1. Absolutely hilarious to see that of the 3 tweets I clicked on from people saying they would now boycott Toyota or encouraging others to do so, all were tweeting from their iPhones.
2. I understand the impulse to boycott companies when you find out they're doing something you don't like but let's be real, the vast majority of people engage in selective boycotts when it suits them, ...
3. ... even if the other products they use and the stores they shop at are companies engaging in questionable labor practices or illegal/unethical sourcing of materials.
4. People shouldn't buy Toyota if they don't feel good about it, but it may not hurt their bottomline.
Please ignore the people of color claiming to speak on my behalf, claiming that I'm terrified of you (I’m not), claiming that I live in fear of you (I don’t), claiming that we have nothing in common (we do), and claiming that we can’t come together (we can).
These people who usurp authority to speak on behalf of entire racial and ethnic minority groups are speaking primarily for themselves and for people susceptible to their cult-like message.
1. Just watched this moving short documentary about Ignacio Echeverría, a Spanish skateboarder, lawyer, and banker who lost his life in the 2017 London Bridge attack while fighting with one of the terrorists.
2. Ignacio had been out skating with friends that day and had his skateboard with him. He used it to hit one terrorist who was attacking a French woman (who survived) and then fought with another terrorist who was attacking a police officer.
3. Ignacio was stabbed twice in the back by the second terrorist he fought with. He’d been separated from his friends but Dr. Jonathan Moses who was having dinner nearby at the time of the attack tried to save his life. Ignacio Echeverría was 39.
1. While reading up on the driver who was just charged with 2nd-degree intentional murder for a crash in Uptown Minneapolis that killed a protester, I’ve been seeing mentions of a truck driver who drove through hundreds of protesters on I-35W on 5/31/20. archive.ph/k3l0J
2. I remember seeing the footage last year year and wondering what was going through the trucker’s mind. The videos did not look good. But if he was intent on killing protesters, why did he stop suddenly & how did everyone survive?
3. I recently learned from a local that there was more to Bogdan Vechirko’s story than I’d seen in initial reports.
50 officers, detectives and sergeants on the Portland Police Bureau’s Rapid Response Team voted to resign from the team last night. This will remain on the job. This is the team that handles crowd control at protests among other duties.
Police have identified the victim as 36-year-old Adam Richard Johnson. No cause of death yet. Still asking the public for help in finding out what led up to his death.