In coordinated efforts, groups affiliated with #Blacklivesmatter here in Oakland, in Chicago, Detroit and New York City, and likely elsewhere, shut down police stations, union buildings, and police banks Wednesday afternoon.
In Oakland, as of 10:00 PM, they were still barricading.
Oakland:
“We’re here because officers pay dues to this group that does nothing but defend and justify murderers across the country,” said Anti-Police Terror Project co-founder Cat Brooks, who added that half a dozen protesters chained doors shut. “We want the city to divest from police and put money into community programs that keep people safe. We’re holding space for black lives.”
Oakland’s city budget currently carves out 60% for OPD yet the city failed to apply for a $2 million grant for youth jobs #DefundOPD
— Wazi. (@UltraaRadical) July 20, 2016
Oakland police union building shut down by #BlackLivesMatter activists. pic.twitter.com/A5KBcBLzsH
— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) July 20, 2016
Detroit:
BmoreBloc: RT BYP_100: BREAKING: DET members w/ DetroitBLM are blockading a Detroit police station! #StopTheCops #FreedomNow …
— #BaltimoreUprising (@BaltUprising) July 20, 2016
Today is Aiyana Stanley-Jones’ birthday. Shutting down the Detroit PD that has protected her killer #FreedomNow pic.twitter.com/y2whLEsXMi
— BYP100 (@BYP_100) July 20, 2016
Chicago:
@BYP_100 Blockade at Homan Square a black Site for torture #StoptheCops pic.twitter.com/3tV6NGjqbu
— gillian giles (@giles_gillian) July 20, 2016
NOW: @BYP_100 Chicago locks down at Homan Square. Over 7,000 ppl have been …. https://t.co/bmRgizm6x2 pic.twitter.com/HwxH0Z2sgV
— Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) July 20, 2016
New York City:
So much love for @BYP_100 – they’re shutting down lobby to PBA building #FreedomNow pic.twitter.com/O36apv7hrY
— Justice Committee (@watchthecops) July 20, 2016
Again from Oakland, two hours in:
Locked down for over two hours now.#DefundOPD #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/SFuvh9Dhw3
— Dave Id (@DaveId) July 20, 2016
Oakland, 10:00 PM
Sleeping bags, neck pillows… Folks are ready. We aint gonna stop til Black ppl are free. #FREEDOMNOW #Oakland pic.twitter.com/o2KxXwRMGP
— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 21, 2016
And Done:
We have all left the police commission office safely. Folks unlocked but we kept the doors chained up. #FreedomNow pic.twitter.com/M4J9UY4Pk0
— #Asians4BlackLives (@Asians4BlkLives) July 21, 2016
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