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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 15 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 lone poster on the fence that is torn in half and reads “Where Was the NRA When…[rest of the poster] Philando was MURDERED” which is on the ground. There is a poster which reads “Justice for Queen Breonna” and there is a portrait of Breonna Taylor with a crown. There are small pieces of paper that spell out “Defend Black Lives” Each letter in the word “defend” is in different colors – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and then pink respectively. The rest of the statement is in yellow.
There are posters around this that read “Black Lives, Dreams + Futures Matter Today + Every Day Stand Together” “NO Justice NO Peace!”
There is a ripped poster that reads “If you are [illegible] You are Complicit!”
There are two posters on the ground that reads “Silence is Compliance #BlackLivesMatter” and “Black Lives Matter.” The other posters on the fence reads “Good Cops Don’t Exist” and “This building is the center of FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY, TRUMP, has turned the White House into a cesspool of COVID. Vote Democrat.”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 03 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 map of Washington D.C. that has three stencils of Donald Trump’s head spray painted on it and it reads “LIES” which is coming from his mouth and “COVID!” underneath the heads.
Some posters read “Where Was the NRA when Philando was MURDERED?” This is next to a painted portrait of Trayvon Martin that reads “Trayvon” and there is a poster that is the District of Columbia Bicycle Map and has a stencil of Uncle Sam and reads “Hope Yes.” Then there is a written note that reads “ USA ’s Hope Hicks” Another District of Columbia Bicycle Map has a stencil of Uncle Sam and it reads “HOPE This is for you, California.”
There are cardboard posters that read “Racism is Small Dick Energy” and there is a black power fist on an individual cardboard poster. Another poster that has caution tape on it reads “NO JUSTICE” There is another poster that reads “My Daddy is a HERO My daddy is not a Loser” And there are four images of Heath Robinson or his daughter. Heath Robinson seems to have served the National Guard and passed away.
There is a poster that reads “Rest in Power Bradley Blackshire February 22, 2019” and an image of him.
Another poster reads “Red or Blue They’ll Still Kill You” and next to this is a poster that reads “Ensign Jesse Brown Black Lives Mattered…in the Korean War.” With a photograph of Jesse Brown when he served in the Korean War.