2 Years After Going Viral, Ieshia Evans Reflects On Her Iconic Protest Photo

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“I’d like to see a lot more of that fight, and not just from ‘my people,’” Evans said.

In the two years that have passed since Evans was thrust into the national conversation on policing and social justice, her ideas on activism and the type of resistance worthy of celebration have evolved. She appreciates the significance of her actions, but she also notes that policing under the Trump administration will need to be met with more direct action.

And she echoed the type of activism many in public life ― most notably, as of late: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) ― say we need.

“I’d like to see more whistleblowing,” she said. “People of good conscience, people with a good heart — like some people back in the ’60s. When they were risking their lives, it wasn’t just them standing in protest. It wasn’t something like what I did, standing in front of police officers. Even though that’s dangerous, there are more worthwhile efforts, like uncovering the truth about what’s really going on.”

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“I think I will be remembered as a peaceful protester who saw injustice going on and took a stand,” she said.

“I’d like to be remembered as a revolutionary.”

Read More:https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/two-years-after-going-viral-ieshia-evans-reflects-on-her-iconic-protest-photo_us_5b3bbefde4b09e4a8b28129f

About Maxine.

“You think we’re rallying now? You ain’t seen nothing yet,” Waters said at the event, according to a HuffPost report. “Already you have members of your Cabinet that are being booed out of restaurants ... protesters taking up at their house saying ‘no peace, no sleep.’”

“If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere,” she added.

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Waters has also captivated the internet on numerous occasions, including last summer when she said she was “reclaiming my time” while then-Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin apparently tried to stall during a congressional hearing.

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“We want history to record that we stood up, that we pushed back, that we fought, and that we did not consider ourselves victims of this president,” Waters said during the rally this weekend.

https://www.vox.com/2018/6/25/17501450/maxine-waters-trump-pelosi-civility-sarah-sanders

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[Kath2]

1. "Women getting stronger everyday. We are the future. Never doubt it."

Right on, she. Thank you.