Strong turnout last weekend in Amherst, MA, to protest the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor--whose 27th birthday should have been today--and so many other recorded & unrecorded victims of police brutality and anti-Black racism in the United States. There were several hundred people (the Gazette put the number at over 1,000). This small town's been empty because of COVID-19, and I've been in near total quarantine for almost three months. Have had to be extra cautious because of chronic respiratory issues, but was glad to break quarantine and be with others doing the same, most wearing masks, together taking a necessary risk:
The protests have been in all 50 states now, across cities and towns, and in almost two dozen countries. Let's hope this marks the beginning of a new era of police accountability, racial justice, and solidarity across communities, including with those experiencing the brutality of Empire outside US soil as well. If you haven't yet, do check out the murals dedicated to George Floyd from around the world, including an incredible one by Syrian artists Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun on a wall fragment of a bombed building in Syria.
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