With all eyes on Cleveland and the Republican National Convention, members of the Movement for Black Lives picked a really poor week to hold their national day of action. As Twitchy reported, members of Black Youth Program 100 made their case against police in D.C. today by bravely taunting a guy on a bike and his young children as he pedaled through their blockade.
Washington wasn’t the only city paid a visit by members of the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of groups including BYP100, Black Lives Matter, Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, and Blackout Collective. Protesters in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Oakland and elsewhere targeted police unions Wednesday, demanding that cities divest themselves of their police departments and instead invest in jobs, housing, and youth initiatives.
HAPPENING NOW: BYP100 NYC has locked down police union headquarters in Manhattan demanding #FreedomNow
— Damali Elliott (@DamaliDreamer) July 20, 2016
"You don't love Black people? What's wrong with you!" @BYP_100 pic.twitter.com/J1sZJQJKlo
— Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) July 20, 2016
Mad love to @BYP_100 and @MillionHoodies occupying Police Union Headquarters in NYC right now!!!! pic.twitter.com/RALkW6QBmK
— Rev Rell (@awkward_duck) July 20, 2016
DC activists have blocked @GLFOP's Capital Hill office to halt their dangerous agenda @BYP_100 #StopFOP #FreedomNow pic.twitter.com/n36nnLNMEf
— ColorOfChange.org (@ColorOfChange) July 20, 2016
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#BlackLivesMatter @BYP_100 @aptpresponse chained themselves in front of #OPOA. #oakland https://t.co/7i3RyrvsPQ
— TDL (@tdlove5) July 20, 2016
One of many fearless actions happening across the country today demanding #FreedomNow. @BYP_100 #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/7FpJTN1o65
— The Sparrow Project (@sparrowmedia) July 20, 2016
#FreedomNow! @BLMBAYAREA @BYP_100 @Asians4BlkLives @BaySolidarity SHUT DOWN Oakland POA, SFPDCreditUnion, Galls pic.twitter.com/wO5zEMwEeC
— Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) July 20, 2016
In Chicago, protesters claimed Homan Square and chained themselves together in the street.
@BYP_100 "Homan Square is one of CPD's many human rights violations against black community" https://t.co/AdzvNcRSt6 pic.twitter.com/5gSkmEnTQo
— Justin Breen (@BrEpicBreen) July 21, 2016
A Legal Observer making sure we have everyone's names at @BYP_100 #HomanSquare #FreedomNow action today. pv @BYP_100 pic.twitter.com/SUABR2rVTb
— NLG Chicago (@NLGChicago) July 21, 2016
"Our mandate, in this time, is to avenge the suffering of our ancestors." @CharleneCac @BYP_100 #FreedomNow pic.twitter.com/yVUKPSFAMD
— Monica Trinidad (@monicatea2) July 20, 2016
@BYP_100 not just Chicago, Every Town #FreedomNow pic.twitter.com/HtnfNMTpc3
— gillian giles (@giles_gillian) July 20, 2016
.@BYP_100 locked down outside Homan Square in Chicago. "The whole damn system is guilty as hell." #FreedomNow pic.twitter.com/hWeTW5IpjW
— Monica Trinidad (@monicatea2) July 20, 2016
@BYP_100 #FundBlackFutures. Our Statue of Liberty pic.twitter.com/HOWsdAylAt
— 400 years of Opulence (@negateandnull) July 21, 2016
By all means, when will the government finally invest a few bucks in housing initiatives and jobs programs?
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