A crowd watches as a crane removes the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Richmond, Va., on July 1. Dozens of Confederate monuments have come down this summer.A crowd watches as a crane removes the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Richmond, Va., on July 1. Dozens of Confederate monuments have come down this summer.
Protesters called for police reform, defunding or outright abolition; for an end to qualified immunity for officers; for reinvestment in underfunded communities; for schools, companies and communities to address their own complicity in racial inequity.Some changes are hard to quantify. But that last one is easier to count.according to an updated report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.over past years: Just 16 Confederate symbols were removed or renamed in all of 2019, according to SPLC data. Hundreds more monuments remain standing, the group says.
Some statues have been literally brought down by protesters, while other symbols were removed by local governments or institutions in response to the outcry.
Pathetic!! You can remove and take down whatever but it doesn’t change the history! Ppl are so stupid and ignorant and pathetic it’s so unreal!!
the goal was defunding and dismantling the corrupt racist police in this failed country
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so they slapped some fresh paint on things and are hoping it shuts people up is what you're saying
We asked for his murderes to be arrested and convicted and to defund the police. Stop with the performances. Where are the RESULTS?
0 police convictions and accountability
Anybody defund their PD tho?
That accomplished what? Meaningless gestures without real change. Shallow.
jes8965priv A decent start but there needs to be more structural, substantial and less purely symbolic changes. Beonna Taylor's killers are still free for a start.
What about CannonHinnant ? A white 5 year old murdered by his black neighbor. You seem to be strangely silent on the matter yet you elevated GeorgeFloyd to sainthood!
-0 police reform -Breonna Taylor's murderers still haven't been arrested
0 police forces defunded, so nothing has really been done
How many people have been killed or abducted by police/feds since Floyd’s death? The symbolism is inadequate. Expect more rebellion since change clearly won’t come from our “representatives” or electoral politics.
It took like a week to have their whole government step down after the AN explosion
All because a drug addicted felon overdosed on camera 🙄
gonna have to raise up 100 new Confederate statues
Sounds good, so cops should kill more drug addicts to get the progress ball rolling faster?
And what about the root of the problem, Fentanyl abuse?
please defund the police already
None of those changes make Black people any less likely to be murdered by police. Symbolism is not enough.
Yeah but those are the easy ones
But how many police departments were defunded 🤔
That's rather more than in the 8 years of Obama presidency. Trump's a gift that keeps on giving! 🤣
“The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and justice” - Malcolm X
Correction: Since George Floyd was murdered by police.
Mob rules
And violence in all major cities is way up meaning more minorities are killed by minorities. These people don’t care about actual black lives. If they did they would do something about the increase in murders, not statues.
ManojJalota Yes because taking down the monuments was the problem.
And that's just the low hanging fruit, and not all of that, even!
backlash to the black supremacist blm and nfa orgs grows resulting in white supremacist groups increasing membership and become more active; this is a real winning movement!
How many small businesses were destroyed?
That’s indeed remarkable
Don’t change anything but shows how racist Democrats are. Racist then racist now.
And no actual meaningful reform of any kind at a national level!
Is it time to change the confusing racist name of the capital of Iowa?
And how many buildings have been destroyed? Businesses destroyed? People injured? Jobs lost?
Yet Black men are still dying by cop.
Could have provided some more school computers and other equipment for black children, instead. This is a nonsense; BLM org. are a racist Marxist extremist parasite group.
and BLACK PEOPLE ARE STILL SHOT DEAD BY POLICE WHILE WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT.
jaywhyelle It's a start. Now do legitimate changes to police procedures and the justice system.
And?
raygibbs1 Symbols are important but they're not the main thing.
Yep. It's been great, NPR.
WE SHOULD NOT BE PROUD OF THIS!! ITS ABOUT GODDAMN TIME!!!
Ok Karen
Confederate monuments you mean DEMOCRAT MONUMENTS but lenin still stands in seattle
All good, but not enough.
Police still killing with wanton abandon.
A statue may be removed,a flag Changed, name changes, but unless you stop feeding hate all that means nothing! We should not pay for something we didn’t do 400 years ago. People like Oprah now starting racial division starts race war! Obama wanted this don’t Feed hate!
BlacksoulMatters
You forgot: -Several dead, hundreds wounded -Millions of $ in damages -Race relations at the worst in 50 years -world wide pandemic prolonged -many businesses closed forever
Have the courts confirmed that George Floyd's death had something to do with his race? Anyone heard anything?
CannonHinnat
Any actual policy changes? Or just symbolic stuff?
All because of a Marxist movement that wants to destroy America's history and culture. Antifa BLM Soros
Distinction .... He was murdered ... He didn’t just die He would still be alive today if not for another human being taking his life.
JusticeForCannonHinnant
Notice how none of this is about George Floyd or who killed him?
Right wingers-dems were the confederate slave owners! Also right wingers-thats my heritage!
And NASCAR?
But they have NOT arrested Breonna Taylor or Elijah McClain’s killers.
Are you not going to report the 30+ people who died in the name of George Floyd and BLM? The hundreds if not thousands of injuries because of Floyd or how about the MILLIONS in property all over the USA in the name of George Floyd and BLM
Post the report of how many people have been killed and injured due to the rise in violence, how many millions in property damage, how many businesses destroyed, how many millions lost in looted goods. You won't report truth, will you?
There were AT LEAST 59 to remove 🤮
Good. Now... MORE. These are nice gestures but they're nowhere NEAR enough.
MaraLiasson Racism is over
But no national strategy on addressing excessive force and systemic racism.
Nice attempt at misdirection NPR. All these are token changes
It's not enough! We need comprehensive national policy to address systemic racism. Don't sit this out, & be complicit. Do something. Stop systemicracism. Sign the petition to form a US Truth and Reconciliation Commission USTRC TRHT
What about the damage on private and public properties? What about the cops that killed Floyd ? What about police reform?
And yet ...
ask for systemic change and you get Fahrenheit 451 instead.
ArrestthecopswhokilledBreonnaTaylor
funnymaine you helped with this
why do you all rely on the reprehensible Southern Poverty Law Center?
How much property damage?
& one state (Colorado) ends qualified immunity 👏🏼
Can we chill out now? Your temper tantrum got noticed. Let's not move to a time out.
And George Floyd is still dead.
Don't forget all the TV episodes and movies that were cancelled.. oh and Aunt Jemima, rest her soul didn't make it through this either.
So a bunch of surface level stuff that could have been done at any time. It’s time for real change.
lol and they're all irrelevant to the issue.
Many thanks to NPR for reminding the world of the unspeakable, unforgivable acts of the vile monsters that are erasing our history.
How have these achievements helped a single black life. Good achievement for optics only.
arrestthecopswhokilledbreonnataylor
That’s great, but it wasn’t confederate monuments that killed George Floyd, it was out of control police that have grown accustomed to being above the law and don’t care about the communities and individuals they are supposed to be protecting and serving. ACAB BLM
LongieLBC Taking down racist symbols and imagery is a start but it’s only addressing a surface level problem. These are government buildings and institutions. They’re for all Americans and need to reflect a diverse and a more inclusive society going forward. We still have more work to do.
👏👏👏👏👏👏 THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES UNITING and MAKING AMERICA GREAT because it was NEVER great!!
Progress
disgusting !
And soon Comrades we start Burning the History Books
Now we have to work on changing laws, policies and procedures.
And Kamala became the Dem VP nom 🥃
Now do all the stores looted and trashed and the arson and vandalism.
These things are symbolic. We want systemic change, not to be thrown scraps of food.
Now do the same but for: 1. Business looted. 2. Businesses burned to the ground. 3. Lives lost. 4. Jobs lost. 5. Monetary amount of total damage done.
Ever heard of the word “token”?
And Black on Black murder is uncontrollable at an all time high !!! Great Job BLM ✊🏿
And all this did what exactly?
I think you missed the millions of dollars in looting and rioting by BLM and Antifa
And ABSOLUTELY NOTHING has done for the better of the community besides riots and being used as a prop by the democrats.
✊🏻
All really stupid moves...LEARN from History instead of being IGNORANT of it.
And we're just starting!
Not one black person saved by these actions
In case anybody’s curious (I was)- the police dept. of a town named GETTYSBURG in CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA had the confederate battle flag on their badges and squad cars. Because “southern heritage” I’m sure.
Performative bullshit.
And it will all be for naught. I support BLM as an idea, but not what it is currently. It does not fix the problems at the heart of the matter. It doesn't reform our schools and their funding. It does not fix cognitive bias against race, only strengthens it. ...
And now arrest to cops that killed Breonna Taylor and Elijah McClain.
Since George Floyd died: Hundreds of black Chicago citizens have been shot, hundreds of minority owned businesses have been looted and shut down, Hundreds of millions in property damage. Not really a concern for NPR
Left wing intolerance is running wild
ok...and?
It's a shame, it's a jolly good flag. Reparations-with-repatriation is what is needed, not erasing the heritage of an entire section of the land.
Yet blacks are still slaughtering each other at astonishing rates. Maybe it wasn't the Confederate Monuments or the system.
PaulDereume That is not nearly enough.
I just hope they arrest all the officers. Thanks NPR!
No one mention the Chicago shootings or murder rate.
And what about the alarming rise in homosides in democrat run cities? No numbers for us? Interesting...
Yeah, that’s nice. But none of that is what the protests were about!
stablegeniusinc Progress.
Black people wanted criminal justice and police reform, upper-middle class urban white people gave them a BS Woke cultural revolution instead. Beyond tone deaf.
Did southerners kill george floyd
And how many innocent White children like CannonHinnant have been shot? More than have died in Charlottesville, that's for sure. WhiteLivesMatter
And one police body cam footage was removed (until last week)
2.cops and 12+ people shot in the riots, 1 burned alive, and 45+ killed in the inner city of Chicago since it began too.
The confederate flag was on the police badge 🤣 yah you guys are not serious
Eight schools have retired the name 'Rebel' during that same time period. (This is my field of research. I have been keeping close tabs on it.) One school has also dropped the mascot 'Confederates'.
All of which had zero to do with his death.
The cops that killed Breonna Taylor are still free
And not a damn thing for criminal or police reform
Yeah... that should fix it
but talking about this is ⬇️ Islamophobia
It is nice to hear that some changes have been made. I am still waiting to see more systemic and institutional changes. Hope those will happen soon!
It's not enough. Where's the legislation? Where's the national police reform?
So stupid! So what you are saying in your ignorance is that the Confederacy killed George Floyd and needs to pay for it. Funny how the Confederacy is South of the Mason Dixon line and our most racist cities are North of the Mason Dixon line. Last time I checked he died in MN.
Progress! But still a long way to go!
But BreonnaTalyor killers are still free. Tell me how taking down a few statues is actually making a difference?
This is nothing to be proud of. People are looking for their history around the world and we are destroying them. Are we patriotic? Are we loyal to country and her history?
How proud you must be...
CHINA 🇨🇳! If you are LISTENING...PLEASE HELP us AMERICANS get orange 🍊 dude OUT! SQUASH your RUSSIAN neighbors!
Exposed the racist overlords and the real 'Deep State'?
Still waiting for Breonna Taylor's murderers to be arrested though.
Ah yes racism finally finished🤣
they should never be there in the first place. Reform the entire system end the segregation of barrios Give back from the money slavers profited on slave labour Give all monuments made by slaves to black people so a percentage of their revenue goes to them. Prosecute RACISM
Uh huh, and... 20+ people killed during the 'protests' Over half a billion in property damage Almost a thousand cops injured, and one by the name of David Dorn, murdered. Almost 15,000 arrests Good job BLM.
KathleenFOX5 Wait a sec, a town still had Dixie on it’s police badge. No wonder I don’t like visiting my brother in Mobile Alabama.
In response to mob demands, never right
How many lefties went to prison?
One person can make a difference.
How many policy changes?
all this, but no drug reform changes, charter schools for underprivileged youth, better police training. no wonder Democrats suck. they only do stuff for the social media clicks.
mykael_makaveli We still have more to do ro combat racism
It's sad to see how the black community has allowed the Democrats to turn the tragic death of George Floyd into a freak circus.
38 monuments taken down You mean city property destroyed by peaceful protesters At least the flags and renaming was voted on How much has this cost the taxpayers
Don't forget we cancelled Aunt Jemimah
And still, it's not what Black people are asking for.
Keep it going... this is barely scratching the surface...
A good start.
Excellent, except that's not the point. Fix the systemic injustice levied toward people of color. Fix the systemic injustice levied toward LGBTQ+ folks. Fix the systemic injustice levied at the impoverished.
But police reform is what they asked for. This is typical political pandering away from what the people actually want.
Keep it going
Defund NPR.
BreonnaTaylor
And nothing of consequence occurred. All this means is no more aunt jemima pancakes.
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