07/04/2016
TODAY 4:30 pm @ 980 Broad Street in Newark
"People's Organization for Progress will host its 23rd consecutive Justice Monday Rally to demand federal investigations into four active police shooting cases here in New Jersey.
The rally will take place at the Peter Rodino Federal Building at 4:30pm, located at 980 Broad Street Newark.
The four cases are the police shooting deaths of Abdul Kamal in Irvington, the police shooting death of Kashad Ashford in Lyndhurst, the police shooting death of Jerame Reid in Bridgeton and the police shooting of 14 year old Radazz Hearns in Trenton. Hearns survived his violent ordeal."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
P.O.P. MARCHES FOR JUSTICE IN MONTCLAIR 4TH OF JULY PARADE!
On Monday, July 4th, the People’s Organization for Progress (P.O.P.) will again participate in the annual Montclair 4th of July Parade!
Participants will assemble at So. Fullerton Avenue and Union Street, Montclair at 10am.
For several years now, P.O.P. has used their participation in the celebration of the country’s national anniversary to remind the community of the pressing continued significance of social justice on many fronts, ranging from economic justice, police brutality, to reparations, and more…
JUSTICE MONDAYS CONTINUE! SOLIDARITY WITH MUMIA ABU JAMAL!
Later that afternoon, P.O.P. will host its 23rd consecutive Justice Monday Rally to demand federal investigations into four active police shooting cases here in New Jersey.
The rally will take place at the Peter Rodino Federal Building at 4:30pm, located at 980 Broad Street Newark.
The four cases are the police shooting deaths of Abdul Kamal in Irvington, the police shooting death of Kashad Ashford in Lyndhurst, the police shooting death of Jerame Reid in Bridgeton and the police shooting of 14 year old Radazz Hearns in Trenton. Hearns survived his violent ordeal.
This Justice Monday Rally also takes on another significance on the 4th of July Holiday because it is also marks the 34th anniversary of the conviction and death sentence of medically imperiled journalist Mumia AbuJamal for the killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981.
Although the case was riddled with Constitutional violations, coerced eyewitness testimony and the withholding of exculpatory evidence, Abu-Jamal has yet to win a new trial.
His death sentence was vacated several years ago for some of those violations in the penalty phase of his case.
He has been enduring a medical crisis over the past year which hinges on Prison officials refusing to acknowledge and treat his illness Hepatitis C, a deadly but treatable illness.
The People’s Organization for Progress is a long-time supporter of Mumia Abu Jamal. Lawrence Hamm, the founding chairman, has also visited AbuJamal in the aftermath of the banning of the critically acclaimed documentary Mumia Long Distance Revolutionary in Newark…
