Remembering victims of police violence

On July 11, Black and Latino community members and leaders held a protest at police headquarters in Denver. Those gathered had come to remember Jamaal Bonner, Paul Childs, Frank Lobato, Greg Smith, Deniece Washington, Harrison Owens, Ishmael Mena and others who have been killed by Denver and Aurora cops.

The crowd, nearly 30 people, listened to embattled anti-racist activist Shareef Aleem, Fight Imperialism Stand Together activist Larry Hales and the hip hop act the Strugglas. FIST activist Melissa Kleinman led the crowd in anti-cop chants.

When two Denver cops approached those gathered and asked them to leave, saying their presence was dishonoring a nearby cop memorial, people in the crowd asked where the memorial was for those unjustly killed by cops.

The cops left when the protesters vowed to continue the protest. The rally and speak-out continued, gathering momentum as passersby stopped to join.

The rally ended with a call to unite the struggle against racism and police repression to the anti-war struggle.