We are taking Dontre’s story from Milwaukee to the world. We are partnering with the Rainbow Push Coalition to hold a national press conference in Chicago,Illinois (930 East 50th St.) to announce the federal investigation into the murder of Dontre Hamilton, and we want all of you to join us! If you’ve ever come to a rally, stood with us, met with us, seen us on tv, read about us in the paper, or seen us on social media, etc., we are asking that all come down to Chicago with us so that we can stand united and tell Milwaukee’s story!

We told you that we were not going to stop until justice was served, and this is our next step. We are going to tell the nation what thi…s city did to Dontre, and how justice has been too long delayed and denied in MKE. We are going to bring this system of police violence and brutality to its knees, and rebuild anew.

Please Join Us!

Transportation: We are asking that all those that are available please meet us All Peoples Church (2600 North 2nd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212) where we will be coordinating car pools to transport folks down to Chicago and back. We are asking for all those who can drive and have room for others to ride along please send us an email at TheCoalitionForJustice@gmail.com or give us a call at 414-375.9330. your help would be greatly appreciated.

We are asking that everyone meet at All Peoples by 7am, and we will leave promptly around 7:30. The Rally and Press Conference will begin around 10am and last roughly til about 1pm.

Note: If you would like to join us at the rally/press conference but do not wish to meet us at All Peoples that is totally ok we will look for you in Chicago! We just really want all of you to come out.

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For Official Release by The Coalition For Justice:

To Milwaukee and Our Country,

The decision released today by Milwaukee’s District Attorney John Chisholm is in no uncertain terms an affirmation that the justice system of our city, state, and country has once again failed. There is no justification that can be provided that will allow us to believe that this officer operated within the law when the initial meeting between Dontre Hamilton and Christopher Manney originated by an unconstitutional pat down that violated Dontre’s basic/fundamental rights as a citizen of this country and as a human being.

Your justice system has once again proven that black people continue to be seen as nothing more than 3/5ths human, and property that can be destroyed and/or terminated at the whim of officers that were taught to view black skin as a threat long before they ever received their gun and badge. It is our belief that there can be numerous “outside investigative agencies” and “experts” who review cases such as this; however, as long as the criminal justice system is based on practices, principals, and polices, that subordinate and denigrate groups of people based on race, no true justice will ever prevail.

The fact remains that Dontre Hamilton was racially and criminally targeted because he was Black man, sleeping in a public park. We feel that when rudimentary rights such as resting become illegal for the people of this country, that we have truly lost our way, and veered off on a slippery slope that will justify more unmerited murders such as the one that took place in Red Arrow Park on April 30, 2014.

You have therefore left the members of this community no other alternatives than to stand up, protest, and take the justice that was rightfully ours at birth. There is no justice. So there can be no peace or compromise.

Signed With Disdain For Your Corrupt System,
The Coalition For Justice

December 13, 2014, Milwaukee. Dontre. Justice. Now.