She was last seen yesterday wearing a grey t-shirt and a purple skirt in Bridgeport, Connecticut . She is
5’4", slender built, with her hair twisted up into a ponytail. Her name is Ariana.
If you see her contact the police immediately.
Please keep your eyes open and pray that she is found safe and returned to her family.
you could curse a police officer out, kick their car, throw a temper tantrum and throw trash. and that still doesnt mean they get to kill you. what the fuck is wrong with yall? why do you think police get some special license to kill when they get disrespected?
if they cant do their job without murdering unarmed people, they dont deserve their badge, or anyones respect.
armed or unarmed, though– that’s why police are supposed to try to deescalate situations with potentially armed citizens. there’s a lot of bullshit that gets reported about armed black citizens that isn’t even TRUE. and given the racist, anti-black nature of many state-sanctioned murders, it’s unsurprising that a black citizen might be armed– simply because cops shoot first, cover later… if they even give an excuse at all. read: korryn gaines. feeling a need for protection when officers come into your home unannounced, as a black woman, is not a fault. it’s no reason for her to be dead, and for her child to be shot.
#SayHerName #KorrynGaines How do you murder a 23 year old mother and shoot a 5 year old child over a warrant? I’m tired of seeing these damn hashtags.
Korryn Gaines of Baltimore MD was shot along with her five old child. Korryn was known for speaking out agianst police brutality. Korryn’s social media was immediately deleted afterwards. #sayhername
I’m still getting tweets about “what happened in Japan?” because mass media has decided that the lives of the disabled folks who were murdered and injured for merely for being disabled, are not really headline news.
This Tuesday, July 26th 2016, the 26th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (which still has progress to make btw), 26 year old Satoshi Uematsu, an ex-employee at a center for people with disabilities, broke into the same center to murder it’s residents.
19 disabled people were murdered and 26 injured in a mass knife attack in their sleep because the attacker thought “it was pointless for people with severe disabilities to keep on living”
Prior to the attack, he wrote a letter where he said: “I envision a world where a person with multiple disabilities can be euthanized, with an agreement from the guardians, when it is difficult for the person to carry out household and social activities,” that he could “wipe out a total of 470 disabled individuals” by targeting two facilities for disabled people during the night shift, “when staffing is low”.“The act will be carried out speedily, and definitely without harming the staff. After wiping out the 260 people in two facilities, I will turn myself in.”
This was a hate crime, this was ableism to it’s most extreme.
The people of the world often unite to show support to communities after a tragedy, and when a marginalized group is attacked in a hate crime it is not only a time of mourning but a time of self-reflection in what role we play to their oppression, where are the people for the disabled community now?
After the attack at Pulse there was so much support world-wide for the LGBT+ community at the reminder of the hate we face on a daily basis and the lack of safety we might feel, but where are the allies to the disabled community? Where is the support? Where are the calls to say their names?
People are asking me “what happened?” because they are having trouble even finding the story. So here’s some:
Violence, Disability, and the Lessons of Sagamihara by David Perry
This Is What Disability Erasure Looks Like by Emily Willingham
Japan knife attack: stabbing at care centre leaves 19 dead
PLEASE do not respond to my post by demonizing the murderer as mentally ill, because then you missed the whole point of this post. Hate is not a mental illness, hate is learned. Mental illness does not automatically make one a villain, assuming so, believing so, is ableism in itself and that stigma needs to end.
Please check in with your disabled peeps. The silence on this matter right now is what is most upsetting to me. When it comes to activism and the fight for equality, for a lot of people disability is an afterthought or just not on the radar at all, and this needs to change.
Senators who voted against Murphy’s proposal to expand background checks for those buying guns to require checks at guns shows and for online purchases. All but three also voted against Feinstein’s proposal to bar all gun sales to individuals on the terror watch list
In 2016, you can vote out twenty of these people! #2, 4, 5, 6, 15, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 47, 49, 52, and 54 are all up for reelection. In addition, although #9, 45, and 55 are not running for reelection, you can push for their seats go to people who would vote for gun control.
The bolded numbers are competitive races – unfortunately, the others are highly likely to hold their seats. Still, that’s eight votes that could be shifted. Senators are the hardest people to unseat, so put in any extra effort you can!
This ^
This is why non-presidential elections matter.
All elections matter, and you have to remember to vote down the ticket in November.
My name is Jose Ramon but I prefer Ramon. I am an undocumented disabled person of color with a form of AMC (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita). I made this side blog because I hardly see Poc with Disabilities or we are forgotten in social movements. I want non disable bodied people to see that we do exist, we have a voice. My goal is to promote self love, body positivity, to connect with other PoC with Disabilities and most importantly to let others know that we aren’t broken, we dont need to be fixed, we need to fix the society we live in. Today is AMC Awareness Day and this is my picture, my hair is messy because I want to show me, the person who needs help getting ready for the day. I don’t need pity, only visibility.
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