The First Amendment is getting a workout this weekend!
Usually the Second Amendment gets all the attention as it's backed by the gun lobby but the First Amendment needs a lobbyist it seems as the President is attacking the Freedom of the Press and Speech – which used to be a big one in this country that we cared deeply about – and now "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances" is under attack as well.
And what is the grievance? Well, the sign below says it all. While killing black people is a daily event in the US with 7,666 of "them" killed by the police in the past 6 years for an average of actually 3.5 each and every day in America. It's one of those things we know is happening but we accept. We were upset about it for a while (body cams) but then WE forgot (and WE is, of course, white people because I don't think it's the kind of thing you forget if you are black) but then George Floyd was tortured and murdered right on camera for using a counterfeit $20 bill that he may have had no idea was counterfeit.
Floyd was a bouncer in a club, he ended up with a fake $20 bill and spent it. He was also a truck driver (because everyone needs 2 jobs in Trumpland) to support his wife (widow) and daugter (now fatherless). Living in Minnesota is always risky for black men, who are 4 times more likely to be killed by the police than white men – despite making up just 5% of the population.
I want to be able to go in a White neighborhood and feel safe. I want to be able, when the cops are driving behind me, not to clench and be tense. I want to be able just to be free and not have to think about every step I take. – Protester
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