On Saturday, June 2, an estimated 3000 marchers gathered in downtown Cincinnati to demand justice for the police murder of 19 year old black youth Timothy Thomas and called for an end to decades of racist police violence. Sponsored by
of local and national groups, the National March for Justice was the largest mobilization Cincinnati has seen in years. Activists also descended on the wealthy, largely white Mount Adams neighborhood to enact a
chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3>citizens state of emergency and curfew in order to dramatize the wide disparity of treatment Cincinnatis poorer communities of color receive at the hands of police. Cincinnati police responded with pepper spray,
arresting 12.
Organizers are vowing to maintain jail solidarity in front of Cincinnatis Justice Center until all those arrested are freed. Check out these
href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2736&group=webcast>photos of the March for Justice. For breaking news, check
Ohio Valley IMC, and see the updates posted by Chicago IMC below.