Protests are starting up again since our justice system has failed yet again to even bring charges against Breonna Taylor’s murderers. If you can’t physically make it to a protest or are looking for something else to do besides sign petitions, please check out our website and send some emails to pressure city officials for other victims of police brutality.
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We all have to contribute in making noise and pressure.
one of breonna taylor’s murderers was charged with wanton endangerment for firing into her neighbors’ apartments. not for murderering a young woman in her home. but for property damage. no other charges were filed.
if you can, now would be a good time to donate to the Louisville bail fund. hundreds of protesters are currently marching with a long day ahead.
In 2015, Norman Cooper was at his parents’ home with his brother Nathan, when he began acting erratically under the influence of drugs. Nathan called 911 in hopes of getting Norman help. When officers arrived, they deemed Norman uncooperative and tasered him nine times, shooting a 50,000-volt current through his body for nearly a minute total. Nathan witnessed Norman face-down on the floor, handcuffed and gasping for air before becoming motionless. A whole fifteen minutes went by before any attempt at CPR was made. Eventually, officers called an ambulance and Norman was pronounced dead at the scene. (San Antonio, TX)
We took a little break last week, and are back this week with 12 cases of police brutality with prewritten email templates added to the site. Say their names! Write emails! Demand justice! ✊✊✊✊✊
‘Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of color to deal with it. It’s up to all of us – Black, white, everyone – no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own. It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets.’ — Michelle Obama
You can use preset email templates calling for justice for Alton Sterling and over 100 other cases at our website!
In 2015, Albert Joseph Davis was at an apartment complex when a fight broke out. Police claim that Albert was one of the involved individuals, but family members say that the fight occurred before Albert arrived on the scene, and an officer told him that he could leave. Police further claim that Albert put up a violent fight, leading Officer Kelvin Vidro to use a taser, and then a gun when that was not effective. Family members object to this – the medical examiner’s report said there were no taser marks on Albert’s body, and he had been shot at a distance. Albert was unarmed, and was heading home; he was shot only a block away from his house. Despite the police’s insistence that it was a violent struggle, Officer Vidro had no injuries, which casts substantial doubt on their narrative. It is unconscionable that no action has been taken in Albert Joseph Davis’s case, and that the media has only reported the police’s version of the story. Officer Kelvin Vidro is still employed today.
On August 31st, 2020, Dijon was riding a bike when he was stopped for an unspecified “bicycle code violation.” Dijon tried to run away on foot while carrying a bundle of clothes and was ultimately shot multiple times by police after allegedly punching a deputy in his escape. A gun reportedly fell out of the bundle of clothing Dijon dropped. There are varying accounts of the timeline of the incident: the Los Angeles Times reported that police said Dijon punched the deputy after a short chase, and dropped the bundle of clothes in the process; an Open Source Intelligence article reports that Dijon panicked and punched a deputy before running away, and dropped the bundle of clothes while running. Police claim the shooting was justified because Dijon was carrying a gun, but at no point did Dijon ever try to use it. Given that he had just dropped the gun among a pile of clothes, he was unarmed when he was shot. Learn more about this case
On Aug 25, 2020, Trayford Pellerin was in a parking lot of a gas station when multiple police officers confronted him. They were reportedly following up on a report about a “disturbance involving a person armed with a knife.” Trayford did have a knife, but he didn’t use it to threaten the police officers. Instead, he simply turned and walked away. Officers followed him on foot for almost half a mile to another gas station to arrest him, and even tried to taser him, but he continued to ignore them. When Trayford tried to enter the convenience store of another gas station, a group of roughly 6 officers approached him and opened fire, firing at least 10 shots. Trayford died on the scene.
This was an egregious and ridiculous use of force by the police. Not only did they shoot and kill a man who was simply walking away from them, they opened fire in front of a public store. Someone else could have gotten hurt because of their preemptive violence, as in the case of Melyda Corado. The police of Louisiana have also displayed a clear racial bias; the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that in 2016, black adults comprised only 30.6% of Louisiana’s adult population, but are 53.7% of adults who were arrested and 67.5% of adults in prison. Black adults are also 4.3 times as likely as white adults to be serving a felony prison sentence in Louisiana.
It is hard to believe that Trayford Pellerin would have been killed so brutally if he were white. Just earlier this month on Aug 5, a white man named Donald Guidry was similarly in possession of a knife and led Lafayette law enforcement on a chase for over an hour in a stolen car. A SWAT team was called when Donald barricaded himself in the car, but they were able to get him to take him into custody without injuring him. Meanwhile, Trayford was shot egregiously in public in flagrant disregard of the sanctity of life and public safety. This is unacceptable and unconscionable, and the offending officers must be named and charged.
Listen I don’t have a very big reach and I am in Texas so I can’t vote against this bill PLEASE signal boost this so people in Indiana can fight back against this!
The bill is stating ANYONE convicted of a protest-related charge (even if it is not related to actual lawbreaking like vandalism, looting or violence) will not only NOT get federal financial aid such as unemployment benefits but also will have to pay restitution to the law agency that arrested them on top of standard conviction/court fees
Indiana please vote, call, and write your local representatives to stop this from going through because the next step is a law agency attacking a peaceful protest for no reason other than anyone who defends themselves will have to pay them money
19 additional cases of police brutality documented with prewritten email templates on our site. Cases are from Buffalo, Detroit, Houston, Jersey City, Lafayette, Orlando, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Santa Ana, Washington DC. Say their names, send emails, and demand justice! ✊✊✊✊✊
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His name is Jacob Blake. He was unarmed, trying to break up a fight. He was tasered and shot 7 times while trying to get into a car. His kids were watching.
This happened on 8/23. Havent found too many posts on tumblr about it yet. Police tear gassed protestors who gathered outside the police station. I’ll keep an eye out for a gofundme/petition.
1.Call local officials to demand police accountability (I tried to look for emails, but I don’t know how effective they are as of yet. Their websites are so slow, probably from others doing the same.)
Kenosha City Attorney: 262-653-4170
Kenosha Mayor and City Administration: 262-653-4000; [email protected]
In this section, the author reccommends community organizations. Check them out.
5.Don’t share disturbing footage
Share resources. The author writes, “While footage of Blake being shot by a police officer may prove valuable for prosecuting the officer involved, it is far more useful at this stage to share resources than traumatic video of the incident.”
Right now, I cannot find a gofundme campaign for Jacob Blake and his family, but if there is one that is directly connected to his family, please let me know.
yes it’s somewhat long winded but I’m in a romantic mood today and finally getting some captions done. This is somewhat similar to other captions I’ve seen and liked but with embellishments.
Here’s a censored version of my first montage. I know it’s busy and I will likely make the next one’s a bit simpler. Why don’t any of you make a REAL comment on these captions?
It’s been a long time since I updated this blog but I haven’t abandoned it…not by a long shot! I’m not creative with original ideas and usually plagiarize captions that I see around on other hotwife blogs or use their ideas to inspire my own captions. Unfortunately it’s been a long, dry spell. I did have a brief spark of inspiration a few months ago in the way of comics. I saw something that piqued my interest, did a little digging (I’m an old and experienced pirate) and found a site with thousands of old comics. https://comicsforall269084760.wordpress.com/ I suggest you browse the ‘romance’ comics section. They cover the eras from the 40’s into the 70’s when the romance comic genre died out. Together with comic collections I found on usenet (ask me), the Emule network and various torrent sites, I downloaded a hard drive choking pile of 140GB’s of comics! Ya that’s a lot! I’m going through them and picking out the pages and sometimes the whole comic that I find intriguing. My idea is to insert my own captions in the speech ballons. The early ones aren’t much use because the pictures are small and of low quality. They become much better as the years progress. As I’m interested in black characters, the pickings can be thin. blacks didn’t appear in comics until into the late 60’s and then, only in minor supporting roles. It wasn’t until the 70’s when they became more prominent. These are what I’m looking for. I’m building a library of black characters that I can insert into other comic panels to create an image for my caption. I also found lots of modern XXX comics with plenty of black characters, but these comics are way too abusive and violent for my tastes. On a side note, BDSMLR continues to get worse. They’re calling for web people and programmers so obviously they need help. Most stuff doesn’t work except for the obtrusive ads.
This one is a departure from my regular style. I liked the scene, so I put a black man’s head on the male body and came up with the idea of captioning their private thoughts. I find this idea highly intriguing and hope to explore it more. The Photoshopping of his head isn’t my best work but I was in a hurry to get this done and spend time on the captions.
Whenever I start a caption I get carried away as ideas bash around in my head and fight for a place on the image. I keep them all jotted down in a text file for future reference and inspiration. One point that viewers might notice is that I never show the wife’s black lover in the image. I feel that it’s much more erotic to leave that vision to the viewers imagination. I’d like to do some with her black boyfriend but I’ve yet to find an interracial image that’s both sexy and tasteful. Everything out there is so damned trashy and sleazy.
