Things are pretty heated in America right now. After three months of uncertainty, quarantine, and death due to the coronavirus pandemic, the nation has now entered a striking period of social unrest. In the wake of the brutal killing of George Floyd by police in Minnesota there have been massive protests nationwide and things have sometimes turned violent.
But thanks to the old media adage “if it bleeds, it leads” we tend to only see violent or heated moments and not the majority of peaceful interactions that occur when people rise up to demand better treatment from the nation they live in.
Thankfully a Twitter user named Kylee took it upon themselves to catalog some of the beautiful moments being captured right now at protests all around the country.
beautiful moments during protests that the media won’t show; a thread
— kylee (@tomakeupwityou) May 31, 2020
There are a lot of inspiring interactions going on between people who are trying to do what’s right that you won’t see on the news.
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— kylee (@tomakeupwityou) May 31, 2020
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— αℓуssα (@alyssray17) May 31, 2020
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minneapolis, mn pic.twitter.com/mK0jnF6RXI
— kylee (@tomakeupwityou) May 31, 2020
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— Jesse Thermer (@jt_oneseven) May 31, 2020
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Phoenix, Arizona 🙂 pic.twitter.com/0RSM8cftj2
— Claudd (@ccllaauudd_) May 31, 2020
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— Nicolas Olsen (@Niccomedy0) May 31, 2020
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Not sure if this read posted but there’s this too ❤️ they’re blocking the front of target to stop people from looting pic.twitter.com/6rP4JpEz8c
— katy ✊ (@torontochanges) May 31, 2020
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Louisville KY. pic.twitter.com/X2YmIBBnlt
— BLACK LIVES MATTER (@simplypeachy__) May 31, 2020
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— Claudd (@ccllaauudd_) May 31, 2020
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He got separated from his squad, and they protected him.
POWERFULDon’t let the media divide us #BLM #EnoughIsEnough #protests pic.twitter.com/3nfRH9kgJS
— Maria Garibay (@mariagaribay_) May 30, 2020