Protesters
Occupy Ferguson Police Department
Demonstrators
are protesting against the state-sanctioned police killings.
31
December, 2014
Protesters
against police violence occupied the St. Louis Police Department in
Ferguson Wednesday demanding that the “occupiers of the St. Louis
Police Metropolitan Police Department … be removed from power.”
The
Facebook page of We Copwatch released a statement saying, “Ferguson
comrades have occupied the STL Police Dept as of right now!! Spread
the word!”
This
is the continuation of protests that have been happening around the
U.S. for months in response to the pattern of state-sanctioned police
killing.
Protests
increased and were renewed after grand juries decided not to indict
the white police officers who killed Michael Brown in Ferguson,
Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City, both of whom were unarmed
and African-American.
These
protests have initiated a national conversation about race, police
violence, and justice.
The
eviction notice served to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police
Department reads that, “You are hereby scheduled to be removed from
power for the following reasons … Perpetrating police brutality on
our citizenry … Transforming the police force into a militarized
occupying force … Being complicit in mass incarceration of black
and brown citizens … Failing to terminate police officers who
violate civil rights including the most important right—the right
ot life.”
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