Police killed at least 5 people today. This morning they killed someone in Lakewood, CO. Police killed two people in San Antonio this afternoon. Then they killed someone in Detroit and killed #makhiabryant in Columbus.
They just killed another child. Nobody can sell me this verdict as progress when in the span of 2 weeks 2 children were killed by police. #SayHerName#MakiyahBryant
Remember: none of Chauvin’s colleagues turned him in. He murdered a man in broad daylight and we are here today because a brave Black girl named Darnella Frazier kept taping despite threats from the cops on the scene.
Police are choking ppl to death with their bare hands. Disarming police will not stop them from killing people. They will simply get more creative in how they do it. We have to abolish the institution of policing & examine what is the basis for assuming we need this institution
Why should we care what the “founding fathers” thought about guns or statehood for DC. That was 200 years ago, guns were muskets and Georgia was “the west.” Plus they enslaved human beings so maybe i don’t give a shit what they thought.
@jelenawoehr Also includes people who are chemically dependent on alcohol “refusing” to go to dry shelters bc they physically cannot go ~8 hours without a drink. They deserve care & shelter.
@V13967746 @jelenawoehr@destresoespreso That's inhumane. People escaping violence & dealing with trauma should not be expected to function as if everything is fine, & they shouldn't be treated like criminals for needing safe shelter and time to rest & recover. Sounds like the shelter doesn't want to pay staff to clean.
@jelenawoehr@tewchinzz It was the same for me escaping abuse, they said I refused help but their solution was to put me in a refuge where I couldn't have my son, my dogs, go to work, see my dad etc and it was a 45 min drive away but no men allowed so I wouldn't be able to get a lift anywhere
@Ruby__Valentine@jelenawoehr Yup. If you make them profess belief in your religion just to have a place to sleep, you're probably encouraging hypocrisy instead of converting anyone
@jelenawoehr@RemoraHouse_DC Also a lot of shelters lock you in, and there's bed bugs or lice to worry about, or assault. Theres plenty of reasons to avoid them bc often they're kept in an intentional state of neglect
A white man walked into a grocery store in Boulder, killed 10 people, and was apprehended by the police and walked out of the building completely unharmed.
Right down the street, police killed Elijah McClain while he apologized for not doing anything wrong.
Mental health cannot be separated from social determinants of health. To improve mental health on a population-level, we need to ensure that people have safe homes, jobs, food security, free medical care, and community connection. Structural change required.
Sorry we tried to assassinate you & overthrow the election. We didn’t expect it to fail & create this awkwardness between us. Let’s move forward & get back to normal with us blocking any legislation you introduce while we continue to feed a racist terrorist movement.
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GOP
I wish George Floyd was asked nicely. I wish Breonna Taylor was asked nicely. I wish Trayvon Martin was asked nicely. I wish Philando Castile was asked nicely. I wish Eric Garner was asked nicely. I wish Michael Brown was asked nicely. I wish Tamir Rice was asked nicely. I wish..
You cannot equate white supremacy with the calls for justice against the generational devastation of white supremacy. You cannot equate marching for civil rights with a violent insurrection.
This is not a both sides conversation.
Just making sure we can level-set here.