When the cops killed 7 y/o Aiyana Jones in Detroit during a no knock raid, they arrested her aunt saying she grabbed their gun. The aunt said she was grabbing Aiyana because a flash bang had set the baby on fire. During the trial, the judge threatened the aunt for her outbursts.

In America, even the act of caring for our young is treated as a threat. It is as if we are in a persistent state of resistance when we do merely the things that come naturally. Even while sleeping. Even when awakened by the scathing flames of authoritarianism. There is no rest.

So we may as well resist with our eyes wide open.

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