Black lives matter even if they do resist arrest. Black lives matter even if they did commit a crime. Black lives matter even if they disrespect the cop. Black lives do not matter conditionally. Black lives matter, period. All of them.
Just so we're clear, white people, firing Aunt Jemima & giving us Juneteenth off are not the frontlines of defeating white supremacy & dismantling structural & instutional racism. Better schools, a just criminal justice system, access to healthcare was more what we were thinking.
BREAKING: Minneapolis City Council members have announced their intent to disband the Minneapolis Police Department and invest in community-led public safety.
This is incredible.
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey showed up to a protest & tried to spew hollow platitudes about "putting [police] in their place." The organizers asked him if he would commit to defunding the police.
He said no.
They forced him to leave.
I'm sorry, I wish I could find joy in this but it just feels performative as hell.
Mayor Bowser's proposed budget for FY2021 includes an additional $18.5 million for police and a $16 million cut to housing assistance.
We need real change & that starts with the budget, not this.
“We grew up in a traumatic police state, so I am familiar with this type of situation,” Ruhel Islam of the Gandhi Mahal restaurant in Minneapolis said. “We can rebuild a building, but we cannot rebuild a human.”
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