The One has spoken just in time for America to gather together in collective protest and enter a five-day phase of national mourning, across multiple states, for George Floyd.
Tik-Tok nurses of the world unite in dance! There is no longer a need for any member of the planet to be socially distant. The Lightbringer now introduces a new era of social proximity. Curfews are suspended. The media complies:
George Floyd will be remembered with three funerals plus a half-day viewing ceremony:
- There will be a nationally televised public memorial service in Minneapolis, MN, on Thursday June 4th from 1pm to 3pm.
- There will be an additional nationally televised public memorial service in North Carolina, Saturday June 6th from 11am to 3pm
- There will be a nationally televised viewing and memorial service in Houston, TX, Monday June 8th 12pm to 6pm
- There will be a nationally televised public funeral in Houston, TX, Tuesday June 9th, 11am EDT.
Aerial view shows large crowd of demonstrators in downtown Los Angeles as protests over the death of George Floyd continue. https://t.co/R6atpOOwiO pic.twitter.com/6xwEyq7kaM
— ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2020
Thousands of people came out to protest against racism in the Netherlands🗣👊🏿👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼👊🏻 #BlackOutTuesday #GeorgeFloyd #blackoutuesday #COVID19 #blm #BlackLivesMattter #protest #riot #protests #fuck12 #fucktrump #WeLoveYouBlackArmy pic.twitter.com/xcoH3g6394
— joost🤷🏽♂️ (@joostmt) June 2, 2020
Protesters gather in Garden Grove to protest the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)#BlackLivesMatter #protests #ocprotests pic.twitter.com/2QyvaI2Tf9
— Leonard Ortiz (@LOrtizPhoto_OCR) June 3, 2020
Turnout for George Floyd #Protests in Amsterdam.#BlackLivesMattter #blacklifematters #GeorgeLloyd pic.twitter.com/srGwVLp9M5
— Gulbarga Temperature (@GulbargaTemper1) June 3, 2020
The rituals at these protests closely resemble what you would see at an Evangelical-style religious service. Collective kneeling or sitting in prayer. Hands raised reverentially to the sky. Liturgical chants. This is a new expression of secular, civic religion pic.twitter.com/XZo021AZgp
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) June 3, 2020
A handful of protesters are addressing a crowd of hundreds from a perch atop the Peace Monument. (I climbed up briefly, too.)
— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 4, 2020
The speakers are urging peace, and just promised to keep marching in the streets for hours to come. pic.twitter.com/7nDAwth4dk