The police have been militarizing for a long time, and they've upheld property above the lives of people of color for far longer. Now, when people protest the notion that police can murder with impunity, they are met with catastrophic force. The president makes it exponentially worse.
My voice isn’t the important one. I want to amplify the voices of experience and expertise, particularly Black voices.
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/american-nightmare/612457/
https://www.theroot.com/black-minneapoleans-are-6-times-more-likely-than-whites-1843831138
https://today.emerson.edu/2020/06/01/letter-to-the-emerson-community-may-31-2020/?fbclid=IwAR0Rl_lx5S_4N6DzZ7Ox6EUsaC31SVXhhYFR4Qa4UKJu0vilJE5iRwji3Ao
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/opinion/george-floyd-protest-police.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/riots-are-american-way-george-floyd-protests/612466/
https://twitter.com/GarrettOliver/status/1266768288018808832
https://medium.com/@popcultureconnections/minnesota-fires-and-broken-glass-ire-81971fe793a8
Here are some organizations that help. They could use support.
https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
https://nefoclandtrust.org/
https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home
https://atlsolidarity.org/
https://bailproject.org/
http://www.farmstogrow.com/about
These are just a few, there are many many more.
