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; mayor@kenosha.org
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.
In major cities across the country, mailboxes are being removed or locked.
👆🏼At the same time, FedEx is halting deliveries to Black neighborhoods in Chicago.
The new changes come from Trump’s appointed Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, justifying the cuts as cost-saving.
Ask yourself why any public service should operate as a business.
Ask yourself why this country centralizes power to allow for 1 person to destroy an entire public service. Why does the presidency exist and why should they have this power?
my 8-year-old cousin got a spiderman pinata for his birthday today and he hit it so hard that he removed spiderman’s cardboard head from its shoulders and my cousin’s 11-year-old friend goes, without missing a beat, “I don’t feel so good Mr. Stark” and i lost my shit. kids really are our future.
Fragile white masculinity and white nationalist hate via Trump/MAGA are defining the Right Wing. They are hurting, they have been lied to by GOP/FOX for so long, they are not fitting in or assimilating to the real world, and they see violence as their only option.
This is not ‘your’ country to take back, never was.
Her tuition so damn high she can wear whatever tf she wants
Spite goals
Her name is Letitia Chai, she is Korean, and her presentation was “Acting in Public: Performance in Everyday Life”.
Her demonstration drew two dozen supporters. She was wearing a modest shirt and some cut-off shorts (which we can’t see in the images here because they’re mostly hidden by her laptop, exacerbating the need for retort against her professor’s disagreement with them). When her professor also asked what Chai’s mother would think of her attire, she informed him that she’s a gender and sexuality professor.
Toni Morrison, a Nobel Laurete, an icon of the literary world, and an elder in the womanisn movement has died at the age of 88. Born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, Morrison was an unfailing leader in the push for Black women narratives and wrote such classics as Song of Solomon, Sula, and Beloved, the latter of which earned her a Pulitzer Prize. Much can be said about the transformative power of her works, but I’d rather leave you with her own words right now:
“You can’t fly with regrets of yesterdays on your wings.
You can’t fly if you’re still in love with that ex that’s bad for you. Give that shit up!
You can’t fly if you’re afraid of standing up and taking power. Give that shit up!
You can’t fly if you’re spending the time you should be using to fly on other less important things. Give that shit up!
Focus on flying, if you wanna to fly. Because if you really wanna fly, nothing should be able to stop you. And if you’re not flying, realize something is. And lose that shit!”
Rest in Power, Toni Morrison. Thank you for the gift of your words and the beauty of your life.
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