Here are three ways Black Lives Matter protests changed America | PennLive Editorial
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
One year after the Black Lives Matter protests: what did they achieve? A year after people in Pennsylvania and all over the country took to the streets to protest the murder of George Floyd, has anything changed?
Those are the questions PennLive posed to activists and law enforcement officials last week. And the answer was a resounding yes.
Protesters such as political activist Shavonnia Corbin-Johnson and Kevin Maxson, with Voice for the Voiceless, say the protests mattered, and those who shouted against racism in town squares should be proud of what they achieved. We agree. And what may be surprising, so do officials such as Harrisburg Police Commissioner Thomas C. Carter, Carlisle Mayor Tim Scott and Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo. They all shared their thoughts last week on PennLive’s “Black Lives Matter: One Year Later” webinar that was broadcast li
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Jensen won first place for her video detailing two men’s efforts to continue their non-profits’ giving during the pandemic. Long Beach Post Visuals Editor Thomas R. Cordova won a third place award for the same category for his video showing a Long Beach “makeup lady” who travels to Skid Row every weekend where she takes beauty products and other necessities to the homeless.
Cordova also won two second place awards for general news for his photo showing a protester staring down Long Beach Police Department officers during the civil unrest in Long Beach in May 2020.
Jensen and Cordova shared a second place award for their work on a video telling the story of a barber overcoming an aneurysm to continue to cut hair and start a nonprofit helping homeless youth.
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After Following Starlings For 3 Months, This Irish Photographer Captures An Incredible Murmuration In The Shape Of A Huge Bird
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In the movie Finding Nemo, a school of fish snapped into a formation that resembled a much larger fish. Photographer James Crombie caught that sort of thing happening in real life; however, instead of a flock of fish, he managed to catch a flock of starlings over Lough Ennell in County Westmeath, Ireland in a truly magical sight.
James Crombie was recently named photographer of the year by the Press Photographers Association of Ireland. James’s main forte is sports photography, but with extra time over the past year, given the pandemic and various sports events being canceled, he has turned some of his attention to nature photography too.
Updated Mar 07, 2021 | 08:14 IST
Crombie added that he had to take between 400 to 500 shots before finally capturing the perfect pictures. Credit: James Crombie | Photo Credit: Twitter
It was something that was too surreal and otherwordly to believe at first sight. Yet, it is all too real.
Pictures may confuse us but they share truths that are more simple, profound, and awe-inspiring.
A stunning set of photos captured by photographer James Crombie show a massive flock of starlings forming the shape of a giant bird as they flew in formation over a lake in Ireland.
The pictures, captured on March 2, show the flock of starlings flying over Lough Ennell Co. Westmeath near the town of Mullingar. The perfect synchronised flying forms a giant bird shape that is also reflected on the water below.