From Black Lives Matter DC:
“Black people are allowed to be joyful or feel seen with DC renaming a street after Black Lives Matter. It’s also our responsibility to let you know what we are fighting for, who has the power to change things and that power concedes nothing without demand.”
-Kiki Green, a Core Organizer with Black Lives Matter DC
Today Black Lives Matter DC stands in solidarity with freedom fighters all over the world to honor the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Dreasjon Reed, and as always those we have lost to police here in DC:
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Jeffery Price, age 22, was chased to his death in DC by the Metropolitan Police Department on May 4, 2018.
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D’Quan Young, age 24, was shot and killed in DC by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on May 9, 2018.
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Marqueese Alston, 22, was shot and killed in DC by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) June 12, 2018
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Terrence Sterling, 31, was chased, shot and killed by DC by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on September 11, 2016
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Ralphael Briscoe– age 18, as shot and killed in DC by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on April 26, 2011
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The names of more loved ones lost have been compiled here by Stop Police Terror Project DC.
These are the names of the people that performative Black Lives Matter street art leaves out. (more…)
