Winston asks the crowd to give itself a round of applause for 81 days in the street "I see people getting really hurt out here for no apparent reason. Just for trying to get justice. No, we're gonna get it! You ain't gonna stop us!"
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Winston remembers standing on the corner of MLK a year ago, virtually by herself. Never giving up. Hitting it every day 81 days is a long time but think about how long this has been a problem Let it be for something. Let this be the time we move towards something better
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A very angry black man begins to scream at Letha to shut the fuck up as she screams, "Fuck the KKK!" "You shut the fuck up! Watch yourself. You ain't gonna stop me. Fuck the KKK!" She's going off. Good on her I think he's leaving
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Winston says people have been distracted the last couple days. I think she's talking about the far right coming out yesterday, both during the day and at night I think everyone's pretty worried about that. Feels like something's been let loose Hopefully the chuds lack stamina
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The anniversary of Patrick Kimmons' death is September 30th. It will be 2 years Winston tells the crowd about the emptiness in her life where her son used to be
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"What was my child thinking when he got shot 9 times in the back? No one can tell me he wasn't yelling for his mother" Her voice breaks
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Winston talks about the video of Kimmons' death She says the police edited the video. That his arms were up for 30 seconds. He didn't have a gun
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Winston had the crowd on their feet and chanting. "Show up and show out!"
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Winston announces a march. "Let's take it to the streets and fuck the police!"
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If you want to donate to Letha Winston's memorial for her son, travel expenses, etc., her cashapp is $LethaLoc You can also follow her at Justice for Patrick Kimmons on Instagram
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Apologies, but I am going to need to leave briefly to take care of some article edits. I hope to return later tonight--we'll see
@PDocumentarians is already on the ground, and both @bogwitchenergy and @jung_sisyphus are enroute
Solidarity to everyone still out here!
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