Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with the woman who had everyone’s attention on the Fourth Of July as she climbed the Statue of Liberty.
Patricia Okoumou, went to the Statue of Liberty with her activism group for a protest with no actual intentions of climbing to statue. The thought crossed her mind a few times in the days leading up to the protest but thoughts are often just thoughts.
“I didn’t know the layout.” She said, “I just went by the grace of God and he led the way.” She was pushed to do so in part because she is outraged by the Trump administrations decision to use “children for political gain.”
Okoumou’s hearing is later today and there as a petition to have all of the charges against her dropped. You can sign it by clicking here.
13. Scenes From The Demonstration Against Racism At Starbucks
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The scene inside the Starbucks at 18th & Spruce about an hour ago, where protesters demanded that the manager who called the cops on Thursday be fired#BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/upByNqLa6U
— Indivisible Philadelphia (@IndivisiblePHL) April 15, 2018
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Peaceful protest at @Starbucks by people of all colors. To the one aggressive man across the street arguing for his “white privilege,” you are outnumbered. Get used to it. pic.twitter.com/DDjMfBmDF5
22. Scenes From The Demonstration Against Racism At Starbucks
The protest is growing outside the @Starbucks. The woman on the right in the red shirt is 90 years old and told a story about her father who died when she was 9 as a result of racial profiling and police brutality. pic.twitter.com/DxQb5OYtSG
Continue reading Activists Protest Racial Profiling, Arrests Of Black People In Starbucks
Activists Protest Racial Profiling, Arrests Of Black People In Starbucks
Black Lives Matter activists called for a boycott of the Starbucks coffee chain just days after an employee called the police to arrest two Black men inside a Philadelphia location were not buying anything and wouldn’t leave. Despite a number of factors that should have convinced police to show discretion and restraint — the men were not armed; they were not violent; they did not resist arrest; the White man who they were meeting yelled at the police that the men did nothing wrong; a bystander filmed the entire episode on video — then men were still taken into custody Thursday.
The video has since gone viral.
https://twitter.com/missydepino/status/984539713016094721
The first of what is expected to be many protests took place April 14 at the Starbucks location in question.