that ended with a sit-in at the Atlanta Police Department. “The reality of the situation is that tomorrow, you could all be marching in my name,” one organizer declared. Chants included, “Indict, convict, send the killer cops to jail.”
In Portland, Oregon, 100’s marched downtown, through a shopping mall and into City Hall, blocking traffic and chanting “No justice, no peace. No racist police,” “Black lives matter,” and “Hands up, don’t shoot.” Dozens gathered In Hartford Connecticut to protest the police murders. “Not one more,” they declared.
At Elon University in North Carolina, “Not a word was uttered as hundreds of students and university employees marched across campus, dressed in black, protest signs in hand,” reported the Times-News, “Other students walking and riding their bikes across campus stopped in their tracks, some holding up their phones and others simply observing the display of solidarity.”
In the Charlotte area, students at Mallard Creek High, Hopewell High, Olympic High, Vance High and Charlotte’s Northwest School of the Arts each held protests, some drawing hundreds of students.
At “Ole Miss,” the University of Mississippi, students held a sit-in in the main administration building to protest a racist social media post and racist culture overall.
Taking the streets for #blacklivesmatter well Over 1k strong #ATLisReady #AtlantaProtest pic.twitter.com/DXRZRlylTh
— tim franzen (@timfranzen1) September 24, 2016
Above: Atlanta September 24, 2016
Photos: Special to www.revcom.us/Revolution
We received the following Friday evening September 23 from the Revolution Club in Los Angeles:
The Revolution Club LA is out right now on the corner of Florence & Normandie calling people into the streets against terror by police and to get organized for an actual revolution. People broadly are infuriated by the video of the murder of Keith Lamont Scott in front of his wife. Many are drawn to the message of real revolution with real leadership, strategy, and a real plan to win. Some are joining in the protest on the spot. Some are taking stacks of flyers as they stop a few minutes in their car.
Earlier we were out on UCLA campus with this message, and attracting students who are horrified by the murders by police. We challenged them with confronting the reality of what is happening, what it is really going to take to get rid of this horror, and their responsibility to be part of preparing the ground, preparing the people, and preparing the vanguard for the time when millions can be led to go all out for revolution with a real chance to win.
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