Never forget that white people used Black babies as alligator bait. They burned Black people alive. Pregnant women had their babies STOMPED OUT OF THEM And yet people ask why we still talk about history.🥹
The diapers actually being paid for doesn’t make this any less tragic. Even if they were stolen, they weren’t more valuable than this baby’s life.
This is why we marched, our children deserve to grow up.
What sucks is that life could be so easy. So easy. There are enough resources to end world hunger, homelessness, and poverty. We could slow down and fairly utilize and distribute them. Instead, everyone suffers while 20 men control half the world’s wealth.
Police killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley on the false claim his mother stole diapers. His killer is on paid leave & his ID is hidden.
Police killed 7-year-old Aiyana Jones as she slept in her living room. Her murderer Joseph Weekley walked free.
Police killed 11-year-old Tamir Rice as he played in a park. HIs murderer Timothy Loehmann walked free.
America's carceral system treats Black children like chattel because the system isn't broken—it's working exactly as intended. And that's the problem.
10 years ago today Police took Dylan Roof to Burger King after he killed 9 Black people in church.
This week Police killed 1-year-old Black child named Kohen Wiley on the lie that his mother stole diapers.
A 1 year old Black baby is more threatening to police than an armed white supremacist who just mass murdered 9 Black people.
MISSISSIPPI STANDING ON BUSINESS‼️
A Mississippi police officer shot 1-year-old Kohen Kartier Wiley while responding to a shoplifting call on Sunday, killing him and critically wounding an adult.