CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Seeking Justice for the Death of Surafel Assaminew
The Ethiopian Community Association of Atlanta
Downtown Marietta
December 10, 2003
IMAGES FROM CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN DOWNTOWN MARIETTA
Thanks to our supporters who reminded the media to cover the event.
Press coverage of the vigil was very robust. The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Don Plummer wrote a long piece on Surafel for the Wednesday morning edition. Don was also present at the vigil. Reporters from the Marietta Journal and WAGA- FOX News were also present. FOX News, which had exclusively covered the peaceful rally on November 17, covered the vigil on its 10:00 p.m. broadcast, and aired it several times on its Thursday morning news shows. WGCL-CBS broadcast its report on Thursday morning. In addition, Atlanta's WALK 1380 AM extensively interviewed Surafel's brother Kirubel on the Chris Askew Show. Even though WSB- Channel 2, the ABC Atlanta affiliate, did not send a reporter, they covered the vigil on their Wednesday evening news.
