Margarita Rosario, Cindy Sheehan & Lynne Stewart

Margarita Rosario, Cindy Sheehan & Lynne Stewart

Wililam Bell

Wililam Bell

Victor Toro & Jessica Sanclamente of the Justice Committee

Victor Toro & Jessica Sanclamente of the Justice Committee

Raging Grannies

Raging Grannies

Herman Ferguson

Herman Ferguson

About 200 attended the New York rally in Harlem for the National Day of Protest to stop police brutality, repression and the criminalization of a generation. Rally began at the amphitheater of Marcus Garvey Memorial Park, continued at the Harlem State Office Building, and the the march ended up at St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Speakers included:

FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED BY POLICE
William Bell, father of Sean Bell (killed by NYPD November 25, 2006)
Juanita Young, mother of Malcolm Ferguson (killed by NYPD March 1, 2000)
Jean Griffin, sister of David Glowczenski (tasered to death by Southhampton Village Police February 4, 2004)
Nicholas Heyward, Sr., father of Nicholas Heyward, Jr. (killed by NYPD September 27, 1994)
Allene Person, mother of Timur Person (killed by NYPD December 13, 2006)
Margarita Rosario, mother of Anthony Rosario, Jr., aunt of Hilton Vega (killed by NYPD January 12, 1995)

VICTIM OF POLICE BRUTALITY
Victor Toro, activist and former political prisoner, arrested by BICE July 2007

COALITION & ALLIES
Ariel Herrera, Amnesty International OUTfront
Ronnique Hawkins, Anti-Lynching Movement
Herman & Iyaluua Ferguson, veteran Black liberation movement activists
Seth Harris, civil attorney (Juanita Young's attorney)
Immortal Technique, hip hop emcee
Jessica Sanclamente, Justice Committee of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
Gerry Sevitz, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Ashante Alston, National Jericho Movement
Shaka Shakur, New Black Panther Party
Gwen Debrow, NY Free Mumia Coalition
Kathie Cheng, October 22 Coalition-NY
Kathryn Lee, October 22 Coalition National Office
Orlando Green, Peoples Justice
Jean Rice, Picture the Homeless
Betty Maloney, Radical Women
Khalil "Shaik" Mustafa, Republic of New Afrika
Travis Morales, Revolutionary Communist Party
Carlos "Rico" Sabater, Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Reverend Coleman, Minister of Social Justice at Riverside Church
Cindy Sheehan, anti-war activist
Lynne Stewart, people's lawyer, National Lawyers Guild
Michael Tarif Warren, people's lawyer
Debra Sweet, World Can't Wait

There were also performances by the Raging Grannies, ARES of the Young Blaq Skolahs, The Dugout, and Ngoma.

Organizers found out after that there was another life was stolen by law enforcement crosstown the night before. Jayson Tirado, PRESENTE!