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Anguish & Action: Uptown
from June 8 - 14, 2020
Chicago Protests
photographs by Kathleen Hinkel
On May 25, George Floyd died after spending 8 minutes and 46 seconds under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. In the haunting video of his death you see him call for his mother and speak his last words, “I can’t breathe.” These were also the last words of Eric Garner, whose similar 2014 death at the hands of a New York City police officer was also captured on video. George Floyd, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Laquan McDonald, Michael Brown, Stephon Clark, Alton Sterling, Freddie Gray, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Fred Hampton and Emmett Till are a few names among the countless African American lives that have been lost to police brutality, systemic racism and injustice. Across Chicago and across America, thousands are rising up in remembrance of George Floyd and the many black lives that have been lost. People are marching in protest of police brutality and white supremacy and in solidarity with the racial justice movement. These photographs were taken at protests here in Chicago. Protesters in the streets of Uptown.
Uptown
Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor June 5, 2020
June 5 was supposed to be Breonna Taylor's 27th birthday. In remembrance and action, a crowd gathered in Uptown that afternoon to say her name, mourn, demand justice and celebrate Breonna Taylor and Black Womxn everywhere.
A protester holds a memorial sign for Breonna Taylor, which reads "In unity of her beauty, we say her name."
Kathleen Hinkel
Protesters in the streets of Uptown.
Kathleen Hinkel
A memorial tribute to Breonna Taylor.
Kathleen Hinkel
A mechanic at Uptown Bikes raises her fist in front of a "Justice for Breonna" sign as protesters walked by in celebration of what was supposed to be Breonna Taylor's 27th birthday.
Kathleen Hinkel
Two people watch a crowd marching down Clark Street from their window.
Kathleen Hinkel
27-year-old Ashabi Owagboriaye speaks to the crowd in front of the Riviera Theatre in Uptown before the march begins.
Kathleen Hinkel
