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Sunday #JusticeForGeorge

Posted: May 31, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: Black Lives Matter, Injustice system, morning reads, open thread, racism |14 Comments

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This is too much déjà vu…how many times have we seen the phrase “justice for…” used to represent the murder of a black man or woman or child?


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By @ashleyskywalker taken at #AFROPUNKAtlanta

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.#saytheirnames

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“I have always wanted my art to service my people. To reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us aware of our potential” ⭐️ DC-born African American artist, Elizabeth Catlett, was known for her powerful sculptures, paintings, and prints that explored themes around race and feminism. The grandchild of freed slaves, Catlett was instrumental in pioneering a style that merged abstraction and figuration in a Modernist aesthetic – curvaceous figures and features with thick sharp lines – whilst also bringing in influences from African and Mexican art traditions ♥️ Whilst alive (she passed in 2012 age 96) she divided her time between Mexico and the US which heavily informed her approach to form and printmaking. Catlett's artistic aim was to convey social messages through her heavily political work which saw her reflect the civil rights struggles in which she participated.

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People are in pain. We must listen.

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The entire country has erupted in protests over the murder of George Floyd, another unarmed black man who was killed by the police in Minneapolis, MN. Even as hundreds of thousands of people are dying and suffering because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this has not stopped the police from murdering black people in the street. Despite the looming fear of contracting the virus, protesters gathered in the streets all around the city to demand justice for George Floyd and the countless others who have been murdered by police and to declare that black lives matter. These photos are from the rally that took place in Brooklyn, New York. Note: Activist NYC has always been a photo project documenting peaceful protesters and depicting people in a positive light. I started this project because I hate how the media always portrays protesters with violence to garner clicks and headlines. All these photos from today were captured with permission from the people. . . @peoplespowerassemblynyc @equality4flatbush #georgefloyd #justiceforgeorgefloyd #blacklivesmatter #whitesupremacy #fightwhitesupremacy #whitesupremacyisterrorism #BLM #stopwhitesupremacy #stopwhiteterrorism #fuckthepolice #FTP #policebrutality #stoppolicebrutality #stopkillingblackpeople #nojusticenopeace #silenceisviolence #jailkillercops #wewillnotbesilent #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #activistny #blacklivesmatter✊🏾 #policeaccountability #policeaccountabilitynow #endpolicebrutality #stoppoliceterror #stoppoliceviolence #icantbreathe #noracistpolice #justiceforfloyd

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Reposted from @seedingsovereignty Catch the fire, y’all. – #regrann

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The protest are growing…last night my daughter sent me this message as she was driving back from Florida:

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This guy reporting for CNN in Philly just caught the cops chasing a few guys who were walking at Broad and Sansom, tackling one of them to the ground violently. At least 3 cops on top of one (black) guy. The reporter made it clear that the guys were not doing anything dangerous and for all we know they could have just been walking home. Right. Curfew is in effect unless you are essential workers. And they had no way of knowing if these guys were essential or not. Instead they attacked. Our neighbors watched the cops at 4th and South redirect a black couple, not letting them cross the street, and then allow a white woman. I just watched live footage of a white guy shoving the stuff he looted into a Mustang and drive off, unharmed. Facts. Also, be careful with dropping "they" and "them" as code for black protesters because there are/were plenty of white folks out there starting fires and looting. Black people are in PAIN. White supremacy continues to EXHAUST. If you're white, please just take a beat before you pass judgement. People > property.

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President Trump on Saturday denied that his tweet earlier in the day suggesting a “MAGA night” at the White House was meant to incite racial tensions, saying it was meant as a question because he had heard his supporters wanted to be at the protests around the country following the death of George Floyd. “These are people who love this country, I have no idea if they are going to be here, I was just asking,” he told reporters in brief remarks outside the White House. “By the way, they love African American people, they love black people, MAGA loves the black people, I heard MAGA wanted to be there, I have no idea whether that’s true or not. But remember MAGA loves our country.” The president attacked Minneapolis’s handling of the protests — adding a tangential that he’d had great political success in Minnesota by almost winning it in 2016 — and slammed Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey as a “probably a very good person but a radical left mayor.” Earlier, Trump tweeted a harsher critique of Frey, writing that the mayor “will never be mistaken for the late, great General Douglas McArthur or great fighter General George Patton.” Read more by clicking the link in our bio.

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I feel this:

And also this:


This is an open thread.

14 Comments on “Sunday #JusticeForGeorge”

  1. Minkoff Minx says:
    May 31, 2020 at 10:00 am

    Just want to add this:

  2. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 10:39 am

  3. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 10:57 am

  4. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 11:00 am

  5. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 11:50 am

  6. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 11:54 am

    • Enheduanna says:
      May 31, 2020 at 12:22 pm

      This has always been horrifying to me – the militarization of local law enforcement. Against us – the people. Tanks rolling down residential neighborhood streets – why? Where’s the corresponding threat?

      Statistics for domestic abuse among law enforcement are horrible – much higher than the general public. Chauvin’s wife could very well be fleeing abuse. Stats range as high as 40%.

      And can we please drug-test these goons? I’m sorry – this is an old trope but I think there’s a lot of steroid abuse involved here. I knew someone who’s young husband accidentally killed himself with steroids and he was a cop.

  7. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 12:34 pm

    Anon hacked the Minneapolis police department and city hall …

  8. roofingbird says:
    May 31, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    Family members are planning to march in Spokane tonight…

    • quixote says:
      May 31, 2020 at 4:46 pm

      I am so conflicted about the marches. The cause is righteous but the virus does not care. It doesn’t care whether you’re being an idiot in a pool party or working in a slaughterhouse to survive or putting yourself on the line for peace and truth and justice.

      These marches are going to turn into a corresponding spike in cases.

      And yet. Jamming the phone lines just doesn’t feel the same.

      I don’t know what we can do, but I’m horribly afraid this isn’t it.

      • roofingbird says:
        May 31, 2020 at 5:45 pm

        I agree with you about the COVID concern. I’m struggling more with passing the torch. It’s one thing for me to do it, and another to watch my children, and others children..I feel quite impotent, and that I failed them, that they should have to defend against this National infestation of vipers. sad, outraged, fearful, determined

  9. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 6:21 pm

  10. dakinikat says:
    May 31, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    https://twitter.com/i/events/1267117140785717250

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