I am heartbroken by the disgusting acts of violence that have once again cast such a dark light on my birthplace, Atlanta, and my current residence, Philadelphia.
The shooting of Secoriea Turner is absolutely gutwrenching - an 8-year-old girl in the back seat of her parents' car as they attempted to pass near the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed by Atlanta PD. It is inexcusable. The people who have taken over that area clearly do not want to progress the cause of ending police brutality and racial injustice, they just want to terrorize. They do not represent the wave of legitimate activism that has recently taken hold in our country. On the same day that we saw hundreds of legally armed black men and women march to Stone Mountain and stand up against the hatred that is carved into the rock, on the same day they chanted "Black Lives Matter" and "Black Love," an innocent black girl is taken from us in a cowardly act of violence, overshadowing the beauty of the march. And just a short drive away, more than a dozen people were shot as the community gathered to watch fireworks.
And then there is Philadelphia... In a span of just a few hours tonight, there were at least 6 shootings, including the fatal shootings of a 6-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy. 27 people have been shot since Friday and 6 of those people have died. The so called "City of Brotherly Love," ladies and gentlemen.
At a time when we are all standing up for what is right, we cannot ignore this insanity and we much tackle all elements that endanger the lives of our children, whether it be police brutality, or the constant struggle of poverty that breeds so much violence in our communities. We cannot let these outbreaks turn our attention away from the cause, but we also cannot ignore it. Black Lives Matter, so while we continue to take on corrupt cops and repugnant historical hate, we must also condemn this bloodshed and demand better from ourselves and each other.
The arsonist who set fire to the Autozone (video below) in Minneapolis has been identified as officer JACOB PEDERSON, a COP and NOT a protestor attending the Justice for George Floyd protests, by his ex wife. Pigs are framing arson on protestors demanding justice for the murder of an innocent Black man by killer cops.
“A bunch of undercover cops were the main ones starting the arsons!!!!!! Spread the word!!! https://t.co/eCBEAt9EOC”
Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines
Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as Beijing steps up its fight against imported infections, drawing US accusations of xenophobia.
China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials.
Local authorities in the industrial centre of 15 million said at least eight people diagnosed with the illness had spent time in the city’s Yuexiu district, known as “Little Africa”.
Five were Nigerian nationals who faced widespread anger after reports surfaced that they had broken a mandatory quarantine and been to eight restaurants and other public places instead of staying home.
As a result, nearly 2,000 people they came into contact with had to be tested for COVID-19 or undergo quarantine, state media said.
Guangzhou had confirmed 114 imported coronavirus cases as of Thursday — 16 of which were Africans. The rest were returning Chinese nationals.
The tense situation has made Africans targets of suspicion, distrust and racism in China — and brought a stinging rebuke Saturday from Washington.
Several Africans told AFP they had been forcibly evicted from their homes and turned away by hotels.
“I’ve been sleeping under the bridge for four days with no food to eat… I cannot buy food anywhere, no shops or restaurants will serve me,” said Tony Mathias, an exchange student from Uganda who was forced from his apartment on Monday.
“We’re like beggars on the street,” the 24-year-old said.
Mathias added that police had given him no information about testing or quarantine but instead told him “to go to another city”.
Police in Guangzhou declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
A Nigerian businessman said he was evicted from his apartment this week.
“Everywhere the police see us, they will come and pursue us and tell us to go home. But where can we go?” he said.
Growing tensions
Other Africans said the community had been subject to mass COVID-19 testing even though many had not left China recently, and people had been placed under arbitrary quarantine at home or in hotels.
China has banned foreign nationals from entering the country, and many travellers are being sent into 14-day quarantines either in their own accommodation or at centralised facilities.
Thiam, an exchange student from Guinea, said police ordered him to stay home on Tuesday even after he tested negative for COVID-19 and told officers he had not left China in almost four years.
He believes the measures are specifically and unfairly targeting Africans.
“All the people I’ve seen tested are Africans. Chinese are walking around freely but if you’re black you can’t go out,” he said.
The US State Department has issued an alert advising African Americans, or those with potential contact with African nationals, to avoid Guangzhou.
Then on Saturday the department issued a sharp criticism of China over how it treats Africans.
“It’s unfortunate but not surprising to see this kind of xenophobia towards Africans by Chinese authorities,” a State Department spokesperson said.
The US in recent weeks has denounced what it calls Beijing’s lack of transparency at the start of the coronavirus epidemic, which was first detected in late 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan. American officials say the delay resulted in thousands of deaths around the world.
Despite a recent truce in the US-Chinese war of words, skirmishes have continued between the two world powers, already locked in a long-term strategic confrontation.
Crazy fear’
The infections in Guangzhou have also sparked a torrent of abuse online, with many Chinese internet users posting racist comments and calling for all Africans to be deported.
Last week a controversial cartoon depicting foreigners as different types of trash to be sorted through went viral on social media.
“There’s just this crazy fear that anybody who’s African might have been in contact with somebody who was sick,” said David, a Canadian living in Guangzhou who did not want to give his full name.
China’s foreign ministry acknowledged this week that there had been some “misunderstandings” with the African community.
“I want to emphasise that the Chinese government treats all foreigners in China equally,” said spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday, urging local officials to “improve their working mechanisms”.
The complaints in Guangzhou contrast with a welcome reception to Chinese efforts in battling the coronavirus across the African continent, where Beijing this week donated medical supplies to 18 countries.
So does anyone else remember when folks were apologizing and kowtowing to China over the Hong Kong protest?
Yeah. Remember when China "was/still is" fucking over their own people human rights and everybody was sucking that Winnie the Pooh dick?
Houston Rockets star James Harden on Monday apologized to China amid a backlash in that country to the team's general manager expressing sup
Apple, Nike, Mercedes-Benz, and more have altered products and company materials at the behest of Chinese authorities.
I wonder if y'all going to speak up now.
"Then they came for me.. And there was no one left To speak out for me."
Okay, I’m sorry but I just feel so restless about the bushfires, I made a mini-comic. Maybe it will get a few more people to donate. I wish I could do more. Please see http://wires.org.au if you want to help. :(
I don’t understand why everyone is flipping out about this now. Wildfires happen in Australia all the time. It’s nothing new, same as the forest fires in the Amazon last year.
China is putting Uyghur Muslims into Concentration Camps
This is one of the greatest attrocities and oppression taking place in the world today yet still it is one of the least talked about issues. It’s estimated possibly over 2 million Uyghur Muslims have been put into these concentration camps which China calls “re-edcuation camps” and the goals is to wipe out and clean them from their cultural and religious identity. They have built dozens of these camps with fortified walls and barbed wire fences which they hide from the world media.
China sees Islam as an ‘ideological disease’. Many of the people put in these camps don’t make it out alive due to to the harsh living conditions inside. Many leave behind children who are then sent to government run orphanages and are brainwashed from a young age removing their cultural and religious identity.
Uyghur Muslims can be arrested and put in these camps for the smallest of reasons and every step they take is monitored by the authorities. Facial recognition cameras and high tech equipment has been deployed in East Turkestan turning it into a complete surveillance state. This isn’t fantasy or ‘fake news’. This is happening now in East Turkestan. Don’t let history repeat itself. Share and let the world know the truth.
I believe every word here because I remember China’s infiltration in African countries especially Uganda. Forcing the women to marry Chinese men and give up their culture as a way to maintain tight control of their minerals and resources. The Chinese are the new colonizers but they are getting away with because no one is aware of it. They are being a lot smarter about it and thus history repeats itself. Please spread awareness about their literal concentration/ death camps.
Uighur Muslims are currently being persecuted and forcibly detained in Chinese camps where they remain as prisoners, forced into labor and tortured. This is all because there is a crackdown on the Muslim population in China. New reports reveal that Uighur Muslims are shackled, transported, and having their organs harvested.
Fight the real smog monsters we face today and do your bit to help stop climate change! (This post isn’t meant to trivialise, and what Greta is doing is incredibly important for everyone.)
Tomorrow at 5pm will mark 1 week since the disappearance of 5-year-old Maria Alavez and still there are no new leads.
Here is what we know.
Maria was at City Park in Bridgeton, New Jersey Monday, 16 September 2019 at 5PM. She was on the swings with her 3-year-old brother while her mother watched from 30 yards away. According to witnesses, a light skinned man, possibly Hispanic, no facial hair but noticable acne, wearing orange sneakers, red pants, and a black shirt, abducted Maria by luring her into a red mini van with tinted windows.
There has been no sign of her since.
One the day of her kidnapping, she was wearing a yellow shirt, black and white checkered pants, and white slip on shoes. She is described as a Hispanic female, 3'5" in height, medium build, long dark hair.
Anyone with any information relevant to this case is asked to call Bridgeton Police at (856) 451-0033 or text tip411, you can also contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. If you see Maria, call 911 immediately.
A $35,000 reward is being offered.
Please keep your eyes and ears open and speak up with any information that could help bring this baby home.
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