Cleveland: Taking the Fight Against Murder by Police to the Cavs-Warriors Game
June 15, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
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Fifteen young Black and white activists and revolutionary communists went out to the NBA finals game between Cavaliers and Warriors to reach out to the thousands of fans about the protests against the police killings in Cleveland. Photo: Special to revcom.us
Thursday, June 11—15 young Black and white activists and revolutionary communists went out to the NBA finals game between Cavaliers and Warriors to reach out to the thousands of fans about the protests against the police killings in Cleveland. People, mostly Black people, were receptive to our message: “Stop the Police Murder Now” and “Indict, Convict, Send the Killer Cops to Jail/The Whole Damn System Is Guilty!” Lots of posters of people killed by police were held high for all to see, and many people put on stickers from revcom.us calling for the indictment of the cops who murdered 12-year-old Tamir Rice. A young Black woman got on the bullhorn and said, “There is injustice here every single day. It’s time to open your eyes... They are killing your children, for no reason. He [Tamir] had a toy gun and got a death sentence.” Even though the police tried to disrupt us from reaching the people, we continued, including speaking to why white people need to see the killings by police as not an issue for Black and Brown people only, but as an injustice that should be taken up by all people. We briefly occupied the street in front of the arena. In summing up the protest, people said we impacted thousands of people, including waking up some people who were uncomfortable with our message. We will be back on Tuesday for the next finals game.
Protesters briefly occupied the street in front of the arena. Photo: Special to revcom.us
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