Boots Riley Filmmaker and hometown hero
who joined the many martyrs, leaders, & other icons
seen in the murals that adorned the ubiquitous and unanimous riot boards
that line Broadway protecting business windows downtown
A positive message thrown over the Walgreens
that was looted and burned in the rioting
A march arrived at OPD headquarters to project a slide show
Viewed from my window
Protest hysteria
A sculpture honoring Black identity. It won't be the same after the spray paint is removed. Located in the Ron Dellums Federal building plaza where two guards were shot on the night of the first George Floyd demonstration. The perpetrators were Boogaloo Boys right wing extremists who took advantage of the situation in an attempt to discredit the people's movement
Traumatic times lead to excessive responses
Such as chopping down slender trees in the park
In order to assemble a village of flimsy would-be wigwams
It's not taking it back from the man it's staking a personal claim
scarce parks are for the use and enjoyment of all of us
A tendency toward idolatry
Loud motorcycles as social dominance
Letting it all hang out
A parade of too-loud vehicles non-stop
RIP John Lewis
fearless social justice warrior who lived to see this uprising
The largest social movement in US history
Thinkers are often marginalized as leaders
more interest in sometimes questionable martyrs
Hundreds of temporary murals inspire passers-by
Oakland on the move
Hardly anyone on the buses
BART stations and trains still nearly empty
A young lady in her New Year's Day finery
Oakland resident celebrates the Inauguration
Our first female Vice-President
Our first Black Vice-President
Maybe second Black President
There is much to celebrate
The Future is unwritten
On the right on side of history
The largest mural in town just landed
June-2020-June-2021
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