For too long cops have swaggered through our communities acting like they have a license to brutalize and kill. Yet when the people stand up and resist, they are condemned by the authorities and the media. Coalition salute you. We express particular solidarity and support of the youth and those organizations which have taken to the streets in the assertion and defense of the human right of self-defense against years of murder, repression, and criminalization. Efia Nwangaza, for the Executive Committee of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation After the murder of Timothy Thomas on Saturday, outrage spread rapidly.
People here know about police murder.
Since 1995, the cops have killed 15 Black men, and not a single white person. But nothing has changed. In fact the attacks have intensified. The police refused to make any official statement but, meanwhile, they leaked their unbelievable justifications to the media. They claimed that Officer Stephen Roach had recognized Timothy as someone with outstanding warrants, and chased him for blocks.