Effigies In Nooses At UC Berkeley Hung By This Woman

Effigies In Nooses At UC Berkeley Hung By This Woman Last Saturday three effigies in nooses were hung on the campus of The University Of California at Berkeley. The act was done before the Berkeley version of The Million Person March, that took place around America and the World to protest police killings of unarmed young black men and more specifically Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice and John Crewford. When the act was first reported it spread around social media and the immediate reaction was that a white conservative group or person did it. Then on Tuesday an anonymous group of queers and people of color said they were responsible for the so-called art pieces. What the effigies are said to show is Laura Nelson, who was a black woman who was lychee alongside her 18-year-old son Lawrence near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Then just an hour ago I was sent the photo you see in the video and blog post. It's of a black young woman with a Cal sweat shirt in the act of hanging one of the effigies. The UC Police call this a hate crime. It's not that. Disturbing the peace to make a point it is but I think the group could have just held a press conference with the effigies and gave us all a teachable moment. That chance is still with us. The punishment here should be to have the group give a press conference and talk about their message and apologize for their method. That would be a step forward for law enforcement and for society.



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