Stop The Cover-Up Of Police Murder In Memphis!

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Stop Police Murder! Prosecute the Cops!

Memphis is a poor, majority black city. That’s why the deaths of at least 23 people killed by Memphis cops in the 18 months between Feb. 2012 and Oct. 2013–the largest number of people killed by cops anywhere in America during this time period–have been deliberately covered up by the local news media, the cops and the politicians. The majority of the people killed by Memphis cops were black. If they had been white, there would be a national uproar. But the deaths of poor black people don’t matter.
What you can do to help:

1. Write to the U.S. Department of Justice in support of our demand that they open a civil rights investigation and prosecute the killer cops.  Make a phone call to the Civil Rights Division, and demand that they stop ignoring the reign of police terror in Memphis. (202)514-4609 (Ask for Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Asst. Atty General. You can also send email to : AskDoj@usdoj.gov, and they will transfer it to the Civil Rights Division.

2. Join our “Million E-Mail March” and send letters of complaint to A.C. Wharton, Mayor of Memphis, Tenn. (mayor@memphistn.gov). Tell him that he has blood on his hands by his repeated failures to rein in his cops, covering up the causes of police murders of civilians, and allowing police brutality a free hand.  

3. Please spread the message about police brutality and murder in Memphis, by contacting news services, human rights organizations, anti-police brutality groups, citizen journalist websites, and many others that you are in contact with. We must break through the cover-up by the cops, local media, and political power structure in Memphis, and expose the awful truth.

Peace and love,

JoNina Ervin, Acting Chair

Memphis Black Autonomy Federation

(901)674-8430

organize.the.hood@gmail.com