#defund them

INVESTIGATION?! WHY THE HELL DOES THERE NEED TO BE AN INVESTIGATION??!

HE'S AN AUTISTIC CHILD!! ARREST THE SCUMBAG WHO SHOT HIM!!!

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for signing the George Floyd open letter.

NOW WE NEED YOU TO ACT URGENTLY!

On Wednesday at 3 pm CET,

the UN will hold an unprecedented debate on systemic racism and police violence.

They could order the set up of an independent commission of inquiry investigating police brutality in the US. But, we need to pressure our governments to demand US accountability at this meeting!

Insiders say

the Trump Administration is exerting massive pressure on countries to take the spotlight off the US.

Australia and European countries have capitulated to a watered down resolution, and other countries are also coming under intense pressure. This is where we come in!

If enough of us contact our foreign ministries / country representatives to the UN in the next 18 hours, we can get these countries to reverse course and to demand US accountability!

Here’s how we do it:

If you live outside the US, please contact your Foreign Ministry or your country’s UN Mission in Geneva and let them know that you support the call made by families of victims of police killings in the United States, 54 African countries, and over 660 groups from 66 countries to mandate an independent Commission of Inquiry.

If you live in the United States, please contact foreign embassies in Washington D.C. that are members of the UNHRC (see list here) especially U.S. allies and urge them to support international accountability for police killings in the U.S

George Floyd’s brutal murder has sparked an unstoppable global movement demanding concrete and bold actions to end racist policing practices and impunity for police violence. Our community has an unparalleled opportunity to bring meaningful change here. Let’s rise to the occasion!

In solidarity,

The Avaaz team

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Dear friends,

These are the last words of George Floyd, a 46-year-old man who died as a US police officer pinned him down, kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes:

"It's my face man

I didn't do nothing serious man

please

please

please I can't breathe

please man

please somebody

please man

I can't breathe

I can't breathe

please

(inaudible)

man can't breathe, my face

just get up

I can't breathe

lease, a knee on my neck

I can't breathe

shit

I will

I can't move

mama

mama

I can't

my knee

my neck

I'm through

I'm through

I'm claustrophobic

my stomach hurt

my neck hurts

everything hurts

some water or something

please

please

I can't breathe officer

don't kill me

they're gonna kill me, man

come on man

I cannot breathe

I cannot breathe

they're gonna kill me

they're gonna kill me

I can't breathe

I can't breathe

please sir

please

please

please I can't breathe"

Then his eyes shut and the pleas stop. George Floyd was pronounced dead shortly after.

Right now, we have a choice. This can just be one more tragic death at the hands of US police -- or the moment for change.

We are a movement of more than 60 million people -- when we all speak up, we are deafening. So let's raise our voices to join everyone calling for an end to these racist killings, and push those in power to do the same.

Sign this open letter with one click, and when it's massive, Avaaz will publish it in major US newspapers and websites around the world. Let it be an anthem to end the killing and honour all those we've already lost.

As people of the world, we grieve the senseless loss of another life at the hands of US police.

We stand in community with everyone who is hurting.

These brutal killings must end. Each is a wound to the heart of our humanity and a shameful, indelible mark on that great flag of the United States of America.

Racism thrives in the company of silence -- so we will not stay quiet. Racism is a problem that belongs to us all. It is our fight.

But we cannot allow that fight to become hatred, for then we are no wiser than those whose hearts we seek to change. In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

It is in this spirit that we call on all those in power to act NOW, and hold President Trump and US state and local governments accountable to:

Ensure all officers involved in the killing of George Floyd face legal due process,

Expel and prosecute officers for even one instance of excessive force or the failure to intervene when excessive force is used,

Ensure every police killing is independently and transparently investigated.

We pledge to do our part, meeting the fear, anger, and ignorance of racism with all the hope, love, and strength of our humanity.

Rest in Power, George Floyd.

It will not be in vain.

Every comment I keep hearing on any video about Jacob Blake is “But he has had weapons charges and domestic charges!”

So...

He deserves to die?

He deserves to be partially paralyzed for the rest of his life?

He deserves to rely on disability for the rest of his life?

His kids deserve to be traumatized as they were in the BACK SEAT WHILE HE GOT SHOT 7 TIMES?!

Who the fuck are you people to suddenly start playing God?

Who the hell are you people to claim to be so “religious and devout” that when you see that a black man has had prior convictions you suddenly don’t see them as humans...

Y’all love to quote the late Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., but always seem to forget what he quoted:

”And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? ... It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.”

Gtfoh