Supporting Black Lives Matter

Elijah Jovan McClain was 23 years old when he was killed while walking home on August 24th 2019, in Aurora, Colorado. He was a massage therapist , a musician and a runner. In the evening of August 24th, a person had called 911 after seeing Elijah walking down the street with a ski mask and moving his arms. Friends of McClain were later interviewed, and they said that he was probably dancing. The caller affirmed that he didn't think Elijah was armed or that he was an "immediate danger".  Officers Jason Rosenblatt, Randy Roedema and Nathan Woodyard held Elijah on the ground for 15 minutes. McClain was obviously in distress and vomited several times to which he apologized, saying " I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to do that, I can't breathe correctly ". Woodyard then applied a chokehold on Elijah's neck, while another threatened him to be bitten by police dogs as he is handcuffed to the ground.  Paramedics then injected him with 500mg of ketamine to ...

Nina Pop was a transgender black woman stabbed to death in Sikeston, Missouri, on May 3rd 2020, making her the 10th trans person to die from hate crime this year. No arrest has been made yet. Nina was a 28-year-old girl working at a fast-food restaurant. She was well-known in the area where she worked. Nina was found dead in her apartment with multiple stab wounds. On May 15th, Joseph B. Cannon was accused of Nin's murder, pleaded not guilty, asked for a public defender, and is awaiting trial. There isn't much details about Nina's murder, because the case is still under investigation. We hope good news will appear soon! sign JUSTICE FOR NINA here

Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. was 25 years old when he died at Baltimore, Maryland, April 12th of 2015.  Gray was arrested by police officers because he had a knife in his possesion. He was being dragged to a police van when he fell into a coma and taken to a Shock Trauma Center.  He died on April 19th, caused by injuries to his spinal cord.  On April 21st the six police officers were suspended. The eyewitnesses said that the officers used unessesary force against Gray- all officers included. The officers also did not secure him inside the van. On May 1st, the City State's Attourney Marilyn Mosby announced that her office had charges against the six officersand reported Freddie's death as a homocide. On September 12th 2017 they announced there will not be any federal charges against any of the officers. To this day, there are no charges against any of the policemen and Freddie deserves justice.  sign JUSTICE FOR FREDDIE here

Philandro Castile was a 32-year-old black man shot at close range while driving with his four year-old daughter and girlfriend, Diamond Raynolds.  He was pulled over by Jeronimo Yanez, and the reason why is unspecified. Yanez asked for Castile's license and registration. Castile informed the officer that he had a gun, and he was licenced to carry it. He then starts to reach his license, while Yanez tells him mutiple times not to reach for the gun. He answers that he isn't calmly, every time. But Yanez still shoots him seven times at close range, but only five hits Castile. He died 20 minutes after being shot at the hospital. Raynolds then posted a livestream video on Facebook, which helped the incident get more attention.  Yanez was charged of 2nd degree manslaughter but acquitted of all charges on June 16th, 2017, but fired from the St-Anthony Police. To this day, Jeronimo walks free and justice still haven't been served.  sign JUSTICE FOR PHILANDRO here

Tamir Elijah Rice was 12 when he was shot dead by an officer, on November 22nd of 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio by Timothy Loehmann.  A 911 caller had reported that a juvenile was pointing a "pistol" at random people in the Cudell Recreation Center. The caller said twice that the pistol is "probably fake". According to reports, the police responder asked if the boy was "black or white". Loehmann and another officer called Frank Garmback  pulled up at the parking lot of the park and saw "a black MAN" on a bench who picked up the gun from his waistband. Loehmann immediatly fired two shots at the child. According to Chief Tomba, Tamir did not threaten the officers. The incident happened in less than five seconds. The "gun" was and Airsoft replica, so a toy gun. None of the two officers were arrested to this day and Tamir deserves justice. sign JUSTICE FOR TAMIR here

Trayvon Benjamin Martin was an unarmed 17 year-old teen killed on January 26th 2012 at Sanford, Florida.  Trayvon was with his father on a visit to his future stepmother at her townhouse. On the evening of Jan. 26th, he was walking alone to the house from a convenience store. George Zimmerman, a member of the community watch saw the young man and immediatly reported him to the police because "he was suspicious". Several minutes after the call, there was an "altercation" between the two and Trayvon was shot in the chest. Zimmerman was injured and said the kill was self-defence, and he was not charged. There was no evidence of neither of the facts ( self-defence or not ) so the police could not arrest him. Following the death of Trayvon Martin, petitons, hashtags and protests were held and created. An online petition for an investigation collected over 2.2M signatures.  The Black Lives Matter organisation was also created after Trayvon's death. Later, national med...

Breonna taylor was 26 years old medical technician who was fatally shot by the Lousiville police on March 13th, 2020. It was shortly after midnight when 3 police officers entered Breonna and her boyfriend's appartment. They force opened the door with a battering ram. The police was investigating two men selling drugs, and Breonna's appartment was supposedly where they would hide the drugs and receive packages. They did a search through the appartment, but no drugs were found. The police said they announced themselves and knocked several times, but neighbors stated that they heard no announcement and only a dispute, that made Kenneth Walker, Breonna's boyfriend, act in self-defence thinking someone was trying to break in. When the door was door, Walker attacked an officer blindly to the leg. The other officers then opened fire and shot randomly across the apartment: The kitchen, the hallway, the bathroom, living room and both bedrooms. Breonna was shot at least eight times a...

You have probably heard of the movement Black Lives Matter and everything happening in the world right now. But many people don't know what BLM is really about. First off, we are NOT terrorists or whatever the media is calling us now . We try to be as peaceful as possible, and still we are portrayed as the "bad guys". Truth is, the media only shows YOU the violence and riots. Have you noticed that media coverage has pratically dissapeared but protests are still happening?  Our one and only goal is justice and equality for black people. RACISM STILL EXISTS, AND IT'S EVERYWHERE . The reason we don't "see" it that much is because white people refuse to see their privilege. We have to realise how black people are less privileged than us and use our privilege for good.    Why not all lives matter then? We aren't saying all lives don't matter, we are focusing on the opressed and trying to help those in need. We aren't saying that the white people ...

Alton Sterling was a 37-year-old man who sold CDs. He was killed on July 5th of 2016  and still no charge against the police officers.  Alton was known as CD Man in Baton Rouge, where he grew up and lived during all his life. He was sadly involved with drugs including cocaine and alcohol. At 12:35 AM on July 5th of 2016, Alton was detained by two officers, named Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II. They came after getting a call from someone who reported he was threatening him and carried a gun. There had been a lot of robberies in the area, and that is why Alton carried a gun, according to the shop owner of where Sterling sold CDs.  When the police arrived, there was no gun in his hands. The officers tasered him multiple times and forced him to the ground. He was pinned down: One officer was kneeling on his chest, and the other on his thighs, trying to control his arms. He tried to get his hands free, so he tried to move them around. The officers thought he was going to pul...

If you have no money to donate to organisations, here are some things you can do instead: 1. Sign petitions          This is the most evident but the most helpful ways you can help bring justice to black people killed/injured. There are many on this site, but you can search some online, and sign them! There are a lot on change.org and colorofchange.org, and don't forget to share! Sharing a petition helps a lot too.   2. Text and call numbers for justice     Here are a few numbers to text: ~text FLOYD in all caps to 55-156 ~text JUSTICE in all caps to 66-8336 ~text ENOUGH in all caps to 55-165     Here are numbers to call/leave a message: ~call 612-438-5550 and demand prosecution to Tou Thao (badge 7162) and Derek Chauvin (badge 1087 ) ~leave a message for the Louisville mayor demanding justice for Breonna Taylor at 502-574-2003) 3. Educate yourself     Educating yourself helps the realisation that racism is everywhere...

Ahmaud Arbery was a 25 year-old black man killed by a gun, on February 23rd 2020, in Brunswick, Georgia. Ahmaud was not armed, and shot dead by a white officer and his son. He was jogging in the neighborhood of Satilla Shores when a truck, driven by Gregory McMicheal, a retired police officer, stops him.  At this moment, a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, films a 36-second video of the scene, from his car, who was following Arbery too. The driver, Gregory, is in the car, while his son, Travis McMicheal, 34years old, holds a shotgun pointed at Arbery. As Ahmaud approaches the pick-up truck, we can hear shouting in the video. Ahmaud tries to take the gun from Travis, for his safety, and three shots can be heard. Arbery tries to run away, but falls to the ground a few steps later. Travis walks away, while his father Gregory, who had a gun in hand but did not fire, runs to his son, that marks the end of the video. Later, the police will find out he said: "f***ing n*****...

George Floyd was a black innocent man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25th 2020. He was walking outside of a store, where he bought cigarettes. He was suspected to have used a fake 20-dollar bill, which the employees noticed minutes after he left. They walked up to George demanding the cigarettes back. He refused. According to some sources, the employee described him as drunk and having no control of himself. The employees then called the police. The officer who picked up the call asked 2 times about George's "race"; He said: " is he white, black, native, hispanic or asian?" The first two polie officers who arrived were J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane. George, at the moment, was in his car. Lane points his gun at him and tells him to put his hands on the wheel, which he did, according to video coverage of the scene.  Less than two minutes later, they extract him from his car and handcuffed George, behind his back. The office...