"Save Our Schools!" Collinwood High School Stands Up!

This video shows students from Collinwood High School gathering in a crowd of several hundred chanting save our schools! Later, Martha Grevatt is shown responding the media attempts to claim the protest was part of Caleb Maupins communist agenda. Devin Branch, a local organizer with the October 22nd Coalition, is seen engaging in a discussion with a leader of the local SEIU. Devin Branch says I am ready to accept a level of disorganization the part of the youth to make up for the lack of militancy and the complacency of the adults. Devin Branch makes it clear that he feels the attacks on local Marxists and Cleveland FIST for supporting the student led protest are hypocritical, when NAACP and other forces ignored the students demands and have done very little to stop the destruction of the Cleveland Public School system.

Call the Fifth District Police station, 216-623-5618 & 216-623-6500 to demand all charges against the students be dropped and to protest the brutal treatment of the students. Call the Cleveland Board of Education, 216-574-8000 and Collinwood High School, 216-451-8782 to demand the suspensions be rescinded and that Seth Barlekamp not be threatened with expulsion.

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[RoseGeeked]

I was out here....chillin nd shidd

[january719]

devin where are you!!!

[samatention]

You need to organize every time you see police brutality on the news. The people need to show up at the city managers office, mayors office and complain. Ask about filling a recall petition of mayor if some thing is not done about police excess use of force.

Also go to the city councils meting. When some on council says the mayor or city manager is in charge of the police. Tell them they write, or approve the laws, policy, sop code of conduct. They budget the cops.

[MtAfIvE]

I was trying to catch my bus while that was happening

[MsAshlee1015]

@theprotester

Are u trying to call us dumb at collinwood?

[theprotester]

I guess they do not teach how to hold a video camera, I'm freakin sea sick.