#systemicviolence

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LUIGI MANGIONE: A WALKING, TALKING LETHAL EMBODIMENT OF FAFO TO THE GREEDY💀

Why is everyone always so surprised when desperate people don’t give a fuck anymore?

Midtown Manhattan, December 4, 2024. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson took a leisurely walk to his firm’s annual investor conference. Luigi Mangione, 26, took that same walk—and, according to prosecutors, introduced Thompson to the consequences of a system that profits off human suffering.

By the time the cops showed up, Thompson was a headline, and Mangione was in cuffs. Fast forward to today, and the courtroom isn’t filled with stiff-suited corporate leeches hoping for swift justice. Nope. It’s packed to the brim with supporters, signs in hand:

💀 “Free Luigi” 💀 “Healthcare Is a Human Right” 💀 “We Charge Executives, Not Patients”

America, you might have a problem.

WHEN YOU FUCK AROUND, EVENTUALLY, YOU FIND OUT.

The only people "shocked" by this are the ones living in a fantasy world where you can strip people of basic needs forever without expecting them to snap.

You bleed families dry with denied claims and bullshit loopholes.

You hike up premiums while cutting coverage and calling it "cost-saving measures."

You deny treatment for cancer patients, diabetics, the sick, the dying—then throw up your hands like it’s "just business."

And what do you think happens when people have nothing left to lose? Do you think they just lay down and die quietly?

Corporate America is built on an unspoken agreement: You exploit. The masses endure. But every now and then, someone opts the fuck out of that agreement. And when they do? Oh, suddenly it’s unthinkable—suddenly it's unjustifiable—suddenly it's a tragedy.

Where the fuck was that energy when people were losing their homes over medical bills? Where were the headlines when patients died in waiting rooms?

You expect people to suffer in silence forever?

JURY NULLIFICATION: WHEN A SYSTEM STARTS CHOKING ON ITS OWN RULES

And here’s the real kicker—Mangione might walk.

Not because there isn’t evidence. Not because he has a dream team of lawyers. But because there’s something worse than a murderer in that courtroom:

A jury full of disillusioned, broke, fucked-over Americans who know damn well that this country’s healthcare system has killed more people than any gun, any knife, any individual ever could.

And that’s where jury nullification comes in.

💉 Can’t afford insulin? Sorry, not covered. 🚑 Need an ambulance? That’ll be $3,000. 📝 Denied for "pre-existing conditions"? Hope you like bankruptcy.

The jury might not see a murderer in that courtroom. They might see a symbol.

THE PROSECUTION VS. A FUCKING MOVEMENT

Prosecutors aren’t just fighting against Luigi Mangione. They’re fighting against the anger of an entire generation that’s done watching their friends and family get priced out of survival.

The same young, pissed-off Americans who can’t afford a check-up, therapy, or a goddamn EpiPen are the ones sitting on that jury.

All Mangione’s lawyers have to do is convince one juror that Thompson wasn’t just a man— he was a system.

And if they succeed? That guilty verdict turns into a mistrial faster than a hospital visit turns into crippling debt.

THE REAL QUESTION ISN’T “WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?”—IT’S “WHY DIDN’T THIS HAPPEN SOONER?”

Corporate America spends billions on security, stock buybacks, and lobbyists. But they forgot to invest in something far more important:

Not pissing off the wrong broke motherfucker.

And that, my friends, is how you find out.

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On this day - January 5, 1923

White Mob Destroys Black Community of Rosewood, Florida

On January 5, 1923, a mob of over 200 white men attacked the Black community in Rosewood, Florida, killing over 30 Black women, men, and children, burning the town to the ground, and forcing all survivors to permanently flee Rosewood. On January 1, 1923, in Sumner, Florida, a young, married white woman named Fannie Taylor claimed she had been assaulted by Jesse Hunter, a Black man who had escaped a prison chain gang. Though there was no evidence against Mr. Hunter, local white men launched a manhunt in Rosewood, a nearby town of about 200 Black people. On January 2nd, a mob of white men kidnapped, tortured, and lynched Sam Carter, a Black craftsman from Rosewood, on suspicion that he had helped Jesse Hunter escape. White men continued to terrorize Rosewood searching for Mr. Hunter and Black residents armed themselves in defense. Late on the night of January 4th, a white posse fired into the home of Black Rosewood resident Sylvester Carrier (whom they suspected of harboring Mr. Hunter) and killed an elderly woman. A gunfight between Carrier and the mob lasted into the early morning, killing people on both sides. Outraged that Black residents had fought back, the posse left the scene to regroup and returned with more men. On January 5, a mob of between 200 to 300 white men attacked Rosewood, killing an estimated 30 to 40 Black men, women, and children on sight and burning the town to the ground. Black residents hid in the woods and fled by train to Gainesville, Florida, never to return. Survivors later recounted that Fannie Taylor had made false accusations against Jesse Hunter to conceal her extramarital affair with a white man.

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142 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police

On Jan 17, Darryl Tyree Williams (32) was violently arrested by Raleigh Police in North Carolina. Williams would later die in the hospital.

Forty years ago I can remember my parents predicting that the murders of Black men and women will never stop in a country built on racist beliefs and hatred.

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On this day - January 13, 1904

White Mob Lynches Black Man in SC for Allegedly Knocking on White Woman's Door

On January 13, 1904, a mob of white people lynched a Black man known as General Lee in Reevesville, South Carolina, for allegedly knocking on the door of a white woman’s house. The night before, a white woman reported that she had opened the door to her home after hearing a knock and saw a Black man running away from her house. The next day, a group of white men from the town went to the local magistrate to seek a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Lee, whose foot they claimed could have made a track similar to the ones found outside the woman's home. Authorities arrested Mr. Lee on the evening of January 13 and charged him with “criminally assaulting a white woman” for allegedly knocking on her door. One mile outside of Reevesville, a mob of 50 white men seized Mr. Lee from police officers who were transferring him by buggy to a local jail. The police officers who abandoned Mr. Lee reported hearing gun shots as they fled the scene. Two days later, Mr. Lee was found tied to a tree and shot to death. Newspapers reported that the woman who reported the alleged "crime" knew Mr. Lee and never claimed she believed he was the man at her home that night. No one was arrested in connection to the murder of General Lee. In a letter to the Governor of South Carolina, the local sheriff in Reevesville justified the mob's actions by suggesting that Mr. Lee was in “bad-standing” with the local community and that people were surprised Mr. Lee “had not been dealt with in like manner several years ago.” During this era of racial terror, white allegations against Black people were rarely subject to scrutiny and often sparked violent reprisal even when, as here, there was no evidence tying the accused to any offense. Between 1877 and 1950, thousands of Black men were lynched in the U.S., and nearly 1 in 4 were targeted based on the allegation of raping a white woman. These men were subjected to mob murder without investigation or trial, at a time when the definition of Black-on-white “rape” in the South was incredibly broad and required no allegation of force because white institutions, laws, and most white people rejected the idea that a white woman could or would willingly consent to sex with a Black man. This meant that any action by a Black man that could be interpreted as seeking or desiring contact with a white woman might prove deadly. Throughout the lynching era, Black men were lynched for delivering a letter to a white woman, for entering a room where white women were sitting, or, as Mr. Lee was, for knocking on the door of a white woman’s home. Mr. Lee was one of at least three documented Black lynching victims in Dorchester County and one of 189 in South Carolina between 1865 and 1950. Learn more about this era of racial terror and how over 6,500 Black women, men, and children were victims of racial terror lynching in the U.S. between 1865 and 1950.

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On this day - February 26, 2012

Trayvon Martin Fatally Shot in Sanford, Florida

On the rainy evening of February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a Black boy, was fatally shot in a gated residential community in Sanford, Florida, while walking home from a nearby convenience store. George Zimmerman, a local resident and neighborhood watch coordinator, saw Trayvon and decided the Black youth in a hooded sweatshirt was "suspicious." Zimmerman called 911 to report Trayvon's presence while following him at a close distance and, despite the dispatcher's contrary instructions, confronted the teen and fatally shot him. The teen was carrying only iced tea and a bag of Skittles. Police questioned Zimmerman and, based on Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which permits the use of deadly force even in avoidable confrontations, they released him with no charges. Trayvon's unidentified body went to the morgue and his family learned his fate the next morning only after they reported him missing. Outraged by the lack of police response, Trayvon's parents worked with advocates to publicize their son's murder. The story sparked national and international outrage, symbolizing for many the continuing danger of being a young Black male in America. On March 21, 2012, hundreds participated in a "Million Hoodie March" in New York City, calling for prosecutors to file criminal charges against Zimmerman. President Barack Obama called for a complete investigation and reflected, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon." George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in April 2012 but later acquitted of all charges. The presumption of guilt and dangerousness assigned to African Americans has made minority communities particularly vulnerable to the unfair administration of criminal justice.

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On this day - January 12, 1931

Black Man Burned Alive by White Mob in Maryville, Missouri; Black Residents Flee

On January 12, 1931, a mob of 2,000 white men, women, and children seized a Black man named Raymond Gunn, placed him on the roof of the local white schoolhouse, and burned him alive in a public spectacle lynching meant to terrorize the entire Black community in Maryville, Missouri. Days before, a white school teacher had been found murdered and suspicion fell on Mr. Gunn, who was arrested. Many Black people were lynched across the South under accusation of murder. During this era of racial terror, mere suggestions of Black-on-white violence could provoke mob violence and lynching before the judicial system could or would act. The deep racial hostility permeating Southern society often served to focus suspicion on Black communities after a crime was discovered, whether or not there was evidence to support the suspicion, and accusations lodged against Black people were rarely subject to serious scrutiny. Following Mr. Gunn’s arrest, police took Mr. Gunn to jail in a neighboring county due to threats of lynching. At the peak of racial terror lynchings in this country, it was not uncommon for lynch mobs to seize their victims from jails, prisons, courtrooms, or out of the hands of guards like in this case. Though they were armed and charged with protecting the men and women in their custody, police and other officials almost never used force to resist white lynch mobs intent on killing Black people. In some cases, police officials were even found to be complicit or active participants in lynchings. On the morning of Mr. Gunn’s arraignment, a mob of 2,000 white men, women, and children gathered outside the courthouse. Despite the previous attacks and threats of violence, the local sheriff did not request assistance from the National Guard. With little resistance from local law enforcement, and 60 members of the National Guard at ease in an armory one block from the courthouse, Mr. Gunn was seized by the white mob and marched four miles down the road to the white schoolhouse. The mob chained Mr. Gunn to the rooftop of the building, doused the building in gasoline, and celebrated as it burned Mr. Gunn alive. This public spectacle lynching was meant to terrorize the Black community of Maryville. The practice of terrorizing members of the Black community following racial violence was common during this period. Southern lynching was not only intended to impose “popular justice” or retaliation for a specific crime. Rather, these lynchings were meant to send a broader message of domination and to instill fear within the entire Black community. In the days following Mr. Gunn’s lynching, more than 20% of Maryville's Black population fled the town in fear. Despite investigations initiated by state officials, no one was ever arrested or convicted of any crime related to the lynching of Raymond Gunn.

Has anything really changed and why is this behaviour allowed.

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So many unnecessary murders of Black people without any justice.

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Systemic Racism

Systemic racism existed in America and will probably out live all of us unless we all start working together to change the way we think, teach our kids and change our systems.