IN RESPONSE TO THE COUP At Capitol Hill, BLM CREATED A LIST OF DEMANDSAnd you should co-sign! It's crucial that we let our lawmakers know how outraged and upset we are by their lack of action following the chaos at the United States Capitol building on Wednesday January 6, 2021. We must also make it clear how dismayed and shocked we all were to witness the lack of action and presence law enforcement took at the time the Capitol was stormed by armed and angry white supremacists. Or as President Joe Biden stated, "... the mob of thugs..." It's not enough that Steven Sund, former Capitol Police Chief, resigned on Thursday January 7 following the attack on the U.S. Capitol. It's not enough that Twitter permanently suspended former President Donald Trump's personal twitter account on Friday January 8 following the riots he incited in his supporters. It's not enough that only thirteen people have been charged in Federal court (and approximately 40 charged in the Superior Court) for crimes committed at the Capitol building when there were at least a couple thousand people present and hundreds of them illegally entered the U.S. Capitol. All the while, Walter Wallace Jr. was brutally shot on October 26, 2020 in front of his own mother because police officers were more afraid of his blackness than they were willing to help a man suffering through a mental health crisis. We must put pressure on those whom we have elected to serve us, hear us, and protect us to make the decisions that suit EVERY American, not just white people. If you believe in equality, and I mean truly believe in it, then use the voice you have to speak up and say something! Do not be passive. Do not be blind. And, most importantly, do not pass on the opportunity to make change happen because you assume someone else will do it for you. What happened on Wednesday was a direct attack on Black Americans. It was a direct attack on Muslim Americans. It was a direct attack on Latinx Americans. It was a direct attack on Asian Americans. It was a direct attack on LGBTQIA+ Americans. It was a direct attack on Native Americans. It was a direct attack on Jewish Americans. And it was a direct attack on American women. If we learned anything from the events that took place on January 6, 2021, it's that you are only safe from police force and the law if you are a white supremacist. The Mexican children who were deliberately kept from their parents for weeks on end whilst being locked in jail-like cages at the US-Mexico border were not so lucky. The 226 Black Americans shot and killed by police officers in 2020 were not so lucky, and neither were their families. The Muslim Americans who are banned from flying because they are not complying with "white culture" are not so lucky. The Native Americans whose land is being stolen from them still whilst being belittled, ignored, and not acknowledged for their importance in American culture and what they and their ancestors have created for us to all exist today are not and were not so lucky. So all I have left to say at this point is that we all need to be better and do better. And to make it easier, you can start right here by clicking the button below. But beyond that, the rest is up to you. You must do the research. You must do the reading. You must do the watching and the listening and the learning. Take action, take accountability, and make a change. To read the list and sign your name, please click the button below.
Edited on January 20, 2021
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