Edited by Azizi Powell
Updated: June 3, 2020
This pancocojams post is part of an ongoing series about protest chants in the United States.
This post showcases YouTube videos of three May 2020 protests in the United States.
The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
RIP George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and all those who have died as a result of police brutality. Thanks to all those who peacefully protest for a better United States and a better world. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-history-and-meaning-of-chant-no.html for a 2014 pancocojams post entitled "The History And Meaning Of The "No Justice No Peace" chant.
Also, click the "African American protest chants" tag below to find additional pancocojams posts on this subject.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Video #1: Breonna Taylor protesters stand arm in arm chanting 'no justice, no peace'
WHAS11, May 29, 2020
Protesters lock arms and chant as police continue to push back the crowd.
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Here's a comment from that video's discussion thread:
RubyFyre, May 29, 2020
"We've been saying no justice, no peace for years. They should've been listened."
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Video #2: No Justice, No Peace!' Protesters Rally In Chicago | NBC News
NBC News, May 30, 2020
Protesters in Chicago called for justice after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.»
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Video #3: 'No justice, no peace': more than 1,000 people fill streets of Lancaster [video]
LancasterOnline, May 30, 2020 [Lancaster, Pennsylvania is about 2 hours from Philadelphia, Penn.)
More than 1,000 protesters, holding signs and yelling chants, walked through Lancaster city Saturday afternoon, following suit with dozens of cities across the nation after George Floyd's death on May 25 in Minneapolis.A police officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes, according to charging documents.
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The call & response chant in this video is:
caller- "What was his name?"
group response- "George Floyd!"
caller- "What was his crime?
group response- "Being Black."
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Added June 3, 2020
Video #4: See scenes from Sacramento's Black Lives Matter protest over George Floyd police death
Sacramento Bee, May 30, 2020
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Notice in this video that "No Justice No Peace" is chanted in a call & response pattern-
a caller chants "No justice" and the other marchers respond "No peace." "No justice, No peace" has also been chanted in unison.
Notice also that "Say his name" is also chanted in a call & response pattern- a caller chants "say his name" (or "say her name") and the other marchers respond with the name of the latest victim who lost his or her life as a result of police brutality or racist actions. In this embedded video, the group chants the name "George Floyd".
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