Today is #BreonnaTaylor's birthday. She would be 27.
In March, police killed her when they stormed her home while she was sleeping, looking for a man who did not live there.
84 days later, no officers have been charged.
Don’t just read Black literature in this moment. Read Black lit for the rest of your life. Read and support the work of Black essayists, novelists, poets, today and forever and always. Do NOT make your support conditional on whether or not racism is in the headlines
“We’re gonna fight racism not with racism we’re gonna fight it with solidarity. We’re not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism but we’re gonna fight it with socialism” Fred Hampton’s words truer than it ever was. Murdered by the CPD & FBI 4/12/1969
Rubber bullets were invented by the British Army for use in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. They're far from safe, they cause permanent injuries and they can and do kill people. They're not "non-lethal".
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes the prospect of a united Ireland is now further away than it was before, in the wake of this week's RIC commemoration controversy https://t.co/83FGRCTewk