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My name is Lusamba Katalay. I am the widower of Belly Mujinga. I am fighting for justice for Belly who died of covid 19 on 5 April 2020.
Belly Mujinga was killed due to blatant racism. A white assailant decided to cough on her one day at work while he knowingly had Covid-19.
Let’s get Justice for Belly Mujinga 💖
[Image and words @warmhealer: ‘anti-racist action is essential’]
This is not a call to activism, this is a call to do the absolute bare minimum. If you ever wondered what you would do in a historic period of change––like stonewall, like abolitionism, like the miners’ strikes, like the battle of lewisham, anything where people fought against injustice and for what was right––this is your moment. Speak up and loud for the right for black people not to be killed at the hands of police forces or white people. it is literally the very least we can do. it is crucial not to be silent now. For those asking what to do: I’ve shared a lot of different resources over the last few days over on my instagram and I have collated and continue to collate as much as I can. The link is below.
tinyurl.com/essentialantiracism
Belly Mujinga was working at Victoria station when a man spat on her and a female colleague after saying he had Coronavirus.
Within days, both women fell ill and Belly died just 3 days after being admitted to hospital. She leaves behind her husband and 11 year old daughter.
Belly pleaded with her bosses not to work outside of the ticket office as she had respiratory problems that made her particularly vulnerable. Despite this, they put her on the concourse and asked her to go back after the assault even though she was still shaking from the trauma. Belly reported the assault straight away to her bosses but they failed to contact emergency services. The suspect has still not been found 7 weeks later.
52 transport workers have now died from Covid-19 and time and time again these workers have warned their bosses of how vulnerable they are in the work environment; from a lack of protection to staff abuse. This is no isolated incident. (www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-london-52650110)
Govia Thameslink Railway knew of her condition and yet still put her on the frontlines during a pandemic. This is criminal negligence on every single level and her death and the death of dozens of workers is not inevitable. They were killed.
Justice for Belly and for the hundreds of workers who have died and will die because of bosses and a government who think their lives aren’t worth protecting.
May she rest in eternal light and peace. 💛
You can donate to support her family here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/rip-belly-mujinga
All this people arrested for spitting on police but nothing gets done about Belly Mujinga???? Whether man had covid or not spitting is still assault and he needs to be arrested fuck off
I am glad people will be protesting I can't because I live with vulnerable people but will donate to her family.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/rip-belly-mujinga?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet
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