there was never going to be an excuse, so now they are trying to defame her. saying that she had pronouns in her bio, that she was a "self-proclaimed poet", that she had an (emphasis his) lesbian wife, a child from another marriage.
Renee Nicole Good was killed only a mile from where george floyd was killed. 20 minutes away by foot.
it is like some kind of terrible nightmare. it is like a joke to them. it is like the brakes have flown off the roller coaster and there is nothing the average person can do except hold on and scream.
for a long time i tried to appeal to their logic, their reasoning, their empathy. it seemed so obvious to me, so if i could just - what? say the right thing? write something intelligent enough?
i am promised the midterms will fix things. i am promised that if i get out there and vote it will fix things. i am promised that this too shall pass. it is eleven months until midterms. how many more dead bodies will have amassed by then? some estimates are citing 51,000 people dead from medicaid cuts by the end of the year.
it takes less time than the average college semester to become a full-fledged ICE agent. 13 weeks is 65 business days. you only need a 70% or higher to pass. i onboarded for my current job - a desk job, and unimportant - for 90 days. there are still yearly trainings i need to attend, because there's regulations about things, because regulations are supposed to matter.
they want you to be a domestic terrorist for having pronouns in your bio and for making a k-turn in the city you live in and for having your wife and your dog in the car and for having a glove box full of stuffed animals. they want you to be a domestic terrorist so they can have "full immunity". did you know that a 2008 ruling said that deadly force is not acceptable to prevent the flight of an unarmed, non-dangerous suspect. it will not matter.
most people point out she was a citizen. i assume this is in part to highlight that ICE does not have jurisdiction over her. there is a quiet, terrible fear there, though, isn't there. if this is their behavior in public, what the fuck are they doing behind closed doors?
it's all the entire point of making "antifa" a terrorist designation. it's all why they make "liberal" a word like an identity instead of a political stance. it is a cult and that isn't even a good enough word for it; it is a religion. they must close rank. they must always be in the right. they must never be in error.
the official ICE website says all officers are (and this is a direct quote) "highly trained in de-escalation." they say they only wear masks to prevent being doxxed. they say that they will provide badges and identification when requested. one of their frequently-asked questions is "does ICE kidnap people." they say no. their website's banner (directly above this question) is camera footage of them kidnapping people in broad daylight.
there is no world in which this wasn't a fucking murder, and their first thought was to lie and protect the assailant. their first thought was to "protect their own." it is hard to feel like anything fucking matters anymore. there is no journalistic integrity. there is no governmental integrity. the mayor says get the fuck out of Minneapolis and the right-wing news slanders him, pearl-clutching: because a mother can be coldly executed while trying to follow instructions, but the f-word is simply a step too far.
my therapist warns me not to try to apply ration to irrational situations. but holy shit. holy shit, you know?
