Queer Activist @poc-lives-matter - Tumblr Blog

Yo. Anyone remember that headline where a pregnant woman was shot in the stomach during an altercation, miscarried, was charged with homicide, and the person that caused the miscarriage went free?

(They claimed it was the pregnant woman's fault for getting into a dangerous situation and ergo was being wreckless and uncaring about the health of the fetus.)

Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old Birmingham woman, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on a manslaughter charge.

-fae

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skylightsofmylife

I think I found my new favorite thing.

#fuck yeah #black lives matter

marauders4evr

Abled Person: Hey man, can you hold this wad of $2,000 and this one penny for me while I open my wallet?

Disabled Person: YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOL!

The United States Government:

(Watch how many people don’t get this.)

marauders4evr

#raises hand #i dont understand #please explain?

In order for disabled people to receive any sort of financial assistant for their housing, food, bills, medical supplies, etc., they cannot ever have more than $2,000 of resources to their name. Ever.

It doesn’t matter what it’s for.

You’re saving up for a new wheelchair?

For college?

To put a downpayment on a house?

Hell man, you just happen to budget for once in your life so that you can have some extra money in case something bad happens?

Your benefits immediately get cut off if you’re a cent over $2,000.

And, even worse, you usually end up having to pay back every dollar the government gave you that month.

So say you get $400. If they find out you’re twenty dollars over the resource limit, you have to give them all $400 back and you undergo an investigation of your funds to see if you will continue getting money.

“What if I spend the money that day?”

Doesn’t matter. In fact, from what I can tell, people who do this are actually put under investigation for fraud.

And yes, this system literally kills people.

locuas642

Remember when “Guardians of the Galaxy” came out? one of Rocket Racoon’s creators, Bill Mantlo, suffered an accident in 1992 and has irreparable brain damage.

before the movie came out, Marvel gave him an exclusive preview screening. SOme people were upset because they felt if Marvel was really wanted to thank mantlo, they should have donated money to Mantlo’s family.

Bill Mantlo’s brother had to come out and explain: If Marvel gave them monetary aid, Bill Mantlo would lose his financial assistance.

rootbeergoddess

That’s so utterly depressing.

sushinfood

disgusting

beeskeepony

I have friends on welfare who won’t pick up a penny in the street because they’d risk the welfare they struggled to get for 10 years.

raenboow

oh look another fucked up thing in this world. let’s just add it to the list. number 63858b

luvtonique

My brother has been on California State SSI for autism for the last 10 years, and he absolutely has to (no joke, HAS TO) spend all 720 bucks of his SSI every month, because if he puts it in the bank he risks losing his SSI altogether.

Sometimes, at the end of the month, he has no idea what to do with his money because the whole month went by and he still has 400-ish bucks in his account, and he fucking panics because he doesn’t want to get anywhere near 2,000.

And here’s the funnest part of the story!

One day he did a huge commission on Second Life and wound up earning 1500 bucks off of it, and he told the guy to donate it 500 bucks at a time over 3 months. The guy didn’t want to, and just donated all 1500, which put my brother at 2,036 bucks.

The state IMMEDIATELY (I’m talking less than an hour) called him up to tell him over the phone that they were canceling his SSI, because they noticed he had gone over the 2,000 buck threshold. He had to tell them that someone had made a charitable donation to him and that this was not a common occurrence in any way shape or form, and upon not believing him, my mother had to call to talk to them as his legal caretaker and say basically the same thing until they called off the cancellation of his SSI money.

He also had to cancel his renter’s assistance because it put him to 1,062 a month, so if he went 30 days without spending any money they’d cancel his SSI altogether. Like, none of us in the family have any fucking clue why that regulation is in place and it’s the stupidest shit in human history.

Please, legal side of Tumblr, tell me what positive reasoning this law has?

sodomymcscurvylegs

Happy 4th of July everyone! This is what the “nation of opportunity” looks like.

xfirecorex

There’s something called an ABLE account that can help. If you are on SSI and were diagnosed as disabled before the age of 26 you can apply for an ABLE account that will allow you to save up to $99,000. More people need to know about this!

strawbebbynya

thank you so much for this information. i’m applying for an abled account right now

viostormcaller

THERES A WHAT

OH GOD BLESS THE SHIT OUTTA YOU YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FREAKED OUT OVER THIS I WAS

septic-dr-schneep

I’ve been looking into SSI; I had no idea about this!

perksofbeingdisabled

Read till the end for the important info

whatevercomestomymind

Reblog to literally save a disabled person’s life

victorywithseaandsun

According to wiki, 39 states + DC have ABLE accounts, so check with your state

grimprocrastinatrix

This is so important.

justagenderthings

People who realize they’re trans later in life are just as valid as those who do when they’re younger!

guerrillatech

https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/14026897807x06578441

guerrillatech

motherfucking-breadcrumbs

For those who haven’t heard, this woman in Arkansas was speeding by a slight margin (5 miles) and was flagged to pull over by an officer. She put on her blinker and got into the right most lane, then slowed and put her hazards on, indicating she was looking for a safe place to pull over. This is actually what police departments, and this one specifically, tell people to do. The shoulder on that road was quite narrow, and she was likely waiting to exit the interstate.

Despite this, the officer slowly gains on her and uses a pit maneuver to spin her car out. This sent her (and her unborn child) careening into the median and completely flipping the car. The officer is heard calling for ems in a very calm voice.

From what I can find, the woman is alright, as is her child. She’s looking to pursue legal action against the officer, who has defended his actions by claiming she was driving wildly and swerving. As I’ve seen so far, he is still being paid and on the force.

hawkeyedflame

stylish-suidae

In case there was any doubt that cops are fucking liars, here's the video of her "driving wildly and swerving"

weaselle

zero remorse in this officers voice -- this is the voice of a police officer who knows he can get away with almost anything and doesn’t care if he hurts people

dancingspirals

Speaking as someone who has taken it, the Arkansas Driver's manual specifically states that if there is no safe place to pull over to slow down, get in the right lane, and turn your hazards on to show you plan to stop. In other words, she did EXACTLY what she was supposed to do.

katiebear716

what the fucking fucking fuck.

danhasnolife

Ain't it something that my state is EXTREMELY pro life until it's the cops doing a far less safe procedure

Also FIVE MILES OVER IS BASICALLY LEGAL HERE

No one goes out of their way to pull someone over for that unless they're trying to meet quota or they're just fucking soulless.

poc-lives-matter

Fuck the police.

#you can’t just ‘defund’ this shit #and you can’t reform it #fuck 12 #tw police violence #cw police violence #cw #tw

ownerofidaho

okay but honestly, amab enby people do NOT get as much love as they deserve.

demigender-exe

If you're nonbinary, amab, and present masculine, then I have some news for you.

You are awesome and totally valid!

If you look at the makhia Bryant video four shots was excessive but she had a knife and he parents didn’t stop her

she still shouldn’t have been shot????

she was defending herself and let’s not forget.

she. was. a. child.

a CHILD

#fOuR sHoTs WaS ExCesSiVe #that fuxking pig shot a child #how many times doesn’t matter.#black lives matter #justice for ma'khia bryant

mintedwitcher

I'm not interested in fucking debating about Ma'Khia Bryant's murder. She was a goddamn CHILD. She was afraid for her life and using a knife to defend herself from a group of women who wanted to hurt her. She was so damn afraid that she did the same thing that white kids are taught to do: call the cops.

And they fucking killed her.

This child is dead because she dared to take a damn risk and put trust in the system that calls itself protectors.

She needed their help and they fucking killed her.

I dont give two shits what your goddamn argument is. If you can really sit there and say that this CHILD deserved to die then you have forfeited your fucking humanity and you are no better than the pig who pulled the fucking trigger.

This fight is not over. Say her name: Ma'Khia Bryant.

As always yall. No justice, no fucking peace.