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It's like I've said before: Velora is the most vocal feline around here. #ACAB #BlackLivesMatter 
Monday? Already? Right then, here we go.
Monday? Already? Right then, here we go.
Every US city is held hostage by violent paramilitaries who harm, kill, steal, destroy, detain, & harass at will, without consequence. We've no political leaders who stand up to them, & many who actively support aggression against ordinary citizens. #ACAB https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225?s=19
Police in US cities, supposed public servants, are deliberately targeting law-abiding journalists, even citizens on their own property. They dress for war at peaceful protests where they instigate violence & find any excuse to injure & detain. #ACAB https://twitter.com/flglmn/status/1266921432715591684?s=19
It's not possible to honestly discuss US police without mentioning systematic racial profiling & murder of BIPOC, especially black people, from long before USA was founded. Tools & methods may have changed, but the purpose has not. #BlackLivesMatter #ACAB https://twitter.com/AnikaNoniRose/status/1266811659340754944?s=19
#ACAB https://twitter.com/AnikaNoniRose/status/1266811659340754944?s=19
This is murder. This is terrorism. This is warfare. These are criminal activities committed against US citizens by government organizations that are supposedly empowered "to serve and protect" these very same communities. #ACAB #BlackLivesMatter https://twitter.com/juliedillon/status/1267055949165940736?s=19
https://twitter.com/juliedillon/status/1267055949165940736?s=19
& ALWAYS the most marginalized, already oppressed in a deeply unjust society, are targeted+suffer most. Anyone of race, religion, sexuality, gender, class, disability who doesn't fulfill an obscene Conformist Upper-Class White fantasy--black people most of all. #BlackLivesMatter
&: when peaceful protest turns to reactive riot & property is damaged, it's regrettable. But if you fret more about a damn shop than unchecked police brutality killing black people? Check your priorities & your goddamn privilege #BlackLivesMatter #ACAB https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1266214668344930307?s=19
#ACAB https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1266214668344930307?s=19
Even if there were some intervention that the international community could effect--the US has never respected the rule of law. Not its own, not anyone else's, not global treaties.
Bereft of leadership, ordinary citizens have no one to turn to but... Themselves. And each other.
Bereft of leadership, ordinary citizens have no one to turn to but... Themselves. And each other.
Whether you've seen my retweets or not, if you've been online in the past days you've surely seen discussion & sharing of community resources aiming to support those who defy & struggle against our police state. I'll try to share a few of those again now. #ACAB #BlackLivesMatter
The Bail Fund Network lists resources around the country to help those who have been swept up in the mass arrests while protesting state violence https://twitter.com/bailfundnetwork/status/1266408876838014983?s=19
See this thread, too: https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/1266895545022287872?s=19
See also https://twitter.com/caitiedelaney/status/1267268687490211841?s=19
#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter
See this thread, too: https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/1266895545022287872?s=19
See also https://twitter.com/caitiedelaney/status/1267268687490211841?s=19
#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter
A variety of resources supporting #BlackLivesMatter etc https://twitter.com/ambivaIcnt/status/1265766835884081156?s=19 #ACAB
etc https://twitter.com/ambivaIcnt/status/1265766835884081156?s=19 #ACAB
North Star Health Collective (medics) http://northstarhealthcollective.org/donate
How to help demand justice for George Floyd http://www.thecut.com/2020/05/george-floyd-protests-how-to-help-where-to-donate.html #BlackLivesMatter
Reclaim the block https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2?fbclid=IwAR1mozFqHICrjSN7tPDAkjJAwnxdkw8VbVVI6xygTPscsvzC-lQfhEaey0U #BlackLivesMatter
This is only just scratching the surface, I know there are so many more out there (please feel free to share below!), these are just ones that I saw in my feed to list here. Consider also national, state, local organizations for civil rights, legal defense.
Fundraisers for other black victims of police violence (again, share below if you've links!). Support black artists & creators. Contact your representatives. Vote. These are broad, systemic issues reaching far beyond this moment, & have been for centuries. #BlackLivesMatter #ACAB
#ACAB
It's appalling, but not surprising, that our police state & its supporters have taken advantage of a GLOBAL PANDEMIC to continue to harm as many people as possible. The common refrain of the past 2m remains true: We are in this together. We MUST be. #BlackLivesMatter #ACAB
#ACAB
I said it before, now again, as others have: Reform & demilitarization are half-steps. We must abolish police. Build new community support to replace a deliberately corrupt, racist, unjust system. That's the solution. That's how we begin to move forward. #ACAB #BlackLivesMatter
