Artists around the world support the movement Black Lives Matter. The famous graphic designer Banksy posted a work on Instagram: the portrait of a black person and a candle setting the American flag on fire.
“At the start, I told myself that I should be quiet and just listen to black people on the subject. But why would I do that? It’s not their problem, it’s mine ”, writes the anonymous artist on the social network.
“People of color have been abandoned by the system. The white system. Like a pierced pipe that floods the apartment below. This problem makes their lives miserable, but it’s not their job to deal with it. And they can’t, nobody lets them in the top apartments ”, he adds.
“It could have been me“says Anthony Moon, artist and boxer from Minneapolis, city of the drama. A memorial was erected on site, in memory of George Floyd.
Faced with the shock wave generated by the Black Lives Matter movement, the Minneapolis City Council decided to dismantle its police and to carry out a deep reorganization of its services.
“We are committed to dismantling the police service as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuilding with our people a new model of public safety that truly ensures the safety of our people,” said Lisa Bender, President of city council, on CNN.
The dangerous technique of “bottlenecks” has also been outlawed by city police. In Seattle, the police chief prohibited the use of tear gas for 30 days.
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