[lifeinpoetry]

Refusing the Narrative: Books to Educate Yourself

Against Police Violence by Seven Stories Press - free ebook

The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale - free ebook

Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States eds. Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-lan Price - free ebook

The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence by Laurence Ralph - free until June 6th

Police: A Field Guide by David Correia and Tyler Wall - free ebook

Twitter thread of links to fundamental texts

Another thread

blk thots. - pdf library - for Black and Indigenous folks without academic institutional access

another thread - texts for NBPOC & white people on racism, capitalism, etc. + protest zines 

If you want to donate:

Comprehensive list of where to donate

pizza pi press - 100% of book proceeds go to “different local org & bail funds”

Inside the Castle - $15 access to all ebooks, 100% of money raised goes to support BLM. So if you picked up a free ebook or two previously consider making a donation.

[rowark]

Tagging @allthecanadianpolitics

[technoxenoholic]

caption:

“I’m so happy we live in Canada”

between 2000 and 2017, Canadian police were involved in at least 460 fatal conflicts with civilians

one third of victims shot by the RCMP between 2007 and 2017 were Indigenous

the RCMP was created to forcibly displace Indigenous people from their land. they were also responsible for enforcing the Indian Act and taking Indigenous children from their homes and putting them in residential schools

Black people in Halifax are 6 times more likely to be carded by the police

the Black community makes up 3.4% of Canada's population and 9% of police fatalities

Indigenous people make up 4.8% of Canada's population and 15% of police fatalities

Black people in Toronto are 20 times more likely to be shot dead by the police

Black drivers in Ottawa are 2.3 times more likely to be stopped by the police

(in the center of the image is a large image of a black power fist, drawn in the color red)

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[tepkunset]

A few more facts:

Of the 460 fatal conflicts that police were involved in between 2000 and 2017, only 3 murder charges were laid against officers.

Indigenous peoples make up approx. 10.6% of Winnipeg's population, but 60% of police fatalities. Just two months ago they killed 3 Indigenous peoples--2 men and a 16 year old girl--in the span of 3 days.

Black peoples make up approx. 7.5% of the Toronto population, but 40% of inmates in segregation at the Toronto South Detention Centre.

Black peoples make up approx. 7.5% of the Toronto population, but 37% of police fatalities.

Black peoples make up approx. 1% of Vancouver’s population, but 5% of police stops. 

Indigenous peoples make up approx. 2% of Vancouver’s population, but 15% of police stops.

Black peoples make up approx. 3.4% of Canada's population, but 10% of the total federally incarcerated population.

Indigenous peoples make up approx. 4.8% of Canada’s population, but 25% of the total federally incarcerated population.

Between 2005 and 2015, the number of incarcerated Indigenous Peoples increased by more than 50%, while the number of incarcerated Indigenous women almost doubled.

Sources: [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]

And here is a list of high profile police murders of Black, Indigenous and other POC in Canada. (TW for descriptions of the police brutality.) You will notice Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old Afro-Indigenous woman is now at the top of the list, after police pushed her off her balcony on May 27, 2020. Here is her family’s gofundme.

#ItHappensHereToo

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[the8studies]

taken from my instagram

history of editing notes

[pileastudies]

march 13 - 19, 2017 — really happy with this spread, i was having quite a stressful week because of the dutch elections and preparing my portfolio interview for art school but everything turned out fine 🌻

[celestudy]

3 apr 2017 | 10/100 days of productivity

i’m somewhat proud of this month’s spread, it was also very fun to do !!

the aesthetic if one can call it that & the pic i chose & stuff for this spread was mostly inspired @studylustre’s journals bc da m n,

[hue-studies]

4.2.17

It’s Sunday afternoon. The sun is shining. And I am happy happy happy.

[agustudy]

I have a French oral + english controlled assessment tomorrow and I haven't written out either of them ha

[oekaki-chan]

Some illustrations for my business card back sides _(:3 」∠)_

[agustudy]

I haven't posted for like... 2 months whoops... but anyways I'm so so so tired and I did my art exam today and it went really really well!! It was a 10 hour exam and I was so nervous for it but I actually got everything done with one hour to spare!! 😊😊 I have an English controlled assessment and a French oral next week tho pls kill me now

[silverapmon]

Friendly reminder that the reason Yoongi says he hates Converse in “Converse High” is because THEY ARE HARD TO TAKE OFF OF GIRLS

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My test is tomorrow. Aaaaahh! I just l cannot believe how fast time goes… I am using little flash cards for the first time and I must say, they are really effective!All the best to fellow studyblrs with tests this week!👍 I’ll cheer for all of you. Feel free to ask me any questions.

[agustudy]

i hate myself i hate myself i hate myself so fucnkignjdfng much omhg 

[gudetama-studies]

❛ She felt very young; at the same time unspeakably aged.❜ ( 1 1 / 0 3 / 2 0 1 7 )

[studyein]

i would like to make a masterpost bc i want to procrastinate but idk what to do it on

[agustudy]

On procrastination 😉

[studyein]

i am horrible at not procrastinating

[agustudy]

Same tho lmao I'm gonna hate myself tomorrow 😟😵😳

[agustudy]

First world problems when you need to paint and you need your phone to look at reference photo but you also need to be on YouTube to listen to music but your phone wont let you do both

[studyein]

youtube red

[agustudy]

Yeah but that costs money n I'm too lazy to ask my parents for some

[studyein]

i would like to make a masterpost bc i want to procrastinate but idk what to do it on

[agustudy]

On procrastination 😉