Someone Compiled The Positive Changes That Are Happening Because Of The Protests

Ferguson is majority black population, isn't it? It's weird they haven't had a black mayor up until now

Michael Brown was not "unjustly murdered by the police". Get the facts straight.

That's awesome!

He was not murdered ... justly or unjustly. Do your research.

Wait isn't that Queen Latifah?

Bet Trumpy loves that one **heavy sarcasm**

I found this great site full of activist tactics to help with the strategy of this movement. It’s called Beautiful Trouble, though it made a newer version of the site in Beautiful Rising. So often we see “beauty” as being polite and graceful, rather than beautifully rebellious, strong and full of ironic humor. <3.

I noted that they did not include all the other graffiti that this inspired to be written on the street.

This is way cool! Hope it's repainted when the paint starts to wear from traffic!

Would be fun to see trump drive down that road...

Oh, wow! Hope it works, really! Also, giving her name to such a law is a great way to honour her as well. Breonna was the "sleeping beauty" put to an eternal sleep not even the kiss of the truest love could wake up, as he probably cried her name, telling her to hang on. Breonna's life still matters, and will forever.

SAY HER NAME!

This is fantastic! Hopefully this will help ensure that the awful crimes like those against George Floyd and Breonna Taylor will never happen again

I fully support the concept of changes made to equalize people of color with whitefolks, but I'm afraid that this will all go back to "normal" before too long.

But won't this give time for criminals to flush evidence down the toilet?

This is a step in the right direction.

Reforming the police is good. However, law enforcement is necessary to still combat crime

I believe I heard Birmingham, Alabama is going to take down one (or two?) also.

good

Note they also deface war memorials included those of black regiments and early abolitionists.

I think these moves are so powerful

How is erasing the past a good or bad a positive thing?

this kind of stuff is needed everywhere, worldwide

Now, into the harbor!

Had to google that one up: "Blood chokes (or carotid restraints / sleeper holds) are a form of strangulation that compress one or both carotid arteries and/or the jugular veins without compressing the airway, hence causing cerebral ischemia and a temporary hypoxic condition in the brain. A well applied blood choke may lead to unconsciousness in 10–20 seconds." Sounds like a good idea to stop choking people...

I've never heard of a carotid restraint, but that sounds pretty brutal... Glad they got rid of it!

It's amazing that some committee even approved such a horrible thing in the first place.

I had to have my right carotid artery rebuilt with a metal tube inserted, due to 41 years of tobacco use. If a cop put his/her arm around my neck, it'd surely kill me. And kids? Please don't smoke tobacco.

Even if someone doesn't die, the brain damage is likely to be severe. It's shameful that this even existed. I totally understand that things have become more dangerous, even for police, but using that tactic is unforgivable!

A historic artifact like this is/was important, as it is a physical reminder of the atrocities that happened. Taking it away does nothing. I hope they put it in a museum, as it is a part of American history, as ugly as it is.

I think it should go in a museum though so that people can learn about what happened. I don't think people need to walk by it every day, but I think forgetting the inhumanities of the past or white washing it ( as most plantation tours do) is terrible

Its not there incase white people want to start selling slaves again, itsa reminder of past s****y behavior.

I can see this from both perspectives. It was not something glorifying the slave trade, more or less it was probably left as an educational item. We can distance ourselves from history when it's not out in the open. I would imagine that's why reminders like this still exists. With that being said, I do believe it would better serve in a museum. With it not being gated or closed off, I can assume that some family, somewhere, has a "vacation picture" with their kids standing on this. Just as there are plenty of distasteful pictures taken at Nazi concentration camps.

This made people remember what terrible things happened.Perhaps it should have stayed. it isn't a celebration it is a reminder.

I've always thought of the Confederate flag as anti-USA, more than pro-racism. Kind of weird that the US army would allow brandishing flags of its former enemy.