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More about Us World, Us, Berkeley, and Antonio Martin
from MashableBrittany Levine
Activists had already planned Christmas Eve memorials for Antonio Martin, a black man killed by a white police officer in Berkeley, Missouri Tuesday night
But on Wednesday, groups have begun to gather at the gas station where he was shot — including locals, veterans of the Ferguson protests, and police
The NAACP has called for peaceful gatherings. But Berkeley is still on edge, especially after the string of protests in nearby Ferguson this summer following the shooting death of 18-year old Michael Brown at the hands of a white police officer
Berkeley is 85% black, and has a population of 9,000 — about half the size of Ferguson Read more...
More about Us World, Us, Berkeley, and Antonio Martin
from MashableBrittany Levine
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