alyssa @richardgrimes

tagging mutuals and i'll add more when i can remember them my mind is blank with terror and rage

some of the sideblogs are still missing (@asoiafwomensource and @twilightrefsource) but I will contact support again

I WILL CLEAN THINGS UP RIGHT NOW

Although I am certain a handful of people very rightfully must have blocked my blog

BUT I REPEAT: I HAVE ACCESS BACK TO MY BLOG

I am so fucking sorry for everything, and genuinely huge thank you to everyone who supported me through this (although it is far from over ffs)

On New Year's Eve in Los Angeles, while many were celebrating, Keith Porter, Jr was shot and murdered by an off duty ICE agent who failed to identify himself before proceeding to take Keith's life.

Statements from ICE/DHS labeled this overzealous, bloodthirsty pig a "hero" and described Keith Porter as an "active shooter", which is far from the truth. Allegedly, Keith fired a couple rounds from a rifle into the air as a way to ring in the new year. While certainly not a safe or recommended activity (if this allegation is actually true), it is not an action that warrants his extrajudicial murder. It is worth noting that many residents of the apartment complex he was slain in only describe hearing the 3-4 shots fired by the off duty ICE officer, and witnesses state that the officer did not identify himself before he began firing his weapon.

This happened very close to where I live. Close enough that I heard the gunshots that killed him. Keith was my neighbor and a loving, hardworking father of two girls. He was loved by his community. They now have to move through the world without him, taken far too soon from this earth by what they call a "good guy with a gun". I will not let him be forgotten. I will not let the media and the DHS/ICE twist the narrative to make this incident sound like anything but another black man being murdered on the spot without the benefit of the doubt. He was given no chance to speak for himself and now he is dead.