Not gonna do this all day today. So this will be short. I don’t care if he was trespassing, breaking windows, stealing material. I don’t care if he was disturbing the peace or if he was armed. Hear me good.
Perfection is not a standard Black ppl must meet to avoid violence. https://twitter.com/libertyhangout/status/1259276192416489472
This isn’t hard.
Black people don’t have to justify their existence or their behavior to white neighbors. All white people are not police officers. I do not have to stop to explain myself to a random stranger just because you think I should.
If you chase me in a vehicle, jump out & point a gun at me- you dont get to declare that I was the aggressor no matter what I do- kick, spit, punch, reach for the gun. You are still the aggressor.
It is absolutely maddening that no matter what “evidence” is produced against #AhmaudArbery the response isnt, “so what?” He was still hunted and killed extrajudicially. Every random white person doesn’t get to be police, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner over Black lives.
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