Today (10/24) Occupy Atlanta will hold a press conference at 11am featuring Afrika Bambaataa and Killer Mike from the Hip Hop community, Civil Rights leader Joe Beasley, Missy Stafford, the mother of Joetavious Stafford, and E Red, a close friend of Troy Davis.

The purpose of the press conference is to begin a conversation about critical flaws in the judicial system. The occupation movement started in response to a broken political system that has been hijacked by the richest 1 percent and corporations. Occupy Atlanta not only recognizes the gross economic injustice of the current wealth consolidation that has broken the political system but we are also moved to confront the inequalities in race and class in a judicial system that seems to protect the richest 1 percent and corporations at the expense of everyone else, especially communities of color. It is not by accident people of color are disproportionally represented in our jails or on death row as a result of our broken court system. It is by design. We will no longer tolerate this system.

After the press conference we will be marching to a significant symbol of our judicial system, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 56 Forsyth Street, followed by a rally.