[117] in peace2
Amadou protest: what happened
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (F. AuYeung)
Fri Mar 3 17:59:15 2000
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To: peace-list@mit.edu
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 16:37:45 -0500
From: "F. AuYeung" <auyeung@MIT.EDU>
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From: "NIA 1" <niaproject@hotmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Boston Amadou Diallo protest!!
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 12:15:04 EST
People,
>First off We would like to thank everyone that came out for the Amadou
>Diallo protest on Monday in front in Boston.
>This is just a little summary of what happen for those that left early or
>could not make it.
>
>People gathered together on the steps of the JFK Federal Building to hear
>everyone speakout on how they felt and what could be down about this
>tragedy. City Councilmen Charles Yancy and Chuck Turner were among those
>first to speak as well as numerous people from the community who gave
>personal testimony of their own experiences with the police.One sister
>reminded everyone that police brutality was one of the main reasons the
>Black Panther Party was started (We need to get organized once again).
>
>With about 250 people coming in and out through out the rally We began to
>march up Tremont st. during rush hour, effectively taking over the streets
>and blocking traffic.
>The March Turned to DownTown Crossing and stop for another short rally
>where we were joined by many youth passing by.Ibrahim Abdul-Matin of NEXT
>MOVEMENT, just fresh back from the NYC weekend protest, livelyed up the
>crowd with chants of "ITS A WALLET NOT A GUN" and counts of how many
>bullets were fired at Brother Amadou
>"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,"
>
>The March proceeded back on to Tremont st once again shutting down traffic.
>This time the march would stop and go in the middle of the street all the
>while being followed by police with motorcycles and a pattywagon.
>The days events ended off in the Commons Park with everyone forming a
>circle, holding hands, and having a 41 second moment of silence for the
>soul of Brother Diallo.
>
>This was NEXT MOVEMENT's very first action ever so yet again We want to
>thank all of those that came out and making it a success.
>We did however say that We must have something concrete come out of this
>and one thing is We see the great need to create a Rapid Emergency
>Community Response Network for Events such as this.
>Also On March 11th Saturday NEXT MOVEMENT is going to have a General
>Meeting so that people can discuss what We can do next for our communities,
>find out about NM, and create some action on what We decide.
>The time and place will be announced later on.
>Hope to see everyone there.
>
>Please pass this e-mail to every one. The news does not report our event
>accurately so We must get the word out of things happening.
>THANK YOU!!
>
>
>
>RECOVERY-RECLAIMATION-REVOLUTION
**** BREAKING NEWS ******
A second unarmed brother was killed by the cops yesterday, two
blocks from where Diallo was murdered. We must take a stand, we must
organize against this police aggression.
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