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Taylor Simone rescued a young boy from drowning at the swimming pool in her apartment complex. In the process, she broke her foot and will be out of work for 6 weeks. The other adults at the pool stood screaming, but none of them moved to help the child. His mother was frozen in fear.

Years ago, Simone nearly drowned as a child while swimming in the ocean off of the coast of Florida. She was saved by another child, her first cousin. Today, Simone paid-it-forward to save another.

x-ray image showing broken big toe. The first $145 ($95 office visit + $50 for x-rays), will go to repaying the person who graciously used their credit card to see to it that she was treated, but we did not expect to hear that her employer cannot move her to a different position while she heals. There is no “light duty” she can perform. Can we come together as a community and help pay her rent and make her next car payment while she heals over the next few weeks?

Thank you so much for your consideration.

Created June 18, 2018 by Taylor Johns, NASHVILLE, TN

Please Help Taylor Simone!

dynastylnoire

Pittsburgh police shot a black 13 year old running away from them to death on Juneteenth

Pittsburgh police shot a black 13 year old running away from them to death on Juneteenth.

dynastylnoire

If it is not clear from the text, they shot him in the back at a distance and was no threat to the officers

minakat

I saw a blurb on the news this morning about an individual shot by police and I just assumed the rest of the details. How fucking sad is that. I’m ashamed of my town right now.

dynastylnoire

I feel like the police violence is escalating here. They beat Jordan Miles (also a teenager at the time

http://amp.wtae.com/article/photos-from-the-jordan-miles-case/7402144#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

Paralyzed Leon Ford

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/01/17/Leon-Ford-Pittsburgh-civil-rights-police-shooting-paralyzed-police-officers-David-Derbish-settlement/stories/201801170193

And finally murdered this child. His name was Antwan.

dynastylnoire

backwardsorbust

if you are in the pittsburgh area there’s a march at the courthouse downtown tomorrow at 12 pm. here’s a link to the event

gnascher

to summarize:

-police were following the car antwon was a passenger in because it matched a description (note: antwon was 17 yrs old, not 13 like many of the reports say. There was a 13 yr old on scene, however).

-police eventually stopped the car & ordered the driver out/onto the ground. antwon & another passenger bolted

-police fired 3 rounds into his back. Although 2 guns were found in the car later, Rose was unarmed when he was killed

-the driver was later released without being arrested

-the name of the officer who killed antwon rose has not been released. What we do know is that he has been put on administrative leave, and he was involved in other local departments 7 years prior. However, he was sworn in the same night as he killed Antwon.

-there were no dash/body cams, but a witness took a video. Be warned, it is graphic by nature.

-here is the statement that the family of the victim released

therealmsparkerrrr

The fact they feel it’s necessary to shoot when we run away instead of chasing us proves there’s a problem. And it’s not the in the training received before being sworn in it’s their character in general. They are literally giving badges to demons out here. Breaks my fucking heart.

2street4tv

He was 17

dynastylnoire

His 13 year old brother was in the car as well. Initial reports said he was 13. I’m sure you can understand how that could happen in the chaos that transpired right?

dynastylnoire

Update

http://www.wtae.com/article/east-pittsburgh-police-officer-identified-in-antwon-rose-shooting/21754207

Jitneys were the precursor to Uber or Lyft. Imagine you and your brother get a Lyft home and the cops pull the driver over. Then shoot at you as you run away.

He was a poet, an avid skateboarder, and volunteer at local charities. Loved by family and friends.

There have been at least three protests. Currently one is shutting down a major highway. Pictures above are from earlier today

There will be another protest tomorrow. There are also several recordings and live feeds of the protests on FB

dynastylnoire

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155469375676615&id=272030711614

blindbee

avodaco

me when i get my student loan

g8dtier

this is the money cat. reblog in 30 seconds and you will find yourself with more wealth

strikercorbie

#this is the only money cat i will reblog because it’s actually doing the manekineko pose151,646 notes (via lolwhutninja)

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT

nonespark-blog

and it has its right paw up! the correct paw for this. and from the markings on its ears, it looks like it might be a calico cat. which is the luckiest kind!

carrionbeast

extremely lucky cat

ladynorbert

I don’t even care if it actually works, I’m mostly reblogging because it’s freaking adorable.

sweet-cherry-fairy-deactivated2

cute cat and need money, good post, 10/10

allthenamesilikearetaken

in case anyones interested in the other versions

http://www.namaii.com/manekineko/maneki-neko-types.html

mmusclechan

Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.

winjennster

Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.

pastel-aesthetics-blog-deactiva

I want all the cats

illogicalsanderssidesnsfw

I have a calico and she’s my everything :D

note-a-bear

My mom sent this to me and i’m howling

note-a-bear

My mom sent this to me and i’m howling

wildlyunlikelybabe

NOT ANTHOROPOLOGY AND WHOLE FOODS 😂🤣😂🤣

purplelittlemermaid

💀💀💀 a mood

onlyblackgirl

I’m dead.

gahdamnpunk

An error? Is this even legal??

35 YEARS FOR A NON VIOLENT DRUG OFFENSE

Fuck you, America’s criminal justice system

otsitsyataka-deactivated2018110

This is heartbreaking 💔

pinkcheesegreenghost-deactivate

his name is Matthew Charles

ikariyuiofficial

Ways you can help:

Donate to the GoFundMe raising money for Matthew’s legal costs.

Sign the Change.org petition asking for clemency (though the efficacy of this is sorely debated)

casanova-lives

35 years for a drug offense isn’t a mistake, it’s to subjugate and enslave a whole people after Reagan brought crack in on military planes.

borrowedfeathers

And it’s far from an anomaly, either. Read The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander to get an idea of the scope of this phenomenon - it’s a harrowing but a quick read, very accessible to a non-academic audience.

cocaineteas

thepowerofblackwomen

A movie about Viola Davis because her life deserves to be known

“The only picture I have of my childhood is the picture of me in kindergarten, I have this expression on my face — it’s not a smile, it’s not a frown. I swear to you, that’s the girl who wakes up in the morning and who looks around her house and her life saying, ‘I cannot believe how God has blessed me.’ “

“I would jump in trash bins with maggots looking for food, and I would steal from the corner store because I was hungry, I never had any kids come to my house because my house was a condemned building, it was boarded up, it was infested with rats. I was one of those kids who were poor and knew it.”

“I was the kind of poor where I knew right away I had less than everyone around me. We had nothing, I cannot believe my life, I just can’t, I’m so blessed. I would jump in trash bins with maggots looking for food, and I would steal from the corner store because I was hungry, I never had any kids come to my house because my house was a condemned building, it was boarded up, it was infested with rats. I was one of those kids who were poor and knew it.”

“It became a motivation as opposed to something else — the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don’t see you, I chose from a very young age that I didn’t want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it. A yard, a house, great plumbing, a full refrigerator, things that people take for granted, I don’t.”

“I first envisioned myself as an actor after I watched Cicely Tyson in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman when I was a child.”

“It wasn’t until then that I had a visual manifestation of the target I wanted to hit, It also gave me hope for the future and a different life for myself, she helped me have a very specific drive of how I was going to crawl, walk, run from that environment.”