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WE WILL NOT FORGET
Activists march through the streets of St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2014,protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr by an off-duty St. Louis police officer.
Photo credit Scott Olson
On October 22, 2014, people across the country took to the streets in protest for the National Day of Action to Stop Police Brutality and in solidarity with those in Ferguson and St. Louis who have called for a month of resistance to demand justice. We marched together in New York City, in rage and sorrow, thinking of Mike Brown, Eric Garner and so many countless others killed by police brutality.
 October 22, 2014 Times Square, NYC
Below are images from the streets of Ferguson and St. Louis where we spent time from October 8th-15th.  Photo credit Scott Olson
We continue to carry in our hearts the people we met along the way as we handed out 770 UNARMED CIVILIAN t-shirts in Ferguson and St. Louis, each a gift in solidarity. The voices throughout the community resonate, loud and clear, expressing peoples' fierce determination to demand justice for Mike Brown. Bearing witness to their courageous struggle to claim power and uphold their human rights is unforgettable.
Photo credit Charles Rex Arbogast
 Photo credit Scott Olson
We would like to thank the people we met who welcomed us into their community with warmth and love. We will not forget. Although we were only there a short time, we were profoundly inspired, and will be for a long time to come.  Photo credit Charles Rex Arbogast 
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If you want to wear an UNARMED CIVILIAN shirt
in memory of Mike Brown and
in solidarity with the people of Ferguson
click here to order.
We wear UNARMED CIVILIAN to call out the injustice of excessive violence so often perpetrated against people of color by uniformed police forces.
We wear UNARMED CIVILIAN to illustrate, boldly in black and white, our deep solidarity with those at greatest risk, who are losing their precious lives.
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