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carlyleverdeservesbetter:

carlyleverdeservesbetter:

carlyleverdeservesbetter:

So I’ve been keeping track of the Chrystul Kizer case (a 19 year old black woman charged with killing her abuser when she was 17). You can find the full story here: https://nypost.com/2019/12/18/chrystul-kizer-faces-life-in-prison-for-killing-her-alleged-pedophile-abuser-randy-volar/. In case anyone didn’t know:

-her hearing is set for June 8, 2020

-her bail is set for $400,000 

-you can keep updates on her here: https://freechrystul.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/some-good-news-for-chrystul/, as well as find resources to support her. You can write her a letter, sign petitions, etc.

-her family has set up a fundraiser for her here: https://fundrazr.com/FreeChrystulKizer?ref=ab_AdkL5uoLQcdAdkL5uoLQcd I’ve been keeping track of it often, but hardly anyone has contributed! This is what it looks like now:

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Not even close to the $45K goal. She needs money not only for court and bail, but also for things afterwards, like therapy. 

If you could reblog and share this, that would be great!

WE REACHED THE 25K MARK!!!

Congrats guys! 44% of the way to go. Please keep reblogging and donating. 

9K TO GO!!!

Today is June 7. The day before her hearing. Her lawyer’s fee hasn’t been completely paid yet. Please, please, please, do not stop reblogging and donating.

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lornasaurusrex:

This is Dreasjon Reed.

I couldn’t find an informative post on Tumblr about him to share, so I made one myself with hopes of spreading this with the little platform I have here.

Dreasjon was being chased by police for driving recklessly on May 6, 2020 in Indianapolis. He was live-streaming it via Facebook, and video continued when he stopped the car and fled on foot. He pocketed his phone with his camera on, so you can’t see what happened, but you can hear it all. IMPD claims that he fired on the police and that they used a stun gun first, that was supposedly “ineffective” before firing multiple shots at him.

(LINK here to an early report, on May 7th.)

However, witnesses in this video state that Dreasjon was on the ground, shaking. (Please note, these embedded videos are highly distressing, so protect yourself as needed, click cautiously.)

After, you can also hear a detective clearly say, over Dreasjon’s dead body, “Think it’s going to be a closed casket, Homie.” And he laughs. He was only suspended and reassigned, and as of today, June 5, 2020, is still employed.

In response to protester/IndyBLM demands, IMPD police chief and Mayor Joe Hogsett announced today that there have been changes in IMPD’s use of force policies, including banning chokeholds, and firing from or into moving vehicles, but still have not released the name of the officer that killed Dreasjon, fired, or charged anyone.

Indianapolis remains the largest city in the nation without police body cams, but they are supposedly planning to deploy a program this summer.

Dreasjon’s mother and their attorneys called for a federal investigation (careful with that link too, she is a nurse, and gruesomely describes the condition of his body based on her experience, it’s very upsetting, so again, please protect yourself, as it’s described in the print as well.) A prosecutor was appointed Thursday, June 4th.

Peaceful protests continued tonight at the scene and downtown Indianapolis. (Last weekend cops rolled up in riot gear with gas and pepper balls before the Copaganda started on Monday.)

You can demand justice by tweeting Mayor Joe Hogsett here.

Or the city of Indianapolis Facebook here.

And city of Indianapolis Insta here.

Other contact info.

Please consider making a donation to Dreasjon’s family’s GoFundMe if you’re able, and please share. Black Lives Matter.

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Didn’t even catch that it was Tony Hawk! How funny! The finale was my favorite episodes of a show in a while, they wrapped stuff up while leaving room for another season. It was perfect. That scene of them just talking and joking around, especially Indigo and Janae teasing Camille about her crush was hilarious. And of course Honeybear’s video!! The sweetest thing ever. I love that we have black girls just chilling and living normal, it’s such a nice show, especially right now.

Lol, yeah, I was like, what’s the significance of this guy, is that–is that?? And then had to look up what he looks like now and make sure it was him. Such a cute cameo to have.

It was a super fun ep! Just really easy and fun watching, even while finishing off those storylines, some which could have been so grim. The way they wrote that guy, Janay’s ex, so manipulative and nice guy-y, they did so well!

And I LOVED that scene where they were just chilling, I almost wondered if it was half improv and just the actresses chilling and having fun. The way Indigo knocked off Camille, lol, even though that was in the trailer, I cracked up again, it was just so natural.

Honeybear’s video was adorable! And Ash reacting to it, dawww. It was all so nicely balanced, weaving in and out between everyone’s storylines and showing different dynamics (and I love that Yvette returned and was part of the group) and then doing the big final skate, which Kirt hilariously had to miss because of the dooring, lol. And I was thinking that too, that it’s nice to see so many black girls included, since they often are excluded in this kind of thing if it’s not About Black Women, even when stuff’s set in NYC and like, they should definitely be there, and obviously, given the times, it was a great hopeful relaxing ending.

I hope they get a second season but I don’t envy people trying to write shows post-2020. Like, how do you include and address…everything. Hopefully we enter a fundamentally different country–a different world in 2021.

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Season 1 & 2 vs. Season 3

Season 1 & 2 vs. Season 3

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Hi! I was wondering if you could reblog this for a little boost.

Also, I appreciate all the gifs you make, but also more importantly, that you are amplifying the BLM movement. Power to the people!

Me:

Sure! Sorry it took me so long. And thanks, of course!