Let’s not forget, 2021 when a white man in Hutchinson, MN recklessly drove off at high speed with a cop stuck to his truck, hit the officer with a hammer, and was arrested and sentenced to 1 year in prison.
But somehow Ricky Cobb II “deserved” to be shot and killed..
One of the many highlights of this meeting was when a child just asked “what’s the point of spending $26 million on a precinct for it to just get burned down again?”
And it’s a valid fucking question.
Good morning y’all.
Ralph Yarl. A 16 year old Black baby boy was shot because he went to the wrong door (as he attempted to pick up his siblings). He was shot in the head and again as he bled out on the ground.
His shooter- a white man- is free.
So many things I can say but for now- just extreme sadness. Gratitude that he’s still alive. Also- I’m tired of this shit.
Black boys deserve to grow up.
Black men deserve to grow old.💔💔
Name: Ralph Yarl
Age: 16
Race: Black
Location: Missouri
Year: 2023
Action: Rang wrong doorbell
Result: Shot by white man in home
Name: Renisha McBride
Age: 19
Race: Black
Location: Michigan
Year: 2013
Action: Knocked on a door
Result: Shot and killed by white man in home
#BREAKING: An independent autopsy has found that forest defender Manuel 'Tortuguita' Terán was sitting down with their hands up when they were shot and killed by Georgia State Patrol during raids on #StopCopCity tree-sits on January 18.
Also, let’s be very clear, the emotional manipulation, gaslighting, misogynoir, colorism, and fatphobia white women in movement spaces have inflicted on Black women is abuse. White women weaponizing their whiteness is a form of abuse. So yes, many of you are abusers.
If you're in a community with an abuser, you must hold them accountable. Accountability indeed cannot happen at the hands of outsiders because our form of accountability will always be viewed as carceral by the abuser and their community.