Mission Statement
It’s been more than a decade since the Ferguson rebellion, and the police continue to kill Black and other oppressed people with impunity. A few killer cops have faced charges, trial, and prison time, but most of these murderers with a badge get away with their crimes. The police are sanctioned to brutalize and kill on a national level. The epidemic of police brutality must be stopped.
Initiated by Dare To Struggle, Families Demanding Justice is a national network of families and friends of people killed and brutalized by the police. We stand together in the struggle to end police brutality and murders. We support each other while fighting for justice for our loved ones. We insist that the police and law enforcement agents who murdered and brutalized our loved ones be held accountable for their crimes. Police who kill and brutalize should be punished and thrown in prison. We rely on each other first and foremost, the people who are subjected to police brutality and anyone outraged by injustice to wage this fight. We do not rely on the courts, police review boards, government agencies, or politicians to get justice. We will not be preyed on by grandstanding politicians, grifters and opportunists, or lawyers only looking for fame and fortune. We will speak for ourselves, we will become leaders in this struggle, and we invite anyone who wants justice to join with us in building a movement in the streets to put an end to police killings and brutality once and for all.
If one of your family members or friends has been brutalized or killed by law enforcement, get in touch and let us know how we can support you. Whether it’s dealing with the emotional pain, holding protests, exposing the police’s crimes, getting information, or finding lawyers who aren’t just in it for the money, let’s come together to figure out these challenges and to struggle for justice for all our loved ones.
Points of Unity
- Police brutality and murder is an epidemic in the US.
- In carrying out this epidemic, killer cops in precincts across the country get away with their brutality far too often.
- Only sustained mass action can stop instances of police brutality and get justice for families.
- In everything we do, we rely on the masses of people, not politicians or the “proper- channels.”
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