Loved ones mourned the lives of those lost to police violence during at Thanksgiving Dinner, as photos of empty seats were posted onlineyesterday. See the families of Michael Brown, Oscar Grant and more show support for the #StolenLives campaign inside.
On November 27, 2014, during Thanksgiving Dinner, many people around the country mourned the lives of Blacks youth and others whose time was cut short due to police brutality and unjustified polce actions.
#Stolenlives went viral yesterday as the families of Michael Brown (atop) and Oscar Grant (shown above, his murder was the basis of Ryan Coogler's film Fruitvale Station) uploaded photos of empty seats at their dinner tables.
Other families soon followed suit...
BONUS:
1. Ryan Coogler, the director of Fruitvale Station (about the life of Oscar Grant) and the group he founded, Blackout for Human Rights, is calling on the American public to boycott Black Friday to show solidarity with victims of police brutality. Story.
Photos via #StolenLives/@FergusonAction's Twitter
