Kendrick Sampson Instagram – National Day of Mourning for Sonya Massey! ✊🏽 Please read entire caption below 💯 (actions to attend in my stories)
#repost from @bldpwr :
BLD PWR mourns Sonya Massey, who was murdered earlier this month by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department. The disturbing body camera footage of her execution by the cops show how the cycle of police violence continues the legacy of slave catchers.
Her lynching sheds light on the continued attack on Black women’s bodies and power. Her murder demands that we STOP allowing government to put more money into policing, prosecution, training, community partnerships and disciplinary procedures. These things DO NOT STOP police violence. Body cameras and training still murdered Massey. Cops are quick to violence because policing was created to use violence for control. Catch em, kill em or put em in a cage. That’s the whole concept. Sound familiar?
More Cop Cities, gun training, surveillance technology, cop shows, movies (especially the movies with Black cops) and “community policing” partnerships will not magically erase centuries of history and help police control harm. U.S. police are local military, slave catching occupation in communities.
Only removing and replacing policing with community led and owned systems of care and violence intervention can save lives. We must demand our local governments STOP using our hard fought and owed resources on cops and violent solutions. Move them out, demilitarize and reinvest OUR resources into necessary care, research, housing, healing, rehabilitation, reparations, mental wellness and infrastructure.
We’re standing ten toes down with the loved ones of Sonya Massey and the endless list of Black people lynched by police. We’re demanding justice, working toward healing our communities and ending this legacy of slavery: police violence.
Follow our work with @ppls_coalition on repealing and replacing the 1994 Crime Bill in the 30th anniversary of one of the most violently racist bills in recent history.
#sonyamassey #abolishpolice | Posted on 29/Jul/2024 04:31:41
