Justice For Ahmaud - Tumblr Posts

I have spent days coming up with the words for how I feel on this matter. This incident among many others need to be spoken and spoken about some more until we see the change in this broken world.

I want to speak about the events that took place May 25, 2020.

I want to talk about George Floyd.

He was an unarmed African American who was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer, while being surrounded by three more and of other people who stood by and did nothing about it. I watched the video and what I saw was absolutely horrifying. What really made me upset was the desperation in his voice as he cried for his mother. As he spoke his last words.

“I can’t breathe…” He said. Those three words will stay with me. It’ll stay with those who this incident affected. It will stay with the oppressed. Because we can’t breathe. 

I want to talk about what took place February 23rd, 2020. 

Amaud Arbery.

An African American 25-year-old shot dead while jogging. His death was at the hands of Gregory McMicheal and his son, two armed white men.

I want to talk about what took place March 13, 2020.

Breonna Taylor. 

An African American 26-year-old woman, shot at least 8 times by white police officers in Louisville, Kentucky. She was in bed. They had “no knock” warrants.

I want to talk about brothers and sisters who have died at the hands of systematic injustice that has went on for far too long. Read their names. 

I have been to a couple of the protest marches in my city. It was beautiful, it was loud as it spoke volumes on the matter of injustice. Not only racial injustice but that of our corrupt system. That’s what important right now. 

This has gone on for way too long and it’s time for the change we’ve been fighting for since the beginning. 

Below are the links to multiple petitions and donations to help the families and communities of our fallen brothers and sisters: 

Official George Floyd Memorial Fund

Justice For Breonna Taylor 

I Run With Maud 

Color Of Change - “…Respond effectively to the injustice you see in the world around you…”

#Justiceforfloyd - “…Demand the officers who killed George Floyd are charged with murder…”

We Are Done Dying

I didn't finish this in time for his birthday, but I still wanted to paint him.

R.I.P. Ahmaud Arbery!