International Day Against Police Brutality

The International Day Against Police Brutality occurs on March 15. It first began in 1997 as an initiative of the Montreal-based Collective Opposed to Police Brutality and the Black Flag group in Switzerland. A march is held yearly in Montreal.

Acceptance of March 15 as a focal day of solidarity against police brutality varies from one place to another. In the United States, the October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation,[1] a group mounted by the RCP has succeeded in building support for October 22 (also known as O22) as National Anti Police Brutality Day since 1995.

See also

  • Copwatch
  • Legal observer
  • Black Lives Matter

References

  1. ^ "Interim National Website for October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation". Archived from the original on September 22, 2007.

External links

  • Police Brutality World Wide archive
  • Black Flag, Switzerland
  • Collective Opposed to Police Brutality, Montreal, Canada
  • October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation
  • Officer injured in Montreal anti-police brutality protest
  • Photos: Police and protesters clash in Montreal
  • Montreal police, anti-police protesters clash in annual standoff
  • Montreal police gird for annual protest Friday against police brutality Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine


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