After a march for black lives at Cook County Jail in #Chicago, crowds burned two makeshift “blue lives matter” flags on the Courthouse steps at 26th and California. The steps were covered in graffiti during a dance party. Cops snatched a young black boy, provoking a violent mélée
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After a march for black lives at Cook County Jail in #Chicago, crowds burned two makeshift “blue lives matter” flags on the Courthouse steps at 26th and California. The steps were covered in graffiti during a dance party. Cops snatched a young black boy,…
A firsthand account from the streets of Atlanta after the murder of Rayshard Brooks.
"The love and unity that went into burning that motherfucking Wendy’s down was incredible. I’m not gonna give white people credit. Black people were angry. We were organized... They had fireworks—using them to signal that police were coming, where to meet... I saw lasers big enough to put on telescopes pointed up at the drones, disrupting their feeds."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/as-told-to/the-plight-of-the-fight-a-view-from-atlanta-after-the-killing-of-rayshard-brooks
"The love and unity that went into burning that motherfucking Wendy’s down was incredible. I’m not gonna give white people credit. Black people were angry. We were organized... They had fireworks—using them to signal that police were coming, where to meet... I saw lasers big enough to put on telescopes pointed up at the drones, disrupting their feeds."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/as-told-to/the-plight-of-the-fight-a-view-from-atlanta-after-the-killing-of-rayshard-brooks
The New Yorker
“The Plight of the Fight”: A View from Atlanta After the Killing of Rayshard Brooks
A young protester who demonstrated after another fatal police shooting recounts a candid conversation with a cop.