Black Lives Matter SoMD 2020

After the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, protests erupted all over the country. They demanded police accountability and a rejection of qualified immunity. They did so with a very simple mantra: Black Lives Matter. I was quarantined with family in 2020 in rural southern Maryland, and was amazed and thrilled to find small pockets of anti-racism activists in such a deep red area.

Rally in Prince Frederick: Calvert County PRISM (Peaceful Resistance in Southern Maryland)
Solomon's Island BLM Protest March
Prince Frederick Protest March - After this march was over and most everyone had left (including me), a group of teens continued to protest on the sidewalk. Instead of responding in a normal or compassionate way to a dozen kids peacefully practicing civil disobedience, the Sheriff's department sicced a riot squad on them. Tear gas and rubber bullets were deployed, they created a line of riot shields, and traumatized a small town community that had never experienced anything like it.  
Leonardtown Protest March

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