As jury selection began in the trial of a Cincinnati police officer accused in the death of a suspect, about 200 people gathered on Fountain Square Monday for a rally to protest police brutality.

        The event, which drew City Council candidates, ministers and activists, was organized by the Coalition for a Just Cincinnati, the group that is also pushing an economic boycott of the city.

        The local event coincided with other Oct. 22 protests nationwide. All were part of the 6th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.

        After an hour of music, the speeches began.

        “We're going to keep on praying because something is going to happen,” said Essie Mae Hurt, whose son Rickey Moore was shot to death by Officer Thomas Haas July 27 in Millvale.

        Mr. Moore, who was mentally ill, fired a shotgun at the officer.

        A cousin of Roger Owensby Jr., the 29-year-old who died Nov. 7 of asphyxiation while struggling with police, spoke to the crowd about change.

        He and others walked to the courthouse after the rally where Officer Robert Jorg is being tried.The national president of the Black Panther Nation spoke of citizens gaining martial arts training and defending themselves even by taking a police officer's gun and using it against him.

        “You are within your rights,” said Black Panther Minister Malik Shabazz, who came from Detroit.

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