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STATEMENT OF KRISTIN ROWE-FINKBEINER, Executive Director and CEO, MomsRising, on the Police Shooting of Michael Brown

August 15, 2014
Gun Control, Maternal Health

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

MomsRising Calls for Investigation and Prosecution of Michael Brown Shooting
“The racially-motivated shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown was a shocking reminder that police violence against people of color remains a serious and deadly problem in our nation.  Now, instead of preparing to take her son to college, Michael Brown’s mother is preparing for his burial. That fact breaks the hearts of mothers across the country and we cannot stand by while such police brutality goes without investigation and without prosecution.
 
“MomsRising and our more than a million members nationwide are joining Michael Brown’s parents and ColorOfChange in calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice to vigorously investigate and prosecute the officers involved in this senseless and tragic murder, and all similar cases.
 
“We should never have to fear that our children could come to harm at the hands of those charged with protecting them. This must stop now.”
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.