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Seattle protest, June 3, 2020 “Trust between law enforcement and community is earned. Every single action with a police officer either adds to or takes away community trust. Right now in Seattle, and in cities across America, we don’t have that trust. But in Seattle we’re committed to rebuilding it.” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin, on […]

via Lifting the curfew: “Every single action with a police officer either adds to or takes away community trust… in Seattle we’re committed to rebuilding it.” — Art of Quotation

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace. Milan Kundera

via “To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace.” — Art of Quotation

“We don’t know when these protests will subside. We hope and pray that no one else will be killed. But we also know that very little will change. The anger and the frustration we see playing out once again in our streets is just a reminder of how little we’ve grown as a country from […]

via “ The anger and the frustration we see playing out once again in our streets is just a reminder of how little we’ve grown as a country from our original sin of slavery.” — Art of Quotation

Imagine — if you can — not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what […]

via “Imagine — if you can — not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine…” — Art of Quotation

source: NBC News WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday had “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street that leads to the White House where protesters have been demonstrating following George Floyd’s death in police custody. “There was a dispute this week about whose street this is,” John Falcicchio, chief of […]

via “There was a dispute this week about whose street this is. Mayor Bowser wanted to make it abundantly clear that this is DC’s street and to honor demonstrators who (were) peacefully protesting on Monday evening.” — Art of Quotation

No place is a place until it has found its poet. Wallace Stegner, writer

via “No place is a place until it has found its poet.” — Art of Quotation

Excerpt: What we’ve seen from rioting police, in other words, is an assertion of power and impunity. In the face of mass anger over police brutality, they’ve effectively said So what? In the face of demands for change and reform — in short, in the face of accountability to the public they’re supposed to serve […]

via “In the face of mass anger over police brutality, they’ve effectively said So what?” / “who has the right to hold the police to account?” — Art of Quotation

“A Change Is Gonna Come” Songwriter: Sam Cooke, 1964 I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I’ve been running ever sinceIt’s been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon’ come, oh yes, it willIt’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid […]

via “It’s been a long, a long time coming / But I know a change gon’ come” — Art of Quotation

“if we take colour away from who we are, what makes us different? We are all equal” Nathan Murdoch, painter

via “if we take colour away from who we are, what makes us different? We are all equal” — Art of Quotation