Tags Working to change laws that allow police officers to kill Black and Brown youth with little to no consequences
Tag: working to change laws that allow police officers to kill Black and Brown youth with little to no consequences
Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ twist of fate
The pain and suffering of the nine months since unarmed Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer has given birth to a new era of intolerance for police brutality. On the heels of Mother’s Day, more than a thousand community members turned out for a luncheon to honor those whose children lost their lives to violence and to join forces with the Black Women’s Forum (BWF), of which Congresswoman Maxine Waters is co-founder.