some type of adult girl

invisiblelad:

sonofbaldwin:

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? 

(via kroove)