About a dozen Black and Latino elected officials are taking nine-minute walk of silence from African Meeting House on Beacon Hill to State House in remembrance of George Floyd
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Before walk,
@VoteRussell
led officials in a moment of prayer outside African Meeting House. “Let us do this in a way that is kind.”
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Among those walking:
@VoteRussell
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@SoniaChangDiaz
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@MarcosDevers
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@IamJonSantiago
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@juliaforboston
@LydiaMEdwards
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@RepAndyVargas
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@NikaElugardo
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@wutrain
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@BeccaRauschMA
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Officials are now gathering outside State House to “advocate for reforms in response to the recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others,” per Black & Latino Caucus advisory. Also here:
@Kim_Janey
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@DARollins
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@danrivera01843
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Here’s the speaking schedule for the presser:
@AyannaPressley
expected to speak around 11:10 am
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Officials holding an 8-minute, 46-second moment of silence outside of the State House
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At foot of podium, a portrait of Frederick Douglass sits amid moment of silence. “There is no progress without struggle.”
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Among the busiest streets in Boston sat quiet throughout the moment of silence. No passing trucks honked their horns, no music seeped from a passing car window. Only a bird or a crosswalk tweeting interrupted the quiet during the 8 minutes, 46 seconds.
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@VoteRussell
points to
@realDonaldTrump
using church as a background and a “bible as a prop” in photo op last night after protesters were tear gassed. “That’s not the group whose thoughts and prayers that I want,” he says
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@AyannaPressley
: “Congress must act as the conscience of our nation.” Pressley advocating resolution to denounce police brutality, hold individual officers accountable and call on DOJ to investigate problem departments. But notes: “This DOJ is the absence of justice.”
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@AyannaPressley
, paraphrasing James Baldwin, says not everything faced can be changed but “nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
“This is the tipping point,” she says
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Rep. Carlos Gonzalez, chair of Black & Latino caucus, calling for an independent special prosecutor to review any “cases where police conduct is an issue,” among other changes.
“Rhetoric without change can no longer be accepted,” he says
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