Rahm Emanuel covered up the police murder of Laquan McDonald...sixteen shots into a seventeen year old body. Emanuel’s political career needs to be over, not revived.
most Black folks in the US still live in the South (including DC + Maryland) and lots of these “red” states have large communities of Native and Latinx folks. but it’s easier to ignore the folks who are organizing against all odds in incredibly hostile conditions...for this:
The problem with a Biden presidency is how many think that's the solution. "A return to normalcy." I get wanting to defeat Trump fascism, but Biden mass violence and neoliberalism is going to be the battle for the next four years. Hoping a lot of people are ready for it.
9 MONTHS into the virus and there is still no comprehensive plan against covid. Yet it took 38 DAYS to confirm a new Supreme Court justice. Same sex marriage, abortions, the fight against climate change, access to affordable healthcare- all in jeopardy.
I’m black. I’m a cop. I’ve also had hours of de-escalation training.
With that said:
No matter your color, mental status, prior condition, or mood, if you run at me with a knife, I will shoot you. Many times.
The end.
#Philadelphia#phillyriots#BlueLivesMatter
Hey! Did you sign our petition to #DefundCPD yet? ~80% of Chicago residents responded to a recent city survey in SUPPORT of defunding the police, yet Lori Lightfoot continues to blow us off. BE HEARD! Please add your voice during this crucial time! https://t.co/Cmu7vRmNJc
DC:
Last night you saw video of @DCPoliceDept’s use of extreme violence on protestors.
As these uprisings continue & @MayorBowser fights at this very moment to further militarize MPD it’s up to you to commit to #ProtectProtestors from REPRESSION! #StopMPD
Hiring more people of color doesn’t dismantle structural racism within an organization. A white dominant organization could hire 100 people of color but if the policies and the practices stay the same, that’s 100 more people that can be harmed by them. 1/2
If AOC was interested in being in actual solidarity with Black radicals, the “past/present” picture would’ve shown the many Black panthers who were killed by the State, forced into poverty, or who are STILL political prisoners.
This is WILD white washing.
you ever think about how fufu in West Africa laid the groundwork for mofongo in Puerto Rico, mangú in Dominican Republic, fufu de plátano in Cuba and vatapá in Brazil and start to cry thinking about how Black diasporic folks everywhere are amazing and resourceful?