Thread by @TalbertSwan

#BEingBlack in AmeriKKKa

We can’t go jogging:
#AmaudArbery

We can’t relax in the comfort of our own homes:
#BothamJean and #AtatianaJefferson

We can't ask for help after being in a car crash #JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride

1/7

We can't have a cellphone:
#StephonClark

We can't leave a party to get to safety:
#JordanEdwards

We can't play loud music:
#JordanDavis

We can’t walk home from the store:
#TrayvonMartin

#BeingBlack

2/7

We can’t sell CD's:
#AltonSterling

We can’t sleep:
#AiyanaJones

We can’t walk down the street:
#MikeBrown

Our children can’t play with toys: #TamirRice

We can’t go to church:
#Charleston9

We can’t party on New Years:
#OscarGrant

#BeingBlack

3/7

We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party: #SeanBell

We can’t get a normal traffic ticket: #SandraBland

We can’t lawfully carry a weapon: #PhilandoCastile

We can't break down on a public road with car problems: #CoreyJones

#BeingBlack

4/7

We can’t shop at Walmart:
#JohnCrawford

We can’t save other peoples lives doing our job without being suspected of being the criminal: #EmanticBradford

We can’t have a disabled vehicle: #TerrenceCrutcher

We can’t read a book in our own car: #KeithScott

#BeingBlack

5/7

We can’t be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather:
#CliffordGlover

We can’t decorate for a party:
#ClaudeReese

We can’t ask a cop a question: #RandyEvans

We can’t cash our check in peace:
#YvonneSmallwood

#BeingBlack

6/7

We can’t take out our wallet:
#AmadouDiallo

We can’t run:
#WalterScott

We can’t breathe:
#EricGarner

We can’t live:
#FreddieGray

We’re tired.

Tired of making hashtags.

Tired of trying to convince you that #BlackLivesMatter.

Tired of dying.

Tired.

#BeingBlack

7/7