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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: 17 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. 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”.
There are images of black power fists and a drawing of Colin Kapernick kneeling.
A poster reads “’You Have to Act As If It Were Possible To Radically Transform The World. And You Have To Do It All The Time.’ – Angela Davis”
There is a poster that reads My Vice President Looks Like Me!” and the letters “MVP” are emphasized and there is a drawing that is supposed to represent Kamala Harris. Above this poster is a piece of paper that reads “Say Their Names”
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”
Another poster reads “1, 2, 3, 4 Slavery, Genocide & War 5, 6, 7, 8 America was never Great” and “Care Not Cops”
The name Dominic Hutchinson is written on a small scrap of fabric that is tied to the fence.
There is a poster that has Arabic written on it that has sunflowers on it and in the corner reads “+peace”.
Another poster reads “Dana Martin, 31; Ellie Marie Washtock, 38; Ashanti Carmon, 27; Claire Legato, 21; Muhlaysia Booker, 23; Michelle ‘Tamika’ Washington, 40; Paris Cameron, 20; Titi Gulley, 31; Chynal Lindsey, 26; Chanel Scurlock, 23; Zoe Spears, 23; Brooklyn Lindsey, 32, and thousands more. Protect Black Trans Women Rest in Power.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 18 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 two large white tapestry’s that reads “Abolition Now” and “Fuck White Supremacy.” There is a large “X” that crosses out “white supremacy”.
Multiple posters read “Protect Black Womxn Love Respect Uplift” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Say Their Names” “Reclaiming our...time. history. Choices. SPACE.”
There is a poster that reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” and the poster has the colors of the trans flag which are blue, pink, and white.
A white poster reads “Hey Donald! G.T.F.O. of Washington, D.C.! @ejbjazz [illegible]”
On a concrete roadblock with the Memorial Fence and Washington Monument in the background, it reads “Fake Police Abuse People For Real Here (Not An Act)”
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!’”
On the ground, multiple statements are written in chalk and it reads “This Is What Democracy Looks Like!” which is encircled in a speech bubble. Underneath this reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” and “BLM” as well as a drawing of a heart.
There is a crosswalk that has names of those who were victims of police brutality and on the white stripes of the crosswalk reads “MPD Murdered Karon Hylton Deon Kay Breonna Taylor [;] Protect Black Women [;] Fuck 12 Fire Newsham Fire Bagshaw” and on a poster that is hanging on a fence near this crosswalk reads “Fuck My Privilege Black Lives Matter”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 15 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 cardboard poster that reads “Justice for Karon Hylton” and “Fuck 12 (And Muriel Bowser) (Too)” Inside of the words “Fuck 12” reads “MPD” which is repeated throughout.
A poster reads “Hey Tiny Hands Your’e [sic] fucking FIRED [illegible] America”. And there is a small orange hand in a suit that is holding a rolled-up eviction notice and the words “fucking” is layered over the colors which are the genderfluid flag and are white, blue, black and pink. The word “FIRED” is layered over the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag.
There is a yellow sheet of paper taped to the fence with black tape. There is a line of orange duct tape that has names of victims from police brutality written on it that reads “Mya Hall” “Meagan Hockaday” “Janisha F[illegible]” “Natasha McKenna” “Jerame Reed” “Rymain [illegible]” “Tanisha [illegible] “Dane Parker”
Multiple posters read “White Silence is Violence”, “The System Is Functioning As Intended [illegible] Was Never [illegible]”, “Get Out Of Our House”, “Warning Police Rioting”, “LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL not some” “Become Ingovernable !” “Black Trans Lives Matter”
A poster that reads “Take a Knee” is in the colors of the American flag, which are red, white, and blue.
A poster that reads “Resistance is Beautiful” and has an image of flowers that are in a vase that has drawn decorations on it in red, yellow, and tan colors.
There is a cardboard moving box used as a poster that reads ‘EXPRESS DELIVERY TO MOSCOW”
There is an American flag that is attached to the fence
A poster reads “Vote For Love.” It has a drawing of two people on it and has other statements that reads “you never giv [sic] up.” “You can fite [sic] the world!” “you can do it!” “you can do enything [sic] you buleve [sic] in”
A poster reads “Nov 2020 Take Out Trash [which has a checkmark over it] Jan 2021 Build Back Better Together Thank You American Voters”
There is a black fence blocking off a walking area due to what looks like construction, and next to it is plywood that has painted images on it. The plywood has an image of two interlocked hands which is next to a cut off image of Lady Justice. The two hands are painted a yellow-gold and has a black outline. Underneath the interlocked hands is an image of “+ > ÷” There is handwriting that reads “Rest in Power Daquan Jefferson” and a heart next to “Rest in Power”.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 14 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 deflated balloon of Trump which is on a poster, and it reads “#BabyGate” then has makeshift bars that read “Bunker Baby” that are on the balloon. Next to this is a red poster that reads “Vote Bunker Baby OUT.” A cardboard poster reads “AKA IN The White House PERIOD.”
A white poster reads “Say His Name: Daniel Prudei Murdered by RPD 3/31/2020 We Will Never Forget ” There is a cardboard poster that reads “JOE 2020 New Era” and this is inside the drawn blue circle. Another cardboard poster reads “Joe Biden |Kamala Harris |AOC |Bernie Sanders! DEMOCRACY WON ! THE PEOPLE WON! THE USA WON!” There is a statement on the fence that was created by small pieces of paper and reads “WE KEEP US SAFE” where “We Keep” is in orange “Us” is in blue and “Safe” is in white.
And a poster that reads “You Didn’t Win The People’s Vote In 2016 Either And It Took 4 Years To Get You Out!” it shows that many posters have been torn down from the fence as well. There is a poster that is lying on the ground that reads “Vote!” and there are words that have been written on the poster in white paint and black marker that read “Harm Reduction for Whom??” “#Oust [Rodrigo] Duterte + [Donald] Trump!” “Laban! Makibaka! [illegible] Go Beyond Electoral Politics”
Next to this is a black poster with yellow spray paint that is still hanging on the fence and reads “Black Men + [illegible] Black Lives” and there seems to be an image of a pig that was drawn. A cardboard poster reads “We The People VOTEd OUT Bunker B*tch (And [which is crossed out] Now, All The Other Racists.) @AudraKim Jun 7, 2020.”
Two glass windows have tape that has the LGBTQIA+ colors across it. Then there are different images of people protesting that have been cut out from newspaper articles. The word “Bye” is spelled out in green and yellow tape and has been repeated fifteen times on the glass.
There is a square box that reads “Trade” on the glass. Two posters read “Black Trans Lives Matter” and “ Hate Won't Make Us Great Vote Blue” and there is a checked mark in a box drawn on the poster. -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 13 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. There are multiple flags, and sweatshirts attached to the fence as well as two people who are placing another flag on the fence. There are multiple chairs in front of the fence and two red stoplights that are shown. There is a large poster that reads “You’re FIRED You Stupid Fuck.” Other posters read “Resist” “Join Campaign Zero” “Loser” “Eviction Notice” “Black Power” and “Fuck Your Fence.”
There is a poster in a tree that reads “Protect Democracy From God” and behind a different fence a large black poster that reads “Black Lives Matter” with illegible wording underneath this because it’s blocked from the fence.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 11 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.
There are two American flags on the fence and a black flag that reads “Trump” and is covered with a red circle with a line through the word. There are suitcases and chairs in front of the fence.
There is a mask of Donald Trump that is on a cardboard “pipe” and it reads “I Enjoy Scat Sex” and there is a toothbrush mustache drawn on the mask. There is an image of Donald Trump’s head which has a toothbrush mustache drawn on.
Multiple posters read “What Are You Hiding?” “Jesus Knows Trump Is Deadly” “Trump is Guilty” and an image of the Puerto Rican flag. Other posters read “Loser” “We Are Better Than This” “White Silence is Violence!!!!!” “Yeah The Black Guy Did It.” And there is a drawn image of a black power fist on a poster
There is a tarp that is covering the fence and the posters from getting wet from the rain.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 10 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.
Multiple posters read “GTFO” “Pack Your Bags!” “Black Lives Matter” “Respect Indigenous Rights” “Divest From Corporate [illegible]-colonies” “Protect Black Womxn” “You’re Fired” “Dump Trump" “#BLACKVotersMatter #BlackVOTERSMatter#BlackVotersMATTER” (which are colored in gold, white and red respectively) “Jesus Wasn’t White” “Justice for DeonKay” Super CALLOUS Fragile Racist Sexist FORMER Potus! Bye Don” “We Need Justice” “Welcome Joe and Kamala Biden 2020” “’All Lives Can’t Matter Until Black Lives Matter.” There is a poster that reads “Black Lives Matter” and it is over an image of the American flag.
There is an image from a TV show that shows an actor speaking which reads “And that’s when I said, ‘No, Mr. Trump You’re fired!’”
A poster reads “’Raise A Glass To Freedom Something They Can Never Take Away.’” There are two champagne glasses drawn on the poster and the words “Freedom” and “Never Take Away” are highlighted in red with the rest of the statement written in blue.
There is a list of names of victims of police brutality on cardboard and reads “Say Their Names [;] Deborah Danner 1950 – 2016 Tamir Rice 2002 – 2014 Pearlie Golden 1921 – 2014 George Floyd 1974 – 2020 Sandra Bland 1987 – 2015 Freddie Gray 1989 – 2015 Kathryn Johnston 1914 – 2006 Sean Bell 1983 – 2006 Rekia Boyd 1989 – 2012 Stephon Clark 1995 – 2018” -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 09 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’s an image of Rosie the Riveter and it reads “Grab Him By The Ballot!” and “ RN From VA” There are other words and statements written on the poster to look like tattoos that read” “Because Science” “USA” “Science [over] fear” and “Fauci”.
Multiple posters read “Become ungovernable!” “You’re Fired!” “The Whole World is Dancing!” “LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL not some” “Black Mental Health Matters” “To the left, to the left! Everything you own in the box to the left!” “AmeriKKKa” “You Didn’t Win The People’s Vote In 2016 Either And It Took 4 Years To Get You Out!” “I Love BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Women, Immigrant, and Human Rights So I Vote” “Love Each Other And remember kids… ACAB”
There is a stylized drawn image of Donald Trump with an orange background, and it reads “Bye Don” and there is a sticker that reads “Dude Gotta Go Biden Harris 2020”
There is a poster that holds an eviction notice that reads “! Eviction NOTICE ! To: Donald J Trump We are terminating your tenancy and want to evict you from the following property: The White House (1600 Pennsylvania Ave) Our reason for evicting you is because YOU LOST! You must move from the property or remedy our reason for evicting you by the following date: January 20th, 2021. If you do not agree with this eviction notice you have the right to legal advice and may contact a lawyer. Name of Owner or Agent: Joe Biden Address of Owner or Agent: Soon to be 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Telephone Number: (202) 456 – 1111 Signature Joe Biden Date: November 7th, 2020”
There is a small cardboard figure of Donald Trump that reads “iLeARn tHE LaNgUGe![sic] #tinytrump”
Another poster reads “We Voted You’re Out!” with an image of Donald Trump and there is a speech bubble that reads “I’m Fired” and a “Biden Harris 2020” sticker.
There is a poster that has a drawing of Donald Trump and his hair is “flying off” and it reads “Guess He Lost It”
Another poster reads “Current Resident: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave EVICTED You Have 73 Days to get Your Shit and Clear Out”