“Why y’all keep asking where the police at? Y’all ask where Miley’s at when Hannah’s on stage?”— Beytwicé, twitter.com
“They held each other up, tended to wounds from rubber bullets, poured milk in each other’s tear-gassed eyes, and lifted each other onto buildings and barricades, wearing masks for protection against the virus, but also to shield themselves from police surveillance.”— Bridger Read, The Cut, thecut.com
“The irony of being arrested while protesting a systemically racist power structure is that it often embroils someone in the very system they are demanding to be fixed. That is particularly true for people who are unable to make bail.”— Vogue, vogue.com
“Protesters say they want to see charges for all four police officers involved in the death of Floyd.”— CNN, cnn.com
“The memory of the night before dissipated, and a sense of exhilaration at the gathering of hundreds of people on a beautiful spring Saturday after how many days of social distancing—seventy? eighty?—was undeniable, the anger and risk notwithstanding.”— Emily Witt , The New Yorker, newyorker.com
“In recent weeks, mass protests have broken out in countries from Lebanon to Spain to Chile. All are different - with distinct causes, methods and goals - but there are some common themes that connect them.”— BBC News, bbc.com
“Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement took to the streets again Sunday for a massive and peaceful march. An estimated 1.7 million people — a quarter of the territory's population — took part.”— Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, cbsnews.com
“Asking protestors to remain non-violent as Nazis approach them is in effect, asking those of us who are the target of Nazi violence, to be willing to die for the sake of liberal sensibilities. You don’t have to support violence yourself or go out and punch a Nazi, but do not ask marginalized people…”— Abdullah Shihipar, qz.com
“Anti-fascist violence is fundamentally misunderstood. Dismissed as reckless and unnecessary, it is actually a last resort tactic that is born out of necessity and meticulous planning. Anti fascist protestors are not terrorists; if anything, they are heroes. They put their bodies on the line, risking…”— Abdullah Shihipar, qz.com
“They marched as Americans who had endured hundreds of years of brutal violence, countless daily indignities –- but they didn’t seek special treatment, just the equal treatment promised to them almost a century before.”— Barack Obama, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov
“I've protested my whole life. Protests have real power. But realism and long-term thinking about linking them to deeper organizing is key.”— Zeynep Tufekci, twitter.com
“As Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia crossed the finish line in his silver-medal marathon run at the Rio Olympics on Sunday, he raised his arms and crossed them in an X, a gesture of protest against his country’s government that he said could get him killed if he returned home.”— Daniel Victor, nytimes.com