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A Black Woman in Handcuffs For Climbing The Statue of Liberty on Independence Day is a Perfect Metaphor For America

The Statue of Liberty is a metaphor. One cannot carve a statue out of liberty any more than one can take a photograph of freedom or hold a jarful of justice. Liberty is not a thing, it is a concept. And, while it is the bedrock foundation upon on which white America as always rested,…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

July 7, 2018
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

Woman Arrested on 4th of July After Climbing the Base of the Statue of Liberty in Protest of Migrant Family Separations

A protester was arrested on the 4th of July following a standoff with police after she scaled up the base of the Statue of Liberty in protest of migrant children being separated from their guardians and/or parents. The woman, identified by CNN as Therese Patricia Okoumou, stayed there for almost three hours as she walked…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

July 5, 2018