GRAPHIC video of victim Amaud Arbery being chased down and shot for jogging through a white neighborhood while being black. I dont like sharing things like this bc it is basically a snuff video.
Please dont watch it if you cant deal w/it. I do not wish to traumatize anyone.
But understand this: every Black/African American is traumatized every single day. By witnessing/hearing/just experiencing societal response of total apathy towards violence against Black/Brown folk.
But understand this: every Black/African American is traumatized every single day. By witnessing/hearing/just experiencing societal response of total apathy towards violence against Black/Brown folk.
Having lived with/around, worked with, befriended and been related to such people, I believe that it's easy for many white ppl to create narratives
Of justification when they simply read or hear tell of these stories.
Of justification when they simply read or hear tell of these stories.
Just as police body cams have helped to raise awareness/outrage in the non-black community, videos such as this can have a similar impact. If you're White, imagine your son, brother or husband going
For a run and being hunted down and shot to death by black men because he got too close to a black neighborhood. Then you heard that no one was arrested and they got to keep their guns and their freedom while you buried your loved one and tried to face a life w/o him.
Would you feel like justice had been served? Would you feel like justice even existed? Talk to friends/family. Tell them this story. Sign the petition on change.org to help bring him/family justice. change.org/p/shaun-king-j…
Many white ppl simply cant believe there could be so much violence against Blk ppl bc they dont see it/want believe it. They tell themselves its exaggerated & go on w/their lives safe & sound & unafraid. Meanwhile, the list of things unsafe to do while Blk grows longer&longer...
@threadreaderapp please unroll
