cw/tw Violence
13 weeks ago tonight, George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Department. There was no heroic measure to their deeds, as the agonizing and violent act was captured in it's entirety by a witnesses cell phone. Police knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes as he died.
Last night, August 23rd, Jacob Blake was shot 7 times in the back by a member of the Kenosha police department in front of his children. This was also captured on video in gruesome and horrible detail, and Blake remains in critical condition, hospitalized.
I won't link to the video and I'm going to ask you to do your own work on researching this. The case continues to develop and you will invariably hear differing details, witness statements, key testimony from officers at the scene. I'd ask that you heed this warning when reviewing the story and how it has been presented. This is courtesy of my friend Eric E from social media and I could not have stated it better:
Every time another story about police violence comes out, pay attention to how the passive voice is deployed in coverage. Ask yourself why it’s always an “officer involved shooting” and “protesters damaged property last night” in the headlines but never “police shot a man seven times in the back in front of his children” and “property was damaged during a protest.”
In front of his little kids, like Philando Castile. Kids getting murdered. Innocent Nurses at home in bed. A man out jogging.
Police need defunded and dismantled. Oppression continues and the sickening violence doesn't end, it just gets greater exposure. I'm sick to death of it all.
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