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On the night of May 16, 2010, Detroit police officers executed a raid on a home in the 7200 block of Lillibridge Street. The raid was part of a larger operation targeting a suspected killer, and the police had obtained a search warrant for the residence. However, the operation took a grim turn when the officers shot and killed seven-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, who was asleep on a couch in the living room.
The police were conducting a high-risk raid as part of an investigation into a homicide, and their entry was marked by a flashbang grenade, intended to disorient and subdue any occupants. An A&E reality TV television crew was accompanying the police and gathering footage for The First 48.
The killing of Aiyana Jones sparked immediate and intense reactions from the community, activists, and the media. The tragic incident led to protests and calls for justice from those who viewed it as an example of excessive force and a failure in the execution of police procedures.
In the wake of the shooting, Officer Joseph Weekley, who fired the fatal shot, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and other related offenses. The case against Officer Weekley was highly publicized and contentious. During the trial, arguments centered around the question of whether Weekley's actions were justified under the circumstances and whether proper procedures were followed during the raid. The defense argued that the officer acted in accordance with his training and that the situation was chaotic and unpredictable.
In 2013, the first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury could not reach a verdict. A second trial began in 2014 but also resulted in a mistrial. In the third trial, Weekley was acquitted of all charges in 2015. The verdict was met with mixed reactions, with some seeing it as a necessary legal outcome given the evidence, while others viewed it as a failure of the justice system to hold police accountable for their actions.
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1. Sonya Massey - "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus." 2. George Floyd - "I can't breathe." 3. Eric Garner - "I can't breathe." 4. Michael Brown - "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting." 5. Philando Castile - "I wasn't reaching for it." 6. Breonna Taylor - "Why did you shoot me?" 7. Freddie Gray - "I need a doctor." 8. Tamir Rice - "It's not real." 9. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!" 10. Laquan McDonald - No audible last words; shot while walking away. 11. Elijah McClain - "I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I'm just different. I'm just different, that's all. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. Why are you attacking me?" 12. Alton Sterling - "What did I do?" 13. Walter Scott - "Iâm just going home." 14. Botham Jean - "Why did you shoot me?" 15. Stephon Clark - "Grandma, call the police." 16. Atatiana Jefferson - "Iâm here." 17. Sandra Bland - "Why am I being apprehended?" 18. Tony McDade - "I'm not armed." 19. Daniel Prude - "Give me your gun, I need it." 20. John Crawford III - "It's not real." 21. Manuel Ellis - "I can't breathe, sir." 22. Amadou Diallo - "Mom, I'm going to college." 23. Aiyana Stanley-Jones - No audible last words; shot while sleeping. 24. Terrence Crutcher - "I'm not doing anything." 25. Sean Bell - No audible last words; shot multiple times. 26. Jonathan Ferrell - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car crash. 27. Ezell Ford - "It's me, itâs me." 28. John Crawford III - "It's not real." 29. Renisha McBride - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car accident. 30. Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. - "Why are you doing this to me?" 31. Tamir Rice - "It's not real." 32. Eric Harris - "I'm losing my breath." 33. Jamar Clark - "Please donât let me die." 34. Rayshard Brooks - "I don't want to hurt you." 35. Alfred Olango - "Please donât shoot." 36. Shantel Davis - "What did I do?" 37. Kendra James - "Please donât kill me." 38. Akai Gurley - No audible last words; shot in a dark stairwell. 39. Miriam Carey - No audible last words; shot in her car. 40. Timothy Russell - No audible last words; shot during a car chase. 41. Malissa Williams - No audible last words; shot during a car chase. 42. Jordan Edwards - No audible last words; shot while leaving a party. 43. Yvette Smith - "I'm coming out." 44. Jordan Davis - No audible last words; shot at a gas station. 45. Victor White III - No audible last words; died in police custody. 46. Dontre Hamilton - No audible last words; shot in a park. 47. Eric Reason - No audible last words; shot during a dispute. 48. Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. - No audible last words; shot in a mall. 49. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!" 50. Clinton Allen - No audible last words; shot during an encounter. 51. Ronnell Foster - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase. 52. Tony Robinson - No audible last words; shot during an altercation. 53. Charly Keunang - No audible last words; shot during an altercation. 54. Samuel DuBose - "I didnât even do nothing." 55. Quintonio LeGrier - "Iâm sorry." 56. Bettie Jones - "I've been shot." 57. India Kager - No audible last words; shot in a car. 58. Keith Lamont Scott - "Don't shoot him. He has no weapon." 59. Jordan Baker - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 60. Christian Taylor - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 61. Michael Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop. 62. Rumain Brisbon - No audible last words; shot during an altercation. 63. Gregory Gunn - No audible last words; shot during an encounter. 64. Yuvette Henderson - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 65. David Joseph - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 66. Calvin Reid - No audible last words; died in police custody. 67. Antonio Zambrano-Montes - No audible last words; shot during an encounter. 68. Zachary Hammond - "Why did you shoot me?"
69. Anthony Hill - No audible last words; shot while naked and unarmed.
70. Saheed Vassell - No audible last words; shot while holding a metal pipe.
71. Willie McCoy - No audible last words; shot while sleeping in a car.
72. Robert White - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
73. Micheal Lorenzo Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
74. Monique Tillman - "I didnât do anything wrong."
75. Randy Evans - No audible last words; died in police custody.
76. Vernell Bing Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
77. Cameron Massey - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
78. DeAndre Ballard - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
79. Maurice Gordon - "Can you let me out?"
80. Rayshard Brooks - "I donât want to hurt you."
81. Pierre Loury - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
82. Deborah Danner - "Iâm not feeling well."
83. Jason Harrison - "Iâm sick."
84. Corey Jones - "Hold on, wait!"
85. Keith Childress - "Don't shoot."
86. Justine Damond - No audible last words; shot after calling 911.
87. Amilcar Perez-Lopez - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
88. Mario Woods - "I'm not going to shoot you."
89. William Chapman II - "Donât shoot me."
90. Chad Robertson - No audible last words; shot while running away.
91. Charlie Willie Kunzelman - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
92. Terrence Sterling - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
93. Sylville Smith - "Why are you harassing me?"
94. Bruce Kelley Jr. - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
95. Korryn Gaines - No audible last words; shot during a standoff.
96. Maurice Granton Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
97. Paul O'Neal - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
98. Antwon Rose II - "Why are they shooting?"
99. Patrick Harmon - "Iâll go with you."
100. Aaron Bailey - "Why did you shoot me?"
101. Miles Hall - "No! Don't do it!"
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As the world braced for the verdict of the Chauvin trial, in Columbus, Ohio, there was another fatal shooting of 16-year-old Black girl named MaâKhia Bryant. Many who watched the graphic and gut-wrenching bodycam video have decried the officer who deemed it necessary to use lethal force to defuse a physical altercation involving the Black teenager.
When juxtaposing what feels like a never-ending pattern of police brutality against Black people with the treatment of white perpetrators, there is an obvious disparity that highlights the pervasive nature of systemic racism. White gunmen who commit heinous crimes are often treated differently, with police being able to apprehend white suspects and bring them safely into custody.
Three recent examples of this: 21-year-old Dylann Roof, who was safely arrested after entering Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina and killing nine people in 2015. Whatâs even more disturbing is reports that police brought Roof Burger King following his arrest. In 2020, during protests of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a 17-year-old gunman, Kyle Rittenhouse, used an AR-15 assault rifle to kill two people and injured a third. Law enforcement apparently offered Rittenhouse and a group of militia members water at some point before the shooting took place.
In March 2021, after a gunman shot and killed eight people, with six of them being Asian, Cherokee County Sheriffâs Office Director of Communications remarked that the shooter was having a âreally bad day.â These comments drew public outrage at the humanization of the mass shooter. Black youth arenât given the opportunity to be humanized, with a number of tragic stories illustrating this.
Over a decade ago, 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley Jones was fatally shot by Detroit police who were looking for a murder suspect. In 2012, the world was gripped by the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was shot by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, who thought Martin looked suspicious. In 2014, a Black youth named Tamir Rice was shot by police. Rice, who was only 12 years old, was thought to be 20 years old. In 2015, a video of McKinney, Texas police officer Eric Casebolt went viral. Casebolt was filmed yelling at Black teenagers and threw one teenage girl to the ground while kneeling on her back. The video sparked rightful outrage at the excessive force used on the young girl.
Examining patterns of police treatment towards Black youth highlights a prominent issue: the adultification bias, which is the phenomenon where adults perceive Black youth as being older than they actually are. When the adultification bias was examined, one study found that Black girls as young as five years old were perceived as being less needing of protection and nurturing, compared to their white counterparts. Â
Research indicates that Black boys are perceived as older and less innocent when compared to their white counterparts. âBlack boys can be seen as responsible for their actions at an age when white boys still benefit from the assumption that children are essentially innocent,â shared Phillip Atiba Goff, Ph.D., who authored a study examining this phenomenon in more detail. Black girls are treated disparately compared to their white counterparts and are more likely to be seen as older, while having to navigate the combined effects of racism and sexism.
The adultification bias contributes to the continued harm and abuse that Black youth face, not just at the hands of law enforcement, but also in the education system. When Black women and girls are mistreated, harmed and abused, it is less likely to be reported on. The Say Her Name campaign co-founded by scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw was designed to bring greater awareness to this issue.
Disrupting the adultification bias must first begin with awareness that this problem even exists. Despite the wealth of evidence detailing the ways it manifests, greater understanding is necessary. Training about the adultification bias should be mandatory, especially for folks working with and around Black youth populations. Understanding the ways that the adultification bias manifests as well as how to mitigate this type of bias is imperative.
Although research indicates that those who are marginalized are likely to internalize some of the biases and stereotypes about their own identity group, it is likely that having more Black people working with Black youth populations would lessen the occurrence of the adultification bias. One can assume that having experience and exposure to Black youth may increase oneâs understanding, and limit the adultification bias from taking place. Resources must be allocated to support education about the adultification bias and how it can be interrupted. Lastly, rather than resorting to punitive measures when dealing with Black youth, we must encourage the learning of de-escalation and conflict resolution strategies.
#How The Adultification Bias Contributes To Black Trauma#adultification of Black Children#adultification#Black Children Matter
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If you want to invoke ACAB (made popular in the 1970s by skinheads before being used post George Flloyd), let it be to resist this, and not to denigrate a BIPOC prosecutor. If nothing else⊠this first. - Anonymous
Sonya Massey - "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus."
George Floyd - "I can't breathe."
Eric Garner - "I can't breathe."
Michael Brown - "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting."
Philando Castile - "I wasn't reaching for it."
Breonna Taylor - "Why did you shoot me?"
Freddie Gray - "I need a doctor."
Tamir Rice - "It's not real."
Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"
Laquan McDonald - No audible last words; shot while walking away.
Elijah McClain - "I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I'm just different. I'm just different, that's all. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. Why are you attacking me?"
Alton Sterling - "What did I do?"
Walter Scott - "Iâm just going home."
Botham Jean - "Why did you shoot me?"
Stephon Clark - "Grandma, call the police."
Atatiana Jefferson - "Iâm here."
Sandra Bland - "Why am I being apprehended?"
Tony McDade - "I'm not armed."
Daniel Prude - "Give me your gun, I need it."
John Crawford III - "It's not real."
Manuel Ellis - "I can't breathe, sir."
Amadou Diallo - "Mom, I'm going to college."
Aiyana Stanley-Jones - No audible last words; shot while sleeping.
Terrence Crutcher - "I'm not doing anything."
Sean Bell - No audible last words; shot multiple times.
Jonathan Ferrell - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car crash.
Ezell Ford - "It's me, itâs me."
John Crawford III - "It's not real."
Renisha McBride - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car accident.
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. - "Why are you doing this to me?"
Tamir Rice - "It's not real."
Eric Harris - "I'm losing my breath."
Jamar Clark - "Please donât let me die."
Rayshard Brooks - "I don't want to hurt you."
Alfred Olango - "Please donât shoot."
Shantel Davis - "What did I do?"
Kendra James - "Please donât kill me."
Akai Gurley - No audible last words; shot in a dark stairwell.
Miriam Carey - No audible last words; shot in her car.
Timothy Russell - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
Malissa Williams - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
Jordan Edwards - No audible last words; shot while leaving a party.
Yvette Smith - "I'm coming out."
Jordan Davis - No audible last words; shot at a gas station.
Victor White III - No audible last words; died in police custody.
Dontre Hamilton - No audible last words; shot in a park.
Eric Reason - No audible last words; shot during a dispute.
Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. - No audible last words; shot in a mall.
Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"
Clinton Allen - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.
Ronnell Foster - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
Tony Robinson - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
Charly Keunang - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
Samuel DuBose - "I didnât even do nothing."
Quintonio LeGrier - "Iâm sorry."
Bettie Jones - "I've been shot."
India Kager - No audible last words; shot in a car.
Keith Lamont Scott - "Don't shoot him. He has no weapon."
Jordan Baker - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
Christian Taylor - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
Michael Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
Rumain Brisbon - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
Gregory Gunn - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.
Yuvette Henderson - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
David Joseph - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
Calvin Reid - No audible last words; died in police custody.
Antonio Zambrano-Montes - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.
Zachary Hammond - "Why did you shoot me?"
Anthony Hill - No audible last words; shot while naked and unarmed.
Saheed Vassell - No audible last words; shot while holding a metal pipe.
Willie McCoy - No audible last words; shot while sleeping in a car.
Robert White - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
Micheal Lorenzo Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
Monique Tillman - "I didnât do anything wrong."
Randy Evans - No audible last words; died in police custody.
Vernell Bing Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
Cameron Massey - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
DeAndre Ballard - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
Maurice Gordon - "Can you let me out?"
Rayshard Brooks - "I donât want to hurt you."
Pierre Loury - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
Deborah Danner - "Iâm not feeling well."
Jason Harrison - "Iâm sick."
Corey Jones - "Hold on, wait!"
Keith Childress - "Don't shoot."
Justine Damond - No audible last words; shot after calling 911.
Amilcar Perez-Lopez - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
Mario Woods - "I'm not going to shoot you."
William Chapman II - "Donât shoot me."
Chad Robertson - No audible last words; shot while running away.
Charlie Willie Kunzelman - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
Terrence Sterling - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
Sylville Smith - "Why are you harassing me?"
Bruce Kelley Jr. - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
Korryn Gaines - No audible last words; shot during a standoff.
Maurice Granton Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
Paul O'Neal - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
Antwon Rose II - "Why are they shooting?"
Patrick Harmon - "Iâll go with you."
Aaron Bailey - "Why did you shoot me?"
Miles Hall - "No! Don't do it!
Justin Horton Smith- Canât breathe.
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Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley Jones. Only seven years old. Aiyana was shot in the head while sleeping in her grandmothers living room. A police officer entered the wrong apartment during a raid and falsely claimed to see Aiyana's grandmother reaching for a gun. Rest in peace beautiful girl.
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1. Sonya Massey - "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus."
2. George Floyd - "I can't breathe."
3. Eric Garner - "I can't breathe."
4. Michael Brown - "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting."
5. Philando Castile - "I wasn't reaching for it."
6. Breonna Taylor - "Why did you shoot me?"
7. Freddie Gray - "I need a doctor."
8. Tamir Rice - "It's not real."
9. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"
10. Laquan McDonald - No audible last words; shot while walking away.
11. Elijah McClain - "I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I'm just different. I'm just different, that's all. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. Why are you attacking me?"
12. Alton Sterling - "What did I do?"
13. Walter Scott - "Iâm just going home."
14. Botham Jean - "Why did you shoot me?"
15. Stephon Clark - "Grandma, call the police."
16. Atatiana Jefferson - "Iâm here."
17. Sandra Bland - "Why am I being apprehended?"
18. Tony McDade - "I'm not armed."
19. Daniel Prude - "Give me your gun, I need it."
20. John Crawford III - "It's not real."
21. Manuel Ellis - "I can't breathe, sir."
22. Amadou Diallo - "Mom, I'm going to college."
23. Aiyana Stanley-Jones - No audible last words; shot while sleeping.
24. Terrence Crutcher - "I'm not doing anything."
25. Sean Bell - No audible last words; shot multiple times.
26. Jonathan Ferrell - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car crash.
27. Ezell Ford - "It's me, itâs me."
28. John Crawford III - "It's not real."
29. Renisha McBride - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car accident.
30. Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. - "Why are you doing this to me?"
31. Tamir Rice - "It's not real."
32. Eric Harris - "I'm losing my breath."
33. Jamar Clark - "Please donât let me die."
34. Rayshard Brooks - "I don't want to hurt you."
35. Alfred Olango - "Please donât shoot."
36. Shantel Davis - "What did I do?"
37. Kendra James - "Please donât kill me."
38. Akai Gurley - No audible last words; shot in a dark stairwell.
39. Miriam Carey - No audible last words; shot in her car.
40. Timothy Russell - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
41. Malissa Williams - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
42. Jordan Edwards - No audible last words; shot while leaving a party.
43. Yvette Smith - "I'm coming out."
44. Jordan Davis - No audible last words; shot at a gas station.
45. Victor White III - No audible last words; died in police custody.
46. Dontre Hamilton - No audible last words; shot in a park.
47. Eric Reason - No audible last words; shot during a dispute.
48. Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. - No audible last words; shot in a mall.
49. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"
50. Clinton Allen - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.
51. Ronnell Foster - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
52. Tony Robinson - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
53. Charly Keunang - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
54. Samuel DuBose - "I didnât even do nothing."
55. Quintonio LeGrier - "Iâm sorry."
56. Bettie Jones - "I've been shot."
57. India Kager - No audible last words; shot in a car.
58. Keith Lamont Scott - "Don't shoot him. He has no weapon."
59. Jordan Baker - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
60. Christian Taylor - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
61. Michael Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
62. Rumain Brisbon - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
63. Gregory Gunn - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.
64. Yuvette Henderson - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
65. David Joseph - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
66. Calvin Reid - No audible last words; died in police custody.
67. Antonio Zambrano-Montes - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.
68. Zachary Hammond - "Why did you shoot me?"
69. Anthony Hill - No audible last words; shot while naked and unarmed.
70. Saheed Vassell - No audible last words; shot while holding a metal pipe.
71. Willie McCoy - No audible last words; shot while sleeping in a car.
72. Robert White - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
73. Micheal Lorenzo Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
74. Monique Tillman - "I didnât do anything wrong."
75. Randy Evans - No audible last words; died in police custody.
76. Vernell Bing Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
77. Cameron Massey - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
78. DeAndre Ballard - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
79. Maurice Gordon - "Can you let me out?"
80. Rayshard Brooks - "I donât want to hurt you."
81. Pierre Loury - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
82. Deborah Danner - "Iâm not feeling well."
83. Jason Harrison - "Iâm sick."
84. Corey Jones - "Hold on, wait!"
85. Keith Childress - "Don't shoot."
86. Justine Damond - No audible last words; shot after calling 911.
87. Amilcar Perez-Lopez - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
88. Mario Woods - "I'm not going to shoot you."
89. William Chapman II - "Donât shoot me."
90. Chad Robertson - No audible last words; shot while running away.
91. Charlie Willie Kunzelman - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.
92. Terrence Sterling - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.
93. Sylville Smith - "Why are you harassing me?"
94. Bruce Kelley Jr. - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.
95. Korryn Gaines - No audible last words; shot during a standoff.
96. Maurice Granton Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.
97. Paul O'Neal - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.
98. Antwon Rose II - "Why are they shooting?"
99. Patrick Harmon - "Iâll go with you."
100. Aaron Bailey - "Why did you shoot me?"
101. Miles Hall - "No! Don't do it!
102.Justin Horton Smith- Canât breathe.;
#iammszmax#mszmax#mszmaxbaby#ggriarivera#vp kamala harris#president joe biden#rest in peace#fcookdallas
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Remembering Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley Jones (July 20, 2002 - May 16, 2010) From Detroit's East Side who was shot in the neck and killed by police officer Joseph Weekley during a raid conducted by the Detroit Police Department's Special Response Team.
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Amazing work by Adrian Brandon. However old the person was when they died is the amount of time he spends coloring their picture. Tamar Rice was only 12 when he was murdered, so the artist only spent 12 minutes coloring his picture.
âI want the viewer to see how much empty space is left in these lives, stories that will never be told, space that can never be filled.â
Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7
Breonna Taylor, 26
George Floyd, 46
Tamir Rice, 12
Sandra Bland, 28
Sean Reed, 21
Michael Brown, 18
Philando Castile, 32
Botham Jean, 26
Johnathan Ferrell, 24
His Instagram is here if you want to see more of his work
#blm#black lives matter#sandra bland#george floyd#breonna taylor#aiyana stanley jones#tamir rice#sean reed#philando castile#michael brown#botham jean#johnathan ferrell#say their names
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#george floyd#breonna taylor#tamir rice#eric garner#aiyana stanley jones#philandocastile#alton sterling#Jacob Blake#blm#blm movement#black lives are important#black lives matter#civil rights#income inequality#jail#parole#prison reform#prisons for profit#prison industrial complex#jobs#poverty#election 2020#portrait painting#portrait art#mural art#say my name#when they see us#blackman#gouache
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It's Aiyana Stanley Jones' birthday. She would have just now been becoming a woman, getting prepared to go out into a world that beats us down everyday, but we still try to live our best lives as Black women and enjoy all the things that belong to us and that we deserve. Life isn't always great and we're often tired, but Babygirl sure deserved to be able to come to her own conclusions about it all. And she can't, and never will. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Aiyana. â„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïž
#black lives matter#say her name#protect black girls#aiyanastanleyjones#aiyana stanley jones#rest in peace#happy birthday#Instagram
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In a number of police brutality cases, the actions of a police officer are justified if the person is holding or reaching for a firearm, even when it is found later that the cop made a mistake. Recently, a Missouri Prosecutor has decided not to criminally charge two Independence Police Department officers who shot and killed 39-year-old Tyrea Pryor after a car crash after mistaking him for holding a gun.
The Carjacking Cops Of Memphis
Pryorâs case is one of many examples of police brutality but here are seven examples of cops pulling the âthey had a gunâ card.
1. Tyrea M. Pryor
Dash camera footage from the March 11 incident shows officers approached a totaled white vehicle with Tyrea Pryor and a female passenger inside. They ordered the woman to exit the car and spoke with Pryor, who was disabled and groaning in pain. âHeâs got a gun,â the officer said and immediately 15 shots rained toward Pryor. Authorities say they opened fire after seeing a âfloating gunâ when in reality, Pryor was unarmed, per The Kansas City Star. Moments after the shooting, another officer is heard saying, âI donât see a pistol.â
2. Jayland Walker
Before Pryorâs killing, 25-year-old Jayland Walker was shot and killed by Akron police in a hail of over 40 bullets. Authorities say before the shooting, they saw Walker fire a shot at them while being followed in a high-speed chase. The firearm they say was found in the back of his vehicle has been speculated to be planted there.
3. Frederick Cox
In 2020, Frederick Cox was shot and killed by High Point police outside a funeral after âbeing seen with a gun.â Reports say the medical examiner didnât find any gun residue on Coxâs hand and the deputy who suggested the false notion faced no charges in the death.
4. Donovan Lewis
Lewis was in bed when a group of Ohio police officers showed up at his door to serve an arrest warrant, per CBS News. The officers detained the other men in the house and unleashed a K-9 to find Lewis. When within seconds of opening his bedroom door, one officer shot at Lewis as he raised his arms with a vape pen in hand. No firearm was recovered from the scene.
5. Stephon Clark
In 2018, Clark was shot and killed in the backyard of his grandmotherâs house by Sacramento officers who mistook his cellphone for a firearm. None of the officers involved were criminally charged.
6. Sean Bell
Bell was out at a bachelor party the night before his wedding when he was shot and killed by plainclothes NYPD officers. The cops claimed they overheard one of Bellâs friends ordering him to get a gun. However, witnesses say the officer came up by his car brandishing a firearm resulting in Bell trying to speed off. The officers fired over 50 rounds at Bellâs vehicle and not were convicted in his death.
7. Aiyana MoâNay Stanley-Jones
The 7-year-old was shot in the head while asleep in her grandmotherâs living room. Officers from Detroitâs Special Response Team raided the apartment, threw a flash-bang grenade and fired within seconds. They claimed they saw her grandmother reaching for one of their guns but she was on the other side of the room, according to Mother Jones.
Attorney Weighs In on Police Accountability
The Jackson County prosecutor deciding not to criminally charge the officers who shot Tyrea Pryor comes as no surprise given the exhaustive list of police killings we see in the news. Though, the absence of a guilty conviction suggests the police these life-threatening mistakes are on their job applications.
Civil rights attorney Harry Daniels, who is representing Pryorâs family, told The Root what needs to be done to keep these tragedies from happening again is letting the law enforcement know they themselves are not above the law.
âItâs accountability, charges, arrest, convictions, prison sentences - They unlawfully killed a man so they should be reviewed and presented to the grand jury for further charges unless they include murder If you shoot a person who is unarmed âaccidentallyâ or whatever you want to call it, then you know then you should be reviewed as to whether you committed murder or sometimes voluntary manslaughter,â Daniels said.
The accountability people want to see is police officers being prosecuted as if they were citizens for committing these egregious crimes.
#7 Black People Killed After Cops Falsely Discover a Gun That was Never There#memphis#mpd#white lies
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horrified doesnât even begin to cover it. my heart and prayers with philandoâs family. (second photo should also include Alton Sterling, Terrance Crutcher and more) đđđ»
#philando castile#black lives matter#blm#alton sterling#terrance crutcher#trayvon martin#sandra bland#kathryn johnston#sean bell#eric garner#rekia boyd#amadou diallo#mike brown#michael brown#kimani gray#kenneth chamberlain#travares mcgrill#tamir rice#aiyana stanley jones#freddie gray
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The Hate U Give
*SPOILERS*Â
(For those who have read, you can find the link to the movie trailer here!)
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
- Malcolm X
While the premise of The Hate U Give might sound like the same story weâve heard a million times, it also shows us how itâs the story weâve never heard. Weâve seen it too many times: young, black, unarmed, dead, the officer was just doing his job. The same story, but is it the whole truth?Â
Angie Thomasâ breakthrough work follows the life of Starr Carter, a young, black girl from Garden Heights, your typical âhoodâ torn apart by a culture of drugs and two dueling gangs, the Garden Disciples and King Lords. While her father, Maverick Carter (also known as Big Mavâ) is an ex-con and ex-gang member, Starr has separated herself into two identities: Garden Heights Starr and Williamson Starr. After seeing her best friend, Natasha, murdered in a drive-by at the age of ten, Starr and her brothers, Seven and Sekani, were sent to a mostly white, upper class, suburban private school named Williamson Prep. There, Starr has her *white* boyfriend, Chris; and her basketball friends, Maya and Hailey. In Garden Heights, she has her family; Kenya, Sevenâs half-sister; and Khalil, her childhood best friend. At a spring break party, Khalil and Starr are reunited for the first time in a long time, but it doesnât last. After a fight breaks out at the party, Khalil drives off with Starr and is pulled over for a busted taillight. As he is asked to get out of the car, he approaches the window to check on Starr and is shot in the back three times. He was unarmed. We see the duality of Starr as she tries to decide between using her voice to get justice for Khalil or to remain the same, Williamson Prep, non-problematic Starr. As the novel progresses, we witness the media twist the story, the father of Officer One-Fifteen demonize Khalil, and the only one that has the power to tell the truth is Starr. In the end (and no there isnât a happy one), despite Starrâs testimony, the officer is not charged.
The Khalil we come to know and love through Starrâs memories and story is not the narrative that we are familiar with, and that is pivotal in the importance of the book. On the last page of the book, Thomas lists several black victims of police violence, hoping that in the way that we think of Khalil as innocent, and in the way that Starr told his story, we can see real victims of police violence in the same light:
Eric Garner, Emmett Till, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Aiyana Stanley Jones, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Parks, Oscar Grant, and so many more.
There is something interesting about this list, that being that there are far more black men represented as victims of police violence than women. Violence against black women is virtually invisible to the public because it is not publicized at the same rate as crimes against men (link included to The Violent State: Black Women 's Invisible Struggle Against Police Violence). While we canât now if Angie Thomas did it on purpose, it is made obvious that while Natashaâs story was told through the eyes of Starr, and her memory kept alive through the people that knew her, Khalilâs is publicized and recognized on a national level. We could relate this to Khalilâs murder involving the police, whereas Natashaâs is more related to black-on-black crime. Just as Khalil does not receive justice, Natashaâs killer is never revealed nor sought out. We could also relate this to Natasha being a woman and a âvictim of her own communityâ vs. a victim of police brutality and oppression that we see in Khalilâs case, relating more to men in the black community.
There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. Thatâs their problem. Not mine.
- Gloria Allred
We see the intersectionality of Starrâs identity as woman of color in her relation to Khalilâs case throughout the book as well. She constantly reminds herself to not âbe ghetto,â âbe the angry black girl.â We can draw on this as Starr thinking her identity as a âtypicalâ black girl would distract people from Khalilâs story, and from her own life that she has built for herself. While I may not know the stereotypes and struggles of black women personally, I feel that as a woman we are often subjected to having to be constrained by societyâs idea of a âperfect womanâ. Even in the beginning of the book, we see Starr compare herself to the idea of Eve from the Bible. She says that she feels like Eve in the garden, a sense of not belonging, and a sense of taking a bite from the apple- from then chaos strikes. I feel the relation to women, especially in biblical times, shows the history of oppression on women that we have in our world. The Bible blames Eve for the sin imposed on man, because she gave in to temptation. That is the narrative behind women in society, temptresses, sinners. We are not given the same opportunities or given the same sense of self. Just like Starr is not free from the chains of her sense of self, through Williamson Prep, through Garden Heights, we are not free. By the end of the book, we see that Starr has broken through the things holding her back and finally spoken out. We might perceive this as salvation, but the reality is we are all caught in a struggle. Starrâs struggle with herself to not be a stereotype drives the entire narrative throughout the novel. It causes her to make key choices like to initially not come forward, to hide her relationship to Khalil from her boyfriend and her friends at Williamson Prep, to hide her relationship with Chris from her father. Would things have been different if Starrâs intersectionality was more accepted through the world and herself?
#the hate u give#angie thomas#black lives matter#tupac shakur#emmett till#tamir rice#aiyana stanley jones#trayvon martin#oscar grant#rekia boyd#sandra parks#eric garner#black panthers#huey p newton#feminist literature#intersectional literature#women in literature#women in global literature#malcolm x#thug life#contemporary literature#police brutality#social justice#women of color#book review#new reads#bookstagram
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She was only 7 years old. Say her name. Aiyana MoâNay Stanley-Jones.
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[ID: Every slide is in the style of a comic, with light tan backgrounds.Â
Slide 1: The name âAiyana Moânay Stanley-Jonesâ is at the top in thick, black letters. A drawing of a young Black girl can be seen sleeping on the couch. She smiles happily as she dreams, her hair in twists with orange, pink, and blue barrettes. She sleeps on a white pillow with a small white blanket covering half of her body can be seen. She also wears a pastel pink v-neck shirt that can just barely be seen. The couch is tan colored and the wall behind her is gray with horizontal lines. The caption above the girl reads, âOn the evening of May 16, 2010, seven year old Aiyana MoâNay Stanley-Jones lay sleeping in her home.â The caption is written in black text surrounded by a white bubble with a black outline.Â
Slide 2: A drawing of an elder Black woman can now be seen sitting on the couch next to Aiyana, smiling and looking off to the distance. Her eyes are weary and her black hair is cut short like a bob, just reaching her shoulders. In black text, the caption above her reads, âHer grandmother, Mertilla Jones, sat close by.â The caption is surrounded by a white bubble with a black outline.
Slide 3: A 2 story house can now be seen. On the top floor, there are rectangular, white-framed window, muted red paneling, and black tiles on the roof as well as a railing. Trees can be seen reaching in from the corners of the comic panel with the moon and stars in the sky. The lower half of the house cannot be seen as dark silhouettes cover up the foreground. In a white bubble with a black outline in black text, the caption reads, âOutside police prepared for a Swat-style raid designed to arrest her uncle who lived upstairs.â
Slide 4: The arms of a white person can be seen holding a filming camera with a light fixture attached to the top to see in the dark. In the reflection of the camera lens, amorphous gray figures are show. The caption reads, âA reality television crew filmed the event for A&E.â
Slide 5: The caption reads, âThe police, in an effort to distract the occupants of the house, threw a flash bang grenade through the window and yelled âpolice.ââ A drawing of a dark broken window is shown with a cylindrical, black grenade crashing through.Â
Slide 6: The entire screen is white, with a blurry, ombre grey circle in the middle. The caption is in white in the middle. âThe grenade let off a deafening blast followed by a blinding flash.â
Slide 7:Â âThe blanket covering Aiyana caught fire.â The cylindrical grenade is shown having landed on the white blanket Aiyana had been sleeping with on the couch, orange and yellow flames starting to grow.
Slide 8: Two panels are shown in this one slide. The first panel is a picture of a brown hand, Aiyanaâs hand, reach out into the darkness. âAccording to Aiyanaâs grandmother, she reached out for her, at the same moment that Officer Weekley entered the home,â the caption reads. The second panel shows a police officer, Officer Weekley, in full, all-black armor entering the house. He wears a black helmet, a black bulletproof vest that read âPOLICEâ on it and holds a body-length shield that also reads âPOLICEâ in white lettering. He looks angry as he holds out handgun, aiming for anyone in sight. The caption reads, âWeekley, half blinded by his partners flash bang, fired his weapon from behind a ballistics shield.â
Slide 9:Â âAiyana was struck in the head and killed.â Aiyana is shown now awake and sitting up on the couch, looking terrified off to the side as a blinding light blurs the panel.
Slide 10: The couch is shown with leftover patches of the white blanket scattered here and there. To the left of the panel, the caption is in yellow boxes in black text, âWeekley claimed Aiyanaâs grandmother slapped his gun and thatâs why he fired, subsequent investigations found no DNA or fingerprints on Weekleyâs weapon. After two mistrials Weekley was cleared of all charges and returned to work 5 years after the shooting.â
End ID. She was only 7.]
#black lives matter#no justice no peace#poc#bipoc#activism#protest#equality#gen z#black#aiyana moânay stanley-jones#black children#black kids#police brutality#black women#black womxn#children#kids#jacob blake#shooting
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Silence on Black Female Victims Weakens Fight Against Police Brutality
Acknowledging black female victims also demonstrates criminal profiling isnât just happening to black men, and it isnât only occurring during police stops. A recent African American Policy Forum report showed black girls who were late or absent from school ended up with criminal warrants. Black girls were also arrested for things like having a tantrum in school at age six.
Even as victims, black girls run the risk of incarceration â such was the case for an 11-year-old rape victim in D.C. Police failed to believe her despite corroborating evidence from the rape kit. Instead she was imprisoned for making a false report. These violations are motivated by the same brand of sexism and misogyny that keeps the brutality against black women and girls hidden in the fight for criminal justice reform.
Sexual violence in police custody is brought into high relief when black women are included. The alleged rape and sexual assault of at least 13 black women by former Oklahoma City Police Officer, Daniel Holtzclaw, serves as the most recent, heinous instance.
The politicized nature of protection also becomes visible, black womenâs cases can explicitly show how the justice system fails to protect us at the same time that it egregiously condemns black women. Marissa Alexanderâs case is a recent example, but so, too, is the case of CeCe McDonald, 24. As an African-American trans woman, McDonald served 19 months in solitary in a male facility for fighting back against a racist, transphobic attack in Minneapolis in 2011.
These outcomes showcase a pattern of bias that is not localized to places like South Carolina, Alabama, and New York, but we need to get past the patriarchy and misogyny to put these nationwide systemic inequalities on display.
#Marissa Alexander#CeCe McDonald#Rekia Boyd#Natasha McKenna#Tanisha Anderson#Yvette Smith#Aiyana Stanley-Jones#black girls#black women#black trans women#black violence#black femicide#police violence#police brutality
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Kadir Nelson, Say Their Names,Â
For more information on the people pictured, see this.
#kadir nelson#the new yorker#protest#blm#george floyd#emmett till#breonna taylor#ahmaud arbery#tony mcdade#trayvon martin#laquan mcdonald#freddie gray#eric garner#aiyana stanley jones#botham jean#michael brown#sandra bland#yvette smith#alton sterling#david mcatee#walter scott#tamir rice#philando castile#stephon clark#martin luther king jr#medgar evars#malcolm x#jimmie lee jackson#rosa parks#rodney king
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