BLACK LIVES MATTER VIGIL IN TUCSON, AZ 7-9-16: WHAT WE ALL NEED TO LEARN FROM THE BLM MOVEMENT

An amazing diversity of folks were present among the hundreds who turned out for the Black Lives Matter vigil and healing circle in Tucson, AZ. (Above immigrant rights leader Isabel Garcia addresses the crowd).)

If you didn't make it watch the video above produced by BPVN of the vigil---what everyone needs to learn from the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement!

 After the vigil a march was held through downtown Tucson and 4th Ave. bringing the chants of BLACK LIVES MATTER!
HANDS UP! DON'T SHOOT! to the crowds partying at the bars and restaurants.

While the news of the week was dominated by the killings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the 5 police officers in Dallas---on July 8 Tucson police killed a mentally ill man, 28 yr-old Abraham Smith, they said was threatening them with a knife. After the killing his brother told the media "We’d like to get him into a mental ward. Not the morgue. A mental ward and now that’s what they’ve done. They shot him." (link to full report below)  

Tucson Police Kill Mentally Ill Man The Day Before the Tucson BLM vigil