Let’s bring this gem back
Y’all remember when an officer pulled a bullshit traffic stop on the State attorney of Florida. He was shook 💀
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Let’s bring this gem back
Y’all remember when an officer pulled a bullshit traffic stop on the State attorney of Florida. He was shook 💀
Bodycam footage of two officers pulling over Aramis Ayala, florida's first and only black state attorney - it gets awkward real quick.
A pair of police officers have caught themselves on camera, struggling to explain why they had pulled over Florida’s first and only black state attorney. Aramis Ayala, who serves as state attorney in the Sunshine State's 9th Judicial Circuit, was pulled over on 19 June. As the officer approaches her window, she can be seen grabbing her licence from her wallet, which she then hands over to him. When he asks what agency she works for, she responds: “I’m the state attorney”.
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[Vidéo] Un très bel exemple d'articulation race/classe avec quelques leçons à tirer.
Je vous résume le truc en français : des keuffs aux USA arrêtent une femme noire au volant d'une belle bagnole, et c'est la seule véritable raison : leur racisme. Ils pensaient sûrement que c'était une bagnole volée. Ben manque de chance pour eux, ils sont tombés sur une femme noire certes mais qui est....procureur général, donc qui connait les lois et a un statut élevé dans notre société hiérarchisée. Donc du coup, inversion du rapport de force, elle reste calme pour leur demander la raison de leur intervention et là ils commencent à bégayer et disent des idioties telles que "on n'a jamais vu une plaque pareille en Floride" , "les vitres étaient foncées on ne voyait rien à l'intérieur" LOOOL. Puis elle fini par leur demander leurs noms. Encore une fois inversion totale tu rapport de force.
Que retenir de ce mini épisode révélateur :
- si cette femme n'était pas procureur général, elle aurait pu passer un sale quart d'heure, voire être arrêtée ou pire...mourir. Donc clairement sa classe la protège (en partie) et lui permet même de pouvoir leur faire payer plus tard ce qu'ils ont fait. Ce n'est sûrement pas pour rien qu'elle a relevé leurs noms. Toujours est-il cette possibilité de reprendre le contrôle n'a pas été possible pour Sandra Bland (paix à son âme) par exemple, pour ne citer qu'elle, qui finit morte pour un far cassé...
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- voyez comment sa classe n'annule en rien le fait d'être noire, et de subir ce qui est du pur contrôle au faciès. Imaginez qu'elle se serait énervée avant de montrer qu'elle est procureur (ce qui aurait été son droit, la situation étant injuste) que lui serait-il arrivé ?
Voilà pourquoi on ne cesse de répéter que le racisme est un phénomène trans-classe, c'est à dire qu'il les traverse, aussi bien du côté de ceux qui le subissent que de ceux qui en bénéficient, même si évidemment le coût et les bénéfices ne sont pas les mêmes. Le racisme n'est pas un "symptôme", mais une structure qui organise les richesses à l'échelle d'un pays, et à l'échelle du globe entre pays. Cela se répercute dans nos vies de tous les jours, peu importe nos classes, même si ce sera de façons différentes. L'essentiel est de comprendre que TOUS les non blancs sont des sujets légitimes de l'antiracisme, même s'il faut savoir entre ces sujets mettre en avant le fait que la majorité des non blancs sont des prolos (précisément parce que la race prolétarise disons).
La traduction politique de tout cela ? C'est qu'il faut effectivement des luttes antiracistes propres, distinctes de la lutte des classes; cette dernière n'ayant aucune chance d'aboutir sans les premières.
(via Aramis Ayala Sues Gov. Rick Scott Over Death Penalty Refusal | Essence.com)
Gov. Rick Scott’s Attack On Florida’s First Black State Attorney Is A Threat To Our Political Power
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's move to strip power away from State Attorney Aramis Ayala is not just denying her authority, it's undermining the political power of all the Black people who voted for her.
Aramis Ayala made history last November when she was elected State Attorney in Florida. Not only is she the first Black woman to hold the post in the state’s history, she is the first Black person to hold the job ever.
With massive support from the Orlando area’s Black community, she stepped into office with plans to improve the criminal justice system and protect the safety and well-being of everyone in the community.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's move to strip power away from State Attorney Aramis Ayala is not just denying her authority, it's undermining the political power of all the Black people who voted for her.
Aramis Ayala made history last November when she was elected State Attorney in Florida. Not only is she the first Black woman to hold the post in the state’s history, she is the first Black person to hold the job ever.
With massive support from the Orlando area’s Black community, she stepped into office with plans to improve the criminal justice system and protect the safety and well-being of everyone in the community.
http://www.essence.com/news/politics/aramis-ayala-rick-scott-threatening-black-women-politics
After Ayala pledged not to pursue the death penalty in new cases last month—a decision entirely within her power—Scott took the unprecedented step of removing her from a key case and assigning it to a White, male prosecutor from another county. Then he decided to go even further and re-assign an additional 21 of her cases.
And it didn’t even stop there; Republicans in the state legislature are now joining the fray and moving to slash funds to Ayala’s office, showing they are more than willing to sacrifice people's safety and the pursuit of justice to settle a political score.
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“Watch as @OrlandoPolice struggle to give one reasonable explanation for why they just pulled over the only Black state's attorney in Florid
She looked at him, gave him one look and cut him down. 😂 That's power. She remained calm and steady as she spoke to them. I particularly love the nervous tone in the cop's voice when he finds out she's the State Attorney. 🤔👍🤣 Amazing.
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Aramis Ayala Was Both a Job & Disposition Away from Being Sandra Bland
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It was Obama-like really; unnatural, sorta preternatural almost.
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Aramis Ayala and Racism in Florida Politics
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