Springfield, MA: “We are no longer going to sit back and watch our black and brown children get killed”

April 14, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us

 

 

"That's why we did it, that's how much it means to us, that's why we put our lives on the line. This means so much to us, we're fighting to survive."

Springfield Mass

Credit: Michael S. Gordon | mgordon@repub.com

Several dozen activists took to the streets of Springfield, MA to protest on April 14, blocking traffic and creating a major scene at a busy intersection. Signs included "Prisons are slavery, police are the slave trade" and "Black Lives Matter - Shut It Down."

Over a dozen protesters were arrested.

From mainstream news coverage of the protest: "One protester explains, ‘The mayor needs to be here, see this, be arm-in-arm with us and standing up with this to let the system know we are no longer going to sit back and watch our black and brown children get killed.’”

[Interviewer:] “You saw a lot of people with you that got arrested, what did that mean?”

[Protester:] “That’s why we did it, that’s how much it means to us, that’s why we put our lives on the line. This means so much to us, we’re fighting to survive.”

 

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