10 years ago, Trayvon Martin was murdered. Armed with only an Arizona tea and a bag of Skittles, Martin was deemed dangerous simply for existing. His death was a revelation for many that America still has a very long way to go in the fight for Black lives.
Today marks ten years since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was pursued, shot, and killed while walking home from a Florida convenience store. Ten years stolen from Trayvon and his loved ones, who never saw him graduate from high school or pursue his dreams.
You can do your part in stopping the next round of soldiers from dying for war profiteers by no longer participating in this fiction that the last round were "heroes" who died for "freedom." They were not heroes. They were kids who got tricked by thieves into dying for nothing.
Her name was Ma’Khia Bryant.
Ma’Khia Bryant.
Ma’Khia Bryant.
Ma’Khia Bryant.
Ma’Khia Bryant.
Ma’Khia Bryant.
Please spell this baby’s name right. Please don’t erase her name. She was 16. She was not a young woman. She was a child.
Dear @GovTimWalz,
Drop the charges on all protesters from the uprising. It's clear that the police were retaliating against dissent because they know that they are part of a system that is being criticized.
Until someone can prove otherwise, I believe police are deliberately escalating violence & killing more frequently as a way to flex power right now.
I’m gonna say this again. If police officers can apprehend violent and armed white men alive, they can surely apprehend a 15 year old girl w/ a knife she was using to protect herself from people outside her house trying to jump her. But they decide not to.
Joe Biden addressed the nation today to reprimand protestors -
- on the same day that a 15 year old girl was murdered by cops
- nine days after Duante Wright was murdered by cops
- twenty days after a 13 year old boy was murdered by cops
You can all breathe now unless you're a 15 year old black girl in Columbus Ohio named Makiyah Byrant because cops can't even make it an hour after Derek Chauvin goes to prison without killing black people.