JUNE 2 IN CINCINNATI
Join anti-racist march
People all across the United States are making plans to
travel to Cincinnati on June 2 for a March for Justice. The
call for this demonstration was triggered by the fatal
shooting of unarmed Timothy Thomas, 19, by police officer
Steven Roach in that city on April 7.
Thomas was the 15th Black male killed by Cincinnati police
since 1995. And he was the fourth African American in just
five months shot to death by local cops.
The shooting of Thomas ignited the biggest rebellion in
that city since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. The African American community in Cincinnati rebelled for
three days after Thomas was gunned down. Many groups tried to
hold protests in the city to demonstrate their anger at
racism and police brutality.
But in response, the mayor declared a state of emergency
and over 800 people were arrested.
Now dozens of groups in Cincinnati are calling for a
massive March for Justice on June 2. The march focuses on
three demands: Stop police killings and the abuse of police
power, end the police department's racist patterns and
practices, and build social and economic justice.
Many people who are outraged by racist profiling and
police killings in their own communities in cities large and
small are making plans to march in the streets of
Cincinnati.
For information on transportation
to Cincinnati contact:
NEW YORK CITY ......
212-633-6646
International Action
Center
39 W. 14 Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10011
iacenter@iacenter.org
ATLANTA ...... 404-235-5704
BALTIMORE ......
410-235-7040
All Peoples
Congress
426 E. 31st Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
apcbaltimore@pipeline.com
CHICAGO ......
773-381-5839
International Action
Center
PO Box 06178 Wacker Dr. Station
Chicago, IL 60606-0178
iachi@enteract.com
CLEVELAND ......
216-426-0851
Peoples Fightback
Center
3030 Euclid Avenue #LL1
Cleveland, OH 44110
pfcenter@aol.com
DETROIT ......
313-831-0750
International Action
Center
5920 Second Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
apcjerry@earthlink.net
PHILADELPHIA ......
215-724-1618
National Peoples
Campaign
813 S. 48th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143
philnpc@op.net
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