#blklivesmatter

[greatrunner]

Amanda Seales conducted an interview with independent journalist David Heath (sp?) and Dr. Melina Abdullah, one of the co-founders of BLM Grassroots, about "What happened to BLM?". The user @isisnavenaa (TikTok) summarized it in two parts (Part 1, Part 2).

The Amanda Seales interviews can be listened to here and here.

In the interview, Dr. Abdullah alleges (because none of this has been proven in a court of law) that the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation was allegedly compromised by:

Shalomia Bowers - a consultant for BLM-GNF who had legal control over the foundation's money following Patrice Colors stepping down from the foundation. He's been accused of siphoning funds from BLM-GNF before. He' apparently vacations in IsNotReal and is a Zionist.

Cicely Gay - a "trusted board member" of Bowers, appointed after Dr. Malnina Abdullah (co-founder of BLM grassroots) asked to see the books for BLM-GNF to ascertain where the money went.

Dijonay Parker - a former student of Dr. Abdullah's.

BLM-GNF (allegedly) still has access to the $900 Million dollars amassed in 2020 and all funds since. BLM Grassroots has not seen a cent of that money.

Dr. Abdullah has filed a (another?) lawsuit against BLM-GNF, which I'm assuming is different than the one dismissed in 2023. BLM-GNF is being represented by Hilary Clinton's lawyer, and the apparent judge for the case is a Black Republican. Because of a "slap motion", he's apparently not hearing BLM Grassroot's case.

blklivesmatter's official Instagram has limited their comments, whether because of these videos or before, remains to be seen.

BLM Grassroots is currently raising funds for Black families impacted by the L.A. Fires. Their official website is here.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Free Black Thought

Published: Jan 16, 2025

Take-no-prisoners article on the unprecedented death toll caused by @Blklivesmatter's activism and on the real measures required to reform police departments so they serve citizens. By Robert Maranto and @wil_da_beast630 in Skeptic:

"BLM de-policing policies seem to have taken thousands of (mainly Black) lives. During the BLM era, the age-adjusted Black homicide rate has almost doubled, rising from 18.6 murders per 100K African-Americans in 2011 to 32 murders per 100K in 2021. Murders of Black males rose to an astonishing peak of 56/100K during this period (in 2021), while Black women (9.0/100K) came to 'boast' a higher homicide rate than White men (6.4) and all American men (8.2)."

"Yet for all our lambasting of BLM, police unions and leaders have not covered themselves in glory, largely supporting precinct level decisions to de-police the dangerous parts ('no-go'- or 'slow-go'-zones) of major cities, and refusing to support reforms that do cut crime but discomfort cops. Astonishingly, high homicide rates have little or no impact on whether police commissioners keep their jobs, giving cops few incentives to do better rather than just well enough.

"The real question for those of us who want to make police better rather than run for office or get government grants, is how we can get low-performing police departments to learn from the best, and how we can get the mayors, city councils, governors, and state legislatures overseeing police to enact the sort of civil service reforms, like higher pay coupled with abolishing civil service tenure, that are likely to succeed in getting police to make all lives matter.

"We ranked police in the 50 largest US cities by their effectiveness in keeping homicides low and not taking civilian lives, while adjusting for poverty, which makes policing more difficult. Some departments excel. New York City easily takes first place. The top 18 cities also include Boston, MA; Mesa, AZ; Raleigh, NC; Virginia Beach, VA; five California cities including San Diego and San Jose; and five Texas cities including El Paso and Austin.

"By a wide margin, Baltimore ranked dead last. Baltimore's homicide rate (56.12 per 100K population) was roughly 15 times higher than New York's, and Baltimore police kill roughly ten times as many civilians per capita as NYPD. Baltimoreans should be outraged. Fifty years ago, NYPD killed about 100 civilians annually, compared to 10 today. In 1990, New York City had 2,245 homicides, mostly people of color, compared to just 462 in 2020. And, as discussed earlier, reforming NYPD saved tens of thousands of lives, mainly Black lives, while at the same time reducing incarceration.

"If democracy means anything, it means the ability to influence government, and the first duty of government is protecting life and property. For too long, this most basic of needs has been denied to people without means, who are disproportionately people of color. If we want to increase trust in government, we must start with the police. Doing that requires real data, not agitprop that paints cops as racist killers. To enable that, the U.S. DOJ needs to rank large cities on their policing, awarding those doing well and calling out those doing badly. The DOJ should also issue reports on which cities enable their police chiefs to terminate problematic officers.

This methodical approach would offend leftist cultural warriors and rightist police unions alike.

"Building a great police department takes time, but the NYPD has shown how it can be done. It is long past time to stop political virtue signaling and start reforming policing to save all lives."

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Photography: Black Trans Lives Matter, Brooklyn Museum 12/9/23

Photography: Black Trans Lives Matter, Brooklyn Museum 12/9/23 @Blklivesmatter @brooklynmuseum

Caption: All Black lives matter. If you’re Black and trans, your life matters — and I fucking love you. If you’re LBQT+ and Black, your life matters. And I fucking love you. If you’re Black and hetero, I fucking love you, too. It’s that simple. Last Saturday, I was at Brooklyn Museum to catch their latest exhibit: Spike Lee: Creative Sources. More on that later. But what I will say is this: If…

[quoidenouveau]

Séance #13 - Le militantisme en ligne : ça marche?

Chers lecteurs,

Ce n’est pas un secret : les réseaux sociaux prennent de plus en plus de place dans nos vies. Cette place grandissante amène donc les mouvements sociaux à se décliner en ligne. Il n’est plus rare de voir des mouvements tels que celui des Gilets jaunes, de Youth For Climate ou du mot-clic #MeToo se déployer sur les réseaux. Toutefois, est-ce que les réseaux sociaux sont des outils efficaces pour le militantisme?

À cette question, je réponds OUI!

Nous n’avons pas à aller chercher trop loin pour trouver des réponses. Le mouvement #MeToo en est une preuve excellente. Ce mouvement, ayant majoritairement fait surface en 2017, a permis à plusieurs femmes de prendre la parole pour dénoncer le viol et les agressions sexuelles. Sans n’être qu’une vague de dénonciation, ce  mouvement militant numérique a également contribué concrètement aux revendications des droits des femmes. En effet, du mouvement #MeToo s’est découlé l’élaboration d’un tribunal spécialisé en victimes de violence sexuelle et de violence conjugale. Un réel changement sociétal s’est produit à la suite du mouvement déployé en ligne. 

En soi, les réseaux sociaux sont à mon avis de belles plateformes d’éducation et de sensibilisation pour différents enjeux sociétaux. Il est assez commun de voir passer des stories Instagram dénonçant des enjeux tels que l’inaction climatique ou bien les conflits de guerre. Il est, selon moi, très pertinent de s’abonner à des pages dédiées au militantisme de toute sorte. Je pense d’ailleurs à une page Instagram féministe dont je suis abonnée depuis maintenant plusieurs années. La page Feminist détient 6 M d'abonnés. Comme son nom l’indique, il s’agit d’une page où du contenu féministe intersectionnel est mis de l’avant. On y trouve de l’information éducative et des actualités sur le monde du féminisme. 

Voici une liste de pages Instagram à objectif militant. Jetez un coup d’œil! 

@Gangduclito

@Pepitesexiste

@lgbtq

@environment

@blklivesmatter

À bientôt!

Bibliographie

Blaire, C. (2023). Les réseaux sociaux, leviers des luttes sociales. La vie ouvrière. https://nvo.fr/les-reseaux-sociaux-leviers-des-luttes-sociales/

[jimarionwill]

Black Lives Matter social media

the subject of my social media selection is the Black Lives Matter social media account (Blklivesmatter). Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people, and promote anti-racism. Its primary concerns are incidents of police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people. I chose this social media because it relates to our topic in class about the civil rights movement. a nationwide movement for equal rights for African Americans and for an end to racial segregation and exclusion arose across the United States. by how the " March on Milwaukee " contributed to the national fight for civil rights for African - Americans and to passage of the federal fair housing act in 1968. Like an example of this is in our week 4 articles with the articles titled Richard Dryer , " on the Matter of Whiteness " and Peggy McIntosh " white privilege : unpacking the invisible knapsack" , and Peggy McIntosh " white privilege checklist". Black Lives Matter is a protestested social group demanding the police and kkk afilliates to stop killing the black community just because they have a dark skin tone. Police and the whites were killing these African American's for the wrongful reasons. an example of this is in Minnesota where a man named George Floyd was wrongfully accused and a police officer kneeled on his face and he was telling the officer " I can't breathe". In addition there was a teenager named Trayvon Martin who was just eating skittles with his hood up and gets fatally shot and murrdered for no reason at all. What I mean by white privilege is that the whites are more superior than any other color. An example would be Emmitt Till and how was brutal murdered and hunted by the neck for whistling at a white lady. Black Lives Matter also relates to week 7 African Americans pdf. Like I said before Black Lives Matter is a group that wants justice for the whites wrongful actions and the civil rights movement had no say in anything. the African American wasn't always like this with the 13th amendment in 1865 with slavery being abandoned and the 14th amendment in 1868 were all slaves were granted citizenship in the great migration. In week 1 race and ethnicity with the articles titled Gregory Jay, "what is multiculturalism" with how the world was segregated. It was the black community vs the white community in this battle for equality. Blacks couldn't do things that the whites couldn't do like drink out the same butler , and eat at certain spots at restraints and justice just wasn't equal to the African community.

Dyer.pdf

white-privilege.pdf

whatismc.pdf

Week 7 African Americans.pdf

[i-am-skinny-sir]

Lili Reinhart is offering up her IG account to #blklivesmatter voices! First guest is @kenidra4humanity today at 6:45 pm.

Thrilled that Lili has come out as a proud bisexual! Welcome, honey! 💞💞💞

[tiahew95]

Random photo dump since it’s been a minute ❤️

[fuckingloverboy]

in august 2020 it began…

someone targeted me, doxxing me for my homosexuality

its been 2years and the police has yet to do anything to help me. people who are complicit in the stalking and doxxing hint that its the police that are targeting me. which only makes sense bc all of my accounts have been hacked, all my devices are basically tools for them to use against me in some way or another.

my family has disowned me for profit.

no one has done anything to help me in the slightest. everywhere i go someone is watching and following me. people yell my name and harrass me with slurs and threats of violence.

im 23 and i have no driver’s license, no money or savings. Ive tried to work and even go to school but due to the hacking of my accounts and the harrassment by coworkers i cannot continue working. im taking classes online with hopes of becoming a voice coach or a choir teacher, though idk how much longer i will last in this situation.

ive had suicidal thoughts, attemps and more thoughts and more attemps. ive been hospitalized only to be embarrassed for even trying to get help bc everyone is complicit and will not listen to bring a solution but only to continue to gaslight me.

i hate to play the victim so openly which is why i dont talk about this happening to me everyday on social media but this is the truth. this is my reality and im not sure if i can continue much longer…

i hope someone sees this and thinks about how they would feel in this situation, i hope someone who sees this and can help, does help bc this has been a very debilitating experience.

[priceland]

Me @ work. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[nickistuffs]

END POLICE BRUTALITY!

BLACK LIVE MATTER!

EDUCATE, DONATE, PROSTEST, SUPPORT

The voices of the people will not be silenced!

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Photography: Black Lives Matter, Cassette, Ridgewood, Queens, NYC 12/9/24

Photography: Black Lives Matter, Cassette, Ridgewood, Queens, NYC 12/9/24 @Blklivesmatter

Yaz Lancaster, who I met in the inaugural cohort of Asian Arts Initiative’s Sound Type Music Festival and Music Writer’s Workshop played a show with their newest project Medium at Cassette last night. As I heading towards a Flushing-bound Q58 at Fairview Avenue and Forest Avenue, I came across a sign at Cassette that read “BLACK LIVES MATTER.” Yes, they fucking do. Joran Neely’s life mattered.…

[cyclistazine]

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[fashionjawn]

[bassclarineko]

AYTY No.5: Interlude: "Practice what you Preach" 2020 Digital Painting Don't be mad. After all we are all in this together. :3 #alllivesmatter when you put your mask on. My inspiration came from this wonderful video: https://youtu.be/tsuYUGxyw9Y #blklivesmatter #blackartmatters #muzzledlikeamaddog #bassclarineko #furryart #covid19 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDcnJvenu0T/?igshid=6vdwmr1c52a7

[veganhippiechick]

This post, including the caption is by @queerbrownvegan on Instagram! All credit goes to him.

“ Content Warning: Violence/ Murder - - Environmental Justice seeks to provide equal environmental health across all environments, where communities have a healthy place to live, learn, and work. Black / Brown people have faced the most environmental discrimination when looking at history. Racism and prejudice amongst marginalized groups have been apparent, and when we talk about the environment, we must realize that police violence is connected to environmental justice. Long-term high exposure levels to air, water, or soil quality increases the slow violence or death of an individual and making them extremely vulnerable (City Lab). These negative environmental health factors inflict the bodies of Black communities, and it contributes to their death when faced with police terrorism. Black people don't have the chance to breathe in their community because of white supremacy; police brutality has murdered innocent and sacred members of their communities, and many of their last words are "I Can't Breathe." How can we think about a sustainable future of innovations when Black communities CAN'T BREATHE. We must tell ourselves that Police Brutality is connected to environmental injustice. - - When talking about placement, we need to think where communities are designated by race, class, and status. From there, we need to ask ourselves, how policies are different from specific environments, and the increase of "surveillance and divestment" is apparent in neighborhoods of color (Williams 2018). The Bronx Climate Justice North group says that "without a focus on correct injustice, work on climate change addresses only symptoms and not root causes." In order to protect the planet, we must not only rely on the climate justice framework but on allyship and how we can address the "economic, social, and racial injustice that is happening." I've gotten a lot of new members in my community and just want to remind you that when we choose to ignore how issues are interconnected, that means you choose the oppressor's side. Black Lives Matters. Black Trans Lives Matter. Black Dreams Matter. Please constantly share/donate to Black Organizations”