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On the evening of Wednesday, March 18, 2015 UVA students and Charlottesville residents held a forum and a direct action protest in reaction to the violent arrest of third year student Martese Johnson by ABC officers. Tensions were high during the direct action, with at least one individual being aggressively detained by Charlottesville Police Officers. After shutting down a number of intersections, demonstrators marched from the Corner down Main Street to the Friendship Court neighborhood, and then ended their march on the steps of the police station. 

#martesejohnson #justiceformartese #uva #virginia #blacklivesmatter #hands up don't shoot #police brutality

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Documenting the protests and efforts of Justice RVA and Black Lives Matter in Richmond, Virginia over the winter of 2014-2015. For more info on Justice RVA, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Justice4RVA

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On December 13, 2014, a massive march against racially targeted police violence and discrimination occurred in Washington D.C. Following the main event, a splinter group of activists from Ferguson and D.C. led a running protest through the nation's capital. We documented both events. We witnessed two groups with radically different approaches to protest and activism, but both groups followed in the footsteps of previous generations of civil rights activists. Happy MLK day.

#reclaim MLK #blacklivesmatter #handsupdontshoot #mike brown #eric garner #icantbreathe #justice for tamir #rva #rvanews #richmond #dc #thinkmoor #ferguson #MLK #reclaimthedream