In case you didn’t know, Norfolk Southern, the company whose train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio and released toxic chemicals because of their refusal to invest in safer trains, are also funding the “Cop City” in Atlanta where a protestor was recently murdered by Atlanta PD.
i feel like it should be mainstream news that a cop shot another cop, used that to murder an indigenous forest defender who was dedicated to non-violence, then lied to the press to paint them as a violent aggresor. their name was Tortuguita. cops shot them 13 times. #StopCopCity
Atlanta is funding $90 million “Cop City”, where police from all over the U.S. will be trained on how to inflict militant violence on their communities, destroying 350+ acres of forest to do so.
It’d be a shame if thousands emailed and urged the contractors to drop out…
Belkis Terán, Tort's mom: “I’m going to clear Manuel’s name. They killed him … like they tear down trees in the forest – a forest Manuel loved with passion.” https://t.co/uTltOmSaMT
Cop City Board and Cop city donor list:
Cox Enterprises,
Delta Airlines,
Arthur Blank,
Equifax,
Georgia Power,
Coca Cola Company
The Home Depot
Koch Brothers
Chik Fil A
Blackhall Studios
UPS
Norfolk Southern,
The Loudermilk Family
Waffle House
Bank of America
the mass, nonconsensual hysterectomies taking place in american concentration camps right now are the kinds of things that will be in a textbook one day. they’ll ask why americans let these atrocities happen. why we looked the other way during a genocide.
Kenosha police shot Jacob Blake as he was trying to get into his vehicle. His children were inside of the vehicle.
This isn’t about “bad apples.” This is about a violent, murderous system with agents empowered and emboldened to shoot people in the back just because they can.
We don’t talk about janitors, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, guidance counselor’s and school administration secretaries enough. They TOO will be at risk when schools start. The pay is already shit for these positions, now we’re asking them to also risk their lives. Unacceptable
Breonna Taylor was shot to death by police in her own home. She was shot 8 times. She did not deserve to die. Let’s amplify her name and her story and continue to take her death seriously. She is not a meme or a concept. She was a person and she should be alive.
immediate help needed. relatives and comrades are being arrested NOW at the blockade in ȟé sápa (black hills, occupied očhéthi šakówiŋ territory). please share quickly and widely.
venmo: @westriverbailfund (6892 if asked to confirm phone)
PayPal to: westriverbailfund@gmail