This is part of what weâre talking about when we discuss the ways the criminal injustice system is designed to tear apart nonwhite families, how itâs held over our heads. He got out of âhis placeâ and stood up against white supremacy and is now being punished for it, by ripping his family apart and trying to destroy his life. This man did right and will now be separated from the real world and his family for four yearsâand thatâs if they play everything by the books and he makes it out at the end of those four years.
Where were the Good Cops protecting him from harassment? When did the Good Cops report their partners and friends for targeting a citizen for a personal vendetta? Where are the Good Cops when the rest of the cops are flagrantly violating citizensâ rights?
White dudes have this thing where they believe your best friend in the world can have opposing political ideas. Youâre supposed to be able to have healthy debate and disagreeing shouldnât harm your friendship.
Thatâs gross and stupid. Its really easy to say that when all your disagreements are theoretical. Its easy to say when none of the laws passed actually effect your life. Fighting with your best friend about corporate regulations, school charters, educational funding, abortion, health care, voting restrictions, drug laws, taxes and all sorts of stuff is cool and lively because none of it is going to actually leave you in a bad spot.
Its different for the rest of us. I canât be friends with you if you think I shouldnât be allowed to vote. We canât be friends if you think my friends shouldnât have the ability to designate whatever gender they want and have that be legally recognized. We canât be friends if you think I donât deserve health care. Or if you think native children should be ripped away from their cultures and people. We canât be friends if you think closing down health care clinics in an attempt to end safe legal abortions is a good thing.
All these theoretical political ideas and lively debates effect real people, and I wonât be friends with someone who disagrees with me on them. Because disagreement means you donât see me or a whole bunch of my friends and family as human beings worthy of rights and respect.
The Facebook comments âbetray an utter lack of respect or acknowledgement for the struggles of Indigenous people,â the group said.
A local group seeking justice for Abdirahman Abdi, a Somali man who died after a police confrontation last summer, says it is âoutragedâ by the Ottawa Police Serviceâs handling of an Inuit womanâs suspicious death and a scandal that has reignited accusations of racism within the force. Â
A Facebook account linked to Sgt. Chris Hrnchiar added comments under an Ottawa Citizen article on the discovery of Annie Pootoogookâs body in the Rideau River on Sept. 19.
Pootoogook, 46, was a renowned artist whose drawings chronicling modern indigenous life gave her international recognition and praise, including a $50,000 Sobey Art Award in 2006 and a review in the New York Times which called her work âdisconcertingly autobiographical.â
The controversial online comments, which have since been deleted, said her death âhas nothing to do with missing or murdered Aboriginal womenâ and said that âmuch of the Aboriginal population in Canada is just satisfied being alcohol or drug abusers.â
In light of the social media posts, Ottawa police confirmed an officer was now the subject of an internal investigation brought on by a complaint from Chief Charles Bordeleau. Police have not publicly named the officer.
The Justice for Abdirahman Abdi Coalition released a statement Thursday strongly condemning the comments, saying they âbetray an utter lack of respect or acknowledgement for the struggles of Indigenous people.â
The group is also raising concerns that the Ottawa police major crime unit did not initially rule Pootoogookâs death as suspicious.
âThe fact that an Indigenous woman found dead in a river, especially in light of the ongoing national tragedy of missing and murdered Indigenous women, was declared at first not to be suspicious is astounding,â the group said in the statement.
moderator: what are your thoughts on the cyberwar
trump: i have a son. great son. hes 10 yrs old. he has a computer. hes so good at the computer you wouldnt even believe
OH SHIT you know what else i forgot is this WONDERFUL essay on die antwoordâs entire performance as blackface.  not just their literal use of blackface.  like, theyâd be racist even if they didnât do that and this essay explains why and is also fairly accessible to those who arenât at all familiar with south african culture.  i canât recommend this essay enough.  itâs one of the best pieces on the intersection of music criticism and race theory iâve read ever.  (itâs written by a professor at the university of cape town)
Sister of Terence Crutcher, who has become another victim of the police brutality says she wants justice. She demands charges pressed against the officer, who killed her brother in cold blood. Please, welcome, Betty Shelby.
She is on paid leave now. She is on paid vacation for killing a black man for nothing.Â
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