The recent murder of Michael Brown,
another unarmed Black youth, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, has sparked anger and protests across the country.
Until he finds himself shooting
an unarmed black youth during a particularly bloody demonstration.
As the rally wrapped up, Ms. Mallory also plugged Gathering for Justice and a protest scheduled for June 2 to honor Ramarley Graham,
an unarmed black youth police killed in his Bronx home in 2012.
The video, directed by Christopher Renz and Gerard Bush, also features Michael K. Williams and activist Van Jones, and samples excerpts of radio accounts of
unarmed black youths being shot and killed by police.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, ongoing news surrounding U.S. police killing
unarmed Black men and
youth inspired artistic responses around the world.
NEWS In the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, nationwide protests against police killing
unarmed Black men and
youth reach Miami Dec. 5, shutting down I - 95 and blocking traffic in Midtown and Wynwood during Art Basel Miami Beach.
LIKE SO MANY OTHER AMERICANS, artist Titus Kaphar has been struggling with how to respond to the shooting of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the choking death of Eric Garner in New York, and the countless other incidents involving police officers killing
unarmed Black men and
youth across the country.
MAGAZINE In the May issue of Modern Painters, artist Kambui Olujimi begins a series of dialogues with fellow artists about race, police brutality, and their experiences with law enforcement in the wake of the steady stream of national news stories about
unarmed black men and
youth being killed by police.
The exhibition features a new series of
Black Lives Matter paintings conceived by the Richmond, Va. - born artist in response to the Michael Brown and Eric Garner killings and the rallying of communities across the United States in protest of police use of lethal force on unarmed black men and y
Black Lives Matter paintings conceived by the Richmond, Va. - born artist in response to the Michael Brown and Eric Garner killings and the rallying of communities across the United States in protest of police use of lethal force on
unarmed black men and y
black men and
youth.
From an American perspective, one must add the recurring incidents of
unarmed black men and
youth being killed by police officers and the fraught relations between local police departments and the African American and / or poor communities they serve.