Breonna Never Stood a Chance
A poetic response to the Justice Department's findings about the Louisville Metro Police Department's repeated constitutional violations against Black citizens.
The DOJ found that Louisville officers have called Black people "monkeys," "animal" and "boy." The report also said officers videotaped themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians and insulted people with disabilities. - CNN
The DOJ said the review found that LMPD officers discriminated against Black people in their enforcement activities, violated the rights of people engaged in protected free speech critical of policing and discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities - Axios
"Breonna Taylor was a symptom of problems that we have had for years," one Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) leader told federal investigators. - NBC News
In America
Lawlessness and law enforcement
often work the same beat…
and blast…
and tase…
and spray
What is a consent decree to
an institution unwilling to
disentangle violence from
its DNA?
How many interventions are needed
for a Justice Department to declare
that a profession rooted in bloodlust and capture
is irreversibly unjust?
Breonna
never
stood
a chance.
Breonna Never Stood a Chance
No question about this. It could well be a microcosm for “Policing” at large in the nation. Meanwhile, speeders are speeding, Congress is stealing and twiddling their thumbs and the President doesn’t care because no ratings positive come from caring. Most areas of the government are sold to the highest bidder. We think this is normal and only care when someone is killed. And the. Beat goes on.......