Katie Orlinsky: Tear Down the Monuments, Bring Our Cities to Life
Katie Orlinsky
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Katie Orlinsky bears witness to the Black Lives Matter protestors responsible for revitalizing Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA, as a site of community healing and antiracism. See more on The Nation.
“I spent one afternoon with Emily DeCarlo, the mother of 31-year-old Angel DeCarlo, who was shot and killed by a Hopewell, Va., police officer in 2018. At the base of the monument, Emily built a shrine of candles, flowers, photos, and words telling the story of her slain daughter. The day we met, she also brought a blanket imprinted with Angel’s image and one of her daughter’s favorite possessions, a crown of sparkly white feathers.”