Even though John Crawford III was only holding a BB gun he picked up—IN A STORE THAT SELLS BB GUNS.
Even though it was an open carry state.
Even though he was on the phone when police officers opened fire on him.
Even though he was shot in the back.
Even though the cops lied and were caught in a lie because of the subsequent video.
A grand jury who, when added together, obviously didn’t have half a gnat’s brain, declined to indict the officers.
The message here?
It has been, is, and always will be open season on black people for as long as white supremacy is the philosophie du jour.(H/T Chad Goller-Sojourner)
Even though they interrogated the girlfriend of Mr. Crawford as though she was a co-conspirator of some invented crime by proxy for hours…and then cruelly informed her that he’d died.
This is the stuff of “heroism”?
Can we really, honestly say that our system of rules and governance is allocated fairly when every single case of negligence, or at minimum squandered life is met with the gross indifference of grand juries? It’s more than obvious at this point that the system upholds and supports policemen in a way that actively damages its own credibility.
If we cannot trust the simple concept of justice as lawful citizens, if we cannot trust the social contract and simply what keeps any of us investing in it and society at large outside of general purpose fear and a decided lack of other options?
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Terezi Pyrope climbs nearly 90 degree angles to lick chalk deposits off of walls. She craves that mineral.
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Houston, Texas - This week, Houston police shot an unarmed man multiple times because he was acting suspicious and not obeying their commands. Two officers fired multiple shots at 38-year old Mike Walker, with some of those shots being fired even after it was obvious that he did not have a gun. The shooting occurred in the…Mike Walker is in serious but stable condition.
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(photos and article by Mariah Stewart)
Two Prominent Ferguson Protesters Get Engaged
“You are looking at two people that stood shoulder to shoulder, faced rubber bullets, tear gas and discrimination. … To be a black woman in America is an unfathomably deep struggle to go through day in and day out. And being a lesbian black woman in America — you just see how each level compounds,” Spann said. “These two women represent the idea of freedom. They represent the idea of love and that black lives matter and have power and passion. It comes full circle; it’s like watching poetry write itself.”
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You know someone’s racist when they start busting out the imaginary skin colors
“Idc if ur white, black, yellow, green or purple…”
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Tbh I will never get over my spanish music professor asking if he should pronounce punk as “pahnk” or “poonk”
I just realized I’m leaving Friday morning not Saturday lol so I should definitely be either packing or finishing my trabajos but somehow……. I am not????