| POP Protest Against Police Brutality Nat Bender 8/20/2003 |
The People's Organization for Progress marched on Saturday, August 20, 2003 to protest the police killings of that month, including Michael Newkirk, who had been killed Wednesday of that week at a block party by Newark police with a bottle in his hand. POP marched from Broad and Market Streets in Newark to the front of the Newark Police Department to bring the demand for justice and accountability directly to the police. As photos below indicate, the march was under surveilance by a videographer who refused to identify himself when asked by WBAI's Fred Nyugen.