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June also marked 99 years since an estimated \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/us-provide-reparations-1921-tulsa-race-massacre\u0022\u003E300 people were killed\u003C\/a\u003E, the vast majority of them Black, in Greenwood, which was then known as Black Wall Street due to its affluence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWould Trump or Vice President Mike Pence try to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/news\/local\/gov-stitt-q-a-on-trump-rally-in-tulsa-a-venue-change-a-tour-of\/article_4d01f231-5739-5af4-8680-9e2efa1e8c86.html#1\u0022\u003Etour\u003C\/a\u003E the district? Would they drive or walk through Greenwood on their way to the Bank of Oklahoma (BOK) Center, where Trump\u2019s rally would be held? Would white supremacist groups who have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/national\/group-of-white-supremacists-throw-support-behind-trumps-go-home-comments\u0022\u003Eexpressed support for Trump\u003C\/a\u003E try to come to Greenwood and provoke trouble?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-block-content embedded-entity-bundle-block-hrw-row embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__bg-color\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 \u0022\u003E\n\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__body rich-text font-sans text-2xl mt-3 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EDr. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiffanyCrutcher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@TiffanyCrutcher\u003C\/a\u003E makes final plea for cancellation of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@realDonaldTrump\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s planned rally in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tulsa?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Tulsa\u003C\/a\u003E today due to health and safety concerns, and reiterates that she and other leaders \u201cdo not condone violence or hate whatsoever.\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/RrcRvuX64e\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/RrcRvuX64e\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Ida Sawyer (@ida_sawyer) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274398466597421060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 20, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunity leaders held an outdoor press conference in Greenwood around noon on Saturday, making a final plea for Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274398466597421060?s=20\u0022\u003Ecancel the Trump rally due to safety and health concerns\u003C\/a\u003E amidst the coronavirus pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the press conference, Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, whose twin brother Terence was killed by Tulsa police in 2016, called on those demonstrating to focus their efforts not on protesting the Trump rally but on urging Tulsa leaders to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274405871158779906?s=20\u0022\u003Ebuild up the Greenwood community\u003C\/a\u003E by improving housing, education and economic opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EReverend Robert Turner, pastor of Greenwood\u2019s historic Vernon AME church, delivered a message to Trump at the press conference: \u201cWe are sick and tired of you inciting violence and anger and hatred throughout this city and throughout this nation.\u201d He later added: \u201cIf you \u003Cem\u003Edo\u003C\/em\u003E love Black people, do something about it. Pass a bill. Give reparations. Change the policies that discriminate against us to this very day.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the community leader and mayoral candidate Greg Robinson, Trump\u2019s rally was a \u201cdog whistle,\u201d an \u201cintentional attempt to destruct the growth and unity that cities like Tulsa are trying to create and disrupt it with hateful rhetoric.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-left embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-block-content embedded-entity-bundle-block-hrw-row embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__bg-color\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 \u0022\u003E\n\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__body rich-text font-sans text-2xl mt-3 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u201cWe are sick and tired of you inciting violence and anger and hatred throughout this city and throughout this nation.\u201d - message to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@realDonaldTrump\u003C\/a\u003E from Rev. Robert Turner of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Greenwood?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Greenwood\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tulsa?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Tulsa\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s Vernon AME church \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/xhEfvlIoQE\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/xhEfvlIoQE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Ida Sawyer (@ida_sawyer) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274408101165379584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 20, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWorried that Trump or Pence might visit the memorial of the massacre, community members covered it up with a tarp and signs saying \u201cThis is Sacred Ground\u2014Not a Photo-Op,\u201d and \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/us-provide-reparations-1921-tulsa-race-massacre\u0022\u003EReparations Now\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d They anxiously guarded the area, concerned that US Secret Service agents might come and remove the coverings.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the end, Trump and Pence stayed clear of Greenwood.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, about a mile away, a small group of Trump supporters had gathered near the BOK center in downtown Tulsa since Thursday, waiting for the doors to open to get into the rally. More Trump supporters arrived Saturday morning, as well as groups of anti-Trump and Black Lives Matters protesters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESoon after the gates to get into the BOK Center opened, at around 11:22 a.m., \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/06\/21\/sheila-buck-protester-arrested-trump-tulsa-rally\/\u0022\u003ESheila Buck\u003C\/a\u003E, a 62-year-old schoolteacher from Tulsa, went through the gates. She had a ticket, she later told Human Rights Watch, but like others, said she was told she didn\u2019t need one and that people were allowed in on a \u201cfirst come, first serve\u201d basis. Buck said she was wearing an \u201cI Can\u2019t Breathe\u201d shirt \u2013 a reference to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/01\/george-floyds-killing-and-black-lives-lost\u0022\u003EGeorge Floyd\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E last words \u2013 and a black hood, channeling the actor Regina King. King starred as a police officer in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/12\/16\/watchmen-was-fantasy-need-discuss-reparations-very-real\u0022\u003Ethe \u003Cem\u003EWatchmen\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u2013 \u003C\/em\u003Ea\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E2019 futuristic HBO television series \u00a0about a police department in Tulsa that, in the series, fought white supremacists waging a war against it, in part due to its enforcement of reparations granted by law in the series to victims of prior racial injustice.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-block-content embedded-entity-bundle-block-hrw-row embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__bg-color\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 \u0022\u003E\n\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__body rich-text font-sans text-2xl mt-3 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003ETensions in downtown \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tulsa?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Tulsa\u003C\/a\u003E as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Trump\u003C\/a\u003E supporters and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#BlackLivesMatter\u003C\/a\u003E protesters converge. Peaceful for now. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/NJaeD958NE\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/NJaeD958NE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Ida Sawyer (@ida_sawyer) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274522536311697408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 21, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Buck stood in line after the first barrier, a group of men in button-down shirts pulled her out of line and said she wasn\u2019t allowed to be there. They called the police over, she said, and then she knelt on the ground and prayed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPolice then approached her and said it was a private event and she did not have the right to be there. \u201cIt\u2019s like you\u2019re in someone\u2019s home,\u201d she said they told her. She insisted that she had a ticket, she lived in Tulsa, and had a right to be there. But the police proceeded to arrest her, handcuffing her and taking her to the Tulsa county jail. The Tulsa police department later \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsaPolice\/status\/1274412131941826560?s=20\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E on Twitter that \u201cMs. Buck was in an area that is considered a private event area and the event organizer, in this case the Trump Campaign, can have people removed at their discretion.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EShe said that when she arrived at the jail, officials took her blood pressure, and since it was elevated, they brought her to the Oklahoma State University medical center. Once her blood pressure went down, they brought her back to the jail. She was held there until being released at around 5 p.m., after $500 bail was posted on her behalf, and with a summons to appear in court on charges of \u201cobstructing and interfering with a police officer.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-left embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-block-content embedded-entity-bundle-block-hrw-row embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__bg-color\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 \u0022\u003E\n\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__body rich-text font-sans text-2xl mt-3 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EGreenwood post-Trump rally block party. Peaceful BLM protesters welcomed. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/BlMml8o78h\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/BlMml8o78h\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Brian Root (@brian_root) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/brian_root\/status\/1274538771329974276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 21, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELater that afternoon, at around 5:45 p.m., police arrested three activists who had scaled a flagpole and were attempting to put up flags in defense of Black lives, including one that said \u201cDefund the Police\u201d and another that said \u201cInvest in Black Communities,\u201d on a flagpole outside the BOK Center. The three activists were: Alexandra Scott, a council member from Norman, Oklahoma; Ashley McCray, an Indigenous rights activist from Shawnee, Oklahoma; and Jonathan Engle, a veteran and activist from Taos, New Mexico. They said that police also arrested Alan Pogue, a photojournalist who had media credentials to attend the rally and who was standing nearby.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe police forced the three off the flagpole, the three activists said, by cutting the ropes of their harnesses and yanking them down. They then cuffed the four of them with zip ties and brought them to the police vehicle, where Secret Service agents questioned them, before taking them to the county jail. Scott said the handcuffs were so tight that she started losing circulation. When she complained to a police officer, she said he told her, \u201cI don\u2019t care. You\u2019ll have to pass out before we loosen them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt around 11:30 p.m., after their $500 bails had been posted, they were all released. They were told that they had been charged with \u201cobstructing a police officer.\u201d Engle said that he had about two dozen insect bites the next day, and he thought the clothes they made him wear in jail must have been infected with fleas, bedbugs, or something else.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMcCray said that as a member of the Absentee Shawnee tribe of Oklahoma, she wanted to put up the flags to show that Indigenous people are standing in solidarity with their Black relatives. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we amplify the message that we do not accept hate, we do not accept white supremacy, and we do not accept Trump,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s only coming here to incite hatred and stir up white supremacy which is rampant throughout our state. It\u2019s definitely not lost on us that he chose Tulsa, and we\u2019re approaching the 100-year anniversary of the Greenwood massacre. Coming here just after Juneteenth with his message of hate and division, we wanted it very clear that we do not accept his presence here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-block-content embedded-entity-bundle-block-hrw-row embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__bg-color\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 \u0022\u003E\n\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__body rich-text font-sans text-2xl mt-3 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003ELet\u2019s be clear \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiffanyCrutcher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@TiffanyCrutcher\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregForTulsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@GregForTulsa\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertRATurner1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@RobertRATurner1\u003C\/a\u003E, among others, set the tone for Tulsa\u2019s response to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpRally?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#TrumpRally\u003C\/a\u003E yesterday. Yesterday ended with a continued celebration of Greenwood, Tulsa, and it\u2019s vibrant black community. This is leadership in the flesh. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/C7X7HAmm5x\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/C7X7HAmm5x\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Dreisen Heath (@dreisenheath) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/dreisenheath\/status\/1274804431884816384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 21, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EScott said that she wanted to put the flags up to send a message to those who feel threatened by Trump\u2019s \u201cvulgar, hateful rhetoric,\u201d his \u201cracism,\u201d and his \u201csexual assaults on women.\u201d She said she wanted to use her privilege as a white person and her platform as a council member to let people who have been targeted by Trump\u2019s policies and rhetoric know that they are heard and seen, and everyone should feel safe. \u201cI don\u2019t live in Black or brown skin, and I was scared to go out there and do what we did,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not scared to leave my house and not come home because of police brutality or a white supremacist. So it was important for me that people know we\u2019re here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Engle, McCray, and Scott were in jail, crowds of anti-Trump and Black Lives Matters protesters marched across downtown Tulsa near the BOK Center, sometimes converging with groups of Trump supporters, leading to some heated confrontations that remained largely peaceful.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt around 9:15 p.m., just after the Trump rally ended, police fired \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oklahoman.com\/article\/5665089\/law-enforcement-in-tulsa-used-pepper-balls-to-disperse-a-crowd-after-president-trumps-rally-in-tulsa\u0022\u003Epepper balls\u003C\/a\u003E at crowds near the BOK Center blocking the streets, leading many of the protesters to disperse.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, in Greenwood, about one mile away from the BOK Center, crowds of people started dancing in the streets at a block party.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was a continued celebration of Juneteenth, Greenwood, Tulsa, and its vibrant Black community. Over the weekend, much of the world\u2019s attention was focused on Tulsa and the Trump rally, but the story of Tulsa\u2019s 1921 Race Massacre needs to be told. It\u2019s well past time the calls to action from Greenwood leaders like Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, Greg Robinson, and Rev. Robert Turner are\u00a0heeded. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/us-provide-reparations-1921-tulsa-race-massacre\u0022\u003EReparations are due to survivors and descendants\u003C\/a\u003E of the massacre and changes are needed to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/02\/us-address-structural-racism-underlying-protests\u0022\u003Eaddress structural racism\u003C\/a\u003E and racial inequalities. This includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/09\/us-reject-8cantwait-policing-program\u0022\u003Ediverting resources spent\u003C\/a\u003E on using the police to solve many societal problems, like homelessness, poverty, problematic drug use, and mental health issues, into appropriate services to address these issues outside a policing context. It also requires investing in improving access to job, health, education, and economic opportunities for Black people \u2013 in Tulsa and across the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]