Crime & Safety
WATCH: Newark Will Hold Rally to Protest No Indictment for Ferguson Officer Who Shot Michael Brown
The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition and People's Organization for Progress will rally at 5 p.m. at the Lincoln Monument on Springfield Ave.
The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition will participate in a march and rally to condemn the Ferguson grand jury for its decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson with criminal charges for fatally shooting 18-year-old Michael Brown.
The rally will be held today at 5 p.m. at the Lincoln Monument on Springfield Ave. in Newark. Click on the video below to see Newark activist, Lawrence Hamm, urging the public to protest the indictment by engaging in “Day After” protests in Newark, and across the nation.
The march and rally is organized by the People’s Organization for Progress, a grassroots organization in Newark dedicated to helping the community by eliminating racial injustice, poverty, inequality, and social injustices through peaceful protest.
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“The ‘day after’ has come unfortunately,” Lawrence Hamm, the founding chairman for the People’s Organization for Progress who called for action earlier this month, said. “Let us show our outrage with the righteousness, dignity and the large numbers that this gross injustice demands of us all.”
Local activists have been planning the rally for nearly a month in anticipation of a failure to indict Wilson, Zayid Muhammad, a media advocate for the Coalition stated.
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About the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition
Muhammad added that while the Coalition’s primary focus is combatting gun violence, the Coalition cannot lecture local youth on the importance of preventing gun crimes, without holding Police Officers accountable for violent acts.
In the aftermath of the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, NAVC hosted six days of direct action protests to condemn the acquittal.
The Coalition is best known for its historic hosting of 155 straight weeks of direct action protest over the scourge of gun violence and the indifference of elected leadership, clergy and segments of the community.
For more information about the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition, call 908-605-6282.
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