While national eyes are on @ColumbusPolice because of the horrific slaying of 16 year old #makhiabryant let me remind you of recent events that demonstrate their irredeemably tyrannical, racist and violent nature. 🧵
On Saturday night CPD went on a helicopter joy ride over Black neighborhoods and spelled CPD in cursive on their flight path. We and some city council members pushed last year to cut funding for these. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/police-helicopter-flight-pattern-to-be-discussed-by-columbus-city-council/
The night before, thousands of white Ohio State fans celebrated a practice football scrimmage by flipping and burning cars. Police did not come and no one was arrested.
In the last 5 years CPD has killed more than 30 people, most of whom were Black. #TyreKing was 13. #JuliusTate was 16. #AbdirahmanSalad was 15. #HenryGreen and #DonnaDalton were 23. Each story is horrific and each life was so loved, precious and valued.
#makhiabryant was a 16 yr old girl who should have had a chance to grow & flourish. The enduring trauma being inflicted on Black families is profoundly evil and rooted in white supremacist repression. CPD is tyrannical & this system cannot simply be reformed. #BlackLivesMatter
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