BALTIMORE, March 30— Our weekly West Wednesday rally was really powerful this evening! PL members and other antiracist fighters are calling for Tyrone West’s killers and the racist capitalist system they defend to be indicted.
Just yesterday, two of Tyrone’s murderers along with about a dozen other cops were found guilty of brutally beating Abdul Salaam in July 2013, just a couple weeks before they murdered Tyrone. This is the nature of capitalism: killer kkkops who beat a member of the working class are set free to murder another worker.
No Justice Under Capitalism
Yes, the verdict against killer kkkops Chapman and Ruiz was a good thing. But, let’s not get it twisted—the capitalist court system will never put an end to the horrible abuses of the racist criminal injustice system! If kkkops are even convicted, they are often let go with few consequences.
Take Peter Liang, the killer of Akai Gurley, a Black youth in Brooklyn. Liang was convicted of manslaughter but was never sent to prison because he was “not a threat”—mercy that the working class never gets. The only way to get real justice and ensure the working class’ safety is to replace this violent capitalist system with communism.
Bosses Dazzle to Distract
At tonight’s rally, Abdul Salaam spoke and strongly encouraged everyone to keep up the fight. The rally was held at the Inner Harbor, where the Light City festival was going on. This display is an effort by the local ruling class to try to keep us satisfied, though oppressed, with little more than just the bare basics. They try to dazzle us with spectacular events so that we forget that we live in a city where 65 percent of the jobs are unskilled and very low wage, and where poverty is high.
Nevertheless, some wonderful activist artists managed to get into the festival, and they did a beautiful light projection, largely about the anti-racist struggle against police brutality. It was right there, invited by those artists, that we held a powerful and inspiring West Wednesday rally!
Every Wednesday, we rally to fight for Tyrone West and to build class consciousness. PL’ers are entrenched in this battle and we consistently give out CHALLENGE to others in the fight. We are hoping that these fighters will come to May Day. We stress that to create a world without police brutality, we need much more struggle, the defeat of capitalism, and a whole new way of life! We can do it! Dare to struggle! Dare to win! March on May Day on Saturday, April 30.