Justice For Matt

This website is dedicated to the memory of Matthew Ajibade aka Matt Black.

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RE: Chris Oladapo’s Victim’s Statement in the Death of Mathew Ajiabde

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Mark Capers,

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Since my brother Mathew Ajibade’s death I’ve devoted what’s left of my life to understanding the conditions that led to his killing in the hands of the Police.

I have come to at least one realization so far. Apart from the obvious institutionalized racism, another major issue in Law Enforcement is the problematic leader. A leader filled with the pride and power of leadership forgetting that he is truly a servant of the people.

Case in point Chatham County false leader Sheriff Al St. Lawrence; When ask how he felt about the low use of tasers in neighboring counties Chatham county sheriff replied, “ I DONT KNOW WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING AND I DONT CARE!!”

That simple statement lets you know what kind of leader he truly his. No man is an island but Sheriff Al St. Lawrence feels whatever successful tactics other jails have done to lower the abuse of inmates doesn’t matter when in fact the best way to grow is to learn from your peers.

A true leader lives above the standard, set the tone for their environment and takes responsibility for the failures of their deputies. An admirable leader would step down when they are unfit to leader but Sheriff Al St. Lawrence seems to value his position more than the lives of the people he swore to protect. Shame.

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My Death Summary How: Blunt force trauma Where: In Chatham County Jail Who: Police Why: Guess they wanted to show me who is boss

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Can I Get A Witness? Nafis White | 2014 | website .  facebook . twitter Neon & Acrylic. 18”x30”

“Can I Get A Witness grew out of my outrage and sorrow of seeing Michael Brown dead in the street on August 9th. He lived in Ferguson, MO where my Grandmother, aunt and cousin do. He was shot multiple times by a police officer, murdered in cold blood, disregarded and thrown out as trash, his body laying in the street for hours, an event that deeply and profoundly affected me. 

Seeing tear gas discharged onto American citizens, the beatings, shootings with rubber bullets, the flash bangs, the batons striking and the presence of dogs was a travesty of massive proportion unseen since the brutality of the Civil Rights Era. The people of this community and country marching and speaking out against the murder of its young were brutally punished by its paid protective force. That event in Ferguson triggered the memory of all the many, many, many cases country wide where youth and adults, especially black and brown people have been killed by policing forces. We have had enough.

My artistic practice is one of documentation, communication, traversing landscapes and speaking about my surroundings. This terrible event, along with the many before and after are part of my landscape, part of my DNA, and the call to action, to work together as a community to challenge these violent events is being illuminated and shouted out for all to bare witness to. Our collective witnessing is what is shifting our landscape.”

- Nafis White

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RIP Mathew Ajibade United We Stand Divided We Fall. Rumble young man Listen to the King speak!

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