George Floyd came to Minneapolis to better his life. But ultimately his life will have bettered our city. The jury joined in a shared conviction that has animated Minneapolis for the last 11 months. They refused to look away and affirmed he should still be here today.
Governor @GovTimWalz and @MayorFrey have placed us under military occupation.
“Operation safety net” can’t be an operation to violate people’s 1st amendment rights and their civil liberties.
Stop terrorizing people who are protesting the brutality of state sanctioned violence.
While our eyes are focused on the #ChauvinTrial, new deaths race to fill up our vision + break our hearts. Unarmed children are not men. Their deaths are never justifiable. And a traffic stop should not be fatal. God grant us mercy until the law gives us justice.
Funding body cameras.
Funding more trainings.
Funding updated use of force guidelines.
All that funding and reform hasn’t stopped the police from killing people or made our communities safer.
The problem is systemic and it requires systemic solutions.
Daunte Wright’s killing was not a random, disconnected “accident” - it was the repeated outcome of an indefensible system that grants impunity for state violence, rewards it w/ endlessly growing budgets at the cost of community investment, & targets those who question that order.