Fw: PHOTO: PROVIDENCE MARCH AGAINST RACIAL PROFILING (5-23-12)

[Bill Bateman]

 

 

Photo: Bill Bateman (5-23-12)

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On Wednesday May 23, 200 (mainly youth) marched from

Central & Classical High Schoolson The South Side of

Providence to Providence Police Headquarters, Providence

City Hall, The Providence Place Mall, ending at The Rhode

Island Statehouse against Racial Profiling.

 

Sadly, the former head of The Rhode Island State Police was

chosen by Providence's first Latino Mayor, Angel Tavares as

Public Safety Commissioner, giving him authority over the

Providence Police & Fire Cheifs.

 

The result has been a saturation of the streets of Providence

with State Police cruising like sharks on the hunt for people

of color and poor white people to yoke-up and jam-up. Their

latest tactic is to team-up one State Po with one City Po in

the vehicle in fascist 'hunting-parties' bent on wrecking as

many working class lives as possible per shift.

 

People are fed-up and fighting back. Participants in the march

were from organizations such as PrSYM (Providence Student &

Youth Movement, DARE (Dirct Action for Rights & Equality), The

RI Peoples Assembly, ONA (Onleyville Neighborhood Association),

Somos Todos Arizona, Providence NAACP, The Eastern Medicine Drum,

and others.

 

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