Monday, December 15, 2014

HUNDREDS OF MOMS TO PROTEST IN TIMES SQUARE ON WEDNESDAY TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MURDERED 12-YEAR-OLD TAMIR RICE and CALL FOR AN END TO RACIST POLICING #shutitdown




MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                        CONTACT:  Karen Ramspacher
December 15, 2014                                                    646-567-7737, surjnyc@gmail.com

HUNDREDS OF MOMS TO PROTEST IN TIMES SQUARE ON WEDNESDAY
TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MURDERED 12-YEAR-OLD TAMIR RICE
and CALL FOR AN END TO RACIST POLICING

EVENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR NATIONWIDE
TAKES PLACE WED., DEC. 17, AT 5:00 PM
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF B’WAY and 44TH ACROSS FROM TOYS R US

WHAT:     A CALL TO MOMS to join a rally to demand justice for 12‑year-old Tamir Rice, shot by Cleveland police on November 22 for holding a toy gun.  Stand in solidarity with his mother calling for the conviction of his killer, Police Officer Timothy Loehman.

WHY:       BLACK KIDS LIVES MATTER.  People who care about a just society demand that the murderers of children like Tamir Rice be brought to justice.

There is something fundamentally broken in our system when a boy can have a legal toy gun and by the end of that day be killed by a police officer.                                          Jeffrey Johnson, Cleveland City Councilman

WHO:      Moms Who Care -- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).  Child friendly event.  For advance interviews, please call Karen Ramspacher at 646-567-7737.

WHEN:    5:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2014

WHERE:   SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BROADWAY AND 44TH STREET, Manhattan
                  (the plaza across the street from Toys R Us)


www.showingupforracialjustice.org        www.colorofchange.org         #shutitdown

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