BOSTON: Hundreds of people are gathered in Nubian Square (Roxbury, f.k.a. Dudley Sq). Crowd of several hundred ppl, many from orgs like @Boston_DSA, @sunrisemvmt, Socialist Alternative, XR flags, Resist Fascism. a lot of tables clipboards flyers, aimed at organizing
Boston: Speaker calls for police precincts to have individual liability insurance
Next speaker points out the mass actions at airports in 2018 and the huge march in Boston after Charlottesville
Speaker demanding meetings with top level state officials to abolish police in Boston area, re open police killing cases, police out of schools, outlaw tear gas and pepper spray, and again liability insurance for police
Also end of prison expansion projects and non violent crimes based detentions and replacing it with mental health, housing and education programs, demanded at event. & Also indigenous sovereignty & tribal consultation
additional demands in Boston for Covid hazard pay, and using vacant buildings for emergency shelter, and stronger green new deal, investment to low income neighborhoods and protecting from toxic waste, and closure of dangerous Weymouth Enbridge LNG terminal
demand for abolition of ICE and federalization interfaces, and local governments that assist ICE in Boston, and a bill for licenses for undocumented immigrants
speaker said this set of demand came jointly from multiple organizations and encouraged people to talk to different orgs that are here today.
the march is going to head to Copley Sq (Back Bay) was announced
the march is going to head to Copley Sq (Back Bay) was announced
a lot of signs like "Jews against fascism" and "Voting isn't enough" here in Boston. March probably starting soon
March heading to Copley Square Boston started about 10 min ago
front of march is at Melnea Cass Blvd and Washington St heading to downtown Boston. a lot of sage getting burned
the mood around the square outside the march was positive, one resident yelled from their car Trump had lost Wisconsin
the mood around the square outside the march was positive, one resident yelled from their car Trump had lost Wisconsin
"Fire fire gentrifier/ Black people used to live here" chants on Washington Street, was directed at a sidewalk cafe in passing that drew a swarm of cameras
Hundreds of marchers make their way down Washington Street towards downtown Boston 
South End residents watch the march heading downtown. This neighborhood has faced extreme gentrification pressure
The march is entering Copley Square, Boston right now
Speakers have started on the stairs of the Boston Public Library, saying that while Trump trying to declare victory is a power grab that needs mass civil disobedience to respond, but Democrats haven't been much better and they call for a new party
"Do not let Biden leading fool you into complacency" ... as abolitionist , says speaker Toya. "Pig loving" prosecutor Kamala Harris can't deliver freedom, they say.
Lance Jackson talks about building Black Liberation... a few police are lined up by the Westin hotel but the Boston Police Dept has been keeping its distance tonight
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