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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 10 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 diorama of the White House that is behind a fence and two soldiers 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 there is text that reads "2020 Fearless Girls."
There is a sticker on a light post that has four black power fists on it. It is separated into fours by a white cross that reads “White silence is violence.” Three of the squares are black with a white fist, and the bottom left corner is a white square with a larger black fist in it.
There is a small gold statuette of three figures depicting Sally Hemmings with one of her children in chains and Thomas Jefferson next to her. The statuette reads “Sally Hemmings, Thomas Jefferson’s slave, bore five of his children. One died, two escaped and two were freed in Jefferson’s will. Sally was never freed.” There is a yellow and pink rose underneath it. Next to this is a purple painted canvas that reads “Black Lives Matter” and it is underlined.
There are four posters that are on plywood, and they have a stylized portrait of Snoop Dogg and the posters read “I’m Voting Because I Want To End Police Brutality” or “I’m Voting This Election For The First Time Because I Can’t Stand To See This Punk In Office Another Year.”
There are multiple posters that read “You’re Lucky Black People want Equality not Revenge,” "Erdogan Stop WAR,” “Jacob Black Is Still Alive [;] His life should NEVER have been in danger,” “#NationinDistress #JacobBlane #NativeLivesMatter #DumpTrump #FuckthePolice #DemilitarizethePolice #Antifa #BLMSolidarity # #NoJusticeNoPeace #KnowJusticeKnowPeace #RulesofEngagement #EscalationofForce Respect our Existence or Expect our Resistance,” “No Justice” [This has caution tape on the poster] “BLM” “Say Their Names,” and “Justice for Breonna.”
There is a cardboard poster that has the black power fist drawn on it and a tapestry that has the image of a church which is the Church of the Redeemer, Presbyterian. This poster reads “Black Lives Matter” “Church of the Redeemer, presbyterian Washington, DC” “A congregation with a civil rights legacy.”
There is a black poster that reads “Say Her Name” and this has many trans women’s names on it who have been a victim to police brutality. Another poster above this reads “Black Lives Matter” “Say Their Names” and has the following names written on it: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rekia Boyd, Freddie Gray, Sandra Bland, India Kager, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castille, and Tarika Wilson.
There is a poster that has a portrait of Hitler on it with blood splatters behind his head and a red “X” crossing out his face. Under his face reads “Stop the War.
There is a cardboard poster that reads “Racism Is Small Dick Energy” underneath this is a black skateboard without wheels, and it reads “Andy Roy” [a professional skateboarder] “Bad Geese” with an image of Woody Woodpecker and it's heavily used. -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 04 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 shot of the sidewalk with the Washington Monument in the background and on the right-hand side of the image are posters that are stylized on a metal box that is on the sidewalk. The posters have a young black girl that has a pink ribbon in her hair and a pink mask and her clothing reads “DC Sparkle Squad”. The image of the girl reads “VOTE” and the second poster has an image of a young black man who seems to be in formal attire and the words under his portrait reads “VOTE”.
There is a close-up of a blue post-it note that was stabled to the edge of a different poster and it reads “The Vacine [sic] for Racism is Rebellion!” above this note is writing that reads “Who will Police the Police? DEFUND EM!”
There is an image of a piece of paper that is folded over on the ground and it reads “Breonna Taylor + George Floyd + Jamarion Robinson + Laquan McDonald + Michael Brown + Many Many Others I Cant Breeve [sic] by AKERUBIA13” with the signature of the person who wrote this.
There are pieces of Styrofoam that are covered in clear plastic wrap which reads “Justice For Elijah McClain” and there is a stylized image of him playing the violin with two cats in front of him. Another reads “US Police is Founded on Racist Principles [;] Defund and Replace with *Improved Health Services *Violence Intervention Programs *Affordable Housing *Adequate Education Funding *Reparations
Another has an image of a black woman with an afro and it reads “You Have To Act As If It Were Possible to Radically Transform The World”.
On a section of a wall, multiple posters read “Black Lives are sacred” “Black Lesbians: You are Loved ” “De-Criminalize Addiction Health issues are not Crimes. Fuck the War on Drugs.” Other posters read “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Las Vidas Negras Importan! [Black Lives Matter!]” “Know justice Know peace #BreonnaTaylor” “My Body Must Mimic Plastic To Spectators, Disposable By Design, As It Blows Away In The Breeze Succumbing At the Mercy Of The Officers Command – Will Kobus” and “Breonna Taylor (Louisiana, K.Y.) killed in her sleep police ‘went to the wrong house’ Ismael Lopez (Southaven,[illegible]) killed through his closed front door police ‘went to wrong house’ ‘he was illegal, he had no rights’ (Southaven Chief of police)”
A poster reads “I Matter I’m a King – BLM” and there are two spray-painted black power fists. Another reads “Black Lives Matter Rain or Shine” and there is writing on the wall that reads “Police Are Poop!” and “Stop Silencing Black Voices”