“Black folks are hurting right now. The pain is real. Coronavirus and police brutality. There is racial battle fatigue among us.”
A squad car slowed as it drove past the charred remains of the 3rd Precinct police headquarters.
The 37-year-old, who has lived in Minneapolis much of her life, stopped for a moment, as if trying to process the past few months as a Black person in America. The sentiment is shared in Black neighborhoods nationwide as the latest chapter in America’s racial reckoning plays out inside corporations and classrooms, on professional sports fields and at virtual political gatherings. Inequities in healthcare and distance learning for children have come to the forefront alongside calls to end police brutality in a movement that has left some to question if Black lives in this country truly do matter and are more than just a catchphrase.
In early spring, Smith, head of the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization, was already operating in crisis mode. With community donations, her staff bought supplies and began preparing food baskets of canned goods, fresh produce and bread. The community support inspired her, she said, noting that even people picking up food sometimes made modest donations.
Alonzo Smith, 7, stands with his mother, Alicia, and 11-year-old brother, Walter III, in front of a George Floyd mural in Minneapolis.“It’s always on my mind,” she said, noting a deep history of pain in the city. In recent years, several Black men, among them Philando Castile and Jamar Clark, have been fatally shot by police in the Twin Cities area.But the next morning, the video was on the internet and the officers on the scene were fired later that day.
Alicia Smith leads a community meeting in the street outside the home of a Minneapolis City Council member. The names of Black people killed at the hands of police fill the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, where George Floyd died. Dozens of mock tombstones set up near where George Floyd died honor Black people killed by police in Minneapolis and around the country.
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