Marcia Rigg Protest about the Death of Sean Rigg, London |
According
to this article, 590 Black people in the UK have died in police
custody.
This article fails to mention that some of
the 500 people killed by the police, with impunity, were women. Some
were disabled. Some were probably both.
Call their names: Cynthia Jarrett, Joy Gardner.
Also,
Cherry Groce was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life
after being shot by the police in London.
This
post appears to be pitting disadvantaged groups against each other.
We need to stand together. I am Black, a woman and disabled. I have
a problem with the way this site has posed the question, “If it was
590 women or 590 wheelchair users, would there be a national
outcry?”.
All
deaths in police custody need to be highlighted, awareness needs to
be raised, but racism is something that affects Black people in every
area of our lives, whether or not we are women or disabled. We need
to keep highlighting this.
These are just some of the many reasons why I am hosting the Blogging Carnival for Nonviolence 2015.
These are just some of the many reasons why I am hosting the Blogging Carnival for Nonviolence 2015.
Plus check out this blog from Naturally Moi: The Woman Who Filmed the Eric Garner Killing Is Suing the NYPD.
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