On September 15th, Columbus community will join Julius Tate’s family for an evening of poetry with local artists. This evening will honor Tate’s life through celebrating him and all lost from police murder. The march gathers at 5:30 PM at Mayme Moore Park and the poetry readings followed by the march will begin at 6:00 PM. 

This evening will be the fourteenth of sixteen consecutive days of marching for justice to commemorate the life Julius Tate. For the past two weeks, hundreds of community members have come out to voice their support for Julius’s family, and their outrage at Columbus Police Department. 

“The same use of excessive force that resulted in police murder of George Flloyd, Aubrey Ahmed, and Breonna Taylor is the same policing that exists here in Columbus,” says an anonymous community member who has come to every evening of the march. “We still do not have justice for Julius Tate.”

Tate was sixteen years old when he was shot eleven times, handcuffed, and killed, according to the official autoposy. His arm was broken in the process. 

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For sixteen days, Julius Tate’s family will honor his sixteen years of life by marching for justice. They began September 2nd and will continue through September 17th.

On the eighth day of the protests, September 10th, the family and community members marched from the King Arts Complex to Mt. Vernon and Champion Ave where Tate was executed by Columbus Police.

Amidst all of the uprisings occurring across the country, Tate’s family wants to make sure Columbus doesn’t forget the excessive police brutality happening in our own city. According to the official autopsy, Tate was sixteen when he was shot eleven times, handcuffed, and killed.

This information contradicts the story that CPD put out, in which they claim to have only shot him five times. Rather than being held accountable for the murder he alleges he committed, CPD Officer Eric Richards was awarded later in 2019 for SWAT Officer of the Year.

Wade Rathke, founder of ACORN and Chief Organizer of ACORN International, joined us from Mississippi to take about the Voter Purge Project. This protects eligible voters against disenfranchisement by monitoring, reporting on, and organizing against wrongful voter purging. Wade has a list of purged Ohio voters and asked for volunteers to help call them and get them re-registered. Volunteer for Wade Rathke’s voter purge project - OHIO

Sunday, Sept. 13, 3pm
Gather at Ohio Supreme Court Justice Fountain, 65 S. Front and march to City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.
Call for more counselors in schools, feed the hungry and isolated, educate youth, rebuild the breach that racism causes, and welcome everyone into our community.
Mark Stansbery, walk@igc.org, 614-252-2955.