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@deedeebiafra / deedeebiafra.tumblr.com

28. Creative type stretched thin by wants and worries. Feminist out to ruin your day. Constantly tired.
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addc10

On this day 4 years ago, Colin Kaepernick took a knee for the first time in protest of racial injustice. Today, sports across 4 leagues halted.

“We are expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort and hold each other accountable. We hold ourselves to that standard, and in this moment, we are demanding the same from our lawmakers and law enforcement.” [Milwaukee Bucks’s Players Statement]

#NBAboycott #MLBboycott #WNBAboycott #MLSboycott #✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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My friend from Lebanon wrote up a really good thread on Twitter I thought I should share here, just to clear up some of the inaccuracies floating around:

And here are some of the links they provided:

https://beitelbaraka.net/donation/pay/

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alwaysbewoke

This is a long post but this is important especially if you live somewhere where fireworks have been going off every night all of a sudden for weeks now.

if you been following this blog of mine for a while you know i’m NOT into conspiracy theories BUT this shit is fucking fishy as hell. this is NOT fucking normal and i truly believe this is a part of how police fight back against calls to defund and/or disband them. i’ve said for a while now (mostly on twitter) that ppl who want to abolish the police (i am one of them) need to get ready for war cause cops will fight us to the point of killing us to maintain their power. i absolutely believe they are believe this sudden and constant stream of fireworks happening across the country targeted in areas where there were massive marches calling to defund the police. this would be very easy to coordinate given all the communication tools we have today (whatapp, fb messenger, ig direct message, skype and etc) and like the last tweeter stated, given all the crap we know the police be involved in, giving away fireworks ain’t shit BUT if raises the number of complaints they don’t respond to, they can use that to make themselves look good. i mean check it…

that’s a hell of a fucking jump (for all the ppl who want to claim this is normal (stfu)) and they are not responding to those calls. why? they are behind it and then they can use this to say “see, y’all need us. don’t defund us.” 

i won’t repeat what’s already in the tweets but yea, i am 100% this is warfare by the police against calls to hold them accountable and to defund them BUT we can’t back down. the mere fact they are doing this proves they are scared and we are right. 

fuck the police! 

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if you haven't heard yet, Tr*mp is having a rally on June 19th in Tulsa. If you're unfamiliar with the history, Juneteenth is when the emancipation proclamation was declared. If you're unfamiliar with Tulsa, it's where Black Wallstreet was burnt to the ground by white supremacists. Tr*mps decision to hold a rally there, on that day, is a direct response to the BLM movement.

If you'd like a way to easily stand against this, go to THIS LINK and reserve a couple seats at the rally. It might put your # on a text list, and if that happens, you can just text STOP to opt out of texts. Then, don't go. An empty rally is a powerful message.

This is a two second way to be a little involved. I don't care about the numbers this post gets, just that the link is shared, so feel free to copy this and pass it along if you're uncomfortable reblogging from me.

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El negro Matapacos (black cop killer)  was a symbol of fight and hope in the social protests we had last year. He was a stray who marched with the people and defended them from authorities. 

He is Chile’s most beloved protest dog.

   Here are some murals honoring him from different cities across the country

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they even made a statue

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Video shows Maryland cops REPEATEDLY pepper spray 15-year-old honor roll student.

5 ft 105 lbs girl, whose name has not been officially released yet, was brutalized by Hagerstown police after she on her bike was hit by a car, but refused medical assistance. 

Her family’s attorney says that when police arrived, they grabbed the little girl, lifted her hands above her head and slammed her face into a wall.

They slammed her against a wall, arrested her for refusing treatment, maced her 4 times in the police car while handcuffed, and took her to the police station instead of the hospital.

She was put in the car, which is when a bystander began filming the incident. The video shows the 15-year-old with her hands handcuffed behind her back kicking at the police car door and later a cop is heard saying: “Put your feet in, or you’re going to get sprayed!” Officer proceeds to pepper spray her a few times. 

The girl can be heard screaming: “I can’t breathe!”

The girl was only taken to hospital when she was released to her parents. 

Three hours after being pepper sprayed she was finally able to wash her eyes.

She is now charged with disorderly conduct, two counts of second-degree assault, possession of marijuana and failure to obey a traffic device.

#BlackLivesMatter    #StopPoliceViolence

#StayWoke

this is where I live and there’s nothing on the news about it

This is torture. They tortured her for fucking fun.

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jennikeatts

just keep in mind they took Dylan Roof into custody wearing a bullet proof vest to protect him from anyone that may try to kill him THEN they bought him Burger King to eat after the arrest. 

But this is how they treat an innocent child.

Because Dylan roof IS them. So are all the white supremacists you’ll continue to see getting “arrested” with no cuffs and all smiles. Theyre BOTH carrying out their duty to white power

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Petitions that still need signatures:

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gowns

a friend shared these with me — people are still piecing the info together, but seems like this is a true phenomenon

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