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Hey white people defending the "good name" of Target, Autozone, and other "innocent small businesses" right now.
Sit down, and shut the fuck up. No one is saying that Autozone was responsible for the death of ANY black person.
*Takes gloves off*
Listen to me for a second.
Sit down, and shut the fuck up. No one is saying that Autozone was responsible for the death of ANY black person.
*Takes gloves off*
Listen to me for a second.
Do you remember when a black man was handcuffed, with his hands behind his back, and then shot in his back by a cop at the Fruitvale BART station? I do.
His name was Oscar Grant.
His name was Oscar Grant.
Do you remember when Eric Gardner couldn't breathe, and was suffocated by a police officer? I do. Eric Garder had the audacity of selling "loosies" (single cigarettes) on the sidewalk.
For that "heinous" crime, he paid with his life.
For that "heinous" crime, he paid with his life.
When Sandra Bland was pulled over for a simple traffic violation, do you think she deserved to die?
Because she did. Cops killed her.
Because she did. Cops killed her.
When Navy Veteran India Kager pulled over into a 7-Eleven parking lot with her baby in the car, do you think she knew she would be shot 30 times? Police claimed she shot first.
India Kager didn't even have a gun in the car.
No police officers were charged with her murder.
India Kager didn't even have a gun in the car.
No police officers were charged with her murder.
Do you know how long I would have to tweet to cover all the times black people have been murdered by the police?
What should black people do? Nothing is changing. Police keep murdering black people.
As a white person, I'm perfectly fine with them hitting a breaking point.
What should black people do? Nothing is changing. Police keep murdering black people.
As a white person, I'm perfectly fine with them hitting a breaking point.
Everyone has a limit they reach, where enough is enough.
Imagine you woke up every single day, and saw someone who looked like you, killed by the police.
Imagine every time you saw blue lights flash, you felt the anxiety that this could be the moment your life ends.
Imagine you woke up every single day, and saw someone who looked like you, killed by the police.
Imagine every time you saw blue lights flash, you felt the anxiety that this could be the moment your life ends.
Look at all you racist fuckheads out there, with your disgusting double standards. Black people have tried, time and time again, on the biggest stages, to bring light to their plight. Kaepernick sacrificed his career to kneel during the National Anthem, to show people his pain.
Black people have tried to peacefully protest. They have tried calling their elected representatives. They have tried community organization. They have tried kneeling. They have tried activism.
What else should they do, when nothing else changes, and the bodycount climbs?
What else should they do, when nothing else changes, and the bodycount climbs?
Black people were not slaves. They were *enslaved* -- brought to a nation by white men who didn't value their lives. Through decades of change, they have been unable to escape their second class social status, because of cyclical, weaponized racism.
