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Protesters gathered on the south steps of the Capitol at noon. -
APD officers parked across the street from the Capitol. -
Barbara Taft, well known for her support of Lacresha Murray, speaks. She reminded the assembled that it took five years of concerted effort to free Murray. -
Robert Muhammad speaks, surrounded by fellow members of the Nation of Islam. -
Leaving the Capitol, the protesters marched down Congress toward APD headquarters. -
Upon arriving at APD headquarters, attendees chanted “Justice for Larry Jackson.” -
Some brought photos, flowers, signs, and gifts to make a memorial to local residents killed by law enforcement officers. -
After more speeches were made at APD, protesters ventured out on the I-35 frontage road, blocking traffic. -
While some blocked traffic, others staged a die-in symbolizing black Americans killed by cops. -
According to observer Michael Siegel of the National Lawyers Guild, APD considered arresting those blocking traffic for the die-in, but held off after learning that it was only meant to last 4 1/2 minutes (representing the 4 1/2 hours Mike Brown’s body lay in the street in Ferguson, Mo.). -
Traffic at the intersection came to a stand-still. -
Afterwards, those who remained returned to the Capitol. Organizer Snehal Shingavi of the People’s Task Force said that he felt the event went “exceedingly well.”
National Day of Action Against Police Violence
