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Police violence & protest links
Jun. 21st, 2020 04:39 pm"This visualization documents cases of police brutality or misconduct during the nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. This is not comprehensive — these are only a few hundred cases Tweeted by individuals and compiled by Greg Doucette."
Showing Up For Racial Justice, "part of a multi-racial movement is to undermine white support for white supremacy and to help build a racially-just society."
#8CantWait: "Data proves that together these eight policies can decrease police violence by 72%." Look up your city, find out which ones it's missing, call your reps. It's a project by Campaign Zero, an organization led by black activists that's been analyzing police departments and pushing for data-driven reform since 2015.
March 2016: "Americans are afraid of many threats to their lives – serial killers, crazed gunmen, gang bangers, and above all terrorists – but these threats are surprisingly unlikely. Approximately three-quarters of all homicide victims in America are killed by someone they know. And the real threat from strangers is quite different from what most fear: one-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police."
And before diving into all the heavier articles from this month, here's a light one:
June 2: "Eight Viacom networks went off the air for eight minutes and 46 seconds on Monday night in a tribute to George Floyd [...] Nickelodeon took a more kid-friendly approach to the social justice campaign, using an orange background (the network’s signature shade) with the message: “Nickelodeon is going off the air for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in support of justice, equality, and human rights.”" (I keep seeing people summarize this as if Nick aired the horror-movie version. Nope, the kids' network aired a perfectly-appropriate kid-safe alternative.)
( Let my building burn, Justice needs to be served, put those officers in jail. )
Showing Up For Racial Justice, "part of a multi-racial movement is to undermine white support for white supremacy and to help build a racially-just society."
#8CantWait: "Data proves that together these eight policies can decrease police violence by 72%." Look up your city, find out which ones it's missing, call your reps. It's a project by Campaign Zero, an organization led by black activists that's been analyzing police departments and pushing for data-driven reform since 2015.
March 2016: "Americans are afraid of many threats to their lives – serial killers, crazed gunmen, gang bangers, and above all terrorists – but these threats are surprisingly unlikely. Approximately three-quarters of all homicide victims in America are killed by someone they know. And the real threat from strangers is quite different from what most fear: one-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police."
And before diving into all the heavier articles from this month, here's a light one:
June 2: "Eight Viacom networks went off the air for eight minutes and 46 seconds on Monday night in a tribute to George Floyd [...] Nickelodeon took a more kid-friendly approach to the social justice campaign, using an orange background (the network’s signature shade) with the message: “Nickelodeon is going off the air for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in support of justice, equality, and human rights.”" (I keep seeing people summarize this as if Nick aired the horror-movie version. Nope, the kids' network aired a perfectly-appropriate kid-safe alternative.)
( Let my building burn, Justice needs to be served, put those officers in jail. )
