Rallies for Michael Brown Spread Across the Country Tonight
Carrying signs that read "Hands Up, Don't Shoot," protesters numbering over 1,000 strong peacefully marched in New York's Times Square and across over 90 cities earlier this evening to call attention the police shooting of unarmed Missouri black teenager Michael Brown.
Since Brown was shot dead last weekend in Ferguson, Mo., rallies in his honor have spread across the country:
Hundreds gather in Detroit to protest shooting death of Mike Brown. #NMOS14 #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/T0v7T2FKZ4
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) August 15, 2014
"I am SO MAD that we still are here! I am a 3rd grade teacher & I am afraid for my students." #nmos14 #Chicago pic.twitter.com/E0NLuIbah8
— danielle villarreal (@daneyvilla) August 14, 2014
@FeministaJones #NMOS14 Nashville had hundreds of participants. Thank you, again, for being so amazing! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/6GJYJgq4Ww
— Racheal (@Just_Racheal) August 15, 2014
In New York City, thousands of protesters met at Union Square and walked through Times Square in honor of both Brown and Eric Garner, 43, who died last month in police custody after being placed in a chokehold by an officer.
"It's not just Ferguson. Police brutality is pervasive. It's happening in so many cities," a community activist known online as Feminista Jones told USA TODAY.
Early on in the protest, WCBS 880's Monica Miller reported that one person was taken into custody, and news of the arrest soon spread through the rally, which eventually dispersed.
Rally "against police brutality", about 200+ppl, in NYC's Union Square: pic.twitter.com/zzpJGxLJR4
— James West (@jameswest2010) August 15, 2014
The crowd is still strong and vocal at Union Square in #NYC protesting #Ferguson + #MichaelBrown. #FergusonRallyNYC pic.twitter.com/fXVZOll4ZE
— Janet Mock (@janetmock) August 15, 2014
Leader of #MichaelBrown protest intones square is now in this van pic.twitter.com/aAb6YUBKQf
— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) August 15, 2014
ALERT: #NYPD begins to kettle hundreds of protestors in NYC #JusticeForMikeBrown #NMOS14 #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/4psrp1c6LW
— Occupy Congress (@OCongress) August 15, 2014
Mounted police officers standing watch near 42nd and 9th as #MichaelBrown protest ends pic.twitter.com/L250yPaKNL
— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) August 15, 2014
Protestors in Times Square have cleared out, except for one angry demonstrator. pic.twitter.com/yvRMblArgt
— RT America (@RT_America) August 15, 2014
Newsweek reports that a total of four people were arrested tonight at the New York City rally.
[image via AP]