BLM Protest-Washington DC - Leave Me Alone!
I will be posting a series of photos recounting the historic protests in Washington DC that gripped and polarized the country. I will be begin with the protest that erupted after the death of George Floyd.
The next week after the after the massive protest on May 31, 2020 I was in Arlington, VA just across the river from Washington DC. I felt the gravity of DC pulling me and my curiosity got the best of me. I watched the melee unfold on the local news the prior weekend and wanted to see with my own two eyes what the area looked like. However, I was very, very concerned about catching COVID because we were right in the middle of a pandemic and there was no vaccine at that time.
But I felt the need to document what I could so that I could share the story from a local's eyes.
So I eased into DC starting in Georgetown - the popular shopping and night life area, not the mention the prestigious university. This photo shows a restaurant boarded up with BLM posters on it hoping to ward off any destruction. Shades of the protests and destruction that happened on U St NW Washington DC after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King in April of 1968.
History repeats.
#BLM #BlackLivesMatter
Instagram: @tbfotography
BLM Protest-Washington DC - Leave Me Alone!
I will be posting a series of photos recounting the historic protests in Washington DC that gripped and polarized the country. I will be begin with the protest that erupted after the death of George Floyd.
The next week after the after the massive protest on May 31, 2020 I was in Arlington, VA just across the river from Washington DC. I felt the gravity of DC pulling me and my curiosity got the best of me. I watched the melee unfold on the local news the prior weekend and wanted to see with my own two eyes what the area looked like. However, I was very, very concerned about catching COVID because we were right in the middle of a pandemic and there was no vaccine at that time.
But I felt the need to document what I could so that I could share the story from a local's eyes.
So I eased into DC starting in Georgetown - the popular shopping and night life area, not the mention the prestigious university. This photo shows a restaurant boarded up with BLM posters on it hoping to ward off any destruction. Shades of the protests and destruction that happened on U St NW Washington DC after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King in April of 1968.
History repeats.
#BLM #BlackLivesMatter
Instagram: @tbfotography