The purpose of this demonstration is to demand that the officers that killed Kamal, Ashford, and Reid, and those who shot Hearns be held accountable for their deaths. And to demand that the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Paul J. Fishman, start official investigations into their deaths and bring civil rights charges against those officers that killed them.
Kamal was unarmed when he was shot ten times and killed by Irvington police. Ashford was shot nine times in the head when he was killed by NJ State Police. In a dashcam video that went viral Jerame Reid is seen getting out of a car without any weapon with his hands open and raised when he was shot to death by Bridgeton, NJ police. Radazz Hearns, a 14 year-old boy, who according to a witness had no weapon, was shot seven times in the back and legs by police in Trenton, New Jersey. He survived the shooting. Kamal, Ashford, Reid, and Hearns are African Americans. Please send letters to the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey urging him to immediately launch civil rights investigations into the deaths of Abdul Kamal, Kashad Ashford, and Jerame Reid. Send your letters to:
Hon. Paul J. Fishman
U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
U.S. Attorney's Office
970 Broad Street Suite 700
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Make a follow up call to his office to make sure your letter was received. The number is 973 645-2704. If you are unable to send a letter call his office and make your opinion known.
The Million People's March Against Police Brutality, Racial Injustice, and Economic Inequality (MPM) was held Saturday, July 25th in Newark, New Jersey. The work of the March continues. This protest, the letter writing campaign, and the phone calls are some of the next steps to be taken in the struggle for justice. Stop police brutality!!! Power to the people!!!