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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 24 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 “It’s a Beautiful Day to Destroy White Supremacy” and then there is a poster underneath with stripes going down in the colors red, white, and blue and it reads “Elections Belong To We The People”. A white poster reads “Defund The Police Liberate From Bondage The Revolution Is Now” “MPD Kills Unarmed Black DC Residents & Protects Armed Fascists”
Some posters have two black power fists that reads, “Black Joy Matters” and there are multiple different colors as the background of the poster. Underneath this is a poster from left to right that reads “We Will Prevail [;] 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 This Matters [;] We Will Prevail” and this poster has drawn hearts scattered throughout the poster. There is a poster with a rainbow background that reads “Black Lives Matter”
A poster has different languages which are in Spanish, English, French, Swahili, Hebrew, and Russian respectively and it reads “Mierda 12 [;] Fuck 12 [;] Merde 12 [;] Kutomba 12 [;] זִיוּן 12 [;] блядь 12”
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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: 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: 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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"Kroll Must Go" poster
Several posters in blue and white showing an image of Bob Kroll with text reading "KROLL AND HIS MPD UNION MUST GO." Two of the posters have "Racist Coward" written on Kroll's forehead.
Kroll was president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis at the time of George Floyd's murder.