In the past few days, thereās been a video of George Floyd being murdered in cold blood virally circulating the internet and social media. I couldnāt tell you what possessed me to write about this particular case but something in my brain clicked this morning when I opened my eyes; Iām alive and I will never have the fear of being brutalised by police for the colour of my skin.
The first thing I want to bring to light is the fact that caucasian police officers MURDERED someone in broad daylight in cold blood, simply because he has more melanin in his DNA. Police are meant to be a symbol of safety and help and kindness and the fact that, throughout history and in present day, policemen/women/officers have been abusing their power to make minorities feel inferior to them is disgusting. If youāve seen the video, you can hear George repeatedly sayingĀ āI cant breatheā āPlease donāt kill meāĀ āIām going to dieā, the policeman proceeded to put pressure on his neck for 7 minutes. During these 7 minutes, civilians were trying to help George but were told if they get too close they will be detained or maced.Ā
āBad people can wear uniformā. Thatās something my friend said to me today whilst we were taking about it and I donāt think anything has ever made so much sense to me. The system is corrupt and thatās the reality the governments want to cover up. They give murderers the power to murder with no consequence. These people do not wake up one day with the thought ofĀ āI want to kill someone todayā and do it, itās something theyāve been thinking on for a while. The (now fired) criminal involved in the murder of George Floyd is called Derek M. Chauvin. Derek M Chauvin was a Minneapolis Police Officer. The technique Chauvin used to detain George Floyd was NOT demonstrated as a part of the departments training. Derek Chauvin was put on leave in 2011 for an inappropriate police shooting of Alaskan Native American, Leroy Martinez. Chauvin was one of the officers involved in the brutal murder of Wayne Reyez, Reyez was a latino man who had 16 bullets forced into him with 42 rounds being fired at him. Chauvin has currently got 12 Police Brutality complaints against him in the Minneapolis Office of Police Conduct complaint database. They are all listed as āclosedā, ānon-publicā and āno disciplineā. Derek M Chauvin is being represented by Tom Kelly, the same attorney who got Jeronimo Yavez aquitted (Yavez murdered Phaillandro Castile).Ā Derek M Chauvin. Know his name. Let people know what heās done. Spread awareness.
Racism is taught. That is something I strongly believe in. When we are born, we donāt see colour and I mean that literally. Nobody wakes up thinkingĀ ātoday Iām going to be racist.ā, 99.9% of the time, villains in movies or a tv show is a person of colour and young children grow up watching these thinking that this is the norm. Kids then go to school and when they play cops and robbers or whatever it is, the kid with colour in his or her skin will be coined the villain simply because this is what they are conditioned to think. The fact that fear is instilled in people of colour from such a young age is so sad, itās something iāve witnessed first hand. In school we are taught to love everyone no matter what but racism does not start and finish with school and the education system, itās continued in the household, teachers can only do so much. The responsibility of educating children out of school hours then falls into the hands of parents. If you are a parent or guardian or have siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles, aunts, friends siblings etc, please make sure to educate them to be anti-racist, it must stop and the only way itāll happen is if we start doing what the older generations have done before us and teach those younger than us the right way. Racism is something so normalised that when we speak up for those who have been a victim of it, we get attacked and shunned upon. RACISM IS THE PROBLEM, NOT P.O.C!!!!!!!
There are people out there now protesting thatĀ āall lives matterā and as much as that it is true, people do not see that the reason the Black Lives Matter movement has been created is simply because Black Lives Matter. White people, whether you are ethnic or not - as long as you have white skin and can westernise yourself and hide your heritage, are not in danger as much as people of colour. This is not me saying that if youāre from ethnic origin, you are not in danger, Iām saying that if your skin isnāt black then you are not waking up everyday in a modern world in fear of your life. Let me make it simpler to understand for those who will talk their shit; if you have 2 kids in front of you and one starts crying are you going to comfort the child in distress or the child who is completely fine? Obviously the child in distress, now apply this logic to the current racism problem we have. Black Lives Matter was created by the oppressed for the oppressed and those who support the struggle of the oppressed. It is not about all lives mattering, not everything is about the privileged so please, if youāve never been a target of racial profiling, shut the fuck up and let those whom have make their voices be heard loud and clear. People who sit there and sayĀ āall lives matterā and donāt support the BLM movement, you listen to their music, you appropriate their culture, you eat their food, you talk like them, you watch their movies but you donāt want to join them in their suffering? You bleed the same blood, you breathe the same air, but if you have white skin, you are more likely to be heard, so please USE YOUR VOICE TO LET THIS BE KNOWN; WE WILL NOT STAND DOWN UNTIL EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN RACIALLY PROFILED, FACED POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDERED FOR THE COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN IS AVENGED. THEY CANT STOP ALL 7 BILLION OF US!!!
THE UK IS NOT INNOCENT EITHER!!!! GET THIS RIGHT, RACISM IS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!
REMEMBER THIER NAMES, FIGHT FOR THEM (UK);
MARK DUGGANĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā JIMMY MUBENGAĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā JOY GARDENER
SARAH REEDĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā MICHEAL POWELLĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā SEAN RIGG
SHEKU BEYOHĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā LEON BRIGGSĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā LEON PATTERSON
CHRISTOPHER ADLERĀ Ā Ā Ā RICKY BISHOPĀ Ā Ā Ā CYNTHIA JARRETTĀ
SMILEY CULTUREĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā BRIAN DOUGLASĀ Ā Ā Ā CHERRY GROCE
DEREK BENNETTĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā KINGSLEY BURRELLĀ Ā Ā JOY GARDENER
RODGER SYLVESTERĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā AZELLE RODNEYĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā HABIB ULLAH
FARUK ALIĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ADRIAN THOMPSONĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZESĀ
DEMETRE FRAZERĀ Ā Ā Ā ASTON MCLEANĀ Ā SENI LEWISĀ
ANTHONY GRANGERĀ Ā Ā ROCKY BENNETTĀ Ā Ā ALTON MANNINGĀ Ā Ā
MARK NUNESĀ Ā Ā BELLY MUJINGAĀ Ā SHUKRI ABDIĀ Ā Ā
