Fuck 12
That's how they assign age to justify state violence. You're a boy, girl, or child when you're speaking up or daring to be a person of color, but once you get arrested, assaulted, or killed, it's young man/woman.
Unless, of course, you're someone like Kyle Rittenhouse.
"Military-age-teenager" being used domestically is happening within this decade, IMO.
please don't use your turn on the lathe of heaven for this :deeper-sadness:
It's just another way to portray them as an 'other'.
Not only do they commit crimes but their offspring are also unnaturally strong and tall.
They did that with Tamir Rice. Trying to portray him as some kind of 6'3" 12-year-old Übermensch. It's almost like they're trying to portray them as some kind of beast race that ages faster than humans.
The mediaMainstream American society is known to strip away childhood from black people. Boys suddenly become teens and girls are seen as mature and authoritative.Fixed it for you. Unfortunately.
"he passes the lowest bar for being called a teen, being thirteen years old! consequently he was actually an adult and the policemanofficer had every reason to fear for his life when the very tallᶠᵒʳʰᶦˢᵃᵍᵉ and intimidating man turned on him in that super scary dark alley, with his hands raised threateningly !! also i herd there wuz a gun maybe idk" -CNN
I’ve seen articles claiming that (presumably non-black) cops misage black people as older bc they appear older to them bc of lack of extended/sufficient contact with black people or something as justification for this shit.
Which.... they shouldn’t be fucking killing people regardless but god what a reach
Yeah, it's bullshit as a justification. I do think there's been studies that show white people specifically regard even black children as much older than they actually are.
I imagine that’s probably bc of how segregated most of American society is. Even in my city which is really diverse most people live in areas that are mostly one race or ethnicity or another
All the mayor said about the release was to ask for people to remain calm
FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING GHOUL
When news of the shooting first got out they also said he had a gun
If your primary concern after the police murders someone is the reaction to it, you might be a total piece of shit.
lightfoot's fake crying was pretty cool, I liked how she wiped her mouth instead of eyes or nose like a crying human being is likely to do
:amerikkka:
She raised the canal bridges to protect the rich. Fuck every liberal.
Very reformable.
Police should have to wear shock collars remote controlled by public defenders, and only be able to carry a wiffle bat.
Police cannot be reformed as they are and always will be tools of the state. Organized worker militias with sergeants elected by neighborhood/worker councils are the only possible solution.
That's basically half of a proletarian revolution though, so we won't see it without lots more bloodshed.
Who can watch this and still not think that cops are the biggest fucking cowards in the world?
Wait until the Tribune interviews one of his classmates and learns he used to steal chocolate milk. #NoAngel
They are trained to see everyone they interact with as a potential cop killer. I think it should be an automatic retirement from law enforcement if they fire their gun, even if it's in self defense (obviously there still needs to be an investigation and justice served). If you had to shoot to save your own life, you can enjoy the rest of it elsewhere. Obviously this sort of policy is idealsim (cause i feel like it) and would solve like 5% of the issues with policing anyway.
Be prepared for a lot to be made about how this kid was gangbanging, as if a 13 year old could ever understand the complete implications of that lifestyle. Never mind wondering why the fuck Chicago has countless young kids just like him killing each other on a nightly basis. It's always about how beautiful downtown and the surrounding areas are whenever you bring up this shit, instead of confronting the poisoned history of the city
Taking a history course specifically for Chicago History definitely contributed to my political leanings today.
Blood boiling. I watched the entire aftermath hoping for at least a shred of regret or some tears, and nothing except a few expletives. Fuck 12.
He does actually start sobbing at 8:15 in the video: https://vimeo.com/536331629
Which at least means he understands he just killed a child who was holding nothing.
He can cry all the way to the fucking wall as far as I care.
So I’m not going to watch a child get murdered by the police but from all the comments I read on r/Chicago it sounds like the cops didn’t even allow him to drop the gun. They shouted “drop it” and “raise your hands” simultaneously. How can someone even respond to unclear orders like that?
This whole shooting reminds me of Beau’s video talking about his time training police. They used to train using “time, distance, cover”. Essentially if you’re responding to a potentially violent situation you give it time, the suspect distance, and take cover. But these fucking cops run in like they’re in a video game and kill everyone even someone who’s complying.
I think he dropped it as he raised his hands but I can’t bring myself to watch it.
kid definitely tosses it behind his back split-second before the pig yells "hands up" which is fucked because its not like the cop really gave him a second to even put his hands up before opening fire like a fucking piece of shit
I promise to express myself just as peacefully as the police officers of the Great City of Chicago.
I’ve said it before on here but abolition should be the compromise the libs plead us for to not completely parody the entire force. Fuck cops. Soulless thugs. It is beyond infuriating defunding and demilitarizing these monsters is such an uphill battle
abolition should be the compromise
This, 100%. Never seen this put into words, but so true.
If you want to see a whole shitload of angles here's an alternative link although it looks like it's down from heavy traffic: https://www.chicagocopa.org/case/2021-1112/
Edit: Link seems to be stable now, when I was first looking at it I kept getting various errors. Also CW: it's various videos of a kid getting murdered by the police, it's rough. My apologies for not putting one earlier.
It's the video no media channel will run. Clearly shows him holding nothing, turning around with his hands up, and being gunned in the chest.
NSFL (shooting at 2:04): https://vimeo.com/536331629
There's the alternate angle of just some silhouettes running from way behind the fence, then that cuts off right at the shooting so you don't see the kid fall. That's the one media channels are showing. Embarrassing.
kid's hands were up and visible before the shot. defense lawyers are gonna say it happened too fast, but tbh the moment this pig rushed down that dim alleyway after a supposedly armed child he committed himself to possibly killing that child. the murder started way before the shot was fired. the streets were empty, there was no one to protect and serve except that kid he killed.
What the fuck. At 1:46 he gets out of the car and at 2:05 he shoots him. Less than 20 seconds to execute a kid.
Honestly that aspect didn't even hit me until you pointed it out. 20 fucking seconds.
Massive CW for murder obviously everyone. It's much much worse than you think.
refuse to move regardless of what they fucking tell you to do
Then they'll just murder you for "resisting arrest" or "non-compliance" or whatever
remember that time they shot a guys therapist, that was lying on the ground with his arms up, nearby to his patient while trying to talk him? the cop said he was aiming for the patient.
both were unarmed.
Or that one where they commanded the guy to crawl on his hands and knees then shot him for moving towards them
Or when a man was lying face down, handcuffed, with a pig kneeling on his back, who then drew a gun and shot him?
Oh, he meant it to be a taser, supposedly....so he could tase a face-down prone and handcuffed man while kneeling on top of him.
uhm sweaty he was armed with a toy train, that cop feared for his life
No, they are more likely to murder you if they have a shaky excuse like your hand was a foot away from your waist, which will let them quench their bloodlust scot-free.
If you refuse to give them an excuse to kill you, they will 99 times out of 100 just stand there and freak out for a while, before actually walking over and grabbing your hands. The black troop in at the gas station did everything PERFECTLY. Absolutely PERFECTLY.
Well, if they want to kneel on your back they will just force you on your stomach anyway
I’ve seen a time where someone was doing that and they sicked a dog on him
Hands as far away from the rest of you as possible, as visible as possible. Literally in the air like a ridiculous cartoon character in a stick-up.
