Dear Friends We find ourselves in a moment where the pain, the outrage, the sadness are pouring out. A moment triggered by the horrific death of George Floyd, the horrific death or Ahmaud Arbery, the horrific death of Breonna Taylor, and many others…where the connector between them was the color of their skin, and the […]
As Black Lives Matter protests have spread worldwide following the murder of George Floyd, the Mystic Krewe of Nyx, which touts itself as a diverse and inclusive Mardi Gras organization, repeated the same right wing trope of “All Lives Matter.” The photo, which depicts a black and white child embracing, also says “Our souls are […]
Four days after publicly killing George Floyd, on Friday, May 29, Officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police Department was taken into police custody. Chauvin was captured on camera with his knee across Floyd’s neck, as he pleaded for eight minutes and eventually died. Floyd was being detained for suspected forgery, but recent video showed […]
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