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So the police aren't obligated to protect children, but they can handcuff parents trying to protect their children and they can shoot rubber bullets at peaceful protesters...but defunding the police is a radical idea?
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sunbeamedskies · 1 year
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There’s a troubling train of thought I see some places online- some people think Kanye is being cancelled because he pissed off the “wrong people” (Jews.) That kind of thinking, though often unintentional, still furthers the antisemitic lie that the Jews are the ones “in charge” in some way. In reality, brands are dropping Kanye for a combination of the white lives matter shirt ordeal, his antisemitic comments, and his lies about George Floyd. He is being cancelled for *both* his antisemitism and antiblackness
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lunalovegood2 · 7 months
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"As part of his sentence, Chauvin was banned from owning firearms. But he didn't shoot George Floyd. If the court really wanted justice they should have chopped off his fucking knees."
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wakandan-goddess · 10 months
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Here we go again with the “I wish Americans protested like the French” shit again.
I don’t know if some of y’all have memory loss but we did protest “like the French” in 2020 (George Floyd Protests) and got shit on and called thugs by the public,the media and politicians. People were seriously injured by police and other random people who wanted to be violent. We were told that peoples property was worth more than justice for a wrongfully taken like. So don’t bring that shit over here. Y’all just like the idea and look of protest but let it inconvenience or the message calls you out then then it’s not the right way to protest.
Just say what you really mean with your chest.
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animentality · 5 months
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sophiaphile · 4 months
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BLM protest street art on boarded up windows, Chicago, June 2020
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worldwide-blackfolk · 5 months
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Black Twitter got Happy #Shanksgiving trending
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thoughtremixer · 7 months
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3 Years, 3 Months, 6 Days and I finally got a speck of justice... hopefully.
For those of you who followed me throughout the years, on May 31, 2020, I was attacked by the NYPD unjustly for covering the George Floyd Protests. I was held in a holding cell along with other protesters and later released literally an hour before the crack of dawn, without being charged with a crime.
A brand-new electric bike destroyed by the FDNY (no fault of their own). My phone busted, along with any evidence. My chest is forever scarred. The memories of the NYPD forever in my mind, altering my already views on policing in general to the point of abolishing the current police system.
What followed years after was me in a case vs. the NYPD and NYC. Along with other victims of NYPD's brutal tactics, we stood firm in holding the NYPD accountable.
I decided to become one of the public faces of this case, by doing interviews (under my real name of course), recalling details while trying to hold back tears mixed with anger.
I spent years reading comments about how I was "a paid actor by the Democratic Party", a "plant" by Black Lives Matter, a "crisis actor" and an opportunist when the only opportunity I wanted was to cover the protest from the protesters side, sell my work to the media and go home and have a quiet birthday.
I have to fund raised and get strangers to help me put my mental state back together in a quick manner so that I will be able to be of sound mind as I speak up for people.
Well, I'm happy to say that something came out of it.
My quote, if you don't want to read the article states:
Matthew King-Yarde, a protester involved in the suits, said all New Yorkers should support the agreement — whatever their political leanings.
“Regardless of your stance, none of us should have faced trauma, both physical and mental, for voicing concerns about law enforcement’s disregard for Black lives,”
King-Yarde said.
“The NYPD must undertake extensive work beyond what’s been done. Are they up for the challenge? One can only hope.”
(The reporter didn't do any research, just grabbed quotes from the lawyers website)
Sadly, one of the things I can't do is go into the exact details of how I feel about the settlement. I do have some strong opinions about it, but that's the problem with settlements. You can't really express them the way you want to.
However, I will in the near future talk about the impact of the settlement.
But at the very least... the very least... I can start to move on from this long and tiring court case.
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callese · 7 months
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mos-twin-mattress · 2 months
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Thinkin ab you Trayvon.
You should be 29. You should have celebrated your birthday with family, you should be gettin hugged by your momma. Maybe you would have your own son or daughter by now...
What happened to you, should never happen to anyone. I wish they had held him accountable. I wish you were here... You were so young.
I cried when i heard what happened to you...
You were a bright light in this world, and I love you sib. I will continue to fight for us. I will never stop. We (Black people) are so deserving of love and care.
The things they do to keep us down, we wont buckle, not ever. I will fight for you, for Breonna, for Casey, for Mike, for George, for Eric, for Ma'Khia, for Sandra.
I HAVE to fight... I can't stop, I cant even slow down... I love being Black, I love how amazing Black people are, I love how resilient we are. But I HATE that we HAVE to be resilient...
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larryhappiday · 11 months
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TODAY IN HISTORY: George Floyd Jr Killed
BLACK LIVES MATTER Movement became a global protest against racism. (WARNING: IMAGES AND VIDEO CONTAINS SCENES OF VIOLENCE AND MAY BE STRESSFUL FOR SOME VIEWERS. VIEWER’S DISCRETION SHOULD BE EXERCISED) On May 25th, Minneapolis police officers detained George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, when a convenience store employee reported that Mr. Floyd had purchased cigarettes using a counterfeit…
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uvmagazine · 1 year
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The mother of George Floyd's daughter plans to file a $250 million lawsuit against Kanye West over his recent statements about Floyd's death. The rapper, who goes by Ye, falsely claimed on #DrinkingChamps podcast that Floyd died from fentanyl, not as the result of police brutality.
"Kanye's comments are a repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd's life and to profit from his inhumane death," attorney Pat D. Dixon III told Complex in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the goal with the lawsuit is to "hold Mr. West accountable" for his "flagrant remarks."
The lawsuit will go after West's "business partners" and "associates" as the comments caused "harassment, misappropriation, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress."
Roxie Washington, acting on behalf of her and Floyd's only child, Gianna, retained the Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon & Dixon Attorneys at Law. They also fired off a cease and desist to West.
Read more: https://www.unheardvoicesmag.com/2022/10/18/george-floyd-kanye-west-lawsuit/
Photo: Cosmopolitan UK
#GeorgeFloyd #unheardvoicesmag #KanyeWest #blacklivesmatter #black #explorepage #justiceforgeorgefloyd #blackmedia #follow #nojusticenopeace #explore #justice #equality #policebrutality #protest
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thundergrace · 2 years
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National Police Week May 15-21.
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That's how much they care.
*mentioned in a different post but yes, just like in 2020, in 2021, the number one cause of death of active duty officers was covid. 444 deaths of this number Amy is throwing around were covid-related.
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akonoadham · 1 year
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patheticlittleman46 · 2 years
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Share this and your own information.
We need to put a stop to this.
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