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INVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: This is a page discussing background information on the Proud Boys, the racist alt-right group founded by former member and cofounder of VICE, Gavin McInnes. SOURCE: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys CONTRIBUTOR: anonymous HASHTAG: #hategroup #proudboys #stand
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: “President Trump name-checked the Proud Boys during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, telling them to “stand by,” and members of the right-wing extremist group could barely contain their excitement. Debate moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump, “Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need […]
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: Ideology: Primarily alt lite: Misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-immigration. Some members espouse white supremacist and anti-Semitic ideologies and/or engage with white supremacist groups. SOURCE: https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/proud-boys-0 CONTRIBUTOR: anonymous HASHTAG: #hategroup #proudboys #stand
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: Timestamps: ‘ 2:30 Why Breonna Taylor’s death has gotten less attention than George Floyd’s 4:40 Backlash for fighting for Black women and girls 6:30 When will Black women be more than an afterthought? 9:30 Erasure is hurtful. 12:30 Performative wokeness 15:00 BlackWomenStayHome hashtag 25:00 What is state violence? 30:30 […]
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: (Sept. 23) Watch live as Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and other state leaders hold a news conference in Frankfort to respond to the grand jury’s report on the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. A Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor […]
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: The Louisville, Ky., Metro Council has voted unanimously to ban no-knock warrants. The legislation was titled Breonna’s Law, in honor of a woman who was killed during a raid on her home earlier this year. Her death became one of the rallying points in protests against police violence, along with that […]
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: JAMILES LARTEY. “because of a tangled legal doctrine that applies to Kentucky and 28 other states. There is no specific law in these jurisdictions addressing police shooting in self-defense, which means officers have the same rights and obligations as any resident. Yet police have the unique power to initiate […]
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! DESCRIPTION: What happened to Breonna Taylor? According to the Taylor family’s lawsuit, plainclothes police officers arrived at Taylor’s apartment at around 12:30 a.m. on March 13. Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were asleep in a bedroom and woke up suddenly, believing that someone was breaking in. Police officers — […]
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Find a post of Breonna Taylor and post with a cry for justice. DESCRIPTION: Mayor Greg Fischer said Brett Hankison, one of three officers involved, would lose his badge. The others have been placed on administrative leave. SOURCE: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53111709 CONTRIBUTOR: anonymous HASHTAG: #blacklivesmatter #breonnataylor
Read MoreINVITATION TO ACTION: Educate yourself! Repost a message about Breonna Taylor right now and 3 days from now. DESCRIPTION: Officer charged: A grand jury has charged one of the three officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death with three counts of wanton endangerment of the first degree. No officers were charged directly with her death. What we know […]
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