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Two teenage black girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab. after that, he was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison. >> i should have killed you! >> every black person i know have went through something like i went through, and thats why we fight. >> the fight intensified in the summer of 2020 when trump flooded portland with federal agents. lots of new groups formed in response to the violence from the ages. the one that got the most attention. demetria and nicole both joined the group. >...

>> i shouldnt be, like, going out there with pepper spray and a baton and a taser just to keep myself safe for preaching that my life matters. i shouldnt have to do that. i really shouldnt have to do that. >> thank you, mom! >> thank you. >> escalating violence that xavier and many other protesters encountered in the summer of 2020 was seen by many as a turning point. not since the civil rights era had so many people understood that a fight for black rights is a fight for all our rights. >> what...

Black people in america. and the fact that they could not turn away and could not no longer deny what was happening here, thats why this is different. >> i need you folks to come around in the circle here. our people are known for war hooping, and anybody not know what a war hoop is? all right. youre going to get a lesson right here. on the count of three, 1, 2, 3 -- mind. shower with new dove men.

Portland state university, has spent years writing and teaching about race and social movements. >> one of the problems that we see sometimes in the way that people are looking at protests in portland, its as though you are showing your blackness if you are out there supporting black lives matter. but thats not the only way to show your support. >> mm-hmm. >> it may be what some whites think that blacks should be doing. >> mm-hmm. >> but thats just part of the problem. blacks should be determini...

>> im not sure. im just curious. >> do you not know the answer to this question? >> i feel like you know the answer because its a big reason why i transferred colleges. >> go ahead. im listening. >> i went to college in the midwest. i had a lot of racist experiences. one of the examples was i was walking to a theater party, and there was five guys all in trump masks in a mercedes-benz throwing water balloons at me full of paint saying the n-word. i had to run. i was scared for my life. so after ...

They both joined the group. >> there was a thing on facebook they posted up moms come out. wear a yellow shirt. im like, im a mom. all right. >> theyre speaking my language. >> yeah. but it was really unnerving because there was no structure. there was no organization. like they have no idea. were going up against the feds. they have no idea. they have their hair in their face and they have bike helmets and granola in your backpack. they were not ready. >> america loved the wall of mostly white ...

Here and that walk this land are right there with you every single day. >> how do the three of you know each other? >> i have known her as long as i can cognitively remember. >> when people were relocated to the urban areas, they sort of built family that way. >> yeah. we just come together. we dont know why, but it feels right. it feels good. >> you dont meet. you become. >> laura john, a decent dent of the senica natures are part of the sunrise ceremony. >> this is a time of truth telling. thi...

Started knocking them down like they were playing rugby or football, hitting them full blast, body blows. one of the officers came in and plowed into me. another dude came up, and he leveled his automatic weapon at my chest from about three feet away. im just standing there. he could have killed me instantly. one round would have blown my heart apart. i started asking him, why are you violating your oath to the constitution? and then the dude with a baton started wacking me all over the place, a...

Founders. he has to worry about a police curfew and carols curfew. who is carol? xaviers mom. >> i lived in a predominantly white community my whole life except to prior to being adopted when i was five. >> it changed a lot with this black lives matter. did i say it right? >> you used to say black live matter. >> part of it is his black lives matter means so damn much to me. i apologize. because i know im a good citizen but i dont think it was on my radar. >> so what led you to do all of that? >...

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