International Day Against Police Brutality

The International Day Against Police Brutality occurs on March 15. It first began in 1997 as an initiative of the Montreal-based Collective Opposed to Police Brutality and the Black Flag group in Switzerland. A march is held yearly in Montreal.

Acceptance of March 15 as a focal day of solidarity against police brutality varies from one place to another. In the United States, the October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation, a group mounted by the RCP has succeeded in building support for October 22 (also known as O22) as National Anti Police Brutality Day since 1995.

See also

• Copwatch
• Legal observer
• Black Lives Matter

External links

• Police Brutality World Wide archive
• Black Flag, Switzerland
• Collective Opposed to Police Brutality, Montreal, Canada
• October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation
• Officer injured in Montreal anti-police brutality protest
• Photos: Police and protesters clash in Montreal
• Montreal police, anti-police protesters clash in annual standoff
• Montreal police gird for annual protest Friday against police brutality Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine