if you care more about buildings, vandalism of public property and burning pieces of fabric then innocent people of colour being murdered by police officers and more then the message people are putting out then you are part of the problem.
George Floyd’s life matters, Ahmaud Arbery’s life matters, Breonna Taylor’s life matters, Tamir Rice’s life matters, Eric Garner’s life matters, Michael Brown’s life matters, Freddie Gray’s life matters, Philando Castile’s life matters, Sandra Bland’s life matters, Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s life matters, Trayvon Martin’s life matters, your life as a black person matters.
I’m going to link places where you can donate, sign petitions and get more information
Donations
NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Fights for the overall equality fight.
THE MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND: collect funds to pay jail bonds for the protesters who get arrested.
BLACK LIVES MATTER: An organization fighting for the BLM movement.
BLACK VISIONS MN: an organization that is led by Black, Queer and Trans people.
Petitions
ARREST THE OFFICERS WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD: The main police officer who murdered George has been charged with 3rd-degree murder while the 3 other police officers, 2 of which held him down and one stood by and watched, have yet to be charged or even arrested.
Breonna Taylor was killed by police who were conducting an unannounced drug raid, where they gave no request to enter. They bashed her door and entered, shooting her eight times. They were in the wrong house and the suspect they were looking for was already in custody
Willie Simmons has spent 38 years in prison for a $9 robbery. He had two prior convictions similar to robbery that he served time for. He was prosecuted under the Alabama Habitual Offender law and was given a life sentence for his third strike - stealing $9 dollars.
George Floyd was killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck and suffocated him to death after George pleaded with the officer and told him he couldn’t breathe. The officer had pulled him from where he sat in his car on an alleged FORGERY. You can also text “FLOYD” to 55156
