BLACK KIDS' LIVES MATTER

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF B’WAY and 44TH, ACROSS FROM TOYS R US

DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MURDERED 12-YEAR-OLD TAMIR RICE
and CALL FOR AN END TO RACIST POLICING

EVENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR NATIONWIDE

WHAT:  A call to MOMS and FRIENDS to rally to demand justice for 12-year-old Tamir Rice, shot by Cleveland police on November 22 for holding a toy gun.  Stand in solidarity with his mother calling for conviction of his killer, Police Officer Timothy Loehman.

WHY:  BLACK KIDS LIVES MATTER.  People who care about kids of color and a just society demand that the murderers of children like Tamir Rice be brought to justice.  The killing of young Tamir is similar to other recent murders:   racist assumptions, excessive use of police force, bad policing policies.

There is something fundamentally broken in our system when a boy can have a legal toy gun and by the end of that day be killed by a police officer.   Jeffrey Johnson, Cleveland City Councilman

WHO:  Moms and Friends Who Care -- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).  Child-friendly event.  For advance interviews, please call Karen Ramspacher at 646 567-7737.

WHEN: 5:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2014

WHERE: SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BROADWAY AND 44TH STREET

                (the plaza across the street from Toys R Us)