“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty,” said Thomas Jefferson. The intense emotions surrounding these events have caused destruction in the cities due to riots and protests that started in Minneapolis in Floyd’s home state, spreading across the country. Tensions from the pandemic are already high enough. And the actions of late are unjustifiable just as the killing was. But the point we are trying to make here is that these events, though unfortunate, should not overshadow the injustices that led to this point, and for most, the real message of the protests itself.

Which is why we are compelled to and feel that it is our duty to amplify their voices through our platform on this issue because silence is a complicity. #BlackLivesMatter