TODAY: Chicago Protests the Murder of Michael Brown

Emergency Response Demonstration
Monday, 11/24, 6:30 PM
Chicago Police Headquarters
3510 South Michigan Ave

* Note - this protest is happening today even if no announcement is made by the Grand Jury regarding a decision *


	                          6:30PM TODAY - CHICAGO PROTESTS THE MURDER OF MICHAEL BROWN
			Demonstrators say, "We Demand Police Accountability - From Ferguson to Chicago!"

	Who: People from all walks of life, including students and community organizers working to expose police violence and
	brutality. Supported by Project NIA, BYP 100, The Chicago Light Brigade, We Charge Genocide.

	What: Protest regarding likely grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown.

	Where: Chicago Police Headquarters, 3510 South Michigan Ave.

	When: Monday, 11/24, 6:30 PM

	Why: From Ferguson to Chicago, police not only get away with murder and brutality, they are rewarded for it. Police
	violence is an epidemic across the nation, but most particularly against black youth in marginalized communities. For
	more information on police violence in Chicago see: report.wechargegenocide.org.

	Visuals: Demonstrators will place a life-sized paper mache tree outside Chicago Police Headquarters. Hanging on the tree,
	and surrounding ropes, will be coffins representing the 89+ people killed by Chicago Police in the past five years.


Response from Page May, one of the We Charge Genocide youth delegates who went to Geneva to present the group's report on police violence in Chicago to the UN:

“I’m devastated, but not surprised. This is the truth of the system. Our people are criminalized, our skin is weaponized, and our lives are seen as disposable. We can not expect justice from the police or legal system, they have never been about helping Black people. Instead, we must consider and build alternatives to policing with community-based models of accountability and transformative justice. At the same time, we must protest this verdict and the overall culture of police impunity. We must protest in honor of Mike Brown’s life and the thousands of others who have been killed. We must protest in solidarity with the struggle in Ferguson. We must protest to insist that Black lives matter.”

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/298958050293911

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Project NIA: www.project-nia.org
Chicago Light Brigade: www.chicagolightbrigade.org
Black Youth Project 100: byp100.org
We Charge Genocide: wechargegenocide.org

We Charge Genocide report on Chicago Police violence: http://report.wechargegenocide.org/

Bio, Page May: http://wechargegenocide.org/wcg-geneva-delegation-profile-2-page/

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