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Fucking facts
george floyd is not a martyr. he is not a hero. he didn't sacrifice his life. he was murdered. stop thanking him for bursting your bubble of ignorance. stop talking about his legacy as if he chose to die. stop ignoring that police violence continues to exist and continues to murder people.
remember that black lives matter. all over the world.
You know what doesn’t sit right and will NEVER sit right...
How George Floyd, a good innocent black man went to the store to buy things who then was murdered by a police officer for suspected forgery.
Then the next day Peter Manfredonia, a white armed serial killer who was on the run across 4 states, was caught and arrested peacefully.
And how black and black ally protesters in Minneapolis protesting for the arrest of the officers who killed George Floyd, were attacked by the police. They were peaceful.
But a few weeks ago, white people stormed governments buildings in Michigan protesting the quarantine because they wanted a haircut and the police did nothing to them. They were armed.
The problem is clear as water. WHITE PRIVILEGE AND RACISM. It exists and is real. Deny it? You’re the problem. Don’t say or do anything about it? You’re the problem. Abuse your white privilege? You’re the problem. Don’t see a problem with all this? YOURE THE PROBLEM.
CRY WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY. MOURN WITH THEM. STAND ALONG SIDE WITH THEM. FIGHT FOR THEM. BECAUSE BLACK LIVES ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY ABSOLUTELY FUCKING MATTER.
the officers who murdered george floyd should be on trial for murder. getting fired is not enough.
if you can, share or donate to the official fund for george floyd’s 6 year old daughter. it was organized by the family’s legal team and shared by his best friend, so it’s legitimate. the least we can do is make sure his baby is set for life.
Hello! I just wanted to apologize in advance. I am hoping to post Baby Holland later tonight. It’s been very crazy and chaotic over here. My university is expected to host the memorial service for George Floyd tomorrow in Minneapolis. I have been working hard to help my fellow staff and faculty organize it. That’s really taken up most of my time for the past two or three days. But I promise that the story will be out soon! Thank you for understanding!
Please please please sign these they are so damn important to this movement. As a white person I can’t possibly begin to understand the fear and trauma you must live through but I’ll be damned if I don’t do anything about this.
I see you, I hear you, and I stand with you.
No justice, no peace
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for people who are unaware of why the riots in minneapolis started happening, here’s the facts:
it wasn’t george floyd’s protesters who started reacting violently; it was the cops.
the protest was peaceful until the cops showed up in riot gear, and started using water cannons, followed up by tear gas and rubber bullets. i got videos from friends who were there, of people screaming and running away from the cops shooting the water cannons, rubber bullets and throwing tear gas at them. they were even shooting at the protesters dragging people away to get medical attention.
speaking of medical attention, dispatch refused to provide any medical attention to the protesters. people literally had to drive their bleeding friends to the hospital because they refused to send ambulances.
cops are using non-lethal weapons in a lethal way. they shot rubber bullets into people’s heads and injured them. there’s dozens of photos of protesters with bleeding head wounds from the rubber bullets.
multiple people used police scanners and heard that there were undercover cops pretending to be violent protesters who were throwing rocks and whatnot at the police, with dozens of eyewitness accounts confirming that information.
the person who instigated all the chaos last night (it was a fire at an autozone) with the looting and burning buildings is highly suspected to be an undercover cop pretending to be a protester, because the video of him keeps getting taken down. protesters tried to stop him but couldn’t because he had a hammer and they were scared for their safety.
the cops jammed cell phone towers and cut live streams to interrupt broadcasts and to prevent people from seeing what was really going on and who actually started the violence.
the cops lied about protesters being armed and about throwing rocks and are literally trying to continue the violence happening and yet no one is holding them accountable for that.
and during all this, the cop that murdered george floyd still hasn’t been arrested. he has had more than ten complaints filed against him and was involved in three other civilian shootings in the past. and yet he’s still out free along with his three other buddies involved, probably sitting on his couch while all this chaos is happening.
so don’t get it twisted. the cops just want to change the narrative to make it look like they’re the wounded and righteous party, when they’re the ones who started reacting violently in the first place and are still acting violently. so don’t you ever forget who started this tragedy and murdered someone, and who are continuing to react to the situation with violence.
The Abuse of Police Power
Occurrences on the news shows police brutality almost every day; just recently, Dereck Chavin, the cop who murdered George Floyd was charged with murder, and though that was a serious win, at the same time Makiyah Bryant was killed by the Columbus Police Department. The system has and always will be a discriminatory one based on race and class, and unless there’s real.
The first documented and filmed case of abuse of police power was the beating and death of Rodney King; then in 2014 the death of Micheal Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Normally, the Bill of Rights is supposed to protect your rights from normally being harassed from a task or police force, like the fourth amendment, which involves the right against unreasonable searches and seizures, which means the Constitution declares a person has the right to be secure in their homes and in their persons against unreasonable searches and seizures. A person has the right against arrest without probable cause and the right to due process of law. Not every police member is a racist, but every police member is a part of a racist and oppressive system.
Forty years ago, the Bill of Rights used to protect every citizen from brutality, wasn’t taken as seriously as it is today in court justice proceedings around the country, most likely because modern technology hadn’t progressed as it has now, where if you hear any word of police assaulting a citizen, you can be sure it will be filmed. ‘’Police operations during that period were often far more informal than they are today, and investigating officers frequently assumed that they could come and go as they pleased, even to the extent of invading someone’s home without a search warrant. Interrogations could quickly turn violent, and the infamous “rubber hose,” which was reputed to leave few marks on the body, was probably more widely used during the questioning of suspects than many would like to believe. Similarly, ‘doing things by the book’ could mean the use of thick telephone books for beating suspects, since the books spread out the force of blows and left few visible bruises.’’
Every branch of the government, including the legislative, judicial, and presidential branches of the government is supposed to be held accountable by the other branches. The system was designed to ensure that no other individual or agency can become powerful enough to take away the rights and many freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution but without that accountability, a police agency can have absolute power based more on political considerations and personal vendettas than objective considerations on guilt or innocence. The court systems would become the area for resolution, not just between citizens and the agencies of government. After handling by the justice system, individuals who feel that they have not received respect and dignity under the law can appeal to the courts for correction. Those appeals can be based on procedural issues and are independent of more narrow considerations of guilt and innocence. In the case of search and seizure, there have been many court cases that involve illegally searches and seizure, which is any evidence seized without regard to the principles of due process as described by the Bill of Rights, particularly the fourth amendment, which says, ‘the rights of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the individuals or things to be seized’; most illegally seized evidence is the result of police searches.’
The Fourth Amendment, a part of the Bill of Rights, was adopted by Congress and became effective on December 15, 1791. The first case concerning search and seizure was that of Weeks. U.S (1914), whose case was upturned because federal agents found the right man, suspected of breaking a federal crime by using the U.S mail to sell lottery tickets, but unfortunately the case was overturned because those federal agents conducted a home search without a warrant; nevermind that they found incriminating evidence. Which means that Weeks, whom federal agents could have proved to a federal/Supreme Court that he was guilty, was set free because the police were also guilty. The Weeks case forms the basis of what is now called the exclusionary rule, which holds that evidence illegally seized by the police cannot be used in a trial. The rule acts as a control over police behavior and specifically focuses on the failure of officers to obtain warrants authorizing them either to conduct searches or to effect arrests, especially where arrest may lead to the acquisition of incriminating statements or to the seizure of physical evidence. The decision of the Supreme Court in the Weeks case was binding, at the time, only on federal officers because only federal agents were involved in the illegal seizure.
There are exceptions to the exclusionary rule, of course, like the exception of the fleeting target that permits law enforcement officers to search a motor vehicle based on probable cause but without a warrant, and is predicated on the fact that vehicles can quickly leave the jurisdiction of a law enforcement agency. Any search and seizure that was illegally obtained or violated due process will be seen as ‘tainted evidence’. The Silverthorne Lumber case (1920) created a new legal principle that excludes from introduction at trial and any evidence later developed as a result of an illegal search is called the fruit of the poisonous tree. When an emergency search is needed, it is justified for the police on the basis of some immediate and overriding need, such as public safety, the likely escape of a dangerous suspect, or the removal or destruction of evidence. Several cases improved the light on this, like Maryland vs. Buie (1990), which extended the authority of police to search locations in a house where a potentially dangerous person could hide while an arrest warrant is being served. Searches like this can save lives by disarming felons or by uncovering medical reasons for an emergency situation; they may also prevent suspects from escaping or destroying evidence. Emergency searches can fall under the exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment. The Legal Counsel of Division of the FBI provides the guidelines, after the 1979 case of Arkansas v. Sanders, where the Supreme Court had ruled, ‘‘where the societal costs of obtaining a warrant, such as danger to law officers or the risks of loss or destruction of evidence, outweigh the reasons for prior recourse to a neutral magistrate.’ The guidelines and conditions apply that 1.) There was probable cause at the time of the search to believe that there was evidence concealed on the person searched, 2.) there was probable cause to believe an emergency threat of destruction of evidence existed at the time of the search, 3.) the officer had no prior opportunity to obtain a warrant authorizing the search, 4.) and the action was no greater than necessary to eliminate the threat of destruction of evidence.
This tumblr is pro BLM, pro LGBT, and anti cop. If you are silent right now you are complicit. Police recently killed 2 black men, Tony Mcdade and George Floyd as well as countless others in the past. There is no on the fence about this, if you arent angry at North America you're disgusting.
‘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
TW; Sensitive topics
Note: Despite the trigger warning above, please please if you find you have the strength to read this, then do. It’s important and not just for the people living in the states. This affects all of us.
Alright so I know i’ve disappeared for a while but I’ve come back to tell you guys something very, very important.
racism/ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/
noun
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
This isn’t just a ‘oh yes racism that’s very bad’ kind of matter anymore. An innocent man was killed, not by accident, not in self-defence, and by the same people who apparently were supposed to be the good guys.
George Floyd was choked to death by a police officer.
He was choked to death by a police officer.
He had to beg to live.
Do you know how horrible that is? We talk about human rights to improve our lives, and this man had to beg for him to keep his own.
What makes it worse is that it didn’t work. He still died.
I don’t know how to tell you guys that we should care about other people.
Afterwards, there were protests. Of course there was. There had to be. Peaceful protests. Raising voices for justice, for a better change, for the right thing.
And do you know how the fucking police responded to these peaceful protests? Peaceful protests asking for better lives?
Do you know how the same people responded to violent, gun-wielding protestors asking for a fucking haircut?
If I told you one was responded with violence, and one was responded with peace, which one do you think would be which?
Would you be surprised to find out which ones really happened?
Would you be angry?
Wouldn’t you be angry? Shouldn’t you be?
These people have been fighting for years and years. They shouldn’t have to fight alone.
They didn’t stop with George Floyd. He wasn’t the first, and already he wasn’t the last.
Please, for the sake of all that is good in this world. Do not let this stand.
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Dark skin,
Large lips,
Wide noses,
And a powerful history.
These are trademarks of my people,
BLACK people.
We have fought, and struggled, and died for our futures,
And we are still being denied.
On social media, like TikTok,
We are being forced down on the for you pages.
White creators are using our content and getting all the glory.
When you hear the name Charlie D'amelio, what do you think of?
You may think of TikTok, or the renegade.
I think of how she stole the original dance
From a BLACK creator.
And after learning, she’s done NOTHING,
To spread the positivity she receives,
To spread the fame.
If you look her up on Google, you will see American dancer.
She didn’t make those dances up, she stole them.
It was only after many famous people did it without credit,
The world learned it was originally by Jalaiah Harmon.
A young black dancer.
And it’s not just social media.
Recently George Floyd was killed.
By four white police officers.
Want to know what they did,
Minneapolis.
Had the GALL.
To say “it’s unforgivable”
And then fire them.
That's all.
They just handed them a pink slip.
And said “It’s ok that you killed this innocent black man, here's a job referral so that you’ll be sure to get another job. Have fun!”
One kneeled on this poor man's neck,
While he gasped, and said
“I can’t breathe”
He knew what he was doing.
He could have stopped,
But he didn’t
And Floyd died.
And they just fired them.
People are protesting,
The family is saying they should be harshly punished,
And I agree.
And you can’t say “it's because black’s are more violent
Don’t you see they live in the bad neighborhoods,
And there are shootings everyday!
And oh dear, they’re in gangs!”
Ok, sure.
What race are most school shooters,
What race was Dylan Kebold?
What about Dylann Roof?
George Floyd was charged with ALLEGED forgery,
FORGERY!
Dylann Roof, who we knew killed those black families,
Just trying to exercise religion,
Was taken in peacefully.
This man MURDERED my PEOPLE.
And was taken in like he got a DUI.
But they killed George in daylight,
While being filmed, and they knew,
The system would protect them.
The system was made to protect the public.
Not the police.
I’m scared of the police.
I’m scared that one day, my dad will be pulled over for no reason,
And that someone I know and love could be next.
I’m tired of fighting for my rights,
And being followed around in stores.
Someone I know has been asked to empty their pockets in a store,
A respectable, kind person.
Just because he was black.
This melanin that’s in my skin,
Remember all the pain our ancestors have experienced.
We will rise,
And we won't be silenced.
Sign and donate of possible. Stop destroying and stealing from innocent neighborhoods, stores and buildings. Many of them are set up only taking advantage of this situation, thinking it's a joke to then have only black people blamed for the rioting and at the end it will fire back at the people living in these areas.
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