Newark Activist Among Speakers At 'Stolen Lives' Ceremony

NEWARK, NJ — A representative from the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress (POP) was among the speakers at a recent ceremony held to support families who have lost loved ones to police brutality.

POP Vice Chair Ingrid Hill made a presentation at the 25th annual Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony of the Stolen Lives Project. Organizers of the event inducted 11 families into the project, a national network of advocates and family survivors.

According to a statement from the POP:

“The project is a healing space and support circle that helps to humanize the memories of their lost loved ones as many of their lives have been minimalized by media insensitivity and institutional efforts to be more taken with clearing and protecting the perpetrating officers. This year’s induction ceremony including two local families: the family of Darryl Fuqua, who was killed by Bridgeton, New Jersey police officers, and the family of Jaquil Fields, who was killed in a hit and run by a Paterson, New Jersey police officer. Families from as far away as Anaheim and Oakland, California were also represented, such as the family of Cesar Cruz and the family of Oscar Grant, whose tragic case inspired by the film, ‘Fruitvale Station,’ which starred Newark native Michael B. Jordan.”

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