#altonsterling

[omanxl1]

Erykah Badu - Honey (Ron Trent's Honey Dub)

#SundayJazz Continues; Sunday is a day of reflection, so we're trying to get our minds right.. Riff-Raff is on these menus; the apparatus

[kawithomas]

Reflecting Soul2Soul #mentalhealthawareness #altonsterling #batonrouge #stopkillingus✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽✊ https://www.instagram.com/p/CouHHQAOjig/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tubbsmccracken]

On this day - July 05, 2016

Police Shoot and Kill Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

On July 5, 2016, two white police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, responded to reports that an armed man with a red shirt was selling CDs outside of a local convenience store. The officers arrived and confronted Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old Black man; they proceeded to tase him and pin him to the ground. While Mr. Sterling was down and restrained, someone exclaimed, “He’s going for a gun!” and an officer shot him multiple times in the chest and back. Abdullah Muflahi, the convenience store owner and eyewitness, later stated that Alton Sterling never threatened the officers or wielded the gun. Mr. Muflahi also stated that Mr. Sterling had started carrying a gun only days prior to the event, because other vendors had recently been robbed. Though officials later stated that both officers' body cameras had become dislodged during the incident, multiple bystanders recorded video of the shooting using their cell phone cameras. That footage, and surveillance video from the convenience store, was quickly distributed to news media outlets and uploaded on social media, allowing millions of people to watch Mr. Sterling's death at the hands of police. The videos consistently show that his arms and hands were fully restrained when he was shot, and he made no movement suggesting a move to grab a weapon. Alton Sterling’s death, and the discrepancies between police accounts and the video footage, sparked protests all across the country demanding an end to police brutality and the arrest of officers responsible. Within days, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it would launch a civil rights investigation into Mr. Sterling’s death—and in May 2017 reported that the officers would face no federal charges. In March 2018, Louisiana officials announced that no state charges would be filed either. To date, no one has ever been prosecuted for the death of Alton Sterling.

[speakin-4-myself]

#AltonSterling 🕊️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CHMIhG-lcwy/?igshid=16rzq42b1gyvc

[angreav]

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✊🏿⚖🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #BlackLivesMatter Reposted from @hbcreativetoo July 6th, 2016...we barely had time to digest the news of #AltonSterling when #PhilandoCastile was murdered during a traffic stop, while his young daughter watched. It’s eternally etched into my memory, the little girl having to calm her mother because she didn’t want her to be shot as well. Every honorable institution should be open to review, critique and accountability...the police are no different. The police don’t need our defense, they need our honest review of their practices, they need us to hold them to the highest of standards because the job position requires it. #enoughisenough #endpolicebrutality #wethepeople remember #philandocastile #hbcreative #howardbarryart #socialjustice #artivist #stlartist #mixedmedia #blackartist #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackGirlArtGeeks🤓 https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUmadcgwrC/?igshid=1f2abfl1tfopo

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⚖🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #BlackLivesMatter Reposted from #artist @hbcreativetoo We The People remember #AltonSterling, another victim of State Sanctioned Murder, killed on this day [July 5], 2016. For many of you, George Floyd and #BreonnaTaylor were your wake up call to the reality of police killings and police brutality, here’s my challenge...take a closer look at just the past five years alone. You’ll begin to see a pattern of life after life, case after case from #michaelbrown to #darienhunt to #johncrawford to #tamirrice to #freddiegray to #sandrabland to #atatianajefferson to #michellecusseaux to #janishafonville to #gabriellanevarez to #tanishaanderson to #philandocastile and the list goes on. Much like now, the response to the request for police accountability is met with hostility and denial, it’s met with empty gestures and violent retaliation/threats from those sworn to protect and serve, it’s met with a large portion of society’s indifference and lack of concern. Police are human it is not unreasonable to hold them accountable, it’s not unreasonable for them to be held to a higher standard and it’s absolutely not unreasonable to expect them to not play judge, jury and executioner on our streets and in our homes. • • Reposted from @ajplus - Police killed Sterling while he was selling CDs outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The mother of one of his sons said he "simply tried to earn a living to take care of his children."⁣ ⁣ Two white police officers responding to a call about a man selling CDs tried to detain him by pinning him to the ground and holding his arms. After claiming he may have a gun, one of the officers — Blane Salamoni — shot him six times. ⁣ ⁣ Police later apologized that Salamoni had ever been hired, saying he had a history of "unprofessional behavior, police violence, marginalization, polarization and implicit bias" and "should have never ever wore this uniform." #enoughisenough #policereform #hbcreative #howardbarryart #stlartist #artivist #socialjustice #wethepeople #blackartist #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackGirlArtGeeks🤓 https://www.instagram.com/p/CCSPmZ2gyal/?igshid=rh863pg4flqy

[onlybricole]

I'll never stop fighting. I'll never forget the sacrifice. I'll never lose sight of my calling. We still live through the pain. I am, because they were. We have so much further to go. From the plantation in Louisiana, my family gave their lives so that I could not just exist, but thrive. And I promise, with everything in my soul, I will do my best to repay them. And dont worry cuz, ima make sure they never forget your name. "NO ONE is free, until we are ALL free." 🗣 HAPPY MOTHAFUCKING JUNETEENTH!!!!!!!!!! #BlackLiberation #NoMoreChains #SayTheirName #AltonSterling #BlackWallStreet #BlackLivesMatter #SupportBlackBusinesses (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpB-_RA4T0/?igshid=ju2t5by59u9k