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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: 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.”