ReportageMothers come together to form a human barrier between the demonstrations and the police, whose violence they denounce.
Like protective spirits, they say they were shocked by the last words of George Floyd, who called his mother for help as he suffocated under the knee of a white policeman when he was arraigned on May 25 in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since Friday, mothers have been gathering in the city of Portland (Oregon) to form a human barrier between anti-racist protests and the police, whose violence they denounce.
“When you are a mother you have a vital need to protect children, not just yours, but all children, explained to Washington Post one of the organizers, Jennie Vinson. Seeing a grown man call his mother, I think it was a transformative moment for many of us. “
Moms sing lullaby “hands up please don’t shoot me” https://t.co/GJhj8ymn12
– MrOlmos (@Sergio Olmos)
In Portland, as in many other cities in the United States, the death of George Floyd sparked a protest movement against racism and police violence. The anger of the street was however on the way to appeasement at the beginning of July, but everything changed when the federal police officers, nicknamed the “Trump soldiers” by Kate Brown, Democratic Governor of Oregon.
This is when the “Wall of Moms” (mother’s wall) was formed, attracting a little more people to its ranks every evening. In other large Democratic cities, such as New York, Chicago or Philadelphia, also threatened by the arrival of federal agents since the announcement of President Donald Trump, demonstrators are organizing.
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