This is a 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars. A quick heads up. This episode has some offensive language.

Don't shoot!

Hands up! Don't shoot!

After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd last year,

tens of thousands of people all over the world took to the streets

to protest police violence against black people.

Whose lives matter?

And if you look at images from these marches,

you'll probably start to notice a common color scheme,

lots of red, black, and green.

99 FBI producer Christopher Johnson.

You'll see those colors everywhere.

Red black and green picket signs and banners,

red black and green hoodies and hats and

red black and green flags.

Sometimes it's good to see that red black and green flag, particularly when this time

is strife and people outraged outraged and angry, and they

started to come to that realization that we're not getting anywhere with the begging.

Moria Ma Kamal has several of these flags in different sizes, including a huge one that he likes to fly outside of his house.

He says that wherever there are protests or demonstrations against threats to black life, the red, black and green will be there.

When people are ready for more than what they've been getting and they're ready to challenge

the system, then you'll see the red black and green flags come out.

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