Justice for Black Lives
Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Justice for Black Lives, Community Organization, Grand Rapids, MI.
Justice for Black Lives (JFBL) is a non profit organization founded in Michigan that focuses on empowering the community through education, awareness and support.
‼️TOMORROW‼️
We had a BLAST today at the Really Really Free Market! Despite running out of items within six minutes our President made a quick run to the store for more items and we had enough for everyone! Thank you to those who put together such a wonderful event!
The GRPD’s response to the events that took place on March 8th and 27th.
In response to questions in the community about the expressive speech event on March 27th, Chief Payne provided this update to the City Manager. In part it reads:
"Due to the increasing occurrence of free speech events, I am committed to an on-going review of the Department's overall interactions with groups and individuals in the broader context of community-police relations and will continue to work with stakeholders to ensure that in both policy and practice, the GRPD will:
--Protect the free speech and peaceful assembly rights of individuals and groups within the parameters of City Code.
--Encourage all groups and individuals to follow the permitting process and expressive speech policies set by the City.
--Only step in when there are violations of the expressive speech policies, or other applicable laws, statues, and ordinances.
--Hold all members of the Department to the highest standard of accountability and transparency."
Ben Crump
Imagine if a BLACK MAN was resisting arrest, chasing after police officers, and trying to steal a police vehicle… He would have been killed instantly. But cops NEVER shot this WHITE MAN despite him being a THREAT to officers multiple times.
Defund the GRPD
Commissioners didn't talk much about the GRPD or the GRPD budget at Tuesday night's city commission meeting, but many people called in to express their anger and frustration with the GRPD's arrests and targeted harassment of protesters, and to call for defunding the GRPD.
Read the full notes in the comments or at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XxU-_BmgBSN8vbBUyEgtcuxF4H4Ap9ShvIFRqkRWKJg/edit?usp=sharing
Unicorn Riot
https://www.facebook.com/unicornriot.ninja/videos/453840555849511/
Protests over the fatal police shooting of unarmed 20-year-old Daunte Wright are stretching into a fourth night in the Twin Cities area.
The officer who killed him, Kim Potter, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter and released from jail on a $100,000 bond. She worked at the department for over 20 years, was a field training officer, and led the local police association.
Brooklyn Center's Police Chief Tim Gannon has resigned and the City Manager has been fired.
A 10 PM - 6 AM curfew is in effect for Brooklyn Center tonight. Minneapolis is not under curfew tonight.
Unicorn Riot is on the ground documenting the community's response to yet another Black life snuffed out by the state.
learn more: https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/protests-erupt-in-brooklyn-center-after-police-kill-daunte-wright/
support independent journalism: https://www.unicornriot.ninja/donate
They think everything else is a gun but their own
Shaun King
Kimberly Potter.
RAISE THE CHARGES!!
This.
NDNCollective
KEEP GOING!! HOLD YOUR GROUND COMRADES!! https://www.facebook.com/ndncol/videos/457307448879966/
Brooklyn Center, Daunte Wright Protests Continue
On the ground as Daunte Wright protest continue into the third day. Read Our statement: https://ndncollective.org/white-supremacy-is-the-root-ndn-collective-responds-to-the-murder-of-daunte-wright-by-police/
Thank you to all that have called in tonight! If you did not get the chance to call in we encourage everyone to participate in the double phone zap to help get the charges against the now TEN activists who were arrested by the GRPD between March 8th and 27th as well as demand police accountability.
Respect our troops right?
The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright and the chief of police both resign.
Now ARREST HER FOR THE MURDER OF DAUNTE WRIGHT
nytimes.com In a letter sent to city officials on Tuesday, Officer Kim Potter said she was resigning immediately, the union said.
‼️TONIGHT‼️
Join us as we call into the city commissions meeting and demand that the city of Grand Rapids stops targeting our BIPOC leaders as well as dropping the charges against the now TEN activists wrongfully arrested by the GRPD.
‼️please be sure to call in by 7pm as the last meeting they rushed through and a lot of people weren’t able to call in‼️ https://fb.me/e/3pyjLmXn5
Below is the official script for tonight’s phone zap. Everyone is welcome to use the script as well as go off script.
Sheriff Earle Brown, founder of the city where Daunte Wright was murdered, was a longtime member of the K*K
Are we even surprised at this point?🙄🤦🏽♀️
thenorthstar.com Not only was Earle Brown a sheriff, and the founder of the Minnesota State Patrol, he was a lifelong bigot and a literal Klansman.
Defund the GRPD
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR DEFUND THE GRPD!
Help support Defund the GRPD as we work to reimagine a world without police; a world where we keep each other safe through community care, support, and mutual aid. We've accomplished a lot in our first 10 months but we need your help to keep working for our community!
Show your support with BLM and Defund the GRPD Necklaces and Keychains as well as Defund and Build Communities Patches (see images). Each item is $5 and all proceeds will go to the Defund the GRPD general fund which pays for magnets and supports organizing efforts.
Fill out the order form at www.tinyurl.com/DefundSWAG
Make your payment at www.tinyurl.com/SupportDefund
Orders will be delivered within 2 weeks.
**If you would just like to donate to support our efforts you may also do so at: www.tinyurl.com/SupportDefund**
Images: 1. pendants for keychains and necklaces in varied colors that say "Defund GRPD" and "Black Lives Matter." 2. A "Defund the GRPD" patch, white text on black background, size 6x6 inches. 3. A "Build Communities" patch, black image of clasped hands around text on white background, size 4x4 inches. 4. A "Defund the Police" patch, black text and graphic of dismantled badge on white background, size 10x10 inches. 5. A "Skull & Police" patch with white skull graphic and the word "Police" in its eyes on black background, size 6x6 inches.
Ben Crump
This is Kim Potter — the officer who killed Daunte Wright... but did she know the difference between a handgun and a taser? Let’s review the facts:
She is a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department. She was 6 YEARS into her law enforcement career when Daunte was BORN!
She also serves as police union president. She has defended questionable actions in the past.
Here’s an example of her doing just that:
After the fatal police shooting of Kobe Dimock-Heisler, Potter gave instructions to other officers on how to protect themselves and obscure accountability: “Officer Potter instructed Officers Turner аnd Akers to exit the residence, get into sepаrаte squаd cаrs, turn off their body worn cаmerаs, аnd to not tаlk to eаch other.”
Potter knew exactly what she was doing.
She knew how to obscure the truth.
In that instance, her actions were clearly intentional.
AnarkataFuturists of the Americas
Boogaloo Report 4-3-2021
solidarityndefense.net Full Report Here:Download Intro Solidarity & Defense will not work with Boogaloo Boys, anyone associated with them or their enablers. There are N***s and White Supremacists who are part of the Boogaloo Boys. If you are in a group with people like that, it doesn’t matter what you say. The only thin...
Detroit NLG Legal Observer federal lawsuit fund, organized by NLG Detroit
From Detroit Will Breathe:
Call for donations:
Today, National Lawyers Guild Detroit & Michigan Chapter legal observers announced a police brutality lawsuit against the City of Detroit for assaults and unlawful arrests by DPD officers. LO's are constitutionally protected neutral observers who document police interactions with protestors. They have been with us consistently throughout the movement. Let's support them, share, and donate to their legal fundraiser!
gofundme.com On Friday, April 2, 2021, five volunteer Legal Observers for the Detroit … NLG Detroit needs your support for Detroit NLG Legal Observer federal lawsuit fund
Detroit Will Breathe
How the Murder of Daunte Wright Pushed Black America To the Breaking Point
thenorthstar.com Police shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright miles away from where the Derek Chauvin trial is currently taking place, and protests have already sparked.
Join us this Thursday at the Really Really Free Market as we hand out care packages!
https://www.facebook.com/events/498963868149651
If you or anyone you know would be interested in signing up to be a vendor please feel free to click this link! http://bit.ly/rrfmvendor
See you all Thursday!
Kentucky governor signs bill limiting no-knock warrants surrounded by Breonna Taylor's family
wlky.com Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday he's signing a bill into law limiting no-knock warrants in the state of the Kentucky.
Too many names!
Important testimony given by Breathing Expert Dr Tobin yesterday during the Derek Chauvin trial. A HEALTHY person would have died under the same circumstances as George Floyd. Remember that. for black lives
Justice for Black Lives's cover photo
After a brief break for the holiday our bi-weekly protests are back! Join us as we discuss the new initiatives launched by GRPD as well as the over militarization of black and brown communities in Grand Rapids.
https://fb.me/e/9ajzjI0QR
Detroit Will Breathe
https://www.facebook.com/detroitwillbreathe/videos/884967628715539/
Solidarity & Defense
Rise Up Michigan Moms United for Black Lives Matter Michigan should be ashamed. They were told their Boogaloo friends were not welcome. We The Free People told them. The family told them. That should be the end of it. The Boogaloo showed up anyway and stood across the street. They are here in Lansing because you brought em. Its on you. Anyone that runs with Boogaloo has no place in the streets or the movements growing out of them.
Defund the GRPD
STOP POLICE HELICOPTERS IN OUR BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS!
Sign here to say Stop The Helicopters!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-police-helicopters-in-our-black-and-brown-neighborhoods?source=direct_link&
On Friday, March 26, 2021, our Black and Brown communities were once again targeted and surveilled by the GRPD and their collaborators at Michigan State Police. This intrusion into our neighborhoods is outrageous, as the police targeted Black and Brown neighborhoods exclusively.
- People complained online and in-person that their neighborhoods had been turned into a militarized zone and a police state.
-Veterans and others with PTSD were unable to rest and there is reason to believe that some had significant mental health difficulties that night and during the following weekend.
-Families who have lost members to gun violence are retraumatized by the presence of the helicopters. Who is accounting for the harm done?
-Not only is there little solid evidence that helicopters are effective in crime prevention or deterrence, many of the behaviors that are criminalized are better addressed with community care and accountability.
-Increased surveillance is not the answer and uses up precious resources that belong to the community.
-Though arrest numbers may have risen, giving the false impression to some that the helicopters are making the community safer, many of the charges are the kind that result from over-policing and are about engagement with the police themselves: Fleeing and Eluding, Resisting and Obstructing, etc.
- The GRPD has touted their community engagement before they deployed helicopters and has said that the community wanted this. Not only is this self-selected to residents who are comfortable talking to officials, but no other options or frameworks are being offered to address the community's fears, such as community care, restorative justice, youth programs, and other options known to increase community safety and cohesion.
We demand transparency as to the cost to city taxpayers of extra patrols and helicopters. And we demand that we defund the GRPD and return the funds for these costly measures to the communities where they belong, so they can be used for healing. And we demand that GRPD stop the helicopters and surveillance of Black and Brown communities!
Sign here to say Stop The Helicopters!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-police-helicopters-in-our-black-and-brown-neighborhoods?source=direct_link&
Image: Three police helicopters in a night sky bear down on a community - each has a dollar sign on its side. Text reads: "Operation We Don't Feel Safe." We Demand: transparency of cost; return funds to the community; apologies to those with PTSD; no more surveillance.
George Floyd Square Memorial Dedication
it Was Written Media, better known as iWWMedia, recently traveled to Minneapolis to get in touch with the community that has been recovering from the murders...
As promised on March 8th, on whatever date that the verdict Derek Chauvin Trial is announced, Justice for Black Lives will be downtown on Breonna Taylor Way at 5:00 pm
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.
Videos (show all)
