Congressional Democrats wore stoles made of Kente cloth during a moment of silence for George Floyd, drawing criticism from observers who felt they made the traditional African textile into a political prop.
Revisiting a four year old photo published by the San Francisco Police Officers Association. At that time, calling for calm and turning down rhetoric was called "inflammatory", "proof of racism", "demonstrates a blatant unwillingness to speak up for black lives", "an insult to all tortured black souls", "belittles all Civil Rights efforts", "is evidence that non white officers can never concede, understand, or be trusted." Those quotes were not from prosters or the public but were from a police Sargent serving as President of the San Francisco "Officers for Justice."