In response to the recent fatal police shooting of yet another unarmed black man, this time 19-year old Ariston “Asteroid” Waiters, Occupy Atlanta will be joining the Waiters family and the Union City community at Union City’s City Hall this Wednesday December 28th at 7:00pm to shed light on a problem which is all too common for an area plagued by a history of police misconduct.
In a narrative unfortunately familiar to many in the Atlanta area, Ariston Waiters was unarmed and posed no threat when he was shot twice in the back and killed by a Union City police officer on December 14th. Occupy Atlanta will be joining NAACP, National Action Network, The Malcolm X Grassroots Organization, Concerned Black Clergy, and former Atlanta city councilman Derrick Boazman, among others, to demand accountability in yet another case of unwarranted police violence.
We ask that justice be served for the Waiters family, and for the families of all victims of police violence, and we demand that the city properly investigates the murder and makes serious efforts towards repairing the deteriorating relationship between the police and the communities they vow to serve and protect.
