The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon outside a Walmart in Senatobia, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
literally yesterday. all because someone called the police about DIAPERS being shoplifted.
Black children deserve to live and be safe around ALL people, around the world but something so simple is routinely denied to us on the daily by people more concerned with making sure their group doesn’t become the next underclass in which the entire modern world operates on its dehumanization.
im so sorry to this baby, their family, and every Black family dealing with the horrors of antiblackness, having our freedom or lives stolen from us every day.
meanwhile, LAPD shot and killed a Black woman’s dog after being called by her neighbor for being “too loud” during the Knick’s game, one of the biggest basketball event in years.
i seen more comments by nonblack ppl showing sympathy for the dog than the Black woman in the video literally hugging her beloved pet’s dead body in tears while a mob of LAPD officers stand around and watch her dispassionately.
what the fuck.
There is no world in which the violence perpetrated by the Sentatobia police is justified, least of all for the alleged theft of diapers.
Let’s be clear. In response to a young family’s desire to keep their son safe, clean, and healthy, the police wantonly fired into an allegedly fleeing vehicle. But the Senatobia police responded with the same excessive violence that the police deal out to all working people - violence intended not to protect our communities, but the financial interests of the few.
In the SAME week that we saw the first trillionaire, a young Black baby was murdered over a pack of pampers. Its horrific.
The latest post by the city of Senatobia briefly acknowledges the loss of a child (NOT EVEN NAMING KOHEN) before they launch into asking us to please won’t you keep the mental health of the poor cops in mind. Reprehensible.
Today there was a rally at a city council meeting. Outraged citizens of Mississippi rallying to demand an external investigation and the release of body cam footage. How did the city respond?
Four. Snipers. Posted. With. Weapons. Trained. On. Protesters.
