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#MillionsMarch: The Post-Ferguson Moment Becoming A Movement
Saturday, December 13 2014, NYC –
Over 50 thousand demonstrators marched from Washington Square Park, uptown through the heart of the holiday shopping district at Herald Square and then downtown to a rally and speak out at one police plaza. The march was lead by led by family members of those who have lost loved ones to police murder – including family members of Mike Brown, Jordan Davis, Shantel Davis, Sean Bell, Emmitt Till, Alberta Spruill, Ramarley Graham, and Kimani Gray.
Local organizers stressed that this movement is growing out of the historical moment brought on by the Mike Brown case in and the “incredible bravery” of organizers and protesters in Ferguson, MO who have been in the streets, often facing down a paramilitary police force, for over 100 days and counting.
In addition to exclusive footage of the Holiday Intervention, an action on December 11, where activists staged a die in at Saks 5th Ave with shoppers stepping over “dead” bodies in their quest to continue their holiday shopping, this video includes footage from along the historic #MillionsMarchNYC route including exclusive interviews with the following:
Synead Nichols, Lead Organizer of Millions March NYC
George Machado, NYC based Activist
Nicole Carty, NYC based Activist
Glenn Martin, Just Leadership USA
Carl Dix, Stop Mass Incarceration Network
Sabaah Jordan, NYC based Activist.
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