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What if I was a Jamaican Muslim, would you fight for me? Really? Then, fight for them. #iamamuslimtoo #internationalwomensday #adaywithoutawoman #adaywithoutimmigrants #blacklivesmatter #sayhernametoo
We don't live in the past, we learn from it by never forgetting it. I'm so proud of this young lady and hope she continues to dominate.
While we grieve with the families of Brown, Garner, and countless others, black women are tired of being placed at the fringes of the conversations about state-sanctioned violence. Justice can't only apply to black males.
Tell me who these people are.
Aiyana Jones, 7, killed by Detroit police officer as she slept on her father’s couch.
Rekia Boyd, 22, killed by an off duty Chicago officer.
Yvette Smith, 48, was unarmed and killed by Texas police officer.
Pearlie Smith, 93, fatally shot by an officer in her home.
Tarika Wilson, 26, killed by an Ohio police officer with her one- year- old son injured.
Tyisha Miller, 19, Killed by Los Angeles police officer.
Kathryn Johnson, 92, killed by Atlanta police officer.
Gabriella Nevarez, 22, killed by Sacramento police officer.
Eleanor Bumpurs, 66, killed by Bronx police officer.
Do you recognize any of these names?
Probably not. Say their name outloud. Let their story be heard.
WHO SERVES AND PROTECTS YOU?
Do we even know the answer to this question anymore? Can you say “police officers” and really mean it?
For far too long our police force have been using their badge as a protective token sent from the high heavens above. Just because you have a badge does not mean you are excepted from the laws. As seen in the video, you can clearly see that Officer Gothner’s actions are unquestioonable. You cannot watch this short clip and say excessive force was needed.
Victim Natasha Lancour had just been assaulted by another, who was just taken into custody, and was then assaulted AGAIN by an officer reporting to the scene.
Talk about getting the short end of the stick.
In the dashcam you can clearly see that the situation escalated rather quickly. Especially for arriving due to an assault, Officer Gothner did not handle the situation very well. He could have tried to calm the situation rather then using such force onto Lancour.
It is truly disheartening to watch clips like this and to even have bystanders that cannot help. Those witnesses had to stand by and watch that incident take place and know that there was nothing they could do to help her.
While Officer Gothner’s did get some heat for the excessive force he used, he was still released back to work not to long after the incident. A smack on the hand is not enough. We need to continue to expose the wrong doings and actions that these officers are committing. The only way to guarantee our future is to continue to spread the word and make the media listen and hear our cry.It will spread like wild fire.
Let your voice be heard, before you are silenced.
-Taylor
Imagine this...
You’re a professor for a university, and while jaywalking through the campus streets you are searched and harassed. Let me say that one more time, WHILE JAYWALKING!
Well for Professor Ersula Ore, her jaywalking across College Avenue at Arizona State University was such a huge crime that it led to an incident where she is now suing the school for 2 million.
Let us begin at the jaywalking, who gives out tickets for jaywalking? Honestly, no one even remembers that you can receive a ticket for that. That is a pure example of a “cop out.” WHO GIVES TICKETS FOR JAYWALKING?! Officer Stewert Ferrin apparently does.
He saw Prof. Ersula and thought that it was a perfect opportunity to “harass” her. He had just seen other countless white people jaywalk that very street 2 seconds before Ersula. But for some reason he he felt the need to stop HER. Why her? Why pick her out of the many people he had seen before? The only logical reason was for 1. racial profiling (yes, she is black) and 2. a female. Females are seen as the easiest target because they are smaller and seem less aggressive than males. Boy was Officer Ferrin wrong.
Ersula told Officer Ferrin that she jaywalked because the sidewalk was obstructed by construction. She also pointed out that he did not stop the other white jaywalkers,only her black self. When Officer Ferrin asks Ersula for her I.D she says,“why did you have to speak to me in such a disrespectful manner?” That was the point of no return.
In the video (check attached link) Officer Ferrin “claims” that Pro. Ersula kicks him in the shin which resulted in the altercation. “The lie detector test determined that was a lie!” No where in that entire video does is show her kick him. All I see is the continued struggle between both Ersula and Stewert.
Yes, yes, yes throughout the beginning of the video we do here him asking her to cooperate and put her hands behind her back. BUT how would you feel while being barked at to follow orders that you have the officers legs between yours and having your dress ride up? You probably would be more concerned with that than anything else. In the video you can clearly hear and see that there are students or professors surrounding them. She asks him to move his leg so she can close her, she asks the second officer to pull her skirt down for her. She didn't ask Stewert, as he tries to help she jumps away from him, AS I WOULD TOO. If you have seen the movie Crash then that is another prime example of feeling sexually harassed by an officer.
Ersula is also completely WWE style slammed onto the ground, once again WHILE IN A DRESS, with Stewert completing laying on top of her. In the report she does explain that her entire buttocks was exposed. Please explain to me how comfortable you would feel... don’t worry I’ll wait. We’re not here to talk about how the situation could have been prevented, we’re discussing the excessive force used towards her. Was the body slam necessary? NO. Did you really need 3 officers in total to help detain her? NO. Did Officer Stewert need to have her legs spread with his in between while she was completely on top of the car? NO.
She was completely horrified, embarrassed, harassed, humiliated. Her professional career has barely been put semi back on track, and this incident happened in November 2014. Her students and coworkers have seen this video, how should they be able to look her in the eyes and know this has happened to her? As a family member or spouse how do you support her? YOU CAN’T. These things happen all the time and yet justice is not served? There’s no explanation to why the incident played out as it did. As an officer you are supposed to SERVE AND PROTECT (even as a rent-a-cop).
Please remember what that means.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXonpyOdS3A
-Tay
Why Do Black Lives Matter?
Marc Chagall once said, “In our life, there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love”.
Did you know that the slogan “black lives matter” was created by 3 black women?
All lives matter. However, it is repeatedly said that black lives matter. How as a community can we prove that black lives matter, if we fail to speak up and stand up for ourselves? We need to demonstrate that police violence towards black women is one of the unacceptable situations. Is it fair that black women suffer only for having darker skin color, which some people of our society may consider out of the standard stereotype? But what is considered standard and normal on our society? What’s the accepted concept of standard?
Our culture is bigger than a stereotype. We are destined beyond the statistics that tend to destroy our greatness.Black lives matter because we are human beings, just as any other culture in the world. We were created with purpose. We descend from greatness. We are created in the image of God. In most eyes, we all are great no matter what our flaws may turn out to be. No matter what our color of skin is.
-Anoush
Why are women of color not filing reports after being attacked by police officers?
Why are women of color not filing reports are being attacked by police officers?
The lack of reports being filed versus how many attacks there are towards women of color is astonishing. There are many factors as to why they wouldn't want to file a report. The fear of being attacked again, thinking there will be nothing done, and fear that they will be the perpetrator instead are just a few reasons why a woman of color would be reluctant to file a report.
Most women of color can testify and say they have a full and complete fear of being attacked again or even having a family member attacked. If the people who serve and protect are the attackers, then who is supposed to be the protector? Women fear being harassed sexually and verbally by police when they haven’t done anything wrong, if they report a claim the after effects could be 10 times worse. Not only could they be harmed but their spouses or other family members can be harassed as well. That has the potential to lead to a large altercation and possibly into jail time for them.
When asked why they didn't file a report, most stories say “why? They’re just going to side with them anyways.” There have been countless stories of women assuming their story won’t be hear for 1. being a woman of color and 2. being a female. Racism is alive and among us whether we admit it or not. Skin color does play a role in whether police officers believe a story or not. The process to file a claim is long and tedious, and when these women already have a set mentality they see no point in going through the process.
Another reason that may stop a woman of color to file a report is fear of being named the perpetrator instead. Stories of self defense almost always are turned around. “She was resisting arrest. She assaulted the officer. She refused to show her I.D.” There is always a reason as to why the claim is flipped to the woman. It becomes discouraging when you need to report a violent crime but you don’t know if you’ll leave with justice or end up in a jail cell.
STAND UP. SPEAK UP. SAY HER NAME TOO.
-Taylor
