On May 25, #GeorgeFloyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer. Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for seven minutes, suffocating him as Floyd pleaded repeatedly that he couldn’t breathe. Justice has not yet been achieved.
We have a national crisis of white supremacist violence against Black people in the USA. In the past decade alone, we witnessed the deaths of thousands of Black people at the hands of police. #BreonnaTaylor #EricGarner #SandraBland #TamirRice are just some of those we’ve lost.
At Indivisible, we believe Black Lives Matter without qualifications, asterisks, or add-ons. We also believe in the right for communities to protest and protect themselves against state-sanctioned violence. Period.
To support Black Minneapolitans fighting for their community, we recommend donating and supporting these local organizations: @BlackVisionsMN, @MNFreedomFund, @reclaimtheblock
In addition, we encourage Indivisibles to pursue their own anti-racist education. Here are a few resources we found helpful:
1) tinyurl.com/ycxhyslh
1) tinyurl.com/ycxhyslh
You’ll notice we didn’t link to video of any of these horrific incidents. That’s on purpose. Out of respect for those affected by these acts of violence, we urge our followers to not continue sharing these traumatic videos.
We need transformative change in our country—and there’s no silver bullet. But here are a few things that elected officials and candidates can do right now. Call your MOC & demand that they co-sponsor the Omar-Pressley resolution and speak out publicly.
All of this info is in our new resource on Taking Action in Solidarity with Minneapolis. Save it and share it with your friends, families and communities, and we’ll continue to update it with more ways to take action: indivisible.org/resource/takin…
