Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/georgefloyd/page/2/)
‘To me, addressing the harm of policing is certainly a labor issue and we should be fighting for a labor movement free from jobs that harm and dehumanize us as workers as well as those with whom we interact. We have that opportunity in Minnesota right now.’
At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, ports across the U.S. West Coast ground to a halt as longshore workers stopped work to mourn the death of George Floyd.
The state Board of Pardons, which includes Gov. Tim Walz, could vote as early as today on a posthumous pardon for Max Mason, a black man convicted of raping a white woman in Duluth in 1920.
While Barlow is primarily a studio based oil painter she shifted to murals. “I don’t typically do murals, but I felt called to do this work because it’s quicker, it’s reactive. And you can involve community so you can involve non-painters in the work. “
The press conference was followed by solidarity march to 38th and Chicago (site of George Floyd’s murder)
A visual journey sharing how our community came together in the midst of chaos and pain.
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surfaces, and can cause long-term lung damage.
Minneapolis is a very special city, however, and over the next few days, artists authorized and otherwise took to the streets to make lemonade out of lemons.
Yesterday, former Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau published a letter penned by Minneapolis Police Federation President and notorious local villian Bob Kroll. The response was swift, angry and righteous. Unions are calling for his resignation.
A sense of optimism in knowing that neighbors and friends had each other back was overshadowed by the heightened and ominous presence of the National Guard and impending white supremacists siege upon the cities.