Tagged Aura Rosser

We Remember Aura Rosser: A Vigil

From the organizers: We invite you to join folks in downtown Ann Arbor at Liberty Plaza on November 9, 2024 at 7 p.m. for a vigil honoring the memory of Aura Rosser. On November 9, 2014, Aura Rain Rosser was killed in her home by Ann Arbor Police Department officer David Ried. Ried was exonerated by the Washtenaw County…

Ann Arbor Does Not March with Cops

On Tuesday, abolitionists in Ann Arbor, Michigan, interrupted a “peace and love” unity march with Ann Arbor police chief Michael Cox and mayor Christopher Taylor. As the police stopped making their speeches and started marching, abolitionists positioned at the first street corner cut off their path, unfurling a street-wide banner that read “AURA ROSSER—BLACK LIVES…