Trauma and the Nexus of Racism
Post Traumatic Stress Injury, collectively all of black and brown America has
it.
A 17 year old girl recorded the live death of George Floyd as a hate filled racist police officer took a knee on his neck in all his blue lives matter glory. That racist cop was fired and protestors want him and the other three cops in Minneapolis, MN charged and convicted of first degree murder.
You have the power to fix this problem, a problem of your ancestors creation and your perpetuation.
A 17 year old girl recorded the live death of George Floyd as a hate filled racist police officer took a knee on his neck in all his blue lives matter glory. That racist cop was fired and protestors want him and the other three cops in Minneapolis, MN charged and convicted of first degree murder.
She is 17. A child. And if what she recorded traumatizes you as it does me, imagine what it’s done to her. Imagine what seeing their loved one killed in the street would do to #GeorgeFloyd’s family. Did any of those officers consider that, even for a moment? https://t.co/EI7SmCY25i— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 28, 2020
A Message to White America, The Majority
"We are really just battling one problem. America as a tale of two cities," says @chriscuomo on the death of George Floyd.— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) May 29, 2020
"One the majority, one the minority. The last three months exposed these parallel Americas." pic.twitter.com/392k0RMna4
Burn Burn Burn
Pain, helplessness, anguish, and frustration erupts as the protestors burn
down the police precinct in Minneapolis. No police are present and the fire
department is not coming. The governor dispatches the national guard while
protestors set off fireworks.
Possible Gas Lines are Cut - Possible Explosion
So scary. https://t.co/29suVCBPfa— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 29, 2020
Context
Tonight's protests flared up when the DA announced he would not be arresting the officer because there were other evidence that do not support criminal charges. The Mayor is calling for the ex-officer's arrest.‘Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?’ — Listen to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey call on the county attorney to charge the arresting officer involved in George Floyd’s death pic.twitter.com/UhDIo4Q0ww— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 29, 2020
Donald Trump Calls for Civil War
He actually used a quote from a Miami mayor from 1967: "When the looting starts, the shooting starts" So different, from when he told his base to charge the democratic governors with their guns.
✍🏾 Donald Trump:— 💥𝐹𝓇𝑒𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒟𝑜𝓊𝑔𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈💥 (@AmazingDouglass) May 29, 2020
-- Our country is totally fractured, and
-- Ferguson type riots and looting was to be expected as a direct result of your “weak leadership in Washington.”
-- That’s what YOU said. #GeorgeFloyd https://t.co/koh5oui8V3 https://t.co/1TSXpoPnQh
The National Guard should ignore POTUS 45's request to use deadly force.“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” is a threat coined by Miami Police Chief Walter Headley, who promised violent reprisals on black protesters in 1967. He also said: “We don’t mind being accused of police brutality. They haven’t seen anything yet.” https://t.co/inm7T4N804 pic.twitter.com/yfYY59Xfel— Todd Zwillich (@toddzwillich) May 29, 2020
More on the origin of that quote:This is a blatant call for extrajudicial killings. Law enforcement and the National Guard should disobey unlawful orders to use lethal force when there is no imminent threat to life. https://t.co/9HFyMv2UNW— Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar) May 29, 2020
A longer article:The quote "When the looting starts, the shooting starts" originated by a racist white Miami police chief named Walter Headley who targeted black people in 1967 ahead of the Republican convention.— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 29, 2020
Donald Trump used the same line tonight to threaten to shoot his own citizens.
Reactions to what Trump said:If you're looking for the source of "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," suffice it to say that it's darker than you're probably assuming given the particular moment in American politics. https://t.co/3h0j4dE6Fd— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) May 29, 2020
Trump to the white people with AR-15s throwing a temper tantrum over a haircut — “Liberate”— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 29, 2020
Trump to those protesting the lack of justice in Minneapolis — “THUGS”
A whole, racist clown.
George Floyd was not resisting arrest as those cops claimed. There are plenty of videos and witnesses:It’s kinda difficult to fall asleep when your president just gave the National Guard the green light to shoot black people via Twitter.— Dee Phunk (@DeePhunk) May 29, 2020
What are we doing here, @jack?
The Police Officer who slowly killed George Floyd, knew him and worked with him for 17 years according to this report:Surveillance video from outside a Minneapolis restaurant appears to contradict police claims that George Floyd resisted arrest before an officer knelt on his neck https://t.co/bggn2yecpG— CNN (@CNN) May 28, 2020
Zendaya sums up the collective feelings of all Black America:Andrea Jenkins, vice president of Minneapolis City Council, says George Floyd and Officer Chauvin worked at restaurant near Third Precinct.— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 29, 2020
"They were coworkers for a very long time." pic.twitter.com/IrwJvmxchI
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) May 29, 2020#iMatter #MyLifeMatters #BlackLivesMatter
