Philando Castile was stopped for a “routine ” traffic stop.
AND NOW IS DEAD!!
Asked for his information, he volunteered to his murderer that he had a weapon, because he had a permit.
And yet, somehow, even after offering that piece of information.
Mr. Castile is Dead.
Dead.
Dead.
Funny how all these conceal /carry laws don’t seem to apply to Black people.
We know about Mr. Castile because his girlfriend was alert enough to video it on Facebook.
Let’s see what kind of lies his murderers come up with to try and slander Mr. Castile.
https://twitter.com/balleralert/status/751950190324621313
https://twitter.com/noredavis/status/752358383185981440
https://twitter.com/webster/status/752502688097640448
http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/08/17/philando-castile-homicide.jpg
https://twitter.com/bengarvin/status/751560838901665792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/rjoseph7777/status/751562581723217921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/suitablegirl/status/751525675790528512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Found at BJ:
https://youtu.be/RwA_4OamFhI?t=4
Sarah Kendzior
Black deaths, police brutality, caught on video: No justice, only sequels
SNIP
The legacy of the Rodney King video was not justice, but sequels.
Mr. Sterling died at 37. Mr. Castile died days before his 33rd birthday. They left behind children, parents, and friends. They were men who loved and were loved. Today their loved ones, in the midst of grief, are tasked with not only proving these men’s innocence, but vouching for their basic humanity. Advocates of Sterling and Castile will fight to put the officers who killed Sterling and Castile on trial, knowing Sterling and Castile were on trial their whole lives in the court of public opinion. Their very existence as black men is considered, in the eyes of many Americans, evidence of their guilt.
Police officials and media will publicize criminal records – as they already have for Mr. Sterling – to try to justify a killing that had nothing to do with his previous low-level offences. They will assassinate Mr. Castile’s character, as they consistently assassinate the character of even the youngest African-Americans – children like 12-year-old Tamir Rice, killed by a police officer while playing in a park.
They will do anything to make people turn away from the videos, the proof, the pain.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/black-deaths-police-brutality-caught-on-video-no-justice-just-sequels/article30791280/
https://twitter.com/RandiGloss/status/751434079866871809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Praying for the officers and their loved ones. *tears*
https://twitter.com/cbs11doug/status/751257983867293697
https://twitter.com/TJRaphael/status/751105371087994881
https://twitter.com/yogurtsoda/status/751178782610894848
And with this, my heart breaks all over again.
Gut-wrenching… HUMAINITY @ IT’S FINEST
Trying to deny & snuff out our HUMANITY.
https://twitter.com/UNIONATEXEL/status/751218004684406785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/cbs11doug/status/751234258006634496
Let’s not beat around the bush:
I think facebook saved the girlfriend and the daughter’s lives.
I agree!
Absolutely NO DOUBT in my mind.
https://twitter.com/KarenAttiah/status/751232390023045120
Sorry, but how exactly does Congressman Danny Davis who’s been in Congress for 20 long years by the way…how does Danny Davis reason that marching to the White House while the President is away in Poland help anything…
This is the type of rubbish that has aided inaction for all these years…
The Congressman and his colleagues have been very much part of the problem…
They need to do their job…
Picketing the White House while the President is out of the country isn’t part of it…and achieves nothing besides the photo-ops to keep him looking ‘engaged’ and good for another term …in the eyes of his constituents back home in Arkansas…
Enough of the cowardly theatrics and stagecraft…time for real action…
https://twitter.com/KarenAttiah/status/751232882904104960
https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/751162194243485696
https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/751195033508904960
https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/751199222901465089
“10,000 Lakes” filled by tears
https://twitter.com/StribJany/status/751227005111181313
https://twitter.com/VStMartin/status/751224875109449729
https://twitter.com/KarenAttiah/status/751214123191529472
Picture taken on Monday, July 4.
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Here it is:
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/751221005746659328
My heart is so heavy looking at this picture.
Yeah, I was thinking… I wonder what Mr. Castile felt about this country. He probably felt that he was doing well, he had a great job doing what he loved, he was appreciated and loved by his co-workers, the children and the parents, he had a pretty girlfriend and he had family… Things seem to have been going well for him until a cop murdered him.
Yeah, this is what I always refer to as getting catapulted into Emmett Till’s America. One minute you’re minding your own business, having a pretty good life, and then it happens. The killer chooses you because you’re there, and you’re black, and there is no other reason, just that he wanted to kill someone like you. There’s no warning except that it happens, the convergence of pure evil and innocence. No one can be on guard 24/7.
https://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/751223083600584704
https://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/751224758440697856
https://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/751228389390966784
https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/751217126959177728
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1191212707578685&substory_index=0&id=138832742816692
https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/751165630989107200
https://twitter.com/VP/status/751178148834865152
https://twitter.com/FiveThirtyEight/status/751219769924153345
https://twitter.com/Urban_Supremacy/status/751146746441371648
From Lenny Kravitz
https://www.facebook.com/lennykravitz/photos/a.95723633389.85048.5150088389/10154329274703390/?type=3&theater
*Tears*
Enough!
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1965876/thumbs/o-VIDEO-POLICE-570.jpg?2
https://twitter.com/EmileeLindner/status/751164986450386945
UPDATED DEAR WHITE AMERICA – AN OPEN LETTER
July 7, 2016
Dear United States, YOUR Police System and those who are not Black in America,
I came home today once again to tell my 13 year old black son about yet another death by the hands of the cops – another death of another black person. I could barely get the words out without crying but this couldn’t be sugar coated from him like I normally sweeten other information I feed him. So, let me tell you what a black single mother had to tell her son today or pretty much every time the need strikes, which is often. I had to tell my 13 year old young black son how to not get killed in these streets by those sent out to protect us.
The first thing is the reminder that although he has white friends, he needs to remember that: “You are not your white friends!!! If you are with them and you all get stopped by the cops for any reason know that you are not them, you cannot say what they say or act how they act. There is a high chance the police may single you out as the trouble maker whether you had anything to do with it so be prepared. Remember to keep your hands out of your pockets; if you are holding your phone drop it and put your hands up or out in front of you where they can be visibly seen free of anything by the cops. If they ask you any questions, answer them with a calm voice, NEVER yell. Tell them your name, age, address, mother’s name and phone number. Know that you are under the age of 16 which means you are not to be questioned without a legal guardian so with that knowledge, give them your mother’s name and phone number again. If they feel the need to pat you down, assume the position I’ve taught you and let them pat you down but be quiet while doing so. Once they have met their goal of whatever the hell it was, if you are not arrested you wait until they have left the area completely then call me. If they arrest you, put your hands up in the air to signal your surrender then let them guide your hands into the cuffs and put you into the police car. You are to remain silent the entire ride to the station – don’t even be angry because there is no need for it especially if you are innocent. Once in the station you give them your mother’s name and number again and inform them that at your age you cannot be questioned without a guardian and/or legal representation. No matter what lies they fill your head with to scare you, know that none of their lies are above the law and the law is what I’ve taught you so do not fear their lies instead give them your mother’s name and phone number again and tell them that once a guardian is present you will answer any and all questions.
After I drill that process into his head we go over him not trying to be a hero when it comes to his other black friends.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Today I showed him the murder of Alton Sterling. Why? Because I normally hide these images and things from him, I only tell him what happens because we do not watch the news or have regular TV access, we only stream but today I needed him to see what I’ve been telling him about for once so that he truly understands that the rules I lay upon him are not to scare him but to protect him from being an Alton Sterling, or a Tamir Rice; a young boy whose death haunts me every time I think about him. He knows that these things may never come his way but if they do, he is prepared.
This kind of loss, the loss of this good, kind man who dedicated his career to feeding schoolchildren cannot be measured.
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I don’t know why, but all I’ve been holding in is just coming forth.
This tweet broke me.
https://twitter.com/MonieTalks_1/status/751194909684670464/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Luvvie/status/750822942242668544
https://twitter.com/Luvvie/status/750945363268280320
https://twitter.com/WorIdStarLaugh/status/751169495486570496
It’s earth-shattering and heart-opening at the same time to witness this precious child showing this kind of love and compassion for her mother.
Clearly these sociopathic POC are incapable of caring to commit such a vile, ugly, despicable murder.
This video clip is for me, almost as pertinent and damning a capture of the callous inhumanity that not only cold-bloodedly, dismissively, cavalierly, murderously disposes of …and where ‘fortunate’ or ‘benevolent’…only just only devalues black lives…
This video clip captures the core…the basis of my rage…
It captures the inhumanity…the heartlessness that invariably leads to the callous disposal of black lives…
It is the refusal to see black folks…
It is the callous detachment that even in the midst of death, murder…’unintentional’ tragedies by any name – no matter how ‘accidental’ or resulting from a ‘lack of training’, ‘fear’ – or any number of justifications offered up to excuse away or cover up for police whenever they murder innocent black folks in cold-blood …for no reason other than the color of their skin…
It is the callous refusal to see black people… to feel the pain, hurt, devastation, vulnerabilities …even in the midst of trauma and loss…of a black child…a black woman…
It is the callousness that prevents men who when in or out of uniform, would probably be quickly described by somebody as ‘good’, ‘God-fearing’, ‘family’ men…a callousness, complete detachment and absence of humanity that prevents these men in uniform who also are probably husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, nephews, uncles, cousins, friends….from humanely and instinctively reaching out to protect and comfort a scared and vulnerable child…and an obviously shaken and traumatized woman…
But no…
The same guys who when in and out of uniform value infinitely more the lives of the dogs in their K-9 units…and feel more a tinge of humanity for – and were probably disgusted at the loss of Cecil the Lion and Harambe the gorilla…are unable to feel any humanity – or spare a thought for…spontaneously set aside for even a moment – in the face of ‘unintended’ tragedy and obvious trauma – their ‘work’ stance and artificial ‘protocols’… to do the right thing by and for a harmless little black toddler…and her innocent distraught mother handcuffed for no reason minutes after her companion has been all in a flash, murdered in cold-blood during a routine traffic stop on an ordinary day..
It is that inability to see the humanity of a little black baby girl and her devastated black mother…the young black woman…lover, partner of the young innocent black man – that one of their own just murdered for no reason…It is that inability of their humanity to naturally and instinctively kick in …to empathize, sympathize….to embrace and instinctively reach out to protect the vulnerable black child and mother…to see them through humane eyes…to immediately seek to comfort them in a traumatic situation..
This is it right here before our eyes…this is where it all stems from…this is what’s telling…this is at the heart and lack thereof of the matter…this is a sampling…a capture of the inhumanity that drives the callous, unfeeling, inhumane response where even a black child, black woman…resides…It is that mindset that says a little black baby girl isn’t seen as innocent…and a black woman isn’t seen as vulnerable, or worthy of protection and chivalry…It is a mindset that completely devalues – and without any qualms or apologies …easily disposes of, and does away with any black life..
It isn’t just a matter of laws – though the thought of inconveniencing the more valuable and cush lives of other non-black folks in any way…that just might force changes…
But it is also the fact that even the ‘good’ Democratic Governor of Minnesota – just like his counterparts in Louisiana, Missouri, Florida, South Carolina, California…and any number of Democratic and Republican Governors and Attorney Generals…It is the fact that they hold black folks – consciously and unconsciously – with the very same sense of contempt…that they do not see black lives as valuable…that even where they themselves are black…that this society has conditioned them to view black lives as infinitely less valuable…just as they are unconsciously conditioned not to see a fully black child as ‘cute’…or a fully black woman as ‘desirable’…or worthy of respect and chivalry…
The hostile condescension of the ‘good’ Democratic Governor of Minnesota towards the Black Lives Matter movement last December – and his condescending smirk as he scoffed at the young Somali-American woman Stacey Rosana as she engaged Hillary Clinton who he accompanied on a campaign stop at a coffee shop in Minneapolis in March of this year…tells you all you need to know…
That condescension and dismissive and ‘marginally contained’ hostility – and that superior sense of how dare you lowly creature ….comes from the very same place…It is that mindset that easily disposes with those not deemed ‘valuable’ or worthy…
Sorry I haven’t been around these past days fam…sometimes when rage engulfs and overcomes ones spirit, it is best to step away …As wonderful and embracing and accommodating as our 3Chics owners are, it is still unfair to hijack and litter their space with ones uncontained anger…but tonight I have cried enough tears of fury and frustration…I wanted to come out of my isolation to let you know that I am still very much with you my fam..
https://twitter.com/ballerinaX/status/751184447546925056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And even then…no guarantees still..
https://mic.com/articles/148019/name-of-police-officer-who-shot-philando-castile-legally-under-wraps-until-charges-filed#.FUNdrRSXw
https://twitter.com/WendyRMonkey/status/750925396137291776
https://twitter.com/cegertKSTP/status/751088870943371264
https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/751185706756833280
https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/751183987348017153
https://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/751208208002379776
https://twitter.com/RT_America/status/751204555250073600
https://twitter.com/DNAinfoNY/status/751204685839753216
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/751127043488620544
https://twitter.com/HendWex/status/750670856217563136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/watsontots/status/751036306214494208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/crissles/status/750943016425287680
Yep, just another day in the life of a MASS MURDERER!
https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/750946379401355264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/750946909850734592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/750947230622769153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Amen.
https://twitter.com/metaquest/status/751185445988372480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Fuck sensitivity training for racist bigots. They don’t belong on the force and certainly in our neighborhoods. If they love their gun, go hunting and slaughter animals.
STOP USING BLACK PEOPLE FOR HUNTING ANIMALS
Americans should be “TROUBLED” NAW, WE NEED TO BE ANGRY, ASHAMED, & held accountable for the RACISM and the fact that we have STATE SANCTIONED COP KILLERS roaming our communitie.
“Obama, angered by police shootings, calls for elimination of racial bias”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/07/obama-police-shootings-alton-sterling-philando-castile/86824568/
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/751188220944220160
https://youtu.be/9DD64urEx28
@WesleyLowery
leader of the free world has had to explain the phrase “Black Lives Matter” to his nation, for a second time
https://twitter.com/loisbeckett/status/751181740971028481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/751088619117576193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/751031494546599936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/751030780294361088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/751173628096499712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/751175737948803072
Keep your strong tweeting going, SG. Your doing a great job.
(Also, would you please guide me in extra ways that I can be an ally?)
https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/751094117573296128
OMG *TEARS*
https://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/751173808074190849
We don’t want the racist police in our communities, in our neighborhoods. They’re not protecting and serving. They’re hunting & preying!
…AND KILLING WITH IMPUNITY
https://twitter.com/soit_goes/status/751167325454249984
Did you hear Gov. Dayton’s statement below?
GET THESE RACISTS ASS WHITE COPS OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
NOW
https://mobile.twitter.com/joshuadubois/status/751141267933949952
GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON
Being “Distinguished” has nothing to do with RACE, especially BLACKS FOLKS, Governor Dayton.
And why do white folks have to be FORCED to confront RACISM?
http://media.salon.com/2016/03/clinton-dear-614×412.jpg
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Here is a link to a transcript of the video for those who cannot watch it.
http://www.colorlines.com/articles/read-transcript-philando-castile-video
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Damn right something must be done.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Bipartisanism/status/751117724005208065
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/751098011065970688
https://twitter.com/TooMuchMe/status/751076078458986496
Because they believe the 2nd amendment and gun laws are exclusive to WHITES
Also too, PBO can throw out the DOJ Is opening Civil Rights investigation, this has proven a FRUITLESS effort.
It is the state/local laws and the white slave masters in place that totally disregard any semblance of enforcing these LAWS EQUALLY & JUSTLY.
Using Black men & women as slot machines by collecting petty fine$ and using us as target practice, and feigning fear of us as the reason.
IT’S SICK.
https://mobile.twitter.com/blogdiva/status/750924529715806208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Dear God, I just saw the entire video of this HORRIFIC MURDER.
IT’S BEYOND HEARTBREAKING.
I couldn’t watch it.
So disturbing, Rikyrah. video taping your loved one gunned down and murdered in cold blood for NOTHING.
It’s so exhausting for my heart to keep pushing and supporting. I am so tired. I feel so weary, so very sad. My heart is all torn up.
I don’t see how people maintain their strength when they are directly affected or when they have the stress of knowing that their children, friends, and loved ones are vulnerable because they are Black.
To have watched that video and the one of Sterling…
I rededicated myself to keep pushing and keep advocating and keep hope in my heart for change.
Y’all, it’s time for President Obama to step up. AG Loretta Lynch reports to him. He needs to address this today.
I just read his statement. It’s not what I was looking for. He might be encouraged by the umpteenth investigation but I’m not, not even slightly. Investigations of murders are best when they lead to indictments, and that is not happening.
AG Loretta Lynch reports to PBO.
And now Hillary is next in line. Remember Bill’s AG, Janet Reno?
What do y’all figure the political calculation is here? Well, the Democrats are gearing up to nominate Hillary, Hillary must defeat Trump the Monster to save the nation (a good candidate would have no problem), the votes of white independents might be lost if the cops are called out, and lastly, black folks are a FIREWALL, they will vote for Hillary no matter what. So, open a federal investigation, say a few words to reassure black folks without getting the police too upset.
This can’t possibly be working. Folks should be at their wits end about now.
https://twitter.com/Nettaaaaaaaa/status/751118331327836160
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/751071309103263744
https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/751119543184031744
PBO, the “underlying fissures” that lead to these incidents are out-of-control, gun happy racist cops and/or cops who are terrified of the people they serve. Either way, these people should not be cops. You can “train” them in “community policing” until there is a cool, rainy day in Hell, and it will make no difference whatsoever. As far as “implementing ideas that make a difference” how about some arrests, indictments, trials, and convictions by the Department of Justice?
GET THESE FUCKING RCISTS, SOULESS, KILLER COPS OFF THE STREETS & OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS!
There killing solved!
https://twitter.com/NeelCNN/status/751018976818372608
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/751012827717070848
They treated her with emotional cruelty.
We Should Not Have To Jump Through Hoops To Prove That Black Lives Matter
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/07/we-should-not-have-to-jump-through-hoops-to-prove-that-black-lives-matter/
Here is a tweet that was posted in the above article:
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/750941473735004164
https://twitter.com/BSUColumbia/status/751109435339124736
https://twitter.com/brownblaze/status/751087911488004096
https://twitter.com/brownblaze/status/751093205408489472
https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/751093016778182656
It is more than this, but this is one issue that needs to be addressed:
https://twitter.com/hbcreative/status/751096306614018048
https://twitter.com/4NIKKOLAS/status/751071721122242562
From BJ:
Black Families have to video tape encounters, go on TV and defend their loved ones, after they are shot & murdered by KKK COPS! When do they ever have time to just GRIEVE?
My heart was breaking as I watched Diamond talking today in the video below. You are right, Ametia. Diamond had to go on TV defending and seeking justice for Philando.
The police didn’t give Philando medical aid to stop the bleeding. Diamond said that they didn’t even check his pulse.
Oh, but they took time to “soothe” and comfort the cop who shot Philando. They never tried to comfort Diamond…just held her in jail for 5 hours with NO food or water and no visit from a clergy member.
Callousness, pure callousness.
https://twitter.com/rolandsmartin/status/751084485295374336
TORTURE! What kind of SOULESSNESS, EVIL-DOERS are we paying to protect us?
These MOFOs are hired to KILL. PERIOD.
@Ella in New Mexico:
I’ve been Black in America longer than 3 days.
I don’t believe the officer – AT ALL.
I believe the girlfriend.
Philando did exactly as the officer told him to do – BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO HOME ALIVE.
You all can believe that bullshyt if you want to that he’d disobey what the police officer said and went for a GUN.
PHUCK.OUTTA.HERE.
https://twitter.com/KristenClarkeJD/status/751014987532042241
Lord have MERCY. Those kids will be devastated. The ripple effects of what these killer cops do reaches far and wide, ike a tornado plowing down everything in its path.
https://twitter.com/LannahBanana_/status/751058870974484480
https://mobile.twitter.com/NewDay/status/751039680863412224
My heart breaks for her.
“Even when we do everything right, the cops still murder us.”-Philando Castile’s mother.
#PhilandoCastile
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) July 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/751062206926716928
OF COURSE, THEY DID
Mr. Castile’s child, who saw her father murdered before her eyes…was FOUR YEARS OLD.
Cop fired 4 shots into the car with a little baby in the back seat.
It’s EVIL. These cops are EVIL, with no feelings, thoughts, and our tax paying $$ are feeding these SOULESS creatures to KILL US.
Mother of Philando Castile:
And yet…
HE’S STILL DEAD
Another devastated family….
Another mother who carries this heavy burden of sorrow to her grave…
On a serious tip..
The reason why all you DRONES DRONES DRONES…
NSA SPYING ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE….
CIVIL LIBERTIES….BLAH BLAH BLAH….
Can miss me is because, in terms of my life as a Black person…
I told you before… I don’t give two shyts about drones or NSA Spying..
the biggest threat to my PERSONAL security is an encounter with law enforcement..
RIGHT HERE EVERYDAY IN AMERICA.
I wake up this morning and another police killing of a black man for a fucking routine traffic stop
Add ISIL/ISIS to the mix as well.
American police & WHITE SUMPREMACY SYSTEM are the biggest threat to BLACK AMERICANS.
The demonization of black men by the media and white politicians as larger than life monsters has led to a national crisis with the killing of black men & little boys #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling #JohnCrawford #MichaelBrown #JamarClark #EricGarner #TrayvonMartin #TamirRice
There is no way to stop this CRISIS FROM HELL until the Department of Justice puts some of these murderers behind bars.
You go to bed and it’s #AltonSterling
You wake up and it’s #PhilandoCastile
White America’s hate of our black skin is too much.
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) July 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, needs to answer some questions. What is her vision for the Department of Justice? What is she looking for in an Attorney General? Is the DOJ under Clinton going to prosecute police, or does she think that investigations, reports, and agreements are effective by themselves?
first thing heard this morning when I woke up. CHILLING
The white media and white politicians have demonized black people forever & a day, now cops are killing us even as we follow their orders with the cameras rolling.
I care so much about this, SG2, and my heart just goes out to you, rikyrah, and Ametia for all that you are experiencing right now. Please know I am sending bright waves of strength, comfort and empathetic understanding, and courage to you three and to all of our Black community reading here. I am so sorry so terribly sorry. I want change so badly that it hurts.
Thank you, Yahtc.
Thanks yahtc
The GOVERNMENT has a DUTY to protect it’s citizens. And it’s not happening. It needs to be held accountable. Black people aren’t safe here.
A comment from BJ:
https://mobile.twitter.com/HeyAprill/status/750913141421314052
https://twitter.com/hoon/status/750934214707515392
Since Mr. Castile had no criminal record, there is no mug shot to plaster over the airwaves. What will they use to make him seem menacing?
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/07/06/police-officer-involved-shooting-in-falcon-heights/
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/750909041430368256
Mr. Castile was killed in front of his child.
For all of those who signed Jesse Williams’ petition….
Sit Your Azzes Down and Shut DA PHUQ Up!
Those of us knew…Mr. Williams was on point.
Yes, Jesse William was right in his speech.
Here is the video live streamed by Lavisha Reynolds on her Facebook in the aftermath of the police officer shooting her boyfriend. I have transcribed it up to timestamp 1:40 and will post the transcription following the video.
https://youtu.be/6WkTURRuDZ0&rel=0
This is too much. My heart aches for Lavisha Reynolds who with amazing controlled calm live streamed on her Facebook page the aftermath of a police officer’s shooting of her boyfriend.
https://twitter.com/jeoncrack/status/750907576481710092
This excerpt of transcript at done at the Star Tribune link here http://www.startribune.com/transcript-of-facebook-live-shooting-aftermath-video/385850431/
continues where my transcript left off: