Three young Black lives. Three trips to a store. Three families left carrying a lifetime of grief.
Latasha Harlins was killed after being falsely accused of stealing a bottle of orange juice. Video evidence showed she had money in her hand and did not steal the item.
Cyrus Carmack-Belton, 14 years old, was shot in the back after being accused of shoplifting. His family lost a son. A community lost a child.
Trayvon Martin was returning from a store with an Arizona tea and a bag of Skittles when his life was taken.
Different cities. Different years. The same painful question.
How many Black children must die under suspicion before Black life is treated as innocent, human, and worthy of protection?
Oppression does not disappear because we ignore it. It does not retreat because we hope it will. Every generation must decide whether it will accept injustice or confront it.
We are a people who desire peace. But peace without justice is submission. Peace without accountability is silence. Peace without power is fragile.
The question is not whether history is repeating itself. The question are prepared to do to stop it?
🚨 FOUR ARRESTED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 17-YEAR-OLD BLACK TEEN IN AIKEN COUNTY, S.C.
17-year-old Kahlil Simmons — an honor student who graduated a year early was savagely ambushed and killed by 2 white males, they also shot a 16 year old teen who survived the incident.
These animals then ran to their parents who attempted to help them cover up the shooting, now they are charged with accessory after the fact.
Jared Grant Marsh II, 18, charged with Murder and Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime
• Tyler Hans Lariscey, 17, charged with Murder
• Tarah Alexander, 40, charged with Accessory After the Fact to Murder
• Bryan Alexander, 40, charged with Accessory After the Fact to Murder
All four are being held at the Aiken County Detention Center.
BREAKING: The Louisiana Senate passed a disturbing anti-homeless bill that pushes homeless people into jails, forced treatment, and unpaid labor. Hours earlier, the same lawmakers voted to give themselves $1,000 to cover housing expenses, recognizing housing is too expensive.
This is Timothy Hudson. He raped & killed his stepsister. A judge ruled because he’s 16 he gets to spend time at home with family awaiting trial.
He’s Not an immigrant. Not a Black or brown person. A US citizen with the complexion for protection.
16 year old Kalief Browder was tortured for 3 years in prison and solitary on the mere (false) accusation that he allegedly stole a backpack. He died by suicide from the trauma. Hudson gets to chill at home after raping & killing.
This is America.
She was Lynched. Her name is Juliana Nzita, she went missing and found Lynched at a White church. Sixteen years old, she had a future ahead of her, she was kind and honest, and White people decided that because of her skin color, she didn't deserve life. Stop White supremacists!