Justice means they would still be alive today.
May 25 marks the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a watershed moment that has re-energized an ongoing nationwide movement and sparked an urgent conversation about the role of policing in our state. In Washington, about 40-50 members of our communities, disproportionately Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian American Pacific Islander, are killed each year by police officers. That must change. With Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, we projected names each night, beginning with George Floyd on May 25.
In the 2021 legislative session, ACLU-WA collaborated with the Washington Coalition on Police Accountability, a coalition which centers the voices of impacted family members whose loved ones have been killed by police. Our work seeks to bring us towards justice by preventing the unnecessary and unjust killing of others by police. Through lobbying, organizing, and policy efforts, our state legislature passed 14 bills on policing, aimed at reducing police violence.
Special thanks to Spokane Community Against Racism (SCAR) for designing and building our equipment.
Dates and Photo Galleries of Light Projections
May 25 – George Floyd
May 28 – Joel Nelson and Billy Langfitt
June 1 – Jacqueline Salyers and Bennie Branch
June 2 – Leonard Thomas and Said Joquin
June 5 – Matthew Folden and Patrick West
June 8 – Juan Rene Hummel, Clayton Joseph, Oscar Perez Giron, and Michael Pierce
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