fuck the police

This poster is made to be printed on 11x17 paper and posted everywhere. Many have been posted in the Edgewood Court apartments alongside the poster "War in the Neighborhood." Some residents have responded favorably to the posters and they recieved mention in the press conference head-pig Chief Turner did on the riot that took place on April 9th.

Text from the poster:

"For the second night in a row, people confronted the police in Edgewood Court in response to endless repression, raids, and harrassment. The march at 5pm took on a different character than the previous standoffs with the police in Edgewood. This time, instead of waiting for the police to attack, people went out on their own terms.

At 4pm, on October 22nd, roughly 50 people congregated in Woodruff Park as a part of the annual day against “police brutality and the criminalization of a generation.” The gathering was diverse and there were a handful of faces covered in scarves and masks throughout the crowd.

For about an hour, speakers from the October 22nd Coalition gave speeches while others played drums or posed for pictures in front of the huge “Fuck the Police” banner. Around 5pm, the crowd began marching toward the Atlanta City Detention Center. Although the organizers initially attempted to keep the crowd on the sidewalk, several hooded ones, drummers and a few folks holding a red flag walked in the street. The rest of the crowd joined and flooded all four lanes of traffic just as the event organizers irrelevantly gave their approval.

The winter of 2011-12 saw a number of clashes with the police in Atlanta. Almost a year later, I’m comfortable enough to sit down to write about them. There were many other things going on around the country and even right here at home that made the following events possible, and I couldn’t feasibly account for all of them here with my limited perspective. The anti-police actions in themselves were not very significant, if gauged by the limiting discourse of “effective direct action” or “community organizing.” The cops still murder people, many people still have terrible ideas of how to respond. They were important, however, because they created a sense that something was occurring out of the ordinary. The excitement, the hope, and the anxiety created a whirlwind of emotions felt by dozens of people that evaporated as our sense of collective rebellion faded into nostalgia.

“Fuck the police!” We all scream the words as we walk amongst the stores.  “Yeah one more time, louder”---“FUCK THE POLICE”. We cackle with laughter, and yell again, “FUCK THE POLICE.” The whole mall is starting to notice, and the security guard starts following us. We belt it out a few more times, pass out leaflets, say goodbye to our briefly found friends, and dart out the door. We smile and begin to imagine the march, emboldened by all the words of support we hear.

6 prisoners in Jackson County Prison have been on hunger strike since June 10th. Among other problems, the facility is dangerously understaffed which results in abuses and mistreatment of inmates. This is the same facility which executed Troy Davis last fall and some of these hunger strikers participated in the historic 3 day Georgia Prisoner Strike in 2010.

Let's show our solidarity with these hunger strikers, and with all prisoners, by doing a noise demonstration at the Atlanta City Detention Center on Peachtree Street.

**Meet at Woodruff Park @ 7pm
**Bring Noise Makers
**Bring Signs & Banners

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