The Million Moms March is being sponsored by Mothers for Justice United, an organization of mothers whose children have been killed by police officers and others, and the Coalition for Justice. The march is scheduled to end at the U.S. Department of Justice, where demonstrators plan to demand changes in police practices.
Maria Hamilton founded Mothers for Justice United and helped organize the march of mothers and their supporters, according to WITI-TV. Hamilton's 31-year-old son Dontre Hamilton was shot 14 times and killed by a former Milwaukee police officer.
"We want the federal government to change the laws across the board," she told WITI-TV. "We need to have them set the laws up where the police chief and different areas of police officers across the U.S. have the same rules and regulations when protecting us."
Mothers for Justice United, which also includes family members, clergy and concerned citizens, is focused on halting the killing of unarmed people of color by police and vigilantes through direct action, legislation and community building, the group says.
Meanwhile, Marion Gray-Hopkins, whose 19-year-old son Gary was killed by a police officer in Maryland in 1999, told NBC News she also plans to participate.
"Enough is enough," Gray-Hopkins told the network. "We need to put about some changes in laws and practices that will stop the senseless killing of our unarmed children."
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