#emerald black

Emerald Black and her fiancé were pulled over for “bad registration tags.”

And a child lost their life.

The officers need to be prosecuted for assault and for the murder of that baby.

Sign this petition to bring justice to Emerald, a black woman who miscarried due to police brutality!

https://www.change.org/p/san-leandro-police-deartment-justice-for-emerald-black

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On June 7th, 2019, Emerald Black a pregnant, black woman, and her fiance were pulled over by police officers after coming from a doctors appointment. The reason for being pulled over was for bad registration tags. The officers spoke to Ms. Black's fiance while she stayed in the car. The officers began to order her out of the car. Ms. Black was clearly pregnant and she had let them know that she had just gotten back from a doctors appointment where she was also informed that she was at a high risk for a miscarriage. Despite this, the officers yanked Ms. Black, still in her hospital clothes, and threw her to the ground. They taunted her, piled on top of her, and stomped on her stomach causing her to miscarry. The stomp had also left a shoe mark. They then arrested her and her fiance and made them spend the whole night in jail while Emerald was miscarrying.

Because of the abhorrent attacks done by the police, Ms. Black suffered not only physical, but emotional injuries. She lost her unborn child. That is something that she will have to carry the rest of her life. WE ARE DEMANDING AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SAN LEANDRO PD'S TREATMENT OF EMERALD BLACK. Justice must be brought to Ms. Black.

Here are some petitions you can sign:

Justice For George Floyd

NATIONAL ACTION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY

Ban the use of rubber bullets for crowd control

Justice for Jennifer Jeffley

FIRE JARED CAMPBELL

Dismiss the charges on Marshae Jones and charge the one who shot her and her unborn baby

Julius Jones is innocent. Don’t let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma.

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Justice For Emerald Black

Pardon Black Woman Imprisoned for Voting

Justice For Alejandro Vargas Martinez

Justice For Tete Gulley

Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery

JUSTICE FOR REGIS KORCHINSKI-PAQUET

Drop All Charges Against Incarcerated Trafficking Survivor Chrystul Kizer!

Justice for Young Uwa

Justice for Shukri Abdi

Justice for Dion Johnson

Justice For Ahmuad Arbery

Justice for Christopher Josey

Consequences for excessive force used on Quentin Suttles

Justice for Cameron Green

Justice For Joāo Pedro

Free Chaffin Darnel Y

Hands Up Act

Justice For Tony McDade

Justice for David McAtee

Justice for Ashton Dickson

Justice for Sean

TELL MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL TO DEFUND THE POLICE

Please talk about Emerald Black. This pregnant black woman was on her way home from a doctor's appointment for her child, and was pulled over by the police. They were discussing

bad registration tags and tried to get her to step out the car. She asked if she could stay inside the car as she was heavily pregnant, but they dragged her out the car, threw her on the ground still in her hospital gown and STOMPED. ON. HER. STOMACH. They left footprints on her.

She had a miscarriage as a result and is currently trying to sue. Her is her change.org

Today's Walking Photos: Given how much this topic was occupying my mind today (yup, been doing a lot of self-reflection), it was uncanny timing – or okay, just a happy accident – that I varied my route a bit and happened across these signs. The QR codes in them work, so just aim your phone’s camera at the square corresponding to the cause you want to support, and you’ll be able to open that website in your browser. (Note that the list of black-owned businesses is specific to Portland.)

Do what you can. Black Lives Matter.    Links from the QR codes in case this is easier: