Elijah McClain (Black Violinists Matter)

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Chicago Violin Vigil Honoring Elijah McClain - Somewhere Over The Rainbow



Amazing Grace



Lift Every Voice and Sing by J. Johnson (finale)

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Portland’s Violin Vigil For Elijah McClain



360º video of Elijah McClain's vigil at Peninsula Park (Portland, Oregon) Part 1



360º video of Elijah McClain's vigil at Peninsula Park (Portland, Oregon) Part 2

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Atlanta musicians hold lunchtime ‘Violin Vigil’ for Elijah McClain



Violin Vigil to remember Elijah McClain in Maplewood's Memorial Park



Violin vigil held at Washington Park raises money for Elijah McClain's family

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8 minutes 46 seconds



How Long Is 8:46 In Classical Music? Musicians Honor George Floyd With Moving ‘Albinoni Adagio’

How Long Is 8:46 In Classical Music? Musicians Honor George Floyd With Moving ‘Albinoni Adagio’ | Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org)

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Will you stop with the huge font size. For crissakes, get control of yourself.  




Geesh!

[Minimalist]

Tell them to play louder because it isn't getting through to the fucking juries!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana...gn=KARANGA

Second Colorado officer acquitted in Elijah McClain death

No wonder the cops think they can get away with murder.  Juries let them.

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Change has never been easy. And this is something that has been going on for centuries. The best that any of us can do is to try to leave the world in a little better state than we found it.

John Uzodinma - "What’s Going On” (VIOLIN COVER) In memory of George Floyd



John Eze Uzodinma II- "Amazing Grace" Violin Solo

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What's better than roses on your piano?
















































Two lips on your organ.

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Requiem for Elijah McClain by Shana Tucker

ELIJAH McCLAIN. “I’m just different. That’s all. I’m so sorry. I have no gun. I don’t do that stuff...Why are you attacking me? ...I have my ID right here. My name is Elijah McClain. That’s my house. I was just going home...I can’t breathe.”

There is nothing...NOTHING that can explain, excuse, reason away this senseless, unnecessary use of force. So much is wrong, wrong, wrong with how the police honed in, bullied, intimidated and abused this young man who clearly did not need several armed men on him to “apprehend” him. And yet here we are: another young black man dead, police rolling up on him because he “looks suspicious”...and an inconclusive ruling.

Police have the authority and the choice in the moment to respond with thought and consideration or to react out of anger, fear, ignorance, machismo, hate...the language I hear all the time is “escalate or de-escalate the situation”. I also hear them put that “choice” in the hands of the detained, whether the detainment is warranted or not. And all too often, I hear “resisting arrest” or “failure to identify” or “threatening an officer” as the inevitable cause of death...and I just shake my head.

And so, as a mother of a black son, as a cello string sister paying my overdue respects to my violin string brother, I join the sounds of our instruments everywhere today in honor of you, Elijah McClain, to accompany the 2 million+ people who signed that petition DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR YOU, ELIJAH MCCLAIN.

[Minimalist]

One quibble.  The rulings are not "inconclusive."  Juries have acquitted his murderers.

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One quibble.  The rulings are not "inconclusive."  Juries have acquitted his murderers.

The video (and the accompanying description) was posted by Shana Tucker on July 9, 2020.

Killing of Elijah McClain - Wikipedia

See the section titled "Investigation" for a timeline.

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The quibble was not about the video.... it was about the willingness of juries to ignore reality.

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The quibble was not about the video.... it was about the willingness of juries to ignore reality.

It took me a while to even find the word "inconclusive". I figured that it must be in the YouTube description of Shana Tucker's video, but I couldn't find it even when I read the description.

So I did a "find" on the whole thread, and found it. (In the description that I had just read, of course!)

Since I didn't have the ability to edit the post to put the upload date in, I put the date in a new post, just so folks would realize that her video was uploaded back when all the other Black Lives Matter violin protests were going on. Her use of the phrase "inconclusive report" was in reference to events going on at that time (not involving a jury), back when folks were demanding that the investigation be reopened. 

The trials and juries were later, including the most recent one that prompted me to start this thread. (If I had been posting here back then, I would have started this thread in real time when the Black Lives Matter violin protests were happening.