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basilandthymegarden · 2 months

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Nex Benedict primarily went by he/him pronouns, according to a close friend. He used they/them pronouns occasionally, especially around his family.

#in the herb garden #nex benedict #transgender #say his name

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intersexfairy · 9 months

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Last week, two young Black men were murdered. 33 year old Ricky Cobb II was shot to death by Minnesota State troppers. 28 year old O'Shae Sibley, a Gay dancer, was stabbed to death while playing Beyoncé's music and vougeing with his friends.

The cops responsible for Ricky Cobb's death are Ryan Londregan (the shooter), Brett Seide, and Garrett Erickson. His relatives (and many others) are fighting to have these troopers held accountable. A currently unnamed 17-year old turned himself in for stabbing O'Shae Sibley, although he was accompanied by others.

I don't know if Ricky Cobb's family has a crowdfund set up or not (if so, someone please add on), but O'Shae Sibley's family does. You can find the GFM here.

O'shae not only was the glue to this family, he was a great dancer and performer for the majority of his life. His spirit lit up every room he stepped in. His smile was contagious! To know him, was to live him. He did not deserve this. Everyone loved his spirit ❤️

-- from the GoFundMe started by O'Shae Sibley's father, Jake Kelly.

From Ricky Cobb's relatives:

"I'm exhausted. My heart is heavy every day for the last three days. Waking up, I have migraines. And I'm hurt. I would like those officers to man up. I'm here to be a voice and stand strong like a rock that I am for my son and speak out." -- Mother, Nyra Fields Miller

"My brother was a good man. He was a provider for all of us. He protected all of us." -- Sibling, Octavia Ruffin

These men should still be alive. Their families, friends, and community should not be going through this loss and grief. If there's one thing any of us (nonblack people) can do, it's not let them go through this unheard and unseen.

Rest in power Ricky Cobb II. Rest in power O'Shae Sibley. Abolish the police.

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vyorei · 4 months

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Live coverage of the 1st of January 2024 is now closed.

Here is a recap of today's major events.

It is 12am in Ireland now so I have to go to bed.

I'll be back on Wednesday as I am working tomorrow.

For continuous updates while I'm gone, click the link below:

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padawan-historian · 1 year

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#black lives matter #ecosystem of white supremacy #say his name #jordan neely #in this lovecraft country of ours #our world

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lunart1cc · 2 months

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rest easy

#free palestine #say his name #aaron bushnell

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sophiaphile · 4 months

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BLM protest street art on boarded up windows, Chicago, June 2020

#chicago #blm #black lives matter #street art #art #george floyd #say his name #so these were taken from a moving car #i never thought i'd be posting them anywhere #but i searched the tags and didn't see many posts with chicago blm protest art and wanted to share them #even if the images aren't the best #social justice #pics

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weirdo09 · 1 month

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i mean honestly you wanna know how i know that white people only see Black Lives Matter as a trend and not literally people who are being killed by the police? take one scroll through the tag on here, you’ll see porn bots, a white religious person preaching that because the statistic for white man deaths is so low and the black man deaths (mind you black women and children are being killed like blatant misgynoir n just ageism) is so high but “why are Black Lives Matter people caring about the black lives??”, a bunch of hindi posts and occasional actual posts about black lives

like c’mon y’all white people be sayin that this site isn’t racist but LOOK ryan gainer died, ain’t heard much of an uproar as nex’s got and he was autistic, nex was trans but the mentally ill site cares more about one or the other. nex and ryan deserved to live happy lives yes, but i saw more of those “nex deserved to grow up!” posts than for ryan, they were around the same age, nobody talkin bout that. y’all really posted about him for a few hours and then nothing, y’all posted about nex for weeks on end, providing resources but i have yet to see any sympathy, causes that talk about and help victims police brutality.

what do we as black people have to say get y’all to care about everyone? to care about us for more than a day, you see with ryan that the police killings did not stop in 2020-2021, THEYRE STILL GOING

#cade’s things #cade’s thoughts 💭#i just can’t with y’all #ryan gainer #police brutality #nex benedict #say his name #rest in power ryan

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finleyforevermore · 1 month

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Dear Nex,

You're never going to see this. I know. I felt the need to write this for you anyway.

Maybe my input isn't needed because I'm cis, but I hope you and everyone else who sees this knows in spite of my gender identity and the privilege I have as a cis male that I'm aware that I have, I mean every word that I say. I never wanted to be privileged. I don't want to be privileged. I'm so incredibly sorry that I'm privileged. I know it's not right. I know it's not fair. If my input isn't needed, so be it. But I'm going to share it anyway.

My sorrow and rage and pain has not at all subsided since February 20, when I learned of your death. You've been in the back of my mind ever since. The grief and anger hasn't gone away. What your friends said about you and your family as well, shows that you were such a wonderful person. I wonder if you had social media. I would've loved to be your friend if you had Tumblr.

I find myself enjoying sunny weather and thinking "Nex would've liked this". I look at my friends' pet cats and think about Zeus. When listening to rock I wonder if you liked the song I listen to.

You were mistreated by your peers in life, because of your laugh, which I'm sure was wonderful, and the way you dressed. Being yourself cost you your life. And now even in death people refuse to respect you. Transphobes running rampant, calling you your deadname, someone here on Tumblr celebrating your death, labeled as filth. And now? Now your cause of death has been labeled as suicide. Even though absolutely none of it makes sense, and nothing adds up. It just doesn't make sense. And even if somehow you did commit suicide, the day before you did you were physically assaulted by your peers for getting fed up with being mocked. You were bullied before that too. Bullied relentlessly and mercilessly just for being you. The blood is still on their hands.

I'm utterly disgusted by the medical examiner, the state of Oklahoma, the transphobes, even myself sometimes for being so privileged because of my gender identity. I shouldn't be privileged for being cis. We should all be accepted and treated fairly and with care and love and respect. If only things were that ideal..

I'm crying now even as I write this. I so desperately wish that everything was different. That you weren't killed. That you could continue to hang out with your friends and be a kid. Making new recipes. Playing with Zeus. Playing your favorite songs. Making music, if you liked doing that.

Recently my faith and belief in God has been tested. But if there's an afterlife, a Heaven up there, I hope you're having fun and enjoying yourself up there. When I die and reach Heaven, I'll be sure to visit you.

On the other hand, if there's not a Heaven, I hope you're enjoying your eternal rest. Whatever being dead is like without an afterlife, I hope you're ok.

But until then I'm going to try my damndest to ensure your memory stays alive. Posting about you on social media and reblogging posts about you like wildfire so people never forget. I'm not going to let anyone forget you, Nex. I promise you. Me and all of the other people grieving here on Tumblr will continue to say your name, whether our shouts fall on deaf ears or not. We're never going to be silenced.

I raise my cup to you, Nex. You will be avenged. Justice will be served.

I didn't know you and I never will. You never knew me and you never will. But all the same, even if we're eternally strangers, I love you, Nex Benedict. I'm sorry the school failed you, I'm sorry the ambulance failed you, I'm sorry Oklahoma failed you, I'm sorry the world failed you. And perhaps I failed you somehow. And I'm so unbelievably sorry if I did. But I hope keeping your memory alive, and saying your name, and seeking justice can make up for it.

Until we're angels in Heaven once more.

Love, truly,

Finley

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gvmdisease · 2 months

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i can’t stop thinking about nex every time i see something about his attack or something about him i get so fucking mad bc it was actually unacceptable how he died and it pains me and angers just how little people talk about outside the e boundary’s of the internet how do little ppl are doing anything

#nex benedict #say his name #say their name #justice for nex benedict #nex #trans lives fucking matter whether you like it or fucking not

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doingpushupsindrag · 2 months

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obsessed with the little pat after he’s done meal prepping

#he’s like a satisfied grandma or something #ah yes this will do nicely type beat #Hannibal #Hannibal Lecter #CANNIBAL Lecter #SAY HIS NAME #hannibal nbc #meal prep

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fandomcollectorbex · 2 months

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I know tumblr is not a place we go to get political, but this needs to be shared because it’s just being swept under the rug.

Aaron Bushnell, an active duty member of the US Air Force, set himself on fire in front of the Israel embassy in Washington DC as an act of extreme protest against Israel’s continued genocide on the people of Palestine. Aaron succumbed to this injuries, and he kept screaming “free Palestine” until he physically couldn’t anymore.

This is being shoved under the rug, and he is being painted as mentally ill. What coverage this is getting is still trying to steer it in a Zionist direction. We cannot let that happen.

I don’t have a lot of followers, and I don’t get a lot of interactions, but I don’t care. Even if two people see this and learn about it, it’s enough for me. We cannot let his sacrifice mean nothing, and we cannot let the pro-Israel media twist it.

This has been going on long enough, and something needs to change.

FREE PALESTINE

#free palestine #palestine #anti zionisim #israel #say his name #aaron bushnell #politics #us politics #anti israel #also being anti Zionism isn’t being antisemitic #Jewish people are not happy that their religious symbols are being used to justify genocide #so don’t support Israel in the name is Judaism

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vyorei · 3 months

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Another journalist has been murdered.

Yazan Al-Zuweidi. Say his name.

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #Yazan Al-Zuweidi #Say his name #iof terrorism #Committee to Protect Journalists #Journalist death #Egypt #Al-Ghad TV

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bellamonde · 2 years

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#mahsa amini #zhina amini #say his name #help iran #iran protests #women's rights #human rights #navid afkari #iranian youth #IRGC killing Iranian youth

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ayyy-imma-ninja · 7 months

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So he isn't voldomort. He actually gains power from people using his name

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#answered ask #fairy au #dca fairy au #him #will you help him?#say his name

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notreallyimportant · 11 months

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I just want one summer of peace.

Cyrus Belton, a 14 year old child, was murdered by Rick Chow. Why? Because Chow assumed he was shoplifting ( and his own security cameras proved that Cyrus didn’t). This is very reminiscent of Latasha Harlins, who was 15 years old and was murdered by the shop owner Soon Ja Du because she suspected Latasha of shoplifting.

Chow’s store has been wrecked by locals, like what happened with Du’s shop.

Many articles note that Chow has dealt with many shoplifting incidences in the past, but to chase and kill a child over a water bottle is extreme and is no way justifiable. From what I understand, Chow is being held without bond.

#cyrus belton #say his name #black lives matter

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adulting-sucks · 1 year

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They charged the man who shot Ralph Yarl in the head in Kansas City. All because the kid rang the wrong doorbell.

#say his name #Ralph Yarl #fuck racism #fuck Kansas City

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