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sweeterxfiction:

We’ve heard a ton about Minneapolis, but let’s not forget about Breonna Taylor’s home and their protestors. She was from Louisville, Kentucky. They’ve had 13 (as of now) nights of protests, which from what we know about cops, means a lot of arrested protestors.

Help them out by donating to the Louisville Community Bail Fund!

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cowboyslovingboys:

Justin is in the clear but recovering from a traumatic brain injury + searching for legal options against the apd is expensive! If you can’t donate then please share for Justin and his family  #HisNameIsJustinHowell

cowboyslovingboys:

hey y’all. it would mean the world to me if you would share Justin Howell’s gofundme. We’re from the same area, and hearing about him on the news yesterday was like a punch to the gut. During a protest in Austin, Texas, Justin was shot in the head by an officer. He suffered a severe brain injury and is in for a long, long road of recovery. his family are accepting donations here for medical bills and more importantly, bringing the APD to justice. #HisNameIsJustinHowell

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Public Health Experts Say the Pandemic Is Exactly Why Protests Must Continue

Public Health Experts Say the Pandemic Is Exactly Why Protests Must Continue

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heavyweightheart:

“It’s not a coincidence that we’re seeing protests against racism during a pandemic. Racism is dangerous to public health because black people experience disproportionate effects of the coronavirus, as Craven has documented extensively. Race can affect how difficult it is to get a test, whether drugs and vaccines are designed to work for you, whether health professionals believe and listen to you. Incarceration rates are higher for black people—the virus thrives in prison—as are rates for diseases that in turn exacerbate COVID-19. “The reason why we have such high levels of diabetes, hypertension, and asthma is directly linked to structural racism,” physician Uché Blackstock told Craven in March. “We’re already very vulnerable.””

Black Covid Relief Fund

COVID-19 Protest Relief Fund

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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.