Ferguson Shooting Aftermath: Thousands At College Campuses, Places of Work Join in Nationwide Protest #HandsUp!WalkOut! Campaign
College students and people from around the U.S. walked out of their schools and places of work in solidarity with those in Ferguson and around the country affected by police violence.
The walkouts occurred simultaneously at noon central, under the campaign slogan #Hands Up! Walk Out!-- a reference to the "Hands Up! Don't Shoot!" chant that has been used since Michael Brown's police shooting death on Aug. 9.
#Ferguson protests are far from over: #HandsUpWalkOut actions planned on college campuses at 30+ cities tomorrow pic.twitter.com/WbavC5eJDC
— Shawn Carrié (@shawncarrie) December 1, 2014
The campaign remembered those people lost to police violence, including Michael Brown, John Crawford III, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Akai Gurley, Israel Hernandez, Oscar Grant, Ezell Ford and Ramarley Graham.
And the campaign comes with a list of demands to include an end to all forms of discrimination and the full recognition of human rights, justice for Michael Brown and freedom for all communities.
Specifically, organizers want the U.S. government to "acknowledge and address structural violence and institutional discrimination that continues to imprison our communities either in a life of poverty and/or one behind bars. We want the United States Government to recognize the full spectrum of our human rights and its obligations under international law."
And they are calling for "An Immediate End To Police Brutality And the Murder Of Black, Brown & All Oppressed People," full employment, decent housing, quality education and affordable college education, an end to the prison industrial complex and a de-militarization of local law enforcement.
They turned out at Harvard:
RT @dechristopher: High school and Harvard students shut down Harvard Square. #HandsUpWalkOut | #Ferguson #ShutItDown pic.twitter.com/hapQl7EgdB
— Revolution News (@NewsRevo) December 1, 2014
At Jackson State University:
#HandsUpWalkout at Jackson State #HappeningNow #peacefulprotest pic.twitter.com/lKM662tE2Y
— Jim Ewing (@OrganicWriter) December 1, 2014
At Stamford:
#Stanford stands with #Ferguson. Pic via @_claraluu We'll be talking #HandsUpWalkout today on @thisisfusion pic.twitter.com/WCBMCsIo9O — Mariana_Atencio (@marianaatencio) December 1, 2014
At Yale:
.@Yale Students 4.5 Minute Silence For The 4.5hrs #MikeBrown's Body Laid In Street #HandsUpWalkOut | @yonastakele817 pic.twitter.com/nl4xXQeJG6 — Revolution News (@NewsRevo) December 1, 2014
At Brooklyn outside the offices of the Arab American Association of New York:
Feeling emotional at our #HandsUpWalkout in #BayRidge #Brooklyn. #JusticeForMikeBrown pic.twitter.com/uQH8bu5md8 — Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) December 1, 2014
At New York's Union Square:
Turn up, don't turn down, we doing this for Mike Brown. #HandsUpWalkout pic.twitter.com/0ChxJPX0oI — Jesse Myerson (@JAMyerson) December 1, 2014
#nyc #handsupwalkout active on the 3rd ave https://t.co/CiNnxUqRlV — Uneditedcamera (@Uneditedcamera) December 1, 2014
Students at Washington University:
Cars Honk In Support As Washington University Students March In Solidarity w/#Ferguson #HandsUpWalkOut @TheeSkipper pic.twitter.com/3E9SYgOtXW — Lnonblonde (@Lnonblonde) December 1, 2014
And Worcester, Massachusettes:
Students from #Worcester Mass. colleges march on Park Ave. #Ferguson | @padawrong | #HandsUpWalkout pic.twitter.com/dmpSRAgw10 — Revolution News (@NewsRevo) December 1, 2014
Others held a "Die-In" at The Department of Justice as the Supreme Court Justices held a hearing on Monday over a case involving the First Amendment.
"Stand with us or get stuck in traffic" at the @TheJusticeDept #dcferguson #handsupwalkout @telesurenglish pic.twitter.com/LDGrhYxTEl — Alexandra Hall (@chalexhall) December 1, 201
And middle schoolers joined in:
I kid you not, my daughter's middle school Harry Potter's Hogwarts club canceled their meeting today so they could do #HandsUpWalkOut
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 1, 2014
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