Monoprint, ink on paper. BY OSAYI ENDOLYN
Over the last couple of weeks, I've watched as video and images from Minneapolis protests emerge across social media. Some visuals are featured on legacy media pages, others filter in from bystanders or those being targeted. Almost no civilians wear masks, contrary to the armed, uniformed representatives of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Everyone has a smartphone. The agents, rarely if ever equipped with body cams, and not necessarily required to use them anyway, also record the interactions—people screaming, chanting, questioning. Whistles and car horns add to the cacophony. These scenes are becoming ever more common, and yet reflect a relatively small portion of our collective observances.