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Much like the brutal plantation system of US antebellum slavery, where the enslaved could sometimes purchase their freedom or the freedom of loved ones if they could come up with the right dollar amount...
...the prison industrial complex also puts a price tag on a human being's natural autonomy and requires payment for a temporary reprieve from its dehumanizing cages and gazes.
In the interesting of protecting the protesters on the front lines of the battle for justice for #BreonnaTaylor, the @Mvmnt4BlkLives is asking for us to donate to the bail fund for individuals who might be arrested while protesting in Louisville, Kentucky...
...where Breonna Taylor was murdered by police officers and where a grand jury believes an empty room has more value than a Black woman.
They recommend donations go to the following organizations:
The Louisville Community Bail Fund: https://afgj.salsalabs.org/louisvillebailfund/index.html
The Black Lives Matter General Fund: http://bit.ly/BLMLou
The Anti-Eviction Fund: http://bit.ly/evictionfund
The Healing for Louisville: http://bit.ly/502healing
Additionally, Minister J. Allen Randolph of Louisville ( @braveh3art) recommended the Bail Project Louisville: https://bailproject.org/louisville/
I advise everyone to do their own individual research and vetting of each organization before making a donation to ensure your monies are being allocated in the manner you expect.
If you know of any other organizations that help protesters with financial expenses or free legal representation, please list them.
Black people: PLEASE BE KIND TO YOURSELF. PLEASE BE KIND TO OTHER BLACK PEOPLE. LET US NOT DO ANOTHER HARM TO ONE ANOTHER. OUR DIVISION IS A BOON TO OUR ENEMIES. ONLY UNITED WILL WE ATTAIN LIBERATION.
Toni Morrison left us wisdom in BELOVED:
