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Sunday, June 27th, 2021. It's been 471 days since Breonna Taylor was killed by the LMPD & Brett Hankinson, Jonathan Mattingly & Miles Cosgrove haven't faced charges or been arrested for her death.
Know what’s going on, read, look at different sources...this is not imaginary, and it is very widespread. People will continue to die until we ALL stand up. #sayhername #breyonnataylor #blacklivesmatter #togetherornotatall (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-dueejtqj/?igshid=129yjqs4356uj
I saw someone say this on Twitter “ THEY OPENED THEIR POCKETS BEFORE THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTHS” which means that they didn’t have to tell anyone that they donated because they’re not the type to share what they do for clout or praise. They do it because they genuinely care and they donate to charities and things all the time secretly. But since people were getting so mad because they wanted to know if they donated money or not HERE YOU GO SWEETIE —> 1 M I L L I O N 💜💜 and how much did you donate since you’re so worried about others???? 👀👀 I’m waiting ...........👂🏽
BTS DONATED A GOOD $1 MILLION TO BLACK LIVES MATTER!!
After K-pop titans BTS stated their solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter this week, declaring “we stand together” against racial discrimination, the group and its Korean record label are making a further commitment: BTS and Big Hit Entertainment have donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter, a rep for Big Hit confirms to Variety.
The donation was transferred earlier this week, with Black Lives Matter confirming receipt to Big Hit early on Saturday, June 6. BTS and Big Hit are not expected to comment on the donation; a rep for Black Lives Matter did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
T.N: $1 MILLION was fully donated to ONE blm organization and it’s the organization that revealed the amount to the media. BTS might have donated more to other organizations, but they always give and help in secret, so we might never know. BTS’ agency revealed in the past that the 7 boys believe that you don’t make donations so you can tell people about it (They don’t see it as a way to brag but to help).
⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ BTS ARMY decided to match BTS’ donation and started the hashtag #MatchAMillion. Since BTS’ announcement on June 7, BTS’ stans already exceeded 447k DOLLARS. You can donate too HERE
Very sad I didn't do this sooner but this was created after being inspired by the brave protesters and the lost lives of our black people. The materials used was crayons, 0.7 mm mechanical pencil & a bit of black colored pencil. Sorry if it's blurry and for not using professional drawing paper.
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old ER technician and former EMT, was lying in her own bed when police broke in and shot her eight times without so much as announcing their presence. Say her name. Do the work. Text. Call. Sign. Donate.
All graphic credit to @xonecole on Instagram.
Happy Birthday Breonna!
Today Is June, 5th 2020. Breonna Taylor would have been 27 today. For those who don’t know, she was killed two months ago when police broke down the door to her apartment in an attempted drug sting, and shot her eight times.
SAY HER NAME! She hasn’t gotten as much media attention that she so rightfully deserves! Here is what you can do to help. Here are some concrete action items people can do to commemorate her life and fight to get her justice. Complete as many items on the list as you can and share the link to this campaign so that other people can complete it too.
ACTION ITEM #1 SIGN THE PETITION
Sign the official petition calling for justice in Breonna Taylor’s case. It only takes a minute.
ACTION ITEM #2 DONATE TO THE GOFUNDME
Donate directly to Breonna’s family using the Gofundme link below. Any little bit helps even if you don’t have much to give. Let’s get them to their $500,000 goal for her birthday.
ACTION ITEM #3 EMAIL THE KENTUCKY ADMIN
Send an email directly to the Kentucky Attorney General, the Mayor and the Governor. The link below will open a fully scripted email in your mail app, already addressed. Fill out the fields for your name and location and send! Easy peasy. Let’s make sure they’re hearing about Breonna Taylor no matter where they look.
ACTION ITEM #4 POSTABLE BIRTHDAY CARDS
2a. Send a birthday card (or letter, or postcard!) to the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, demanding that he lay charges against the officers who killed Breonna.
Address your cards as follows: Office of the Attorney General 700 Capital Avenue, Suite 118 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-3449
2b. If you can, also send a card to Louisville Metro Mayor Greg Fischer demanding that he fall in line and support charges for her killers.
Address those cards as follows: Mayor Greg Fischer 527 W Jefferson Street #600 Louisville KY 40202
2c. If you cannot physically get a card in time, use the link below to select and mail one online. Postable will print, and mail a card for your for $4.00 USD, postage included.
Let these men know that we haven’t forgotten her, and she deserved to be alive to celebrate her birthday.
ACTION ITEM #5 PDF BIRTHDAY CARD
If you have access to a printer and would like to send a personalized birthday card, Ayla Sydney has made the following design free to download. Hit the link, print the card and fill it out and send it to the above addresses.
ACTION ITEM #6 POST TO THE HASHTAG
Using the hashtags #SayHerName and #BirthdayForBreonna, flood social media platforms with remembrances for Breonna Taylor. Let’s get both hashtags trending.
Make art, write poetry, post music — anything that will remind people that she lived and that her life mattered. Post it to your Instagram feeds, Stories, Twitter, Facebook or Tik Tok. Anything that will get the word out. Let’s make June 5th Breonna Taylor Day.
ACTION ITEM #7 DOWNLOAD THE IMAGES
If you don’t have art you can share for Friday, download the images at the following to post on Breonna’s birthday. The caption can be anything you’d like, but make sure to credit @arielsinhaha for the artwork and @nemesomi for the images when you post them. Don’t forget the hashtags and feel free to post them early. We’re taking over Instagram in her name!
ACTION ITEM #8 DONATE TO THE BAIL FUND
Donate to the Louisville Community Bail Fund to help support the protesters who have been on the ground in Louisville fighting for Breonna. Consider making your donation recurring.
ACTION ITEM #9 COPY THE LINK
Add the link to this site to your social media bios so that other people can find it an participate too!
ACTION ITEM #10 SEND A NOTE
Send Breonna Taylor’s family a loving note, and read more about where you can call and demand justice.
SHUKRI ABDI 2007 - 2019 (12 years old) Manchester, England, United Kingdom
‘If you don’t get into the water, I’m going to kill you.’
Shukri Abdi was a 12 year old Somalian girl who was born and brought up in a refugee camp in Kenya having escaped conflict in Somalia. She arrived in the UK in 2017 and experienced horrific bullying from her classmates who called her ‘coloured’ and ‘half-caste’.
In 2017 her body was found in the River Irwell, when police arrived children were still laughing as Shukri drowned. Greater Manchester police quickly declared the incident an accident.
“Child Four said that Shukri seemed untroubled in the deeper water when she had her arm on Child One’s shoulder, but appeared to get into difficulties when Child One let go of her and swam back to the other children.”
“Then Shukri’s head went under and came back up. I think she was trying to say something but she couldn’t, trying to call out but she couldn’t,” Child Four told the court.
Child Four was asked by the court if Child One was laughing when they could see Shukri struggling and sumberging beneath the surface.
Child Four replied “Yes” and said they presumed it was because they thought Shukri was joking about drowning, but Child Four said they could see Shukri wasn’t joking. Child Four jumped in the water to try to save Shukri. Child Three ran to get a stick to try to pull Shukri out.
“Child One was laughing for a couple of minutes,” Child Four told the inquest. “Child One was still laughing when me and Child Three were trying to help. Child One was still laughing when I jumped in.”
Child Four said that neither Child One nor Child Two were doing anything while Shukri was drowning, and that Child One only stopped laughing when the police came.
After jumping into the water to try to save Shukri, Child Four realised they would not be able to save her, so ran to the nearby Bury police station to alert them. Child Three did the same.
Child Four said that Child Three blamed Child One for the tragedy “because they let go of Shukri”.
- The Guardian
It is claimed by the other children CH1 said ‘If you don’t get into the water, I’m going to kill you’ to Shukri before the incident. This was intentional and not an accident. Shukri, her poor mother and dear siblings deserve justice. They came to this country thinking they were going to be safe. Manchester claims to be open and honest and loving and yet a vulnerable child has died in their city. You need to be screaming for Justice. Inquests are not enough and not fast enough, not for Shukri, not for her mother. Justice.
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On this day last year 23-year-old Korryn Gaines was killed by Baltimore County police and her 5-year-old son was shot in the limb.
She was wanted for a traffic violation, but apparently a SWAT team thought she was way too dangerous for them to try and arrest her without fatally shooting her.
I still think about Korryn a lot.
#SayHerName #KorrynGaines #ProtectBlackWomen
#PoliceBrutality
Please Keep Signing!
(New petitions in bold)
George Floyd - change.org
George Floyd - amnesty.org
George Floyd - colorofchange.org
Get The Officers Charged
Charge All Four Officers
Breonna Taylor - moveon.org
Breonna Taylor - colorofchange.org
Breonna Taylor - justiceforbreonna.org
Breonna Taylor - change.org
Breonna Taylor - thepetitionsite.com
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 2
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 3
Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau
Pass The Georgia Hate Crime Bill
Defund MPD
Life Sentence For Police Brutality
Regis Korchinski - change.org
Tete Gulley - change.org
Tony McDade - change.org
Tony McDade - actionnetwork.org
Tony McDade - thepetitionsite.com
Joao Pedro - change.org
Julius Jones - change.org
Belly Mujinga - change.org
Willie Simmons - change.org
Hands Up Act - change.org
National Action Against Police Brutality
Kyjuanzi Harris - change.org
Alejandro Vargas Martinez - change.org
Censorship Of Police Brutality In France
Sean Reed - change.org
Sean Reed - change.org 2
Kendrick Johnson - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org 2
Fire Racist Criminal From The NYPD
Jamee Johnson - organizefor.org
Darius Stewart - change.org
Darius Stewart - moveon.org
Abolish Prison Labor
Free Siyanda - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org 2
Andile Mchunu (Bobo) - change.org
Eric Riddick - change.org
Amiya Braxton - change.org
Emerald Black - change.org
Elijah Nichols - change.org
Zinedine Karabo Gioia - change.org
Angel Bumpass - change.org
Sheku Bayoh - change.org
Angel DeCarlo - change.org
Sandra Bland - change.org
Sherrie Walker - change.org
Darrien Hunt - change.org
Cornelius Fredericks - change.org
Elijah McClain - change.org
James Scurlock - change.org
Darren Rainey- change.org
Kendrick Johnson- change.org
Darrius Stewart- change.org
LaVena Johnson- change.org
Kenneka Jenkins- change.org
Sam Dubose- change.org
Philando Castile- change.org
Philando Castile - signmoveon.org
Natasha McKenna- change.org
Freddie Gray- change.org
The Freddie Gray Law - Assess, Treat, and Safely Transport -signmoveon.org
Samuel DuBose- change.org
Kimani Gray- care2petitions
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr- signmoveon.org
Sean Bell- change.org
Jennifer Jeffley- change.org
Oliver Campbell- change.org
Bruce Greenway- change.org
Dominique Fells - change.org
Rayshard Brooks - change.org
Alfred Wright - change.org
Mubarak Soulemane- change.org
Byron Williams- change.org
Mitrice Richardson- change.org
AJ Mitchell (a boy with autism) - change.org
Merci Mack- change.org
Lakeith Smith + A’Donte Washington- change.org
Malik Thomas- change.org
Matthew Tucker- change.org
Malik Williams (paraplegic man shot at 84 times)- change.org
http://www.pb-resources.com/
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
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DON’T IGNORE US!
*You don’t need to donate to change.org, donate directly to the families. Also if there’s a problem with a petition (or you have a petition I should add), please dm me instead of reblogging so I can fix it faster.*
Please Keep Signing!
(New petitions in bold)
George Floyd - change.org
George Floyd - amnesty.org
George Floyd - colorofchange.org
Get The Officers Charged
Charge All Four Officers
Breonna Taylor - moveon.org
Breonna Taylor - colorofchange.org
Breonna Taylor - justiceforbreonna.org
Breonna Taylor - change.org
Breonna Taylor - thepetitionsite.com
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 2
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 3
Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau
Pass The Georgia Hate Crime Bill
Defund MPD
Life Sentence For Police Brutality
Regis Korchinski - change.org
Tete Gulley - change.org
Tony McDade - change.org
Tony McDade - actionnetwork.org
Tony McDade - thepetitionsite.com
Joao Pedro - change.org
Julius Jones - change.org
Belly Mujinga - change.org
Willie Simmons - change.org
Hands Up Act - change.org
National Action Against Police Brutality
Kyjuanzi Harris - change.org
Alejandro Vargas Martinez - change.org
Censorship Of Police Brutality In France
Sean Reed - change.org
Sean Reed - change.org 2
Kendrick Johnson - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org 2
Fire Racist Criminal From The NYPD
Jamee Johnson - organizefor.org
Darius Stewart - change.org
Darius Stewart - moveon.org
Abolish Prison Labor
Free Siyanda - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org 2
Andile Mchunu (Bobo) - change.org
Eric Riddick - change.org
Amiya Braxton - change.org
Emerald Black - change.org
Elijah Nichols - change.org
Zinedine Karabo Gioia - change.org
Angel Bumpass - change.org
Sheku Bayoh - change.org
Angel DeCarlo - change.org
Sandra Bland - change.org
Sherrie Walker - change.org
Darrien Hunt - change.org
Cornelius Fredericks - change.org
Elijah McClain - change.org
James Scurlock - change.org
Darren Rainey- change.org
Kendrick Johnson- change.org
Darrius Stewart- change.org
LaVena Johnson- change.org
Kenneka Jenkins- change.org
Sam Dubose- change.org
Philando Castile- change.org
Philando Castile - signmoveon.org
Natasha McKenna- change.org
Freddie Gray- change.org
The Freddie Gray Law - Assess, Treat, and Safely Transport -signmoveon.org
Samuel DuBose- change.org
Kimani Gray- care2petitions
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr- signmoveon.org
Sean Bell- change.org
Jennifer Jeffley- change.org
Oliver Campbell- change.org
Bruce Greenway- change.org
Dominique Fells - change.org
Rayshard Brooks - change.org
Alfred Wright - change.org
Mubarak Soulemane- change.org
Byron Williams- change.org
Mitrice Richardson- change.org
AJ Mitchell (a boy with autism) - change.org
Merci Mack- change.org
Lakeith Smith + A’Donte Washington- change.org
Malik Thomas- change.org
Matthew Tucker- change.org
Malik Williams (paraplegic man shot at 84 times)- change.org
http://www.pb-resources.com/
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
PLEASE REBLOG! THIS IS AN UPDATED LIST!
DON’T IGNORE US!
*You don’t need to donate to change.org, donate directly to the families. Also if there’s a problem with a petition (or you have a petition I should add), please dm me instead of reblogging so I can fix it faster.*
Say her name. Ma’Khia Bryant.
When Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges surrounding his murder of George Floyd, the conversation found on Tumblr (and elsewhere online) reflected two major points:
This is not justice being served. There is no justice in the face of murder, and if there were, it certainly would not be found within the American carceral system. The verdict stemming from this trial will not stop the violence and oppression Black people face at the hands of an over-policed country.
“Black people don’t need reminders that Chauvin’s guilty verdict doesn’t mean the fight is over. It’s okay to celebrate small victories.”
These truths are not at odds with each other. They can, and will, co-exist.
Take a moment today to celebrate George Floyd and his beautiful family. Keep his little daughter in your mind and hearts. If you want to feel a bit of relief that at least one person was found guilty for their hateful, heinous crime—please do so. And then remember that it was just one person. Remember that if you are an ally and an accomplice, you must not stop learning. You must not stop fighting for real justice.
Accountability for police killings is rare:
Since 2005, 140 law enforcement officers have been arrested for on-duty manslaughter and murder. Only 8—5%—have been convicted.
And that doesn’t account for the 98% of police killings where there were no arrests for murder or manslaughter.
Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police
And then yesterday, roughly one hour after Nancy Pelosi thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing” his “life for justice,” police in Columbus, Ohio shot and killed 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant.
That is not what justice looks like.
Rest in power, George Floyd.
Rest in power, Ma’Khia Bryant.