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May 22, 2015

"Say Her Name" Protests Nationwide Honor Black Women Killed by Police 
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Protesters gathered in at least 20 cities across the country for a
national day of action to honor women of color killed by police. While
names like Freddie Gray and Michael Brown have become household terms,
protesters sought to elevate lesser-known names like Tanisha Anderson,
Rekia Boyd, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseaux, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore
and Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Hundreds gathered in San Francisco, many of
them African-American women who protested topless.

Protester: "In America, we kill women, at 2 a.m., with no probable cause
and excessive force. In America, we kill women, at 2 p.m., with a
gunshot to the head and no last words, no second chance, no final
prayers. In America, we kill women. We kill them this way in Oakland,
California, in Ferguson, Missouri, in Detroit, Michigan, in Boston,
Massachusetts, in Chicago, Illinois. We kill them this way in America."

To see our interview with law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw and relatives
of Rekia Boyd and Michelle Cusseaux about the Say Her Name campaign, you
can go to democracynow.org.

 

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