So I was talking with my mom about #DefundThePolice. And she asked me a question: how could what happened to Rayshard Brooks happen, at this moment, in this uprising? How could police keep...doing this?
So this is what I said.
im going 2 say this again and again but if you are racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist, etc... you should not be in healthcare. you shouldn't even consider it. because those biases will rob someone of their life just because of your ignorance + your "personal beliefs"
We vote, but we do not have a democracy. A government for the people and by the people would respond to complaints about policy brutality with reform, not more brutality. The people we elect feel no obligation to the people. They are obligated only to business and capital.
The victim of police violence is black people's lives.
The victim of rioter violence is insurance company's profits.
These two things are not the same.
If most people, particularly people of color, had done what a police officer did late Monday, they’d already be behind bars.
That’s why today I’m calling on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to charge the arresting officer in this case.