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A photo essay by Micki Luckey and Lili Shidlovski  Natalie Teyolia Puente paints a mural in the Fruitvale district of Oakland. Photo with artist’s permission by Lili Shidlovski. Protests against police violence are occurring daily in thousands of cities and towns across the country since the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The brutality of this modern lynching followed closely upon the killing of Sean Reed, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbury, and then Rayshard Brooks was shot in Atlanta on June 13. In recent years police killed about 1000 people per year all over the country , a disproportionate number of them Black.
By Felicia Gustin As thousands of white people join protests nationwide, it’s important to look at not just why people are showing up but also how. Given this nation’s history of racism, we, as white people, want to make sure we are part of the solution, not the problem.  Photo of June 1st, 2020, Oakland youth march — Description: Hundreds of people face speakers with fists and cell phones in the air. Photo © Brook Anderson @movementphotographer By Micki Luckey
“We at the Movement For Black Lives believe that it is our mandate, in a moment where the police and vigilantes have increased their terror, that we make a clear and proud commitment to be in Defense of Black Lives.” M4BL |
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