Tue, 8:16: This was all last night, Capitol Hill, now only three blocks from where I live. I never left home and didn’t get any of my own photos or video this time, but other people sure did.
How do the police not understand that excessive force—and make no mistake, that’s what this is—only continues to make everything worse? Day after day after day? They go out of their way to prove the very necessity of these demonstrations, live streamed.
Language matters. If you say, “It’s too bad about the few bad cops that killed black people, but the looting and rioting has to stop,” it prioritizes the supposed moral standing of the police over the *actual lives* of black people.
Maybe from now on try it this way: “It’s too bad about the looting and rioting, but cops killing black people has to stop.”
Only the second version in any way acknowledges that black lives matter.
Tue, 21:02: RT @solomongeorgio: Truly appreciate all the people amplifying my voice today but I will be going back to ass eating jokes when this is all over
Tue, 21:13: RT @nicolebyer: Here I posted it on Instagram but twitter can have it too... I wrote something to help your white children understand what’s going on... I did the work now you do some pic.twitter.com...
