Public Comment
February 10 March and Rally for Black Lives
It takes community power to end the war on Black communities. Join us Tues, Feb 10th @ 5:30pm to demand Berkeley City Council take legislative action to address police brutality and militarization of the Berkeley Police Department.
We will meet at Oxford Ave and Center St. at 5:30PM.
We will march to the city council and rally for black lives.
We need the city of Berkeley to act RIGHT NOW and be in solidarity with the growing movement for Black Lives.
Background:
There is a growing movement for Black Lives which escalated when the people of Ferguson took to the streets in response to Officer Darren Wilson’s murder of Mike Brown. Back in December, Berkeley joined the national call to disrupt business as usual to elevate the declaration that #BlackLivesMatter.
The police responded to the peaceful protesters with high technology military grade weaponry. As a result, women, children, students and community members were tear gassed and beat with over the shoulder baton strikes and jailed by the Berkeley Police. Community members often say Ferguson is everywhere, and we felt that in December with the grotesque police response to peaceful protesting in Berkeley.
We also felt this back in 2013 when the police brutally murdered Kayla Moore, who was a black transgender woman with schizophrenia. Kayla Moore was experiencing a psychiatric emergency when police pinned her down and suffocated her to death in her own home. She was a Berkeley resident living on Allston Way apartments.
Additional Information:
The city council will be voting on two resolutions dealing with police brutality & militarization and Ferguson's National Demands.
The first item is a resolution of Ferguson's National Demands. The second item is in regards to the December protest that erupted throughout the nation, including in Berkeley, CA.
The motion will prohibit police forms of violence such as over the shoulder baton strikes and use of tear gas against protesters until the Police Review Commission makes a recommendation to the council.
The mayor has delayed this item since December. He hoped that the energy would dissipate, that people will stop paying attention. After months of delay, the resolution is finally up for a vote. The police are fighting back against this simple policy.
The Berkeley City Council has a choice on Tuesday. Which side will they stand on? We are on the freedom side.
#BlackLivesMatter
#DecarcerateBerkeley
#Ferguson2Cal
#CalBSU #AfroHouseCal
#OnyxExpress
ASUC EAVP Action Page
https://www.facebook.com/
Ferguson National Demands
http://fergusonaction.com/
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