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Black Lives Matter Protest In DC Targets Fraternal Order Of Police

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Rebecca Rainey Contributor
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A Black Lives Matter protest that started by blocking access to Union Station and a part of Massachusetts Avenue in D.C. Wednesday morning has extended to outside the Fraternal Order of Police Legislative Office, according to reports from Patch.com and the Black Youth Project 100’s website.

 

“BYP100 D.C. and BLM D.C. have occupied the Legislative Office of the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to demand that police officers invested in accountability and justice stop paying dues to the FOP, a private police union that protects officers — including those who kill and maim civilians — by ensuring they are paid administrative leave while under investigation, maintain their jobs, and are not charged or acquitted of wrongdoing,” said an announcement posted to Black Youth Project 100’s website, which is also live streaming the protest.

The protest was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the website.

“The families and communities impacted when officers brutalize civilians are left to mourn with little, if any, semblance of justice,” said Clarise McCants, the D.C. organizer for Black Youth Project 100 in a statement.

“Just like college frats that further rape culture by closing ranks to protect members who are sexual assailants, the FOP has proven that their primary commitment is to protect the worst of their members behind the ‘Blue Wall of Silence’ — even in the most heinous of circumstances. The FOP is the most dangerous fraternity in America and they need to be stopped.”

Black Youth Project also planned a similar protest with the New York City chapter of Million Hoodies to shut down the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association in Manhattan and “demand the immediate firing of Officer Wayne Isaacs and to call attention to the multiple institutions that hamper police accountability in the city,” according to a media release on Black Youth Project 100’s website.

The Daily Caller attempted to contact spokesmen from Black Youth Project 100, but the calls were not returned.