Placard calling for indictment of police officers used at Baltimore Protests: Museum Object and Cultural History
Placard calling for indictment of police officers used at Baltimore Protests: Date: April 2015. Created by: Peoples Power Assemblies, American. Subject of: Edward M. Nero, American, born 1987.
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This placard demands indictment for the 6 police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray and jobs and education for youth. The placard consists of two yellow peices of paper stapled to a white poster board. The text is typed in black letters that read [INDICT / CONVICT / JAIL! / the 6 police / People's Power Assembly / 443-221-3775]. There is a large tear to the right of the word "police." The other side of the placard reads [Jobs & Education / NOT / YOUTH / JAILS! / People's Power Assembly / 443- 221-3775]. The four corners of the placard are held together with clear tape and the wooden handle is partially covered with masking tape.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 2015
- Created by: Peoples Power Assemblies, American
- Subject of: Edward M. Nero, American, born 1987
- Subject of: Caesar R. Goodson Jr., American, born 1970
- Subject of: Garrett E. Miller, American, born 1989
- Subject of: Alicia D. White, American, born 1986
- Subject of: Brian W. Rice, American, born 1975
- Subject of: William G. Porter, American, born 1990
- Subject of: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
- Type: placards (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with tape and metal, masking tape on wood
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 47 3/4 × 17 1/2 × 1/4 in. (121.3 × 44.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Place used: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Local and regional
- Object number: 2016.59.7
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sharon Marie Black
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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