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Protest Signs and Artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 15 June 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
In these images, some of the signs read "Black Lives Matter Fuck Racists," "In Memory of Breonna Taylor," "Baby Gate," and "Black Lawyers for Black Lives." -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 8 July 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
Some of the signs read "Power 2 The People Black Lives Matter" and "Black Lives Matter." In the second image, a fabric sign depicts wear. The image of Donald J. Trump on the sign is torn. -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 13 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 close up shot of a wet cardboard poster that reads “There’s no such thing as neutral education. It is a tool of conformity or freedom. - Paulo Freire”
There is a white board that reads “Donald Trump is a white SPREMACIST” and surrounding the board are photographs of victims to police brutality and they read “Rest in Power”. Some of the victims are Michael Ealy, Henry Lee Sr., Demarcus Semer, and Malik Williams.
A poster reads “Being Black in America is Exhausting. Y'all want us to Sing, Dance, Play Football, Shoot Basketball, Be Target Practice and be QUIET. Signed, An Exhausted Black Folk”.
There is a flag that has the trans flag on it, which is blue, pink and white and it reads “Black Trans Lives Matter.” On the ground is a poster that has the word “Bigotry” written over and over on it and then a large red ‘stamp’ that reads “IMPEACH”over the words. Next to this is a cardboard poster that reads “Do the Right Thing!” and has the black power fist taped on the cardboard poster. Another cardboard poster reads “The BIGGEST Gang in Every City is the Police [;] #ORGANIZEORDIE [;] Black Power Matters [;] Fuck 12.” Then another poster reads “David ‘BBQ Man’ McAtee, 53 YO Louisville, KY Chef Community Pillar Killed by the same police he’s fed for free June 1st, 2020.”
There are posters that reads “Destiny” “DAMF” “Blue Lies Matter” “Black Lives Matter”
Stickers are on an old tow away poster and the stickers reads ‘Fuck Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain” and it looks like a campaign poster. Another sticker reads “DIRTS Win” with “Dirts” in a blue text and “win” on top of the text. There is a sticker that has a silhouette of Trump’s head and under it reads “Injustice” on an orange background.
There is a cardboard poster of the monopoly man that 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”.
There is a painted portraited 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.” Another poster reads “Silence is Betrayal”, “fuck racism”
There is an orange hazard cone in from of the fence next to a poster that reads “FREEdom is not FREE, except for those Tax Cheats who are…FREEly allowed to not pay taxes!!! They still [illegible] public services that are paid by TAX PAYER funds. These Billionaires are the TOP of the ENTITLEMENT CLASS.” -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 16 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 black t-shirt that reads “Jamarion Robinson” that is hung up in front of the photo of someone’s face.
On a white wall there is a sticker of Donald Trump in prison clothes and cuffed but giving a thumbs up, and it reads “Law & Order.” He has a prison number and that reads “01202021.” This was created by the @1GoodHombre. Above this sticker reads “KEEP HIM OUT ! #FUCKTRUMP” And there is a silver circle with a line through the middle over the sticker of Trump.
There is a poster that reads “WE DEMAND EQUITY NOT EQUALITY” Beside this text reads “Work for [illegible] assholes…” Under the poster there is a post-it note that reads “Black Lives Matter” and on a piece of paper underneath this reads “Black lives are necessary ” “Veterans For Black Lives !!
On a section of a wall there are posters which reads “No More Cops” “No more Names” underneath these on the wall reads “No More Neo-Liberalism & SuperExploitation Eat the Rich”.
Further on the wall reads different statements which reads “Buy my Black Art!” “Blue Lives Don’t [sic] exist” “Fuck 12” “#Justice” “CPS Steals Kids!” “Black Beautiful” “Without that badge you’re a bitch & a half” “Books > Boys in Blue” “BLM” “40% of officers are reported domestic abusers” “If you’re reading this, quit your job” “Abolish Police“ “Felony Riot my ass” “I ain’t see shit” “’Matter’ is the minimum” “Neysham, you hinky hog-tying fucker” “Muriel, keep your pigs in the pen” crime ≠ harm accountability ≠ punishment
There is a sticker that reads “Defund the Police”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 17 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 writing and spray paint on a wall which reads “Stop Silencing Black Voices !!!” “I Stand Against Racism” “BLM” and a duct taped hand that is giving the middle finger over the words. There is also a drawing of the black power fist and a peace sign.
On the fence there are multiple posters that read “Black Dollar$ [sic] Matter” and there is a black hand that is in a fist holding onto money and within the hand is a depiction of Africa. Next to this poster are photos of those who were victims of police brutality that are placed on a red poster, and it reads “Say Their Names The Love Train was here”
There is a caution tape on the fence that reads “Black Lives Matter.”
There is a diorama of the white house that is behind a fence and a soldier on top of it. Underneath the ‘White House’ is a bunker baby and there is a bush next to this figure of a baby. On the base of the diorama reads "2020 Fearless Girls"
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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.”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 21 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 cardboard poster behind the fence which reads “America wants PEACE” and there are two printed peace hand signs that are on either side of the statement.
There is a large sticker that is on the bottom of a gray light post of a black and white stylized photograph of Donald Trump that is on a trash bag. The bottom of the sticker reads “#TRASHTRUMP” and “TRASHTRUMP.COM”
There are three small stones that have been painted and each read different thing. One stone is painted red and has white letters that reads “There can be no love w/o Justice”. The one to the right of it is painted black and the words reads “Be STONE” with “Be” painted white and “stone” painted blue. The last rock is painted blue with white clouds, then yellow and then green which reads “you stand on stolen land No One [sic] is illegal here,” where “you stand on stolen land” is in the top part of the rock which is the sky, “No One” is in the yellow section and “is illegal here” is in the green section of the rock.
Then there is just the brim of a red hat, and the base part of the hat looks to have been burned off.
There is a sticker of an egg yolk that has a minimalist caricature of Donald Trump’s face on it which is on a black background.
There are multiple cardboard posters that read “Stop Murdering Black People”, “Do the Right Thing” “Stop Ice!” “ACAB Only good pig is a DEAD pig!” “Don’t force your Dick on U.S.a [sic]” “None of this is Normal Stop the Gaslighting” “The Biggest gang in every city is the police #ORGANIZEORDIE Black Power Matters Fuck 12” “Enough is Enough” AmeriKKKa” “#SayHerName” Without That Badge you’re a Bitch and a half. (ACAB).”
There is a white mask that reads “I matter.”
There is a poster that reads “Do the Right Thing!” That is colored in blue and red letters and has the black fist sign next to it.
There is a drawn portrait of Breonna Taylor with a crown on her head, and it reads “Justice for Queen Breonna.”
There are multiple photographs of those who have lost their life to police brutality. On the top of the photographs reads “Rest in Power.” Those that are able to be read are “Michael Ealy” “Aaron Roberts” “Cornelius Fredrick May 1, 2020” and “Sald Joaquin”. There is a white poster which reads “David ‘BBQ Man’ McAtee, 53 YO Louisville, KY Chef Community Pillar Killed by the same police he’s fed for free June 1st, 2020.”
There is a painting of Trayvon Martin as a portrait and it reads “Trayvon.” -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 23 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 laminated paper that was written by Elisheva Wyns (9 years old) and it reads “Wy[sic] is ther [sic] so much hate? PePole [sic] should not be shamd [sic] of the way ther [sic] skin coler [sic] is, they should be proud of is [sic]! We need to Love each other, as the Bible says (Love your naber [sic] as your self). We neeb [sic] to love each othe [sic] okay! Blak [sic] Lives Matter! You got that! Pray that PePole [sic] Who hate Black PePole [sic] will soon love Will stop hateing [sic] them.” Here is a drawing of two hands where the palms are facing each other representing a black hand and a white hand and they are encapsulated by a pink heart. Next to this is a raindrop with a face that is depicted as saying “Come to gether [sic]!” And a heart under this in a speech bubble.
There is an outline of a peace sign that is made up of string and there are strips of fabric that are tied around the peace sign with names of those who have lost their lives to police brutality and others that reads “Black Lives Matter.” A deflated balloon is attached to the fence and above this is a sign that reads “Their Lives Mattered.” A smaller cardboard poster reads “Don’t HOLD your VOTE… We said: Black Lives Matter, We know: All Lives Matter, Never said: Only Black Lives Matter, But if you Hold your Vote: None of [illegible] Matters.” With the writing on this poster being faded out.
A white poster that reads “No Barrett, No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA, Fuck Your White Supremacy.” The last statement is written with white ink and has a black background to contrast with the white of the poster. Underneath this is a picture of the white house that is taped onto the poster.
There are multiple posters that read “Honor Her Dying Wish MotherFucker”, “McConell: Relief to People in need, Not Black Checks to Billionaires”, “Vote Bunker Baby OUT” www.subversiveware.com your hatred Racial Slurs and Ignorance do NOT define me... “#Nation in Distress #JacobBlane #NativeLivesMatter #DumpTrump #fuckthe Police #DemilitarizethePolice #Antifa #BLMSolidarity # #NoJusticeNoPeace #KnowJusticeKnowPeace #Rules of Engagement #EscalationofForce Respect our Existence or Expect our Resistance.” There is a red poster that reads “WHAT CAN I DO? Donate, act, and (please) VOTE” which is on a red posterboard. 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.
There was a silhouette of Donald Trump that is facing to the left and inside the silhouette reads “WRONG” in white letters that contrast the silhouette.
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Abolish the PatriarchyBlack Lives MatterBlack Lives Matter Memorial FenceBlack Lives Matter Plaza...7 moreProtest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 28 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 three posters that are outlines of people who have lost their lives to police violence and they reads, “Riah Milton 25 y/o Liberty Township, OH”, “Nigel Shelby 15 y/o Huntsville, AL” and “Robert Fuller 24 y/o Palmoale, CA”. Next to these posters is a cardboard poster that reads “Pro-Life? But you're against Black lives. Pro-Life? But you're against immigrants. Pro-life? But you're against Medicare For All. Pro-life? But you're against woman's health. You are not Pro-Life you are Pro-Birth.”
There is a poster that reads “Abolish the Patriarchy” and underneath this is a small note card that reads “Eviction Notice, Name: Donald Trump, Address: 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza, Date January 20th, 2021 (Inauguration Day)”
There is a landscape view of a section of the fence that has a tapestry with black spray paint that reads “Black Lives Matter” and multiple posters of those who have lost their lives to police brutality as well as little flags that spell out “Defend Black...”
This is a shot of the fence and there is tape on it that reads “FUCK 12” and has two posters on it. One reads “Justice 4 DeonKay”. There is another poster with multiple names which reads “Karon Hylton DeonKay Dquan Young Marquese A[_]ton Jeffrey Price Eric Carter Isabel[__] Marquesha McMillan Sherman Evans Devonne Harris Peter John Terrance Sterling Bobby Gross Gerald Hall; We Remember” and underneath is a small poster that reads “I am a Black Man Not a Target” with the word “target” being outlined in red as well as a drawing of a target. -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 31 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 spray painted fist that reads "JUSTICE" on the side of the hand. A poster that reads "EVERYBODY OUT! Whether Trump tries to steal the election or Biden wins and tries to continue Trump's policies, we can get out in the streets together and stop them. Everybody out! For resources, tactics, and updates: cwc.im/EverybodyOut" It has an image of the US Capital upside down with people falling from it onto the street of Washington D.C. that show protestors holding a sign that reads "THEY ALL MUST GO".
There is a horizontal shot of a part of the fence with multiple posters and in front of it is a headshot of Trump that has a Hitler mustache drawn on and a poster underneath which reads " Black, Trans, Woman's, Queer, Disabled Lives Matter! White silence is violence! The top of the poster reads All Black Lives Matter.
There are multiple posters that read “No Justice No Peace” Next to this poster are two photos of Michael Marshall and reads “November 2016…Rest in Power” as well as Bryan Overstreet reads “April 2015…Rest in Power”. Underneath this is a poster which reads “Black Trans Lives Matter printed on a trans flag background. There is another poster that reads “Black Lives Matter = Abolish The Police” with drawings of three pigs crossed out with a red X. Under this poster is one that reads “Protect Black Woman with a drawn gold crown and next to this is a poster which reads “Fuck Donald Trump” with Trump drawn as a pig.
There is a photo of a panoramic view of the BLM memorial fence showing many posters and BLM protestors in front of the Washington Monument with a bright orange sweatshirt hung up above the fence.