Free the People ROC was born in the summer of 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd & Daniel Prude uprising. What began as a groundswell of outrage quickly transformed into a sustained people-powered movement. In those early days, thousands poured into the streets demanding justice—not just for Daniel Prude, but for all those harmed by police violence and systemic neglect. FTP emerged from that moment, built by organizers, neighbors, artists, teachers, and community members who refused to return to ignore the injustices we'd been dealt. We formed not as a single-issue campaign, but as a growing abolitionist collective committed to reimagining safety, care, and justice in our city.