Moms march to demand end to police brutality, racial injustice


Mothers whose children have been killed by police officers marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to call attention to police brutality and racial injustice.

The Million Moms March was sponsored by Mothers for Justice United, an organization of mothers whose children have been killed by police officers and others, and the Coalition for Justice. The march moved from the U.S. Capitol to the U.S. Department of Justice, where demonstrators demanded changes in police practices.

Maria Hamilton founded Mothers for Justice United and helped organize the march of mothers and their supporters. Hamilton's 31-year-old son, Dontre Hamilton, was shot 14 times and killed by a former Milwaukee police officer.

"This is a call for everybody to wake up," Hamilton said as the march began Saturday afternoon. "We are here on behalf of our babies to tell the United States government that we aren't going anywhere. We aren't going to continue to keep burying our babies. Do something and do it now."
Hamilton said as moms walked through the streets they aimed to honor "stolen lives" in solidarity. "We will continue to lift our babies up," she said. "They live through each and every one of us. They are gone physically but we have our own personal angels now."

As demonstrators moved through the streets Saturday, some in the crowd shouted, "No justice. No compromise," and "Black lives matter."
Marion Gray-Hopkins, whose 19-year-old son Gary was killed by a police officer in Maryland in 1999, told NBC News she planned to participate.

"Enough is enough," Gray-Hopkins told the network. "We need to put about some changes in laws and practices that will stop the senseless killing of our unarmed children."

Wow, lot's of news coverage there.

They should provide a list of "why they were shot".

The mother of the Boston Marathon Bombers said said her boys were "good".

ya thay ALL say there boys are good,we now no thats not true,

How about a " Million Mom March" for these mom's to help each other NOT to raise criminals!?

Or a " Million Mom March" to find & hold responsible the DADS of these criminals & give some *** whooping!?

Hmmn.... TOO Wild of an idea, to do what the rest of the women do on the planet ?!

did they really have to picture the Ugliest Trio of them?

more racist black against white propaganda. saw this on CNN and all they talked about was "the injustice of blacks at the hands of white police"... im guessing out of the million moms, none were white? and had a white child or family member killed by police? give me a break, the media only cares about this crap when its to promote racism.

They should have called it "The ugly mom's who failed to raise their children correctly March"

first I have heard of it actually,,,it will be replaced with something else in 48 hours or less,,

38.8 miles Washington DC to Baltimore ( both in Maryland ),
1 hr & 6 min drive

Welcome to our ' National Police State'.

2 dozen murders in baltimore since freddie gray, wheres the media at? presumably it was all black on black, explains why the media wont touch it.

So...
Basically, it was 12 moms, marching to end
police brutality and racial injustice.

By demanding free food at burger king.

Now, you do know,
ain't none of those moms traveling 38.8 miles,
unless they've got a handful of free bus vouchers.

haha free burger king. whoever said it was a million mom march should get their eyes checked, prolly wasnt even 100.

so if not 'blaming' blacks is bbb

what is it called to constantly criticize blacks?

ccb? no, I don't know.
We should not have to criticize anyone. But, black folks have to realize that they have to accept some of the responsibility for the actions of their own. Not just automatically blame the police for every death that happens when they try to enforce the law. Constantly rioting, looting burning businesses is not a civil way to resolve things. It makes things worse. JMHO

I agree, individuals need to take responsibility

I stated this in another thread, as a matter of fact,, but being able to spread responsibility requires that we are going to also hold cops responsibile in the process

Yes, hold them responsible. There are bad cops no doubt. But those that are doing the drugs and crimes on the streets are some of the most violent and deadly thugs. Black families have to accept responsibility too.

families have to take responsibility when their kids break laws,, and we also have to value life enough that crime is no reason for automatic death penalty