It seems such a tiny thing, but perhaps we white bloggers could find Amazon affiliate links for products we link to that would benefit black creators and organizations like #blacklivesmatter?
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Protests being co-opted by “Mediators” who control them from inside #blacklivesmatter #georgefloyd
https://backinblackpill.home.blog/2020/06/07/the-cooperation-kettle/
Phoenix has it's own "I can't Breathe" case. The outcome was exactly the same
AZCentral: Phoenix has its own 'I can't breathe' case. The outcome was far different
"Three years ago, Phoenix had its own "I can't breathe" case. But its outcome has so far been very different than that of George Floyd's."
Let's see, black man doing basically nothing at the time:
"In 2017, Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin Jr. tried to take his dog with him to the bathroom at a city community center in west Phoenix. The police were called, discovered he had a warrant for his arrest, and decided to detain him."
Sounds the same to me. Maybe the police response was entirely different?
At least four officers got on top of him and held him down. Some put their knees on his neck and head.
Exactly like George Floyd. Perhaps Muyaymin was released without harm?
"I can't breathe," Muhaymin is heard saying several times in police body camera footage. When officers eventually got off him, Muhaymin had no pulse, according to comments from officers in the video, and lay in a pool of his own vomit.
With the same unnecessarily violent, incomprehensibly callous response from law enforcement, same tragic outcome for a non-violent black man.
The outcome was exactly the same. The "outcome" that matters is the life or death of this black man. The rest is just wrap up.
Once the headline had to say Phoenix had it's own 'I can't breathe' case, it was too late. I want to see the headlines saying "Our community has not had a case of police brutality in 5 years", "...10 years", "... 50 years".
"...a man in tactical gear with a long gun brandished it menacingly at protesters. “Open carry” of firearms is illegal in Illinois. The police had a quick chat with him and sent him on his way unmolested."
https://newrepublic.com/article/157981/police-take-side-white-vigilantes
How's that working out Arizona #covid19 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html
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Old (from 2015) but good: why saying “all lives matter” is harmful
https://relevantmagazine.com/current16/problem-saying-all-lives-matter/
Making a new reading list https://www.bustle.com/p/10-books-about-race-to-read-instead-of-asking-a-person-of-color-to-explain-things-to-you-8548796
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