Date: 6/1/2021
Ahead of the Northampton City Council’s first round of fiscal year 2022 budget hearings on May 25, residents gathered for a standout in memory of the anniversary of George Floyd’s death. During the standout Alyssa Arnell, the chair of Greenfield Community College’s History Department spoke, about the history of oppression for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the United States. During a 9 minute, 26 second moment of silence for Floyd a counterprotester infiltrated the standout, resulting in a confrontation.