'The protests were striking. No, not the mostly white and maskless militaristic ones demanding that the country reopen even in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, but the ones drawing attention to another arbitrary black death,' writes BrandonTensley
Since a video showing the fatal February 23 shooting of Ahmaud Arbery surfaced on a local Georgia radio station's website last week, black Americans have felt a familiar emotion: rage, aimed at a world of impunity and injustice. As before, it's had a mobilizing effect.On Friday, protesters gathered, in Georgia near where Arbery was killed and beyond, to prevent their country from looking away from the tragedy. The protests stood out for a couple reasons.
"Today, I mourn the death of justice. Won't you mourn with me?" another speaker said.Black Americans seemed to make up the majority of the attendees, illuminating in heartrending fashion that not even a pandemic could discourage people who felt betrayed by their country -- I didn't need the video; we already knew; mourn with me -- from attempting to make it better, anyway.
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