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Polynesians for BLM and Tu Lucha Es Mi Lucha
A plywood panel with text reading "Polynesians for BLM" and a Polynesian-inspired pattern; "Tu Lucha es Mi Lucha" and "Chicanas 4 BLM" with abstracted waves, and a series of black and white portrait photographs, including Breonna Taylor -
You Are On Stolen Land | BLM graffiti
Blue graffiti on plywood reading "BLM" in large text. "You Are On Stolen Land -- You Are On Stoln Land" -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 30 November 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is an image of the Memorial Fence and the Washington Monument behind it. There are a bike, chairs, coolers, protesters, and bags that are in front of the fence. People are in front of the fence and one is holding a poster protesting. Multiple posters read “Stop Killing Us” “Pay A Black Woman Today” “Black Lives Matter” “Resist “We are the Majority” “Black Power” “Defeat White Supremacy” “Sex Is Great But Have You Ever Fucked The System” “ Fuck Your Fence “ We See Another Black Man Murdered” Imagine Justice” “Just Love” “Beware of the Dog” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Trump Is A Danger To Us All” “White silence Fuels Domestic [illegible]” “#DefundMPD EndSARS” “Fuck Your Fence” “Join Campaign Zero” “#Say Their Names” “White Supremacy is Deadly” “State of Injustice” “Protect Democracy From GOP” “Jesus knows Black Lives Need More Than Thoughts & Prayers”. There is also a Mexican flag hanging from the stoplight and a flag that reads “Fuck Trump” There is a poster with a drawing of two black power fists raised and Colin Kaepernick taking a knee. There is a mask of Donald Trump with a Hitler mustache drawn on and a drawing of Breonna Taylor. There are protestors in front of the fence sitting and standing, and one person is holding a flag and waving it.
Multiple posters read “Abolish Prisons Save Black Lives” “Quit your job, MPD! You class traitor fascist evil racist sexist asswipes!!” “Defund MPD” “Defend Black Lives” “Black Lives Matter”
There is a transgender flag on the fence which is pink, white, and blue and reads “Black Trans Lives Matter."
There is a painted image of a man with blue white and black paint with his eyes closed that reads “Free Your Mind.” There are small quotes written on the poster that read “Black futures matter” “Black joy matters” “No human is illegal on stolen land” “Black Trans Lives Matter! “BLM 4 Ever” “Stop Killing Us -Laiah Ban[illegible]” “Just. Be. Kind.” “Seriously” “Why Do You Hate Black People So Much” “Black Men We Love You!” There are two other images on the poster that are too blurry to determine.
A poster reads “Think Outside Your Carceral State of Mind Imagine Abolition”
There is a poster that has a drawing of a US postage mail box. Underneath this is another poster that has been washed out and the only legible word is “Badge”.
There is a poster that has a black power fist which was painted in different colors that are navy, purple, green, pink, orange, and light blue.
There is a close-up of the fabrics and shows four different pieces hanging on a string on the fence with different patterns and colors and writing on them. They are orange, purple, black/white, and a red checkered pattern. Respectively there is a small white square in the middle of the fabric squares and they read “Carlos Alcis 1970-2013” “Frankie Ann Perkins 1997” “Remember Them” “Dreasjon Reed 1999-2020” “Larry Eugene Jackson Jr.”
There are fifteen pieces of fabric that are hanging on a string on the fence with different patterns and colors and writing on them. They read “Alisia Tromae” “Laquan McDonald” “Manuel ‘Mannie’ Ellis” “William Howard Green Jr.” “Chad Robertson” “Michael Lee Marshall” “Carlos Alcis” “Frankie Ann Perkins 1997” “Remember Them” “Dreasjon Reed 1999-2020” “Larry Eugene Jackson Jr.” “Deborah C
The poster is a lavender color and an image of an eye in the middle with a teardrop as the pupil and circles extending outwards from the eye and it reads “We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For” encircling the eye.
There is a poster that reads “A…racisthomophobiczenophobicislamophobiclyingthievingunfaithfulconnivingunpatriotccowardlydumballegedpedophileallegedrapistmisoginisticcrankydimwittedcravendaughter-oglingsmall-handedwhoringvaingreedydraft-dodgingwhinyAFman-baby……says what?” and it has an image of Donald Trump’s head on it with a speech bubble coming from him that reads “What?” and in the corner of the poster reads “Biden 20[star symbol]” On Donald Trump’s head is a black square and a red swastika and reads “Secure Your Place In The Future”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 27 November 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
A poster reads “This Daughter of an Immigrant Dyke Voted Your White Supremacist Ass Out” and the word “dyke” is filled in with rainbow colors.
There is a ladder, lawn chairs, and multiple posters, with some on the ground as well that read “Proud Boys Are Little BITCHES” “Justice For Karon” “Biden Kamala 2021” ”Welcome 1st Woman Vice President” “White silence Fuels Domestic Terrorism” “Goodbye 2020” “Retire to Russia” “Fuck Your Fence” “Fuck Your White Supremacy” “Black Power” “The Whole Damn System Is Racist As Hell” “In Solidarity” “LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL not some” “FUCK Trump is corrupt too! @RemiBux333”
There is a poster that reads “Black Lives Matter” repeatedly on it six times, and there is a black power fist painted on top of this.
There is a large black poster that reads “#StopMPD Black Lives Matter”
There are multiple photographs of victims of police brutality and they read “Anthony Hill March 2015 Rest In Power” “Rest In Power Henry Lee Sr.” “Rest In Power Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr November 22, 2018” “Kevin Higginbotham March 12, 2016” “Rest In Power James Anderson” “Victo Larosa III July 2015 Rest In Power” “[illegible]n Harrison June 14, 2015 Rest In Power”
There is a poster that reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” and the poster has the colors of the transgender flag which is blue, pink, and white.
There is a poster that has the image of the American flag on it and it reads “Black Lives Matter”.
There is an image of an oil can and has a headshot of Joe Biden on it and it reads “Uncle Joe’s Restore -A- Country Now with [illegible] Agents Special Democracy Formulation CAUTION: Contents under pressure Red. TM. [illegible] 10/22/2020 #restore[illegible]”
There is a poster that shows two interlocking hands and is holding up a scale that is traditionally seen as held by Lady Justice and it reads “’There Can Be No Love Without Justice’ – bell hooks Black Lives Matter” and the Instagram handle of the artist is on the poster as well which reads “@brianonymous”
There is a poster that reads “Support Protect Listen Fight For Your Black Friends” and there are four different colored stickers which are pink, purple, green, and red respectively with stars on the poster that each read “Support Your Black Friends” “Protect Your Black Friends” “Listen To Your Black Friends” “Fight Your Black Friends” and then the Instagram Handle of the artist which reads “@KellynsStickas -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 26 November 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is a poster that reads “The Guardians of the BLM Memorial Fence need help! The BLM Memorial Fence, and those protecting it, are at risk daily from Trump supporters and Trump himself, cops, other white supremacists, and weather conditions. A small group works to guard the fence but need supplies, equipment food and transportation, urgently! Donate via GoFundMe #FundTheFEnce #BLM”
A poster reads “WHY DO BLACK Lives MATTER? Deuteronmy [sic] 28 Verses 68 [;] And the Lord Shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen, and bondwomen, and no man shall buy u [sic] [;] April 3rd 1968 Dr King wrote he has been to the mountain top and has seen the Promised Land He might not get here with us But he was not afraid. 52 years ago he gave testimony of The Kingdom of God and the Promised Land is the Land Promised to be [illegible] by the Lord. 2020 was the Prophecy of Dr. King as He [illegible] above corruption in the line of Musa, Elijah, and the Son Yeshua, From Goshen to Galilee to D.C. in 2020 in the Chain of Affliction Black Lives are the Number One Link [;] 2020 Be My Elect [;] Uncle Samuel L. Powell The Right On Write in Candidnte [sic[ for P.O.T.U.S. [;] INDEPENDENT”
Multiple posters read “All Votes Matter” “Black Lives Matter” “Your Silence is Loud #BLM say their names” “Pack Your Shit, Don” “Defund MPD” “Say his Name Quawan Charles”
There is a blue poster with black and white swirls to represent the ocean and it reads “The Seas Are Rising So Must We”
A poster reads “Families Belong Together” and there are stick figure drawings to represent families on the poster.
A black poster that reads “Do You Hear the PEOPLE Sing?” and there are outlines of four fists drawn in white paint at the bottom of the poster.
A poster reads “It’s Right to Rebel ! – Mao ¡ La Rebelión Se Justifica !” which translates into “The Rebellion is Justified”
There is an image of a postage stamp, and it reads “Stamp Out Trump” and next to it is a poster that is slightly falling down which has an image of a mail delivery van and it reads “Save the Post Office”.
There is a poster that reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” and the poster has the colors of the transgender flag which is blue, pink, and white.
There is a poster which has a drawn image of a meme which is a dog with a hat and there is fire in the background and a bacterium floating around it and it reads “Finally”. The dog is also holding a piece of paper that reads “Eviction Notice To: Donald Trump From: Murica” #MPP”
Another poster reads “Fuck Amerikka! ACAB [;] FTP [;] Defund MPD [;] Fuck MPD”
A poster reads “The African Diaspora must unite and deconstruct the institution put in place to divide us.” And another reads “11/14: Nazis stabbed my friends. Where were you? Defend DC?” “Justice for DeonKay We wont [sic] forget you! #RIP”
There is orange duct tape that reads “Deonte Rawlings” and “Alonzo [illegible].
There is a poster that reads “#BLM 2020” and a drawn image of a woman who has glasses and a mask who is holding a poster that reads “Racism Continues To Shame Us – Pope Francis.”
Multiple posters reads “White Supremacy will be Defeated” “Say Their Names “Taking Our flag BACK!” “BLM” “YOU’RE FIRED” “Breonna Taylor” “Black Trans Power” “Who Invented the ‘White Race’? the Ruling Class! Read = Ted Allen’s ‘The Invention of the White Race’” “Put the gun’s Down and pick us kid’s up! Gun’s down in our Home street’s and community! Rip Maurice scott [heart symbol] Gun’s down Friday !!” “Justice for Quawan Charles” “Black and Proud [;] Brown girl, you are lovely in every shade! I’m Not my hair. I’m Not my skin. I am the soul that lives within.” “Bring Back Our Boys” “Say Her Name Sandra Bland”
There is a white tapestry with a drawn image of Donald Trump and a horse that is looking at him and they are in a stable and it reads “Stable genius”. On Donald Trump's tie, there is a hammer and sickle which is commonly a communist symbol.
A poster that reads “My Vice President Looks Like Me!” and a drawn image of Kamala Harris and the “MVP” is highlighted in black to stand out.
There are multiple strips of fabric with names of those who were victims of police brutality and they read “RIP [illegible]” “Anthony Hill” “Renisha McBride” “[illegible] Pharoah M[illegible]” “Darius Robinson” “R.I.P. Philando Castile” “R.I.P Dominique Clayton” “R.I.P. Antwon Rose”
There are multiple black and white photographs of people who have lost their lives to police brutality and all read Defund Disarm Disband The Police”. The photographs read “Aira Rosser 40 Yrs Old November 9, 2014” “Aiyana Jones 7 Yrs Old May 16, 2010” “Betti Jones 55 Yrs Old Dec 26, 2017” “Alteria Woods 21 Yrs Old March 19, 2017” “Meagan Hockaday 26 Yrs Old March 28, 2015” “Kyam Livingston 37 Yrs Old July 24, 2013” “Kyla Moore 41 Yrs Old Febuary [sic] 12, 2013” “Loreal Tsingine 27 Yrs Old March 27, 2016” “Kisha Michael 31 Yrs Old Febuary [sic] 21 2016” “Jeanette Riley 35 Yrs Old July 8, 2014” “Pamela Turner 44 Yrs Old May 13, 2019” “Kiwi Herring 30 Yrs Old Aug 21, 2017” “Karen [illegible]”
There are other color photographs of victims of police brutality and they read “Kyam Livingston July 24, 2013” “Bataline Mbegby Oct 6, 2014 Rest In Power” “Rest In Power” “Rest In Power Tommy”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 20 November 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is an image of the Memorial Fence and the Washington Monument behind it and there is a bike, chairs, coolers, and bags that are in front of the fence. People are in front of the fence and one is holding a poster protesting. Multiple posters read “Stop Killing Us” “Pay A Black Woman Today” “Black Lives Matter” “Resist" “We are the Majority” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Trump Is A Danger To Us All” “White silence Fuels Domestic [illegible]” “#DefundMPD EndSARS” “Fuck Your Fence” “Join Campaign Zero” “#Say Their Names” “Jesus knows Black Lives Need More Than Thoughts & Prayers” “BLM” “Black Power” “End Qualified Immunity”.
Multiple posters read “Families Belong Together” “All Votes Matter” “Pack Your Shit, Don” “All Votes Matter” “Your Silence is Loud #BLM say their names” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Black Lives Matter”
There is a pink heart that reads “alvin cole should still be here” “We Keep Us Safe” ”Rest in Power”
“You’re Fired” “Do No Harm.”
There is a poster that has an image of Meagan Hockaday and it reads “Meagan Hockaday 26 Yrs Old March 28, 2015” This is the date where she was shot and killed and the poster further reads “Defund Disarm Disband the Police”
On a yellow poster, it reads “The Revolution will be Accessible [;] Black Disabled Lives Matter”
A strip of fabric reads “RIP Jordan Edwards” and “Michelle Cusseau”
Part of a poster is visible, and it reads “MPD Refund DC”
A blue poster reads “Who’s the Loser Now? You’re Fired! From a Proud Veteran” and next to this reads “You Are Fired !!” that has writing on it and reads “It’s Over [;] Start Packing [;] Time To Concede”
There’s a poster that reads “Sashay away [;] Look how fucking orange you look !” Above this is part of a red poster that reads “National Organization For Women”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 19 November 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is an image of the Memorial Fence and the Washington Monument behind it and there is a bike, chairs, coolers, and bags that are in front of the fence. People are in front of the fence and one is holding a poster protesting. Multiple posters read “Stop Killing Us” “Pay A Black Woman Today” “Black Lives Matter” “Resist “We are the Majority” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Trump Is A Danger To Us All” “White silence Fuels Domestic [illegible]” “#DefundMPD EndSARS” “Fuck Your Fence” “Join Campaign Zero” “#Say Their Names” “Jesus knows Black Lives Need More Than Thoughts & Prayers”.
There is a poster that reads “We All Bleed The Same” and there is red paint on the poster that is splattered over it and red handprints. It also reads “BLM” in red. Underneath this is a circular poster that reads from the outside in going clockwise “Black Disabled Lives Matter – Black Trans Lives Matter – Black Incarcerated Lives Matter – Black Queer Lives Matter – Young Black Lives Matter – Poor Black Lives Matter – Old Black Lives Matter – All Black Lives Matter”
There is an image of a hand that is throwing away a container that has Donald Trump inside it and it reads “Vetepal’ carajo. Sincerely, Puerto Rico [which translates to Fuck Off] and there is a drawing of the Puerto Rican flag by the bottom of the poster.
There is a long tapestry that reads in red “Defend Democracy” and it has a rose before and after the statement as well as two held hands. Underneath this are multiple posters that read “Count Every Vote” “Donald Trump is a White Supremacist” “Fuck Trump” “Reform MPD @murielbowser” “Justice for Quawan Charles” “Divided We Fall” “Black Power Matters” “Genocide Looming Over Tigrayans Act Now! #StopWarOnTigray” “Solidarity Not Sympathy” “The People Have Spoken” “Class Dismissed Betsy!! #OnBehalfOfALLTeachers “If Your Religious Beliefs Oppose Contraception, Don’t Use It” “Color is not a Crime”
There is an image of Ruth Bader Ginsberg from her Times cover magazine.
Multiple posters read “Black Trans Lives Matter” and the poster has the colors of the trans flag which are blue, pink, and white. Some of these posters are of the American flag instead also read “Black Trans Lives Matter”.
There is a cloth sheet that reads “There’s a poster that reads “’I can’t breathe. I have my ID [illegible] My name is Elijah McClain. That’s my house. I was just going home. I’m an introvert. I’M JUST DIFFERENT. That’s all. I’M SO SORRY. I have [illegible] fun. I don’t do that stuff. I don’t do any fighting. Why are you attacking me? I don’t even kill flies! I don’t eat meat. I don’t judge people, I don’t judge people who do eat meat. Forgive me. All I was trying to do was become better. I will do it. I will [illegible] anything. Sacrifice my identity, I’ll do it. You all are phenomenal. You are beautiful and I love you. Try to forgive me. I’m a mood Gemini. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Ow, that really hurt. You all are very strong. Teamwork makes the dream work. Oh, I’m sorry I wasn’t trying to do that. I JUST CAN’T BREATHE CORRECTLY’ – Elijah McClain as he was being murdered on Aug. 24, 2019. Elijah was put in a chokehold and lost consciences. The paramedics injected him with ketamine. He suffered a heart attack and was declared Brain Dead. His killers – Nathan Woodyard & Jason Rosenblatt & Randy Roedema still work for the Aurora Police Department. DONATE TO [illegible] ELIJAHSFOUNDATION https://gf.me.u.x5g5vw
One poster reads “Burn Down The AmeriKKKan Plantation” and there are drawn flames around the text. A poster next to this reads “If All You Came To Do Is Take Pics Take Your Performative A** Home Take Real Action”. Another reads “All Our Silences In The Face Of Racist Assaults Are Acts of Complicity – bell hooks” [name is not capitalized purposefully]
A poster reads “school house edu and there is a drawing of a blackboard that is in front of didn’t colored circles that are supposed to represent ‘people’. This blackboard reads “’I’m tired of waiting for the day my racial justice lesson can be a history lesson...not a current events lesson. BLACK LIVES MATTER!’”
A poster reads “I went to John Marshall Elem. School 50 yrs. Ago with the Day twins. 20 years before Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court."
There is a poster that is painted like an upside-down American flag that has two shadow hands that are painted on it.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 06 November 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is a poster on the ground that has an image of the earth and a large tree on top of it next to a moon and two hearts. On top of these images are words that read “I Pledge Allegiance To The Earth and to all her creatures Net One United [illegible] love Harmony With Univers[illegible] And Compassion”
There is a red umbrella that have images of yellow spray-painted people on it and it reads “Democracy” on the umbrella which is repeated at least six times. In the background is the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence and it has many posters that read “BLM #blacklivesmatter” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fuck 12 “Trump is Guilty” “BLM” “Black Lives Matter” “Love Wins Biden Harris” “We Need Police Reform” “Ruthless and Determined” “Rest In Power Ruth Bader Ginsberg” “ACAB” “Fund The Communities” “Bad Biddies 4 Biden” “AmeriKKKa” “Yeah The Black Guy Did It” “Count Every Vote” “Become ungovernable” “Climate Emergency” “No Justice No Peace No Racist Police” “Abolish The Police” “Dump Trump” “@IAMKAMALX” “LIBERTY and JUSTICE for all not some.” There is an acronym on a poster that reads “DUMP TRUMP [;] Terrifying Racist Unrepentant Malicious PIG”
There is a silhouette of a woman and the poster reads “For Our Future let Equality Bloom” and inside the silhouette reads “Racism isn’t Taught It’s Learned [;] BLM”
There is an image of a woman with a rose in her hair and there seems to be an eagle on her shirt. The poster reads “We The People [;] Defend Dignity. There is a sticker attached that reads “#celebrateimmigrants” and it has many different international flags such as Canada, Japan, USA, United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria, Mexico, India, France, Italy, Turkey, Puerto Rico, China, Honduras, Taiwan, Venezuela, and Cameroon.
There is a poster that reads “Demand Democracy” which is crossed out with white paint and underneath this reads “No Genuine Democracy Under US Imperialism.” There is a sticker of the white house with the American flag behind it and it reads “Trump, You’re Fired!”
Other posters read “Fuck Racism” “This movement needs YOU” “Thanks God” “Doomsday is Here…” “Convict Killer Cops” “Count Every Vote” “Your hatred Racial Slurs and Ignorance do not define me…” “Arrest Breonna’s Killer” “If You Believe In Jesus How Can You Believe in Trump” “Jesus Knows A White Jesus Is A Lie” “WHITE Jesus most important Tool of WHITE Supremacy” “#BLACKVotersMatter” “Trump Bears False Witness – Daily And is adultery ok now, too?” “MATTER is the minimum” “Do the Right Thing?” “No Peace Until We ABOLISH the Police” “Say Their Names Rest In Power” “Black Trans Lives Matter.”
There are two black power fists drawn on a poster with blue markings on them. There are multiple images of victims of police brutality.
There is a poster that reads “Trump is Orange NOT pink!! #fakenews www.Subversiveware.com” and there is an image of two pink balls and a large pink object between them.
“tRumpvangelical The gospel according to tRump, 1:1.1 Thou shall pay off as many WHORES as MAGA-ts will turn a BLIND eye to” The ‘u’ in Trump is replaced with an image of a sickle and hammer.
“Trump is a Whoremonger”
Above this is a poster that reads “Whoremonger Ephesians 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger , nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God”
“3 Cops Were Caught on Camera Fantasizing About Killing Black People Micheal Kevin Piner ‘he is going to buy a new assault rifle…’ Michael Kevin Piner ‘we are just gonna go out and start slaughtering them f***ing n****rs.’ Michael Kevin Piner ‘…society needed a civil war to ‘wipe’ em off the f***ing map. That’ll put ‘em back about four or five generations.’ Soon, Piner turned the conversation to his belief that a civil war was imminent and his intention to buy high-powered weaponry. After saying he was ready to ‘slaughter’ black people, he added, ‘God, I can’t wait.’ Later, hile complaining about a black judge whom Moore called a ‘f------ negro magistrate,’ Moore added, ‘It’s bad man because not all black people are like that.’ ‘Most of ‘em,’ Piner responded ’90 percent of ‘em, Kevin, 90 f------ percent of ‘em’ Moore said.”
There is a black shirt hanging on the fence that reads “#justiceforjamarionrobinson 76 Bullets.”
There’s an American flag hanging from the fence as well as multiple images of victims of police brutality which read “Rest in Power.”
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anti racistBlack Incarcerated Lives MatterBlack Lives MatterBlack Lives Matter Memorial Fence...15 moreProtest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 26 October 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is a photo with multiple posters that reads “Defund Police and Make Cops Hold Bake…” with the rest of the poster ripped off. Another one reads “Shut Down Trump”, “No Justice No Peace” with other words written on this poster. “Fuck Racism”, with a sticker that reads “Americans Against Racism” and another poster that reads “3 cops were caught on camera fantasizing about killing black people” and the name on this poster is “Michael Kevin Piner” and on the rest of the poster are are quotes from the video. There is a photograph of Jacqueline Salyers that reads “Rest in Power”.
There is a close up shot of a poster from a quote of Susan Collins (R-ME) [Republican of Maine] and it reads “I do not believe he [Trump] is the president that we need at this time in our country's history I believe that... he is antithetical to the values of the Republican Party.”
There is a black poster with yellow spray paint that reads “BLM”. The poster next to it reads “While Vietnam Veterans served their country... Trump served up another golf ball... and when he got older he served himself to your tax bailout to keep it in business... a self-serving type!” And above these posters are multiple photos of those who lost their lives to police brutality, and they read either “#SayHerName” or “Rest in Power”.
There is a poster that reads “Black Lives Matter Black Trans Lives Matter Black Incarcerated Lives Matter” next to this is a photo Ruth Bader Ginsburg that reads “RBG I dissent”. Underneath this is a poster of Timothy Russell who lost his life to police brutality. Under this photograph is a poster that reads “It is not enough to be non-racist we must be Antiracist” which is a quote by Angela Davis. There is a drawing of the US Capital that also has what looks to be a bill that reads “AntiRacist Policies” and next to this is a poster of a trans flag that reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” on top of it.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 20 October 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is a small cardboard cutout of Donald Trump that reads “Family Separator #tinytrump.” There is a pink sticker that has the black power fist at the top and flowers surround it. There are two hands below it and they are holding up two weight scales that have a gavel and a dove in them. This sticker reads “No Justice No Peace No Racist Police” This sticker was created by @citizenruthbrand.
There is a view from the ground that shows the fence and people walking on the sidewalk and protesting in the street. On the ground is a line of papers that are black and white printed photos of photos. They read “The Doors are Closing on Evil. White Supremacy is Terrorism” “The Moral Finder of This Country is Torn to Shreds” “Trump’s Life is a Waste of Matter” Trumps a Liar” and the rest are unable to be read properly.
Another shot of the fence shows two flags that are standing up against the fence and one is a black flag that has “Trump” on it with a black circle background that has a red circle with a line going through it. The second black flag next to it is folded over and has “Trump” on it with the communist sickle and hammer replacing the “U” and has a red circle with a line going through it.
There are many posters that reads “Trump Digs His Own Grave” “Trump Lies All The Time” “Trump is Guilty” “Arrest Trump” “None of this is Normal Stop the Gaslighting” “ACAB” “Stop ICE!” “Stop Murdering Black People” “Don’t Force Your Dick on U.S.a [sic]” “Outbreak? Crime Scene? Or Both? Vote Them Out” “Save Our Kids” “votethem out! VoteThem Out!! VOTETHEM OUT!!!” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Silence is Betrayal” “Yeah The Black Guy Did It” “State of Injustice” “My Body is NOT A Political Playground” “America has had 400 years to make it RIGHT BLM” “Loser” and “Tool of Russia Under Master Putin [-] Threatening Rotten Unscrupulous Murderous Pandemic-Panderer” “No Barrett No Trump No KKK No Fascist USA Fuck Your White Supremacy” “State of Obstruction” “The Trump Hotel is a Crime Scene” “The Trump Hotel is a Breeding Ground of Corruption” “We can’t repeal out pre-existing conditions” “KKK in Blue” “Justice for those Killed” “Black Lives Matter.” And a poster that is on black cardboard with “BLM” that was spraypainted on with yellow spray paint.
A black poster with pink cursive handwriting reads “fuck Trump” and has hearts drawn around it. Another poster that has the silhouette of the Grim Reaper on a yellow background with Mitch McConnell’s face on it reads “Moral Monday Caravan on McConnell” and “STOP McConnell’s Meanness, Mayhem & Misery Pass a Full & Just Stimulus Package!” Another black poster has different colored words and reads “Fuck You GOP!” “Gray Old Peckers.”
There is a black poster that reads “The Silent Unknown” which seems to be a poem and has an image of someone in red with their hands up and head down.
There are multiple pictures of those who lost their lives to police brutality and they have “Rest in Power” or “#SayHerName” and some of them have the victims' names on them. The legible names are “Pamela Turner May 13, 2019” “Bryan Overstreet April 2015” “Cory Levert Tanner Aug 13, 2014” “Zikarious Flint March 30, 2014” “Kiorte Spencer Februrary 26, 20[..]” and “Mathew Ajibade Jan 1, 2015”.
There is a cardboard poster of the Monopoly man who is holding a police officer and it reads “Black Lives Matter R.I.P. George Floyd Breonna Taylor Atatiana Jefferson Freddie Gray” it further has “marcmoneyart.com” and “@marcmoneyart”.
A cardboard poster that has black silhouettes of protesters holding names of people who have been killed by police brutality (Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, Freddie Gray, Tony McDade, D’Quan Young, and George Floyd) reads “All I wanna say is that they don’t really care about us.”
A poster that reads “Justice for Queen Breonna” has a portrait of Breonna Taylor with a crown on and there is a painted portrait of Trayvon Martin that reads “Trayvon.”
There is a painted portrait of Vanessa Guillén with the Mexican flag behind her (green, white, and red) that reads “Not one more.”