“In
the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of
unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of
misplaced power exists and will persist.“ .. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Hello. I just wanted to politely inform you, that there are more whites that are killed by police than blacks and besides that, there are people of all races, they just aren't broadcasted. #AllLivesMatter
It doesn’t matter if your racism is borne of aggressively willful ignorance, or if it’s more aversive in nature. The fact that you are comfortable enough in your learned, self-serving ignorance that you can stroll over to my inbox to deposit your “polite” micro-aggressions and uninformed racism does not excuse or diminish your racism - at all
And I’m Black, so no, you won’t get an “ignoracist” hall pass from me, and I do not believe in “too young to know better” hall passes either, and finally, being a WhiteLiberal™ who voted for Obama & has a “Black friend” or dated someone Black, etc, doesn’t automatically make you or anyone else any less racist
Sorry, but my B-Log is not a soft landing spot for White fragility
So dear White people who are overcome with the irresistible urge to regurgitate #AllLivesMatter whenever you see #BlackLivesMatter……………………..please go away and be an aversive racist somewhere else - until you take the red pill and wake tf up from your cozy little pod in the #AllLivesMatter Matrix, this ain’t the blog for you
#NOCHILLATALL
Yeah, normally I really do try to answer asks like this one privately, but nah, not today. The #AllLivesMatter people are srsly getting on my last one and they need to wake tf up. Unfortunately for them, I’m feeling like an alarm clock
NEW VIDEO RELEASED OF MENTALLY ILL MAN TASED TO DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR “SAGGING PANTS”
On November 26, 2013, 38 year old Ervin Edwards,partially deaf and mentally ill, was arrested by police for sagging his pantsand taken to the West Baton Rouge Parish jail in Louisiana. He only lived for a few more minutes inside of the cell.
For 18 months, police have lied over and over again about what happened the night Ervin Edwards died in their custody. Now thata video of their despicable actions has been released, ( Warning very tough to watch ) it’s clear they murdered this man and left him to die all alone in his jail cell.
Here are the 5 things you need to know:
The Video Shows an Officer Held a Taser on Him for 1 Minute, Contradicting Earlier Claims
Edwards Was Left Alone & Unresponsive in the Cell for 10 Minutes Before He Was Given Medical Aid
An Internal Review Found No criminal wrongdoing by the Officers
His Girlfriend Told Officers He Had Health Issues That Could Make the Use of a Taser Fatal
A Corrections Expert Said the Video is ‘One of the Worst Things I’ve Seen’
#NotAllCops is done. Police do not uphold any sort of departmental ethics or accountability while their fellow officers murder and intimidate black Americans. Violence is normative for law enforcement.
#WomenBetrayed is trending, so I thought I’d post this in response.
Fun Fact #10: The Republicans in Congress who are trying to defund Planned Parenthood know all of this. They don’t care, because they hate poor people, people of color, and know that they can hurt those people while they pander to their Tea Party base.
Fun Fact #11: The Republicans in Congress also hate the idea of anyone having sex for fun, because clearly that never happens to them.
New report slams lack of treatment for seriously ill inmates as ‘inhumane,’ calls for reforms
This country would rather criminalise behavior and illness than help people. No safety net is allowed if you have problems or are different the right wing wants to lock you up.
You can go right to Ronald Reagan to see where this all started.
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