I think the worst thing to come out of the #BLM protest was the complete ignorance of black women’s victomhood in terms of police brutality. Conversations of police brutality should ALWAYS include black women in tandem with black men.
Black women are in a very unique situation where even as women, we’re percieved as threats. The safety of “womanhood” isn’t ever guaranteed for black women, not against the police.
Remember intersectionality when talking about police brutality. Black lives matter should always consider black women’s lives as well.
may the occupation and it’s evils come to an end, ya rabb
western news sources already calling this “clashes” as “violence broke out”
watch the video again.
what about any of this is a clash?
was it a clash when the sniper’s bullet hit her in the face? was it a clash when they shot at anyone trying to get to her as she lay in a pool of her own blood? was it a clash today, when they forced a young boy to take off his clothes in public and a young woman to take off her hijab while they filmed it? when they bombed a civilian’s home in jenin today? when soldiers shot grenades at civilians trying to hold a funeral? when they ripped a kuffiyeh off shireen abu aqla’s dead body?
how long will the world call genocide and ethnic cleansing a clash?
It has been almost two years since we released new music, but we are happy to say that the wait is almost over! Next Wednesday, February 16th, we are pleased to announce the release of our brand new single, “How Do We Heal featuring Son LittleandBryce The Third. It is our first release with our brand new record label, Missing Piece Group, and we are excited to share this song with y’all!
Over the next few days, we’ll dive deeper into the inspiration behind the song, but until then we are pleased to share the artwork, designed by Lyndy Bazile(@Afroplump).
This is what happens when the cries for justice from a group of people are ignored, when their peaceful ways of protests are disregarded of, and when they are consistently shown that their lives are disposable by the very country they’ve built. If all you see in these videos is rioting and property damage, you are apart of the problem.
For his second work using trophies, Carl Pope researched violent interactions between police and residents of New York City that took place between 1949 and 1994. Pope purchased trophies made specifically for law enforcement and inscribed each with the names of both the person killed or brutalized by police and the office officer who committed the the act, naming the the pieceSome of the Greatest Hits of the New York City Police Department: A Celebration of Meritorious Achievement in the Community.“I think what makes the trophy collection so compelling is that it brings those rewards to public notice, in the minds of people who normally would not make that connection between the rewards that officers receive and why they receive those rewards."—Carl Pope. See the work on view now in An Incomplete History of Protest, and hear more from the artist on whitney.org.
I am deeply proud of my Nigerian brothers and sisters. For the past few days, protests have erupted across the country to send one message to the government.
End SARS now. End Police Brutality. Protect our Women. Protect the Youth.
No Government is above the people they Govern.
Spread the message. Stand in solidarity with Nigerians.
I used to want to be a cop, a homicide detective to be exact. I thought it would be a good way to help people, and give them peace of mind.
That was until now.
After what happened with George Floyd, I would be embarrassed to be a cop. I’m starting to question why I wanted to be in the first place. I know there are good cops, but I’m starting to realize the bad outweigh the good, and even the sometimes the good cops wind up being bad.
The system is broken, it always has been.
This needs to stop. All of the lives that have been lost just because of their skin color is disgusting.
Your job as a police officer is to save lives, no take them. Your job is to issue justice, not create fear among a community.
Your job is to protect and serve, not kill innocents.
If a man tells you he can’t breathe, you listen. And if you were half the officer you were supposed to be, if you weren’t a fucking asshole who doesn’t know how to do your job, he would have never been in that position in the first place.
