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To learn more about police brutality by Karen Saari

Last year the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation was formed to promote a National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality. It is an effort to bring together the many groups organizing around this issue on October 22nd to wear back to mourn those who have been killed by the police and to sponsor vigils, teach-ins, marches and demonstrations to increase public awareness nation-wide.

In preparing for that first national day of protest, the organizers learned that not one government agency was keeping track of the number of deaths in the United States from police brutality. And the Stolen Lives Project was born. This project lists the names, ages and circumstances of the deaths of hundreds of people who die in police custody every year throughout the U.S. You can learn more about the National Day of Protest and the Stolen Lives Project at unstoppable.com.

The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality has chapters in San Francisco and Sonoma County. To contact us call (415) 864-5253 or (510) 464-4563.

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