Protesters Marking 10 Years After Michael Brown’s Killing Face Arrest and Prison

Youth minister arrested at Michael Brown protest faces nearly 20 years in prison

This article was originally published by Truthout. On the afternoon of July 17, the hallway of the St. Louis County Courthouse’s third floor was mostly empty. The pretrial hearing for 30-year-old youth minister and protester Elijah Gantt had ended 30 minutes ago, where just over a dozen members of his community support team had shown up. At one of his bond reduction hearings last year, a few of them wore “FREE ELIJAH” T-shirts. The judge positiv…

Protesters Marking 10 Years After Michael Brown’s Killing Face Arrest and Prison

“To say, why were we out there, why were we even protesting … is to gaslight an entire community,” said one supporter.