"Fuck The Police": Hundreds Protest Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata's Acquittal
source: http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/05/fuck-police-hundreds-protest-kenneth.html
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A few of us Voice women headed down to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse yesterday to join hundreds of New Yorkers protesting the acquittal of Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata, the two NYPD cops accused of raping a woman in her apartment in 2009. There was chanting, sign-waving, speechifying; chants ranged from "We are here to say / Rape is not okay!" to "Not her clothes, not her fault, no one asks for sexual assault!" to "Fuck the police!", a slogan that sounded unusually potent, if incongruous, coming from a crowd that skewed mostly female.
Despite its on-the-fly organization -- feminist group Permanent Wave put everything together in under 24 hours-- the event attracted about 300 people to Centre Street yesterday afternoon.
A number of people spoke, including activist Savitri D, Titus Andronicus member Amy Klein, and that Reverend Billy guy. People were pissed.
Videos here:
http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/05/fuck-police-hundreds-protest-kenneth.ht...
Despite its on-the-fly organization -- feminist group Permanent Wave put everything together in under 24 hours-- the event attracted about 300 people to Centre Street yesterday afternoon.
A number of people spoke, including activist Savitri D, Titus Andronicus member Amy Klein, and that Reverend Billy guy. People were pissed.
Videos here:
http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/05/fuck-police-hundreds-protest-kenneth.ht...
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