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Baltimore demands justice for Tyre Nichols and end to police terror

By Lev Koufax

On Jan. 29, a cold but sunny Saturday, organizations and individuals from across Baltimore city gathered at the corner of North and Charles streets to protest the brutal murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the Memphis Police Department.

The protestors, numbered around 60, demanded justice for Tyre Nichols and the speedy conviction of his murderers. More broadly, the demonstration demanded justice for all victims of racist police terror, community control of the police, and the abolition of mass incarceration.

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Support squeegee workers: Self-defense against racism is not murder

By Lev Koufax

On August 2, a Baltimore City grand jury issued an eight-charge indictment, including first-degree murder, against a 15-year-old squeegee worker accused of killing a white motorist in downtown Baltimore. 

The shooting occurred after a 48-year-old white man, Timothy Reynolds, parked his car and approached a group of squeegee workers, most of whom were teenage Black men. Reynolds swung his bat at the group of teenagers, after which, one of the workers shot him in self-defense.

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Baltimore: Support Squeegee Workers! Drop the Charges! Protest at States Attorney

Wednesday, August 10 - 6:00 p.m.

120 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore MD

Hosted by Prisoners Solidarity Committee and Peoples Power Assembly

Join us at the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office on Weds., Aug 10. We will begin at 6pm.

Ahead of the squeegee worker's August 11 hearing, we are demanding that Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby drop all charges.

Instead of criminalization and crackdowns, we demand that the City address the root causes. Fight for well-funded schools and union jobs, raise the minimum wage to $25/hour, create a scholarship program for squeegee workers. Make the banks and development corporations pay!