Tag: black lives matter

#SayHerName – Ieshia Evans: The Epitome Of Power, Courage, Grace & Beauty 

One of the most powerful pictures on social media is this picture of Ieshia Evans. The single mother of a 5 yr old little boy was 1 of about 100 people, including a Black Lives Matter activist, arrested for obstruction of a highway during the Black Lives Matter rally in Baton Rouge. 
The demonstrators were accused of blocking highway entrances/exits in protest of police brutality of Blacks & minorities. 

The iconic photo was taken by Jonathan Bachman, a New Orleans-based photographer, who was in Baton Rouge on Saturday covering protests for the Reuters news agency.

Demonstrators had gathered outside the city’s police department to protest against Tuesday’s police killing of Alton Sterling.

Bachman told BuzzFeed News that between 100-200 protesters were blocking traffic on a highway when law enforcement officers dressed in full riot gear showed up and told the demonstrators to move to the sidewalk.

” I photographed a man arguing with an officer and then I looked over my shoulder and saw her there and she had every intention of not moving. She just stood there and made her stand. I was just happy to be able to capture something like that.”

The woman was quickly detained, Bachman said, but when he checked his camera he knew he had captured a remarkable photo of her defiant act of peaceful civil disobedience.

“That was the first image I transferred [to Reuters] because I knew it was going to be an important photo. You can take images of plenty of people getting arrested, but I think this one speaks more to the movement and what the demonstrators are trying to accomplish here in Baton Rouge.”

Ieshia Evans has now become an Internet and media sensation, trending on all social media networks for her silent courage.

“She was there, she wasn’t resisting, and she had every intention of not moving.”

Ieshia was released from jail this evening around 5:30 pm according to a Twitter poster. 

Check out these 5 things you need to know about Ieshia Evans. 

  

Bloods And Crips Come Together During Atlanta Protest

Bloods And Crips Come Together During Atlanta Protest The people of Atlanta showed out strong last night, shutting down the highways and also half century beefs. A few members from the Bloods and the Crips gang showed incredible strength and solidarity last night in Atlanta, literally tying their bandanas together and protesting for justice for…

via United We Stand: Bloods And Crips Stand In Solidarity For Black People At Atlanta Protest — Bossip

Alton Sterling’s Oldest Son Breaks Down In Tears During His Mother’s Statement On Father’s Murder

What a cold blooded story. Literally.

I really don’t have the words to describe the emotions I feel for this family. 

I feel sorry for his children, who have to forever live with this travesty as the last vision of their father, on the ground being jumped by 2 police officers and shot in cold blood. Especially when he was out there attempting to sell CDs & other goods to support his family. 

What’s even more terrifying and devastating is that someone can just simply call in a report of a “black man with a gun” and this is the end result. There was no gun found, btw. 

Below is a video of the mother of Alton Sterling’s children speaking on the family’s devastation caused by his cold blooded murder. 

Sadly, Sterling’s oldest son, 15, breaks down into tears with grief. No child should have to endure this kind of pain, especially at the hands of the supposed “good guys.” 

Donate to the Alton Sterling Family Scholarship which was set up to help support his children.

Hopefully with time the children will be able to use this horrifying situation to better themselves & their community. 

It’s gotta be a heavy & seemingly unfair cross to bear. 

#RIPAltonSterling #BlackLivesMatter