Kill the idea that Black people need to be perfectly innocent martyrs to deserve justice.
Kill the idea that Black lives are disposable just because the people involved weren’t fucking saints.
Ma’Khia Bryant died defending herself with a knife
Daunte Wright died breaking from an officers grasp
Breonna Taylor died sleeping in her boyfriend’s home
Rayshard Brooks died running from a cop after a failed sobriety test
Tamir Rice died holding a toy gun
Stephon Clark died holding a cell phone
Atatiana Jefferson died pulling a gun on cops she thought were home invaders.
Pamela Turner died resisting arrest by her neighbor.
Decynthia Clements died after an officer saw she had a knife while attempting to pull her out of a burning car.
George Floyd died after allegedly using a counterfeit 20 dollar bill.
All of them should still be here.
The police are neither judge, jury, nor executioner. Black people should not be held to a higher standard than the police. Black people sure as hell should not be held to a higher standard than white terrorists. There is no way to safely exist around police while Black.
Black lives are important. Black lives count. Black lives matter.
