Dream Defenders Release National Demands for Their #Handsup Don’t Shoot Movement

By Akiba Solomon Aug 22, 2014

Dream Defenders, the youth group most famous for occupying Florida Governor Rick Scott’s office to protest Stand Your Ground laws, has started what it describes as a movement to fight police brutality after the killing of Michael Brown. According to a new video, the group is encouraging young people to gather at the offices of their local U.S. attorneys to demand the end to police violence against unarmed civilians. In the name of Israel Hernandez-Llach, a Colombia-born artist killed by a police officer’s stun gun, Dream Defenders staged such an action at the U.S. attorney’s office in downtown Miami on August 18. In the video the group encourages activists to make local demands. And among six national demands, Dream Defenders are pushing for front-facing cameras for officers who work in departments with a history of racist policing, and the demilitarization of police.

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