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The International Day Against Police Brutality occurs on March 15. It first began in 1997 as an initiative of the Montreal-based Collective Opposed to Police Brutality and the Black Flag group in Switzerland. A march is held yearly in Montreal. Acceptance of March 15 as a focal day of solidarity against police brutality varies from one place to ...
Stop Cop City (SCC), also known as Block Cop City and Defend the Atlanta Forest (DTF), is a decentralized movement in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, whose goal is to stop construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center by the Atlanta Police Foundation and the City of Atlanta.
Oct. 22 is also known as "National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and Criminalization of an Entire Generation." The event, which is overseen by the October 22 Coalition, is ...
The National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, Criminalization of a Generation was held at the Greenville County Courthouse on Oct. 22, 2024. After meeting at the county ...
Police brutality is the unlawful use of excessive or otherwise unwarranted force against individuals or groups of people. [182] [183] Some definitions also include verbal harassment, intimidation, and other non-physical actions that may cause harm. [184]
The painting was done by 500 volunteers, and funding was acquired through fundraising, t-shirt sales, and donations. After two months, the project received unanimous approval from the Santa Cruz City Council, making Santa Cruz the first city in America to approve a Black Lives Matter Mural.
Brutality is an extreme form of police misconduct or violence and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality can include but is not limited to physical or verbal harassment, physical or mental injury, property damage, inaction of police officers, "indiscriminate use of riot control agents at protests", racial abuse, torture, beatings, and death.
The deaths of Floyd and Williams, 80 years before, make clear that voting rights and police brutality are related civil rights threats to our democracy – demanding simultaneous legislation.