Justice is Love

On May 12, 2010, Keaton Otis’ 25-year-old life was cut short by Portland Police for “looking like a gangster” while driving. Afterward, his father Fred Bryant began a monthly vigil at the murder site to rally around police reform. Fred passed after a stroke—with a broken heart—in 2013. The Justice for Keaton Otis collective (JFKO) continues to host monthly vigils, and since 2019, has convened racial and community justice organizations to vision and implement an artistic memorial to Keaton’s life, and to link it to the struggle for justice for all of those killed by state violence.

JFKO is rooted in Black Love…