Gloria La Riva, the presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and
Liberation (PSL), was targeted and arrested around 6:30 p.m. on July 9, along
with 13 others, while filming a peaceful community demonstration and the
actions by the police. Gloria was one of the first people arrested in a night
marked by repeated police attacks. By midnight, more than 100 people were
arrested as the police moved toward shutting down the city and suppressing
any form of peaceful protest. Gloria and the others remain in detention at
the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Gloria La Riva came to Baton Rouge to show her support for the family of
Alton Sterling and the Black community, which has faced continuous
violence and repression from the police. Alton Sterling’s vicious, coldblooded murder on July 5 by police while he lay prone on the street was
captured on video by activists. Sterling was selling CDs outside of a
convenience store. He was held down by police and killed at point blank
range for no reason. The release of that video ignited a new round of
nationwide protests against the epidemic of murders carried out by the
police against civilians in the United States. Now, the police in Louisiana are
trying to crush any protests against their racist and murderous conduct.
“Louisiana and especially the African-American community is today
facing a reign of terror and intimidation from police and law
enforcement agencies,” Gloria La Riva stated from the prison where
she and the others are detained. “Even though it was the police who
murdered Alton Sterling in cold blood, they have gone on the offensive
against those in the state who desire to exercise their First
Amendment right to protest.”



What happened
Two demonstrations had been called on Saturday, July 9 to demand justice for Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and all victims of police murder. The first
demonstration was called at the Triple S store where Alton Sterling
was executed by a Baton Rouge police officer after two officer held him on Demonstrators at the Triple S store came to join others in front of the Baton
Rouge Police Department on Airline Highway at 6:00 p.m. last night. Several
hundred people from the local community were gathered to demonstrate
and take to the streets to demand justice. The police, in military formation
and dressed in riot gear, moved in a line toward the peaceful
demonstration, targeting any individual who was playing a leading role or
documenting the demands of the people.
The demonstration was completely peaceful, composed of people from the
surrounding community just minutes away from the Triple S store where
Alton Sterling was murdered. People made and carried homemade signs
and brought supplies of water that were distributed to their fellow
community members to withstand the Baton Rouge summer heat. The
people were dispersed after the police pushed back the demonstration onto
the four corners in front of the police department.
The Circle K immediately became a center of people’s organizing, where
demonstrators from the community coordinated others to go back to
surround the police department, holding homemade signs and leading
chants.
At 10:22 p.m. the police again lined up in a military formation taking back all
the corners, pushing people into the last area of the demonstration at the Circle K gas station and store. By this time police helicopters loomed over
the remaining demonstrators with the threat of the final move against those
who remained. Then police, wielding batons, chased protesters in all
directions, dispersing the demonstration.
By midnight Baton Rouge was under a virtual lockdown, with restaurants
and other businesses all closing down early in response to the repression
that the police were carrying out. The police had clearly received the go-ahead
to suppress any organizing in the community to demand justice.
There continues to be a heavy police presence throughout the city.
As of this afternoon, July 10, the police have not filed charges or bail
amounts for the release of the those arrested. In front of the Parish Prison
loved ones of those arrested over the past two nights gathered to receive
word on those in the prison.
Gloria La Riva has been in communication with teams assisting with the
release of those in the Parish Prison. La Riva is urging the people to continue
to fight for justice and to attend the demonstration planned today at 4:00
p.m. at 445 East Washington Street, Baton Rouge, La.
Please show your support by providing an urgently needed donation for
the unique socialist campaign of Gloria La Riva for President in 2016. This
campaign is taking the message for social change not just to the ballot
box but into our neighborhoods, communities, schools and streets
everyday.

Link also has a handful of donation links to the campaign but here's one for safekeeping

https://votepsl-psl.nationbuilder.com/donation

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/07/10/baton-rouge-protesters-block-road-pkg.wbrz

This is the top item on ‎CNN‬ showing the ‪‎Baton Rouge‬ police arresting protestors, including the Party for Socialism and Liberation's presidential candidate, Gloria La Riva.

In typical fashion for the corporate-owned media, CNN says that the police "had to" manhandle protestors who were "doing too much." This is a complete LIE, meant to help the state criminalize and misrepresent the Black freedom movement. In fact, the police launched an unprovoked attack against a peaceful community protest.

Several hundred people from the local area were gathered to demonstrate and take to the streets to demand justice. The police, in military formation and dressed in riot gear, moved in, targeting any individual who was playing a leading role or documenting the demands of the people.

Edited by Urbandale (July 11, 2016 02:52:51)

drwhat posted:

what is the point of a socialist presidential candidate in the US. i'm going to start the cat party and be the presidential candidate so people can say whoa the police detained a presidential candidate

tsinava c

I mean I can warm up Lenin if you want but I'd have figured that debate was tired