Many observers have argued that the Black Lives Matter movement has
largely focused on police killings of unarmed black men,
almost
altogether ignoring or brushing over the deaths of unarmed black women
at the hands of police.
In an effort to draw attention to and seek justice for these women’s
deaths (Rekia Boyd, Yvette Smith and Aiyana Jones are just a few names
on a much longer list), #SayHerName protests were held nationwide
Thursday, with one in particular garnering the most attention.
A group of women in San Francisco staged a topless protest to further
draw attention to the deaths of black women and girls at the hands of
police, and they completely shut down the city’s busiest streets during
morning rush hour in the process.
The women held signs displaying the hashtag #SayHerName and photos of slain black women and girls.
As Chinyere Tutashinda, founding member of the BlackOut Collective
and a member of the Bay Area chapter of Black Lives Matter, put it:
“We also understand that we live in a
country that commodifies black women and black bodies but ignores the
death of black women and black girls.” (TIME)
See a few more photos from the moving protest below.
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