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To read the new report, go to http://mxgm.org/report-on-
Monday, July 09, 2012
For Immediate Release
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Malcolm X Grassroots Movement releases “Report on Extrajudicial Killings of 110 Black People since January 1st, 2012”.
Every
40 hours in the United States one Black woman, man or child is killed
by police, and by a smaller number of security guards and self-appointed
vigilantes. These are the startling findings of a new Report on Extrajudicial Killings of Black People released July 9, 2012.
What
motivated the round-the-clock research for this new Report? More than
two years ago, on New Year’s Eve, police killed two innocent men: Oscar
Grant in Oakland, Adolph Grimes in New Orleans and shot Robert Tolan in a
Houston suburb. Based on research started in 2009 after those murders,
we learned there were a lot more killings that had not yet been
uncovered. Then, after Trayvon Martin's murder, there was a huge public
outcry and a few headlines about more killings. More grieving families
and more calls for investigation. Further research became urgent and it
demonstrated that Trayvon's death was not an isolated tragedy. Between
January 1, 2012 and June 30, 2012, at least 110 Black people were killed
by police and their “deputies”.
"Any one of these people killed could have been my son or your husband or daughter”, says Arlene Eisen, member of the Malcolm X Solidarity Committee and co-author of the Report.
Rosa Clemente of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement elaborates, “Nowhere
is a Black woman or man safe from racial profiling, invasive policing,
constant surveillance, and overriding suspicion. All Black people –
regardless of education, class, occupation, behavior or dress – are
subject to the whims of the police in this epidemic of state initiated
or condoned violence.”
The Report,
produced by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) and the "No More
Trayvon Martins" campaign, is part of a larger effort. Kali Akuno, MXGM
member and report co-author explained, “The Report shows how
people of African descent remain subjected to institutionalized racist
policies and procedures that arbitrarily stop, frisk, arrest, brutalize
and even execute Black people. The killing will continue despite calls
for investigations and lawsuits. We urge people to read this Report and
join us in demanding that the Obama administration implement a National
Plan of Action for Racial Justice to stop these killings and other human
rights violations being committed by the government".
To read the report visit www.mxgm.org. For information on the petition visit http://www.ushrnetwork.org/
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