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<h2><font size=4><b>Every 40 Hours! Extra-Judicial Killings of Black
Women and Men: A New Report!</b></font></h2><font size=3>July 9,
2012<br><br>
<b><i>Malcolm X Grassroots Movement releases “Report on Extrajudicial
Killings of 110 Black People since January 1st, 2012.”</i></b>
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
<a href="http://www.voxunion.com/ExtraJudicialExecutions.pdf"><b>new
report</a></b> 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’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.”<br><br>
For Immediate Release:<br><br>
Contact: Rosa Clemente<br>
Phone: 413-345-4018<br>
Email: clementerosa@gmail.com<br><br>
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement releases “Report on Extrajudicial Killings
of 110 Black People since January 1st, 2012.”<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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’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”.<br><br>
“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.<br><br>
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.”<br><br>
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”.<br><br>
To read the report visit <a href="http://mxgm.org/">www.mxgm.org</a>. For
information on the petition visit
<a href="http://www.ushrnetwork.org/content/webform/trayvon-martin-petition">
http://www.ushrnetwork.org/content/webform/trayvon-martin-petition</a>
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<b><a href="http://www.voxunion.com/ExtraJudicialExecutions.pdf">DOWNLOAD
AND SHARE THE REPORT HERE!</a><br><br>
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