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Mothers for Police Accountability
– Fighting for justice since 1990 –
Mothers is a grass-roots, non-profit that has been healing the Seattle community and holding the justice system accountable for three decades.
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Our History
Since 1990…
On August 5, 1990 Tunde Salisbury and some of his friends were stopped by the police as they arrived at Tunde's home. Some of them told the officers they were tired of the harassment. Tunde's brother Omari came from his home and spoke up also about the harassment. The police beat both teenagers and took them to the East Precinct, rather than to the Juvenile facility. There, they beat them again. Their mother, Harriet Walden, was angered by this disregard for her sons' humanity and decided to model a healthy response to her sons. From her anger and determination, Mothers was formed. She gathered her friends and neighbors, Paquita Edwards, Janice Belt the late Fabiola Woods and Willette Romlious. The first Mothers’ meeting was held in September of 1990.
Since 1990 we have worked to educate young people, parents and other effected by excessive police practices biases. We work with other community organizations to seek positive changes in the criminal justice system.
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Photo credit: Seattle Times
People stand and applaud as Rev. Harriett Walden, co-founder of Mothers for Police Accountability, speaks to hundreds attending a city hall hearing with the Seattle City Council over the killing of Charleena Lyles by Seattle police officers, Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at UW's Kane Hall.
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Connelly-Seattle-business-in-blistering-letter-12348860.php
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