I wrote this a while back but in the wake of what has happened with the murder of Breonna Taylor, this seems like the right time to post it. I wrote this thinking about George Floyd. I kept seeing people posting about how great Minneapolis is. It seemed like we were patting ourselves on the back about what amazing things we’re doing here and how we started this uprising. The thing is, we’re conveniently forgetting that this started because we let our police force get so corrupt, so racist, and so violent that a cop thought he could kneel on man’s neck until he was dead, in broad daylight and on video, without fear of repercussions.
This is the great city of Minneapolis?! If Minneapolis is SO great, how did a man like Bob Kroll ever get to be the president of the police federation? Not only does he have a history of violence, he rides with an off-duty police motorcycle club that has no bones about promoting white supremacy. Purportedly Kroll himself wore a white power symbol on his jacket! How does a man like Derrick Chauvin with a laundry list of complaints against him end up training new cops? If we had been paying attention, we would have known. We should have been fighting all these years, but we weren’t. If we had been maybe George Floyd would still be alive. Maybe Philando Castile would still be alive. Maybe Kobe Heisler wouldn’t have been murdered in his own home. This blood is on our hands because we were complacent. This blood is on MY hands because I was complacent.
As a nation, Breonna Taylor’s blood is on our hands for the same reason. It is well past time to hold the police accountable. The only cop charged was charged for the bullets that MISSED Breonna! Cops need to know that they don’t get to be executioners. Also EVERY SINGLE racist cop needs to get thrown off the force and prevented from ever being a cop again.
All that said, if you’re in Minneapolis, there is a March for Breonna Taylor tomorrow. Check my stories for more info on that. If you’re not in Minneapolis, there are demonstrations happening all over the country this weekend. Find one & show up.0
//I saw a post on another blog that was about a Jason voorhees statue that’s in a lake in Minnesota and now I wonder if Minne sometimes lies awake at night knowing that and fearing it.
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