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Hey, you want to talk Mexican? Join another tank, a Mexican tank. This is an American tank, we talk American. ~ Don Collier

This is America. It expands and it contracts. Advances and recedes. Opens and closes. This is a country birthed in freedom and built on slavery. […] What makes this feel so bad now is that we expect more. And that is a good thing. This pain is progress. But do not forget who we are and where we came from. […] This is the America I know. A beacon and a curse. Light and darkness. Hope and despair. This is America right now. But America never ends.

Tina Krissman, For The People.

I’ll say it again, please just grit your teeth and vote for Biden…

A lot of people when they think America are also gonna think guns, which is fair, or red white and blue like France, Russia, and England don’t exist or something, being rude, patriotism: being ride or die for your country, licking its boots, being its bitch. But I reject all those things and I’d rather say the most American thing to ever do is to criticize the government.

Our very roots are breaking away as colonies because we criticized the government that hard, we made our own country. That’s why the constitution has so many things protecting us like the first amendment that allows us to group up and petition, to speak out. So I really think it’s crazy some people tell us to keep our mouths shut or accept things, like I once saw a guy at Wawa wearing some shirt like “America, love it or leave it” with a big fat American flag in the middle. And my first thought was like “no??? change it,” and I blurted it out loud and I admit I probably looked crazy. And that’s the thing about us and many politics, it’s that the climate of our country and its laws are constantly changing. To accept things and let other people be the lawmakers to your law abiding citizen is stupid. There’s so many of us and so many states that there’s no way we’ll all have the same opinion, and I’ve noticed that a lot of people who tell others not to say anything just want to be the only ones doing change, because it’s a lot harder for them if there’s people opposing their control every step of the way.

If we stay around and do nothing, the next thing you know it’s that you’re waking up to a world full of policies you don’t agree with, screaming like it’s a nightmare wondering what the fuck is going on, and for a lot of us that are afab that’s already our reality. Sometimes we gotta realize we’re the majority, us down here, and if I can’t vote then I’m at least gonna mope about it. It’s my god given right, and it’s not gonna seem all like a big deal until we have another “red scare” that repeats itself and those rights become infringed in fear of government spies and, essentially, ourselves(a lot of people mistake being against certain choices as being against the country, and it’s always been a big debate about where to draw the line, the spoken and written word versus active action, but that’s kinda a thing I don’t wanna blabber about right now).

So that’s why I feel some of the teens and young adults aghast about certain policies and decisions stating their discontentment out loud with full written statements, memes, coping with shipping Biden and Trump(I see that shit like our new take on political cartoons to shit on presidents and GOD do I love it), are some of the most American people ever in spirit. And just because they don’t use terminology like politicians to get their opinions across, or can’t vote yet, doesn’t mean their opinion is void because they live here just like you and me, and don’t want to destroy the country: they want to better it.

I hate to be serious on my social media since i like to be fun and light, but i think i should use my platform, small or big, to talk about this.

A lot of you may know about George Floyd, the black man that was killed by a white cop. The cop, Derek Chauvin, had his knee won Floyd’s throat, and KEPT IT THERE, even after George repeatedly said “I can’t breath”. Why was George killed you may ask? For nothing.

This is what happened. If you don’t want to read it, don’t. But i really want you to, it helps spread awareness on this innocent mans case.

A criminal complaint released Friday afternoon details the events that unfolded on May 25:

Officers were dispatched to Cup Foods on the report of a man buying merchandise with a counterfeit $20 bill. Shortly after 8 p.m., Officers Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng arrived with their body cameras activate and recording.

The officers learned from store workers that the man, later identified as Floyd, was parked in a car around the corner.

Body camera footage shows the officers approaching the car with Lane on the driver’s side and Kueng on the passenger side. Three people were in the car: Floyd, another man and another woman.

As Lane began speaking with Floyd, he pulled out his gun, pointed it at Floyd and ordered him to show his hands. Floyd then put his hands on the steering wheel and Lane holstered his firearm.

Lane then ordered Floyd out of the car and handcuffed him, but Floyd “actively resisted being handcuffed,” the complaint states. Once handcuffed, however, police said Floyd did not resist and walked with Lane to the sidewalk. Floyd then sat on the ground at Lane’s direction.

The complaint says Lane spoke with Floyd for under two minutes, asking Floyd for his identification and name. He also asked Floyd if he was “on anything” and told Floyd he was going to be arrested for passing counterfeit currency.

Then, Lane and Keung stood Floyd up and attempted to take him to their squad car. Floyd then “stiffened up, fell to the ground and told the officers he was claustrophobic,” the complaint states.

That’s when Officers Chauvin and Tou Thao arrived on the scene in a separate squad car.

After making several attempts to get Floyd in the backseat from the driver’s side, the complaint says Floyd wouldn’t get in and would struggle with the officers by intentionally falling down.

The complaint says that Floyd began saying and repeating he could not breathe while standing outside the car. Chauvin then went to the passenger side and tried to get Floyd in from that side, with Lane and Keung assisting.

Chauvin then pulled Floyd out of the passenger side of the car at 8:19 p.m. and Floyd went to the ground face down while still handcuffed.

While Keung and Lane held Floyd’s back and legs, Chauvin “placed his left knee in the area of Mr. Floyd’s head and neck.” Floyd could be heard repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe”, as well as “mama” and “please.” The officers, however, stayed in their positions.

The officers told Floyd, “You are talking fine”, as he continued to struggle. At one point, Lane asked “should we roll him on his side?” To which Chauvin responded, “No, staying put where we got him,” the complaint states.

Lane then said he was “worried about excited delirium or whatever” to which Chauvin responded, “That’s why we have him on his stomach.” They continued holding their positions.

At 8:24 p.m., Floyd stopped moving. Kueng then checked Floyd’s right wrist for a pulse and said “I couldn’t find one.” The officers continued to hold their positions.

At 8:27 p.m., Chauvin removed his knee from Floyd’s neck as medics arrived. Floyd was taken away in the ambulance. He was pronounced dead at Hennepin Healthcare.

What was the reason??? WHY? the man did absolutely NOTHING! HE WAS COMPLIANT, HE DID WHAT WAS ASKED AND DIDNT RESIST. YET A WHITE MAN CAN PULL OUT A KNIFE AND SWING IT AT AN OFFICER AND HAVE NOTHING DONE TO HIM! AT THIS POINT, IT IS ABOUT THE COLOR OF SKIN. BLACK PEOPLE ARE JUST AS VALID AS EVERYONE ELSE. I DONT BELIVE THAT ALL COPS ARE BAD, BUT STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ALL BASTARDS. ACAB ACAB ACAB. “ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS” FOR THE REASON THAT THEY WORK FOR A CORRUPT SYSTEM.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP US SAFE, NOT MAKE US SCARED. AS A MEXICAN PERSON, I AM ALSO BEING OPPRESSED, BEING ASKED TO “GO BACK TO MY COUNTRY” WHEN I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. AMERICA IS NOT GREAT, IT IS NOT GOOD. ITS NOT THE LAND OF THE FREE ANY FUCKING MORE NOW IS IT?? “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” IT WAS NEVER FUCKING GREAT ORANGE ASS BITCH OF A PRESIDENT. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER SOON BECAUSE UR GONNA BE FUCKING IMPEACHED.

There. I’m done. It’s 2020 people. If you want to be racist or homophobic or anything like that, get out. We don’t need people like you whatsoever. My page is a safe spot, and people like you are not welcome. #blacklivesmatter

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Wow I love this too much! 

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