Life in America under the shadow of death: Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge, LA

Dear Marvin, The police have murdered another Black man - Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. How long is this system going to continue to get away with unleashing its pigs to murder people and exonerate them when their murderous deeds get dragged into the light of day? Below is a statement I issued on the police murder of Alton Sterling. I am enroute to Baton Rouge now to stand with the people who are standing up there and saying NO MORE to police getting away with murder.  I will bring to them the message that  the horror of police getting away with murder again and again and again is unacceptable and must STOP! EVERYBODY who hates injustice needs to join in saying NO MORE to police getting away with murder. If possible, join me in going down to Baton Rouge. If you can't get there, take to the streets where you are and support myself and others who are going to the front lines of this fight to mobilize people to fight the power, and transform the people, for revolution and to raise the demand: Indict, Convict, Send the Killer Cops to Jail. If you can't join me in Baton Rouge... Please donate to help cover travel expenses Put the note "Baton Rouge" on your donation. Protest 5:00 pm, New York City at Union Square Park Demand Justice for #AltonSterling Join & share the Facebook Event.  Protests announced in Seattle, Tacoma & Pasco, Washington; Philadelphia, LA

CNN covers family press conference July 6, 2016 Take to the Streets Everywhere to Say: Police Murder Must STOP! Condemn the Police Murder of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge! by Carl Dix Another Black man has been murdered in cold blood by the police. This time it was Alton Sterling who was confronted by police while selling videos outside his long-time friend's store. The pigs beat him down and shot him. You can see them holding him down and kneeling on his arms while one of the pigs pulls out his gun and shoots Sterling. The system's mouthpieces are urging that people remain calm and wait for the results of the investigation. The hell with that. We know what happened. We can see what happened and what's in the works. Police have murdered another Black man, and the system is going to work to exonerate the killer cops. We've seen it time and time again – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and now Alton Sterling. This must STOP!  The system's mouthpieces are urging that people remain calm and wait for the results of the investigation. The hell with that. We know what happened. We can see what happened and what's in the works. Police have murdered another Black man, and the system is going to work to exonerate the killer cops. We've seen it time and time again – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and now Alton Sterling. This must STOP! It's part of centuries of savage oppression this system has inflicted on Black people, from slavery thru Jim Crow segregation and lynch mob terror right up to mass incarceration and police terror today. There has been too damn many people murdered by police, especially Black and Brown people. This must STOP! How long with this white supremacist system continue to get away with unleashing its pigs to brutalize and murder people? Until it's brought down thru revolution – that's how long. The terror police are unleashed to enforce in Black and Latino communities in cities across the country is built into the fabric of this system, and it will take revolution – nothing less to end it and all the other horrors this system forces people to endure here in this country and around the world. And we in the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) are organizing right now for an actual revolution, one that overthrows this system and builds a totally different and far better one in its place. Everybody who hates injustice needs to do 2 things. One, take to the streets, stand up and make it crystal clear that there MUST be justice! The eyes of the world are on Baton Rouge, and if we act like nothing's happened the authorities and their system will get away with what they're already working on doing – getting the killer cops off. We cannot allow that to happen. And 2, people need to get ready to make a real revolution to bring this system down. IF you hate the way that police get away with murder and all the other horrors this system brings down on people here and around the world, you need to get with the actual revolution the RCP is organizing for. Get into the work of and follow the leadership of Bob Avakian, the leader of the RCP, who has developed the understanding and strategic approach for making this revolution. Go to the web site: revcom.us. Join the Revolution Club to Fight The Power, and Transform The People, For Revolution!