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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 07 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.
Then there is a panoramic shot of the fence with the Washington Monument in the background.
There is a large poster that has a mugshot of John Lewis from the '60s and then a more recent picture of him that reads “He marched so ALL could vote. Go” There is a QR code on the poster that reads “Register to Vote Text WEVOTE to 40649” The OR code leads to an expired link currently. There is writing on the poster that reads “I Hope Youre [sic] Proud Of Us Mr. Lewis RIP ”
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
Posters read “Eviction Notice” “United Against Fascism” “Trump is Over” “Justice 4 George” “Nebraska Farmer 88 yrs old Uncle Marvin says ‘Black Lives Matter. Don’t you forget it!’ VOTE” “Thank you Jim Clyburn Stacey Abrams! African Americans saved this country Again! Thank you!” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Vote Them Out” “Abolition Not Reform” “If Your Religious Beliefs Oppose Abortion, Don’t Have One” “It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way. STOP Killing Black People” “Abolish the Police” “Abolish the Patriarchy” “How Many More?” “[illegible] Freedoms Protected By The First Amendment Stupid Bitch” “’In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.’ SPEAK UP!” “Black Lives Matter” “Justice For Karon Hylton Fuck 12 Justice for Karon Hylton” “Respect Existence or Expect Resistance” “people build peace” “Abolish the Slave Catcher” “Rewrite The Constitution For The 21st Century” “J.Bagshaw Allowed His Officers To Terrorize Citizens For Protesting The Murders of Black People.” “Lve Kills Hate” with the ‘E’ replaced with a swastika.
A poster reads “Trump” and it has a red circle around it and a line through it. Another poster reads “Vote Out Trump the liar the racist the transphobic the homophobic the useless the hateful the ableist the white supremacist the rapist” behind this is another poster that is covered up slightly but one is able to see that it is representing a protest and there are depictions of people raising their fists.
Another poster reads “Murderous Pigs Dept” and has an image of a drawn pig beside it and “MPD” is highlighted with red. Another poster reads “We Keep Us Safe” and there are two images of drawn pigs that have been crossed out.
There is a water bottle and a bottle of champagne on the ground next to a poster that reads “Biden my time until Trump has officially LOST #2020 Election”
There is a poster with a drawing of a woman who is holding another poster and it reads “ #BLM 2020 [‘] Count Every Vote Every Vote Counts”
There is a black power fist that has bandages wrapped around the wrist and reads “Black Lives Matter.” There are names of victims of police brutality and the poster also reads “#SAYTHEIRNAME!!”
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A poster has an image of a chair and it reads ‘If they don’t give you a seat at the table – bring a folding chair. – Shirley Chisholm”
On the ground, there is a statement that is spray painted that reads “Don’t Call Cops To This Block! 1312”
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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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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 04 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 are white flags that are in the ground and a big billboard that reads “In America How could this happen… 232,657. IG: @InAmericaFlags [;] suzannefirstenberg.com IG:@SFirstenberg” These were the flags that represented the amount of Americans who died from COVID-19.
There are spray-painted words on the ground that read “Jesus loves Black people” and “Agrees that Black Lives Matter.” The word “Jesus” is the only word that is in orange and the rest have been written in white.
There is a poster that has an image of Barack Obama on the right-hand side. On the left-hand side is a black panther hidden in the grass, and Donald Trump, who is behind bars, which reads “Tick Tock Bunker Bitch” and is underneath the panther. There is also a depiction of grass as the background of the poster. In the shape of a heart reads the words “Black Lives Black Love Black Power Solidarity ” The poster also reads “No Justice No Peace!” and there are words in Obama's hand that seem to show that he is speaking, and it reads “They here.” On Obama’s tie, it has the black power fist and reads “Black Lives Matter” and the rest of the words are illegible.
There is a pink poster that reads “The Fight Against The Establishment Continues” and the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence is in the background. -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 03 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 panoramic shot of the fence with the Washington Monument in the background and all the posters and an orange and grey sweatshirt that are on poles that make them stand above the fence. There are coolers, chairs, a ladder, tarps, and various cups on the ground in front of the fence.
There are four white tarps that have drawn depictions of Donald Trump as a devil or a ghost and they reads from left to right “Halloween horror Voter Fraud” (this image is a drawing of Trump as a Devil and he is ripping a ballot in half), next reads “Tyranny’s ghost (a drawing of Trump as a ghost holding a MAGA sign), the third reads “Liar Liar Pants on Fire” (a drawing of Trump as a Devil and his pants are on fire), the last tarp reads “Dear Leader Gift of God?” (a drawing of Trump as a Devil and he is holding money in one hand and a cross in his other hand).
There is a large tarp that has an image of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and John Lewis and it reads “A foul rain falls – harder than ever. There was only an umbrella. But at least that. Forged from the blood of your brow. Sunny out!, they smile. Would that it were because justice is blind.” There is a piece of cardboard with writing on it that is faded and reads “Chaple Church of Lafayette, IN St. Elizabeth Hospital [;] Sex abuse Decon” And the rest is Illegible.
There is a picture of a protest that is going on and there are people holding posters that read “Black Lives Matter ! Trans Lives Matter !” and “I Didn’t Vote For Trump or Biden Be An Independent Thinker! #BestPossible[illegible]”
There is an image of a ceramic red “Make America Great Again” hat that is broken on the ground. -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 24 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 are flowers on the fence which is arranged to spell out the word “VOTE.” It is made up of red roses, white peonies, white daisies, and white mums. The red roses outline the white flowers. Underneath this are arrangements of flowers that are made-up of purple and blue snapdragons and ferns. There are red roses and red eucalyptus that frame the word “VOTE.” Then there is a poster that reads “@SweetRootVillage #SweetRootVillage #VotingMatters” beside the flowers.
There's a QR code and underneath it reads “Free From Slavery Not Free From Racism” and the code leads to a book on Amazon by Vince Cowan that is titled “Free From Slavery Not Free From Racism.”
There is a cardboard poster which reads “Racism Is Small Dick Energy” underneath this is a black skateboard without wheels ,and it reads “Andy Roy” [a professional skateboarder] “Bad Geese” with an image of Woody Woodpecker and it's heavily used and it's standing up next to a Biden Harris 2020 campaign poster.
There is a piece of paper that has been painted and blended with green, orange, brown, purple, and yellow and it reads “NO Justice NO Peace.” The top of it has been ripped off slightly but it's now preserved in a plastic folio that's held with twine.
There is a picture that reads “Black Lives Matter” and it's surrounded by paintings of pink and yellow flowers on a black background. Underneath this is a white canvas with a black glitter heart that reads “It could all be simple”. There is a blue line that goes through the bottom half of the heart and there is a rose that is in front of this canvas. Next to this is a cardboard poster and reads names of those who lost their lives to police brutality. Some of the names read “Steven Eugene, Victor Steen, Sean Bell, Aiyana Stanta, Dante, Kimani John, Jordan.”