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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 25 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, the White House and the Washington Monument. Behind it there are a bike, chairs, coolers, and bags that are in front of the fence. There are people 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” ”End Qualified Immunity” and a drawn image of Colin Kaepernick.
There is a poster that reads “Confronta a Tu Tio Racista y a Tu Racismo Oculto Black Lives Matter” which translates to “Confront your Racist Uncle and your Hidden Racism Black Lives Matter”.
There’s a drawn image on a white tapestry of a Black woman holding a black child and the child’s shirt reads “Don’t [sic] Shoot” underneath the image reads “Save Our Children [;] Hold Our Government There are written statements all over the tapestry that reads “We will do better – White people [;] You deserve better.” “Breonna Taylor deserved better” “Protect Black Women” “Hold Our Government Accountable” “Please trace your hand” “matter is the minimum” and there are hands that have been traced on the tapestry.
There is a poster with a black and white drawn image of Natasha McKenna that reads “Say Her Name Natasha McKenna”.
There is a faded poster that reads “YOU’RE FIRED *We stand w/ Anderson Cooper #Obese Turtle”.
There is a poster that reads “We are all in this together Rhinos [;] No Human Being is Illegal I STAND with DREAMERS [;] Climate Change is Real Take Action” and on the last statement there is a drawing of the Earth with melting ice on it.
There is a poster that reads “Raise A Glass to Freedom!” and they used red, white, and blue as the colors of the statement. Underneath it is a drawing of a black power fist and also reads “#Enough” “#BLM”.
Another poster reads “Black + Latino Lives Matter – Emily Chandler Kasi Lopez Jaden Stubbs 2020” “#SaveOurChildren” “We Demand JUSTICE” “FUCK 12”.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 22 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”. There is also a Mexican flag hanging from the stoplight
A poster reads “Baby Trump, Your’e [sic] coming out of the Whitehouse [sic] Don’t forget first Vice President KAMALA Harris And President Biden is coming”
Multiple posters read “Young Black Lives Old Black Lives Gay Black Lives Trans Black Lives Non-Binary Black Lives Matter” and “Diversity Is The Future” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Is anyone really surprised that DONALD TRUMP is trying to force himself on America after she said no!” “Abolition requires that we CHANGE one thing which is EVERYTHING” “Thank You Stacey Abrams and Black Voters Everywhere” “Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend did not shoot at police…..he shot at someone trying to break into his home” “57% of white people STILL voted for Trump ?!?!?!?!” “We Can’t Repeal Our Pre-Existing Conditions” “11/06/2020 You’re Fired! Get out of MY House!” “Reclaiming The People’s House” “Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere” “We DUMPed [sic] TRUMP!” “You Will Never Get Away With This” “Person Woman Man VOTE Biden Harris” “Mitch Don’t Forget Essential Workers” “Thank You Jim Clyburn Stacy Abrams! African Americans saved this country Again! Thank you!”
There is a poster with the black power fist on it and a rainbow drawn on the top right corner and a gold heart in the fist and it reads “All lives can’t matter until black’s minorily [sic] lives matter too ! Black Lives Matter [;] It takes more eff[illegible]”
A poster has a spray-painted image of a red rose on it and written over it reads “We’re all in this together ! Vote. Vote. Vote!! The Duty of a True Patriot is to Protect County from it’s Government!”
There is a green poster that has a silver spray-painted pyramid on it and a red spray-painted eye on top of it which seems to represent the Illuminati.
A poster reads “This Daughter of an Immigrant Dyke Voted Your White Supremacist Ass Out” and the word “dyke” is filled in with rainbow colors.
There is a poster that has a portrait of a black woman without a face and there is a thought bubble that reads “#SayHerName” and behind the portrait are names of women who died because of police brutality. Some names that are able to be seen read “Tanisha Anderson [illegible]arleena Lyles[;] Sandra [;] McKenna P[illegible] Turner [illegible] Gabriella [;] Miriam Carey [;] Shelly Frey [;] Malissa [illegible] [;] Shantel Davis [;] [illegible] [;] Sherese Fra[illegible] [;] Breonna Taylor”
A poster has an image of two hands reaching out to each other and it reads “Stop Separating Families #AbolishICE [;] What if it was your family?”
A poster reads “Sin Justicia No Habra Paz which translates into “Without Justice, there will not be Peace” and there is a drawing of a police car that is on fire.
A poster reads in Russian “в отставку Трамп Resign!” which translates to “Resign Trump Resign”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 17 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. 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”.
There are images of black power fists and a drawing of Colin Kapernick kneeling.
A poster reads “’You Have to Act As If It Were Possible To Radically Transform The World. And You Have To Do It All The Time.’ – Angela Davis”
There is a poster that reads My Vice President Looks Like Me!” and the letters “MVP” are emphasized and there is a drawing that is supposed to represent Kamala Harris. Above this poster is a piece of paper that reads “Say Their Names”
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”
Another poster reads “1, 2, 3, 4 Slavery, Genocide & War 5, 6, 7, 8 America was never Great” and “Care Not Cops”
The name Dominic Hutchinson is written on a small scrap of fabric that is tied to the fence.
There is a poster that has Arabic written on it that has sunflowers on it and in the corner reads “+peace”.
Another poster reads “Dana Martin, 31; Ellie Marie Washtock, 38; Ashanti Carmon, 27; Claire Legato, 21; Muhlaysia Booker, 23; Michelle ‘Tamika’ Washington, 40; Paris Cameron, 20; Titi Gulley, 31; Chynal Lindsey, 26; Chanel Scurlock, 23; Zoe Spears, 23; Brooklyn Lindsey, 32, and thousands more. Protect Black Trans Women Rest in Power.
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date 09 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 poster which reads “Stop Erdogan” and has a portrait of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with a red circle with a line through it over his face. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the president of Turkey.
There is a black poster that reads “Solidarity” and above it is a hanging poster that reads “£RECOGNIZEARTSAKH” and it has an image of a statue head on it.
There are multiple posters that reads “America BE Better” “We Can Do Better” “Join Armenia in War Against Turkish Terror” “If You’re Not Outraged Ur [sic] Not Paying Attention.”
There’s a poster that is half white and half black that is split diagonally. On the white side of the poster it reads “I hope The White People don’t notice I’m BLACK” and the black side of the poster reads “I hope The Black People don’t notice I’m TRANS.” And the word ‘trans’ is in the colors of the transgender flag which are blue, pink, and white.
Other posters read “Black Lives Matter” which has many police brutality victim names lining the poster. “WHITE silence FUELS DOMESTIC TERRORISM” is next to this poster and there is another one that is behind the fence, and it reads “your [sic] SILENCE is KILLING” and has the Armenian flag drawn on it as well. Another poster reads “Combat Medics. Black Lives Mattered…in the Vietnam War” and there is a black and white poster of Black Combat Medics from the Vietnam War. -
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 25 September 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
These photos capture signs with text that read "If you aren't Anti-Racist You are Complicit!", "White silence fuels Domestic Terrorism", "Justice for Breonna", "Black Lives Matters".
A close up on a sticker on an orange construction sign says "Stop Killing Black People". Further posters that read "Our Black Lives Matter", "Say Her Name" "Know Justice Know Peace" and other text are on posters.
There are further posters that have been spray painted over with black paint as well as a raised fist and more text on surrounding pages.