#freechrystulkizer

[shaunthegooddoctor]

Chrystul Kizer is a 19 year old Black woman who is charged with killing her sex trafficker at age 17. You can learn more about her story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/local/child-sex-trafficking-murder/

She had a bail hearing today (June 8, 2020) where the judge refused to lower her bail from $400,000 to $15,000. She also contracted COVID-19 at some point in April or May, and needs to be able to go home and rest. Her next hearing is set for September 11. 

You can keep updated about Chrystul’s situation at the following link: https://freechrystul.wordpress.com/updates/

This poor woman is being unfairly charged for defending herself against the man sexually abusing her, and needs the funds to pay her bail so she can finally go home, but $400,000 is a lot of money, in addition to the $45,000 she needs for her defense. That’s where all of you come in. Please if you can, donate to the her fund, which will help pay for her attorney and her bail:  https://fundrazr.com/FreeChrystulKizer?ref=ab_7WMClgbl5uY7WMClgbl5uY 

Another way you can help if you cannot donate yourself is to spread the word, especially to celebrities. They have enough money that even getting a few to make major donations could be enough to free Chrystul. I would like to suggest that we, the people of Tumblr, tweet at celebrities. 

The rules: donate, if you have the financial means to do so. Then whether you donated or not, tag 10 celebrities on twitter, then retweet, and reblog on tumblr. The farther we can spread the word, the more we can do to help Chrystul pay her bail.

I believe that there are a lot of Tumblr users right now who want to make a difference but might not know how. If you can, please donate to the fund to free Chrystul, and then use your platform on twitter to continue to spread the word. You can make up your own tweet if you wish using the Frundrazr link above, or if you like you can follow this template, substituting the blank @ for the name of the celebrity you’re attempting to tweet:

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@______ Chrystul Kizer is a 19 year old black woman who is charged with killing the man who was her sex trafficker. Please consider donating and spread the word so we can help her pay her bail! Thank you!!

https://fundrazr.com/FreeChrystulKizer?ref=ab_AdkL5uoLQcdAdkL5uoLQcd

#FreeChrystulKizer

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Once again, please, donate, spread the word to free Chrystul and let her go home.

[supporthosechi]

From Black and Pink: Milwaukee: Check out this #freechrystul postcard - gratitude to Cell Block to City Block Sacramento for artwork! Great for card/letter writing events! More resources coming soon! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VwwNCT6tl40u8CxScrspgm1y8wSyaoJN/view

[harrietcammock]

#FreeChrystulKizer #downtoearthwithharrietcammock

[gyrlversion]

CYNTOIA BROWN SIMILAR STORY ............................................................ #cyntoiabrown isn't the only female victim nit given justice by the system. #chrystulkizer is facing life for killing a man who forced child pornography and raped her repeatedly .... #freechrystulkizer . . . #gyrlversion #cyntoia #jlong https://www.instagram.com/p/B1AYn_hAVCU/?igshid=1r9yap1horr9n

[merely-mother-melas-musings]

Everyone keeps asking what the Rittenhouse Verdic has to do with racism, so allow me to introduce to you, Chrystul Kizer, a 17 year BLACK FEMALE who killed her sexual assault abuser that is getting nowhere near the treatment and care the Rittenhouse boy got. Nope instead they are throwing the book at this girl and so far have given her none of the breaks they gave the yte boy. Why is that @city_of_kenosha care to explain or are y’all just that racist? Oh did I forget to mention to all y’all that this unjust and unfair bullsh¡t is happening in Kenosha Wisconsin?!? Yup it is, but systematic racism doesn’t exist, right?!? #freeChrystulKizer #HandsOffChrystul #FairIsFair #doBetter #kenoshawisconsin (at Kenosha Wisconson) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW4NrdaPP8b/?utm_medium=tumblr

[itsmemattg]

Good question! #Repost @msafiyathediva with @get_repost ・・・ #HappyMonday! This is your ongoing reminder that there is still work to do! Racism is a virus in this country that has long gone unaddressed, buried, ignored, waved off like an annoying fly. It’s a new dawn and it’s a new day, racism is no longer up for debate. Wrong is wrong and right is right. #getittogether #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter #FreeChrystulKizer #BLM #racismisavirus #thisisarevolution https://www.instagram.com/p/CCBXNWbAqrL/?igshid=13mdwf5xoiwl9

[stephcapell]

#freechrystulkizer (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8RTk0DA0kaMKOb4y0iXCbh01S1fvEDYhYOm00/?igshid=1agbaxm7w91a2

[dpicott]

When does our supposed #justicesystem see our #race #blackskin as actual people that deserve to be saved and treated as #HumanBeings ?? The American justice system is the fucking worse!! I say let these sick p off the streets and out of these authoritative positions and arrest them.. and not for a few months.. this your girl has been stripped of her like because of this sorry piece of trash!!! Repost from @blackculturenews_ • UPDATE! Shes Been Freed! ✊🏿👏🏿 Kizer told the Washington Post that she met her alleged abuser, Randall Volar III, a 34-year-old white man, when she was just 16. Kizer told the Post that he sexually abused her for over a year while providing her with money and that he trafficked her to other men. Volar was killed by Kizer, who shot him in the head twice and lit his home on fire in June 2018. Kizer told authorities that she was defending herself after Volar pinned her to the floor after she told him that she didn't want to have sex with him. The 19-year-old was released on Monday after being bailed out by advocacy groups. Read more through the link in our bio. (📷: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images) #freechrystulkizer⁠ Follow @blackculturenews_ For More! https://www.instagram.com/p/CBzdeMghvAC/?igshid=7g8c5z2b4un7

[jdfmblr]

FREE THIS 19 yr old WOMAN! A Black teen could be sentenced to life in prison for killing a White man who forced her into the sex trade. Judge David P. Wilk in Kenosha County, Wisconsin that she must face life in prison after killing Randy Volar, according to Washington Post. Three years ago when Kizer was 16-years-old she met Randy Volar, 33. Volar raped Kizer multiple times and filmed himself having sex with the minor. #freeChrystulKizer https://www.instagram.com/p/B7coLMmFP_b/?igshid=5048pso91sz2

[oshungoddessofluv]

#freechrystulkizer #freechrystul #chrystulkizer #queen https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs1JXunns02J0yTeB4hVGERRHraBu949y03dBI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jxgq7a5rtyre

[supporthosechi]

#FREEChrystul: DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST CHRYSTUL KIZER AND RELEASE HER IMMEDIATELY

From our comrades in the Free Chrystul Kizer Defense Campaign and Black & Pink MKE: 

BACKGROUND Chrystul Kizer is a black teenage survivor of violence. At only 17-years old, she was charged with multiple felonies for defending herself from an older white man who has been accused of ongoing physical and sexual abuse of not only Chrystul, but multiple other young girls. A resident of Milwaukee, WI, Chrystul spent her 18th birthday incarcerated in the Kenosha County Jail, where she remains confined. If convicted, Chrystul could face a sentence of life in prison. Chrystul needs the opportunity to be supported in safe, healing spaces in the community – not the prospect of additional trauma, assault, and solitary confinement in a Wisconsin penitentiary. Recent campaigns to free criminalized survivors have highlighted how gender-based violence such as sexual assault is linked to the prison industrial complex. Survived and Punished cites ACLU figures in reporting that almost 60% of people confined in women’s prisons across the United States and up to 94% of some women’s prison populations have a history of physical or sexual abuse prior to incarceration. In addition, we know that policing and prisons disproportionately impacts communities of color. However, these campaigns have illustrated the power of people to raise awareness, make demands, and free survivors. Right now, District Attorney Michael Graveley is withholding evidence which supports the case for Chrystul’s self-defense. We refuse to allow the criminal punishment system to disappear Chrystul and further traumatize her. ACTION This is a call to demand that the Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office drop all charges and release Chrystul immediately. Please direct your calls and emails to the DA’s office on January 9, the day before Chrystul’s next court date. Contact Michael Graveley, Kenosha County District Attorney Phone: (262) 653-2687 Email: Michael.Graveley@da.wi.gov Sample Script: “Hello, my name is [name] and I’m calling from [location]. I am calling in support of Chrystul Kizer. You have charged Chrystul for defending herself from physical and sexual abuse. I am demanding that as District Attorney you use your power to drop all charges against Chrystul and release her immediately. Chrytsul was only 17 years old when she defended her life from abuse and violence. Removing Chrystul from her family and community of support serves no one. Prosecuting her just furthers the violence and trauma she has experienced during her young life. Additionally, as District Attorney you are withholding evidence which supports the case for Chrystul’s self-defense. I demand that all evidence be provided to Chrystul’s attorneys so her case can be fully defended.” DONATIONS TO CHRYSTUL AND FAMILY Donations support transportation to court, Chrystul’s commissary and other costs her family incurs during this time. https://www.gofundme.com/free-chrystul-kizer LETTERS OF LOVE AND SUPPORT TO CHRYSTUL Chrystul Kizer #3007646 Kenosha County Jail 1000 55th St. Kenosha, WI 53140 Please do not include any profanity or inciteful language in your letters to ensure that they reach her.

[killinggeorgina-blog]

Thank you to @lotusflowerbomb0912 for sharing this case with me: "Just a piece of Alexis's back story. "Although Ohio does acknowledge the horrors of human trafficking, the state has ultimately disregarded the grip human trafficking can have over a person's life. Alexis Martin grew up with drug addicted, abusive and absent parents. She was first sexually assaulted at the age of 9. Shortly after, Alexis was kidnapped and forced into prostitution by violent traffickers. Alexis told a juvenile court probation officer about the kidnapping but the officer did nothing to help her or identify her as a trafficking victim. At the age of 15, Alexis was convicted of murdering her trafficker, Angelo Kerney. Alexis was engaged in a sexual encounter with Kerney's brother when a rival trafficker arrived with plans to rob and shoot Kerney. After Alexis was arrested in connection with the robbery and murder, the juvenile court recognized that she was a victim of human trafficking. Under Ohio's Safe Harbor Law, Alexis should have received a guardian ad litem to recommend the most effective responses from the court, like addition treatment and mental health care. During that time, the court can put all charged on hold, place the juvenile in the appropriate treatments and when completed dismiss and expunge all records of the case. However, Alexis never received a guardian ad litem; she never even knew she was entitled to this type of advocacy. Instead Alexis' case was moved to adult court and she was convicted, at the age of 16, of the murder of her trafficker. The court sentenced her to 21 years to life in prison. In August of 2018 the Ohio Supreme Court ruled to uphold this unfair sentence. This Governor, John Kasich, has the ability to grant clemency for Alexis Martin prior to leaving office next week. Please join us in asking Gov John Kasich to grant clemency for Alexis. The rally will take place in Columbus. Ohio on January 12, 2019." Clemency4AlexisMartin #SayHerNAME!" #protectblackgirls #freechrystulkizer #freealexismartin #clemency #pardonthemall https://www.instagram.com/p/BsdVPp0AyfL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=om600c2stn2u

[gyrlversion]

CHRYSTUL KIZER SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM WAS SET FREE ......................................................... #chrystulkizer was set free after being locked up for the death of a sex trafficker. Kizer was refused by the law to fully use the law in her defense. #cyntoiabrown supported the release of Kizer by wearing a #freechrystulkizer sweater on social media. check out more details to this story including her legal battle at www.gyrlversion.net . . . #gyrlversion #gyrltv #girltalk #momlife #cyntoia #findourgirls https://www.instagram.com/p/B6jQ5vhAw28/?igshid=1d6a373hr8kao

[dialecticalmadness]

#FreeChrystulKizer

FreeChrystul.wordpress.com

[womanistgrrrl]

Cyntoia Brown 2.0 | What Happened To Chrystul Kizer?

This video details the events that led up to Chrystul defending herself from Randall P Volar. Please donate to her mother https://cash.app/$freechrystulkizer

#FreeChrystulKizer #CyntoiaBrown

This video is brought to you by Paris Milan.

[supporthosechi]

Continue the birthday love for Alisha by showing up for other criminalized survivors! 

TODAY! Join the Free Chrystul Kizer Defense campaign! 

Join us as we engage in a public visibility demonstration to let Milwaukee know that we will not let criminalized survivor Chrystul Kizer be disappeared! We will be gathering at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Locust Street in order to make some noise for Chrystul as well as gather petition signatures from our neighbors. Afterwards, we will gather at the Welford Sanders Enterprise center to build community, discuss next actions to #FreeChrystul and welcome more to this work! The venue is wheelchair accessible and all ages! Light refreshments will be provided. Feel free to bring a dish to pass if you would like! 

To read more about Alisha and Chrystul’s cases, and others like them, please read: 

http://inthesetimes.com/article/21686/cyntoia_brown_clemency_survival_black_women_girls_incarceration