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Collected Item: “May 2020”

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May 2020

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

This is a story of the human rights issues occurring at the moment found through the mass media.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This is the story of the riots and protests following the murder of George Floyd by 4 police officers. This shows that even in a pandemic people are still willing to fight the unjust and racist police system, even preparing to get tear gassed during the protests and filming it all to account for any injustice acts by the police. It especially shows the reality of having such an incompetent, unjust, racist president at this time; he is someone who refers to white protesters protesting the stay at home orders as "very nice people" while referring to black protesters fighting for human rights and equality "THUGS." Not only this but he publicly stated on twitter that the police are allowed to shoot protesters, threatening them basically.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#GGHSAPUSH #BLACKLIVESMATTER #GEORGEFLOYD #JUSTICEFORGEORGEFLOYD #ACAB

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Nicky Truong

Give this story a date.

2020-05-29
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