Take each road casualty in @RBKC, and place a drop of blood on the map. What were meant as public spaces for us to live in show as ragged wounds through our communities, and the dressings are overdue for changing.
There will still be scars, but we can stop this. #VisionZero
There will still be scars, but we can stop this. #VisionZero
@RBKC One week ago, a butcher washed the pig's blood from his hands to travel to Kensington town hall and ensure that the blood of our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, parents and grandparents would continue to flow in the gutters of Holland Park Avenue.
@RBKC One week ago, a woman stood up in a room full of furious shouting people, and introduced herself as a relative of a family that do not know her. She used this platform to claim that their decade-lost daughter and sister would have wanted the deaths to continue, had she lived.
@RBKC One week ago, a councillor stood before this crowd and proudly bragged that the council would ensure that its roads would remain as deadly as they are. He basked in the applause, as the audience welcomed death to its streets.
@RBKC One week ago, a father took the mic to tell of his journey that evening from the hospital, where his son lay battered: another ruby drop on the map of our borough.
He showed a photo of his son to this councillor, hoping to see some human compassion:
He showed a photo of his son to this councillor, hoping to see some human compassion:
And one week ago, we vowed not to let this be the end of it.
