People at the #Oakland # Protest are remembering #OscarGrant with words on the bullhorn tonight as they also chant for #TyreNichols.
#oakland #oscargrant #tyrenichols
Oh, yeah, thanks, #Liberals, #WhiteModerates, and #Democrats for falling back into your historical alignment with right-wing racist reactionaries after the massive #GeorgeFloyd rebellions had given this country a glimmer of hope.
With your pearl clutching and histrionics about shoplifting and crime waves, rushing to outflank each other with anti-defund the police showmanship, electoral recalls of anyone deemed "soft on crime" or "too woke," bullshit about needing even more cops with even bigger budgets for "training," refusing to seriously invest in historically marginalized communities, you all have a hand in the stasis that is American injustice, from #RodneyKing in 1991 to #OscarGrant in 2009 to #TyreNichols in 2023.
If you never grow a spine and stand up for true equal rights and justice, own your racist instincts and commit to moving the country forward, we'll just keep reliving this same nightmare over and over again. Are you really comfortable with that, because every indication is that you are?
#liberals #whitemoderates #democrats #GeorgeFloyd #RodneyKing #oscargrant #tyrenichols
We are TIRED!! 😞🙏🏾
Black people are so tired. 😓🗣🗣
We can’t go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We can’t relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
We can't have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis).
We can’t sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We can’t sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We can’t walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We can’t play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We can’t go to church (#Charleston9).
We can’t walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
We can’t party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
We can’t get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
We can’t lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
We can't break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
We can’t shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .
We can’t have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
We can’t read a book in our own car (#KeithScott).
We can’t be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).
We can’t decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
We can’t ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
We can’t cash our check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
We can’t take out our wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
We can’t run (#WalterScott).
We can’t breathe (#EricGarner).
We can’t live (#FreddieGray).
We’re tired.
Tired of making hashtags.
Tired of trying to convince you that our #BlackLivesMatter too.
Tired of dying.
Tired.
Tired.
Tired.
So very tired.
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#AmaudArbery #BothemJean #AtatianaJefferson #JonathanFerrell #RenishaMcBride #stephonclark #JordanEdwards #JordanDavis #AltonSterling #AiyanaJones #mikebrown #tamirrice #Charleston9 #trayvonmartin #SeanBell #oscargrant #sandrabland #PhilandoCastile #coreyjones #JohnCrawford #TerrenceCrutcher #KeithScott #CliffordGlover #ClaudeReese #RandyEvans #YvonneSmallwood #amadoudiallo #walterscott #ericgarner #freddiegray #blacklivesmatter