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Remembering Aaron Steele
Aaron Steele was killed by the Cleveland police on May 8, 2007.
"Aaron Steele, a young man, 23. He was up there at 82nd and Denison, between 81st and 82nd and Denison. The police came up on him as he was waiting for his girlfriend to come out from changing her clothes. They came up on him saying he had loud music. They pulled him out of the truck and claimed they saw a pistol in the back floor of the truck. An eyewitness I talked to said she couldn't believe what they did to him. They just kept firing bullets at him, firing bullets at Aaron. This case was one of three killings by the…
Poster Remembering Daniel Ficker
Memorial Portrait Poster of Daniel Ficker, killed by Cleveland police on July 4, 2011
"There was…
Portrait Poster remembering Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell
Memorial Portrait Poster depicting Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell and the date of their murder…
Consent Decree--Cleveland/US Justice Dept.
After a series of police murders the Justice Dept. was called to Cleveland and in 2014 this…
NYT article by Nicholas Kristof about mental health cuts filling prisons
NYT article by Nicholas Kristof decrying mental health cuts
SMIN Call for Feb 26 2014 Hoodies Up protest
Digital version of the call for a protest put out by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network a few weeks…
SMIN flyer graphic
A graphic calling for showing solidarity with Trayvon Martin, killed by George Zimmerman
SMIN national vision statement
The Stop Mass Incarceration Network's vision statement for a national movement
First PTS Meeting
photo of primitive posters at the first meeting of PTS in a living room in Cleveland Heights
First Meeting of Puncture the Silence (PTS)
one of the primitive posters at the founding meeting ofPTS
First Meeting of Puncture the Silence (PTS)
one of the primitive posters at the founding meeting of PTS
First Meeting of Puncture the Silence (PTS)
one of the primitive posters at the founding meeting of PTS
Original letters between PTS and SMIN
Letters between Puncture the Silence (PTS) and Stop Mass Incarceration Network (SMIN)establishing an…
PTS Call to Artists for Logo Design
The call put out by Puncture the Silence-Stop Mass Incarceration for an artist to design a logo for…