Amber Ivy on LinkedIn: #sayhername #sonyamassey (2024)

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Black women’s experiences are pushed to the margins in the movement against police violence. It’s not that the violence is invisible; it’s that it isn’t seen. The question is, when it is seen, why doesn’t it become a problem? Why aren’t we incited to say their names?Tiresome is not even an accurate description of what it feels like to be Black in America. To be a Black woman is a whole new level of exhaustion.We are the Unprotected. We protect ourselves. We are on our guard. We take self-defense courses, we speak up, we do all the things and that should not be the case. Where are the allies for racism? We’re Black! Where are the feminists? We’re Women! Where are the Black folk? We come in all shades and sizes.Shereese Francis: Suffocated to death at her home in Queens, New York, as police officers were subduing her during a mental-health crisis Rekia Boyd: Killed by an off-duty Chicago police officerSharmel Edwards: Killed by police in Las Vegas while being followed on the suspicion that she was driving a stolen carShantel Davis: Killed by a plainclothes detective in East Flatbush, Brooklyn while unarmedMalissa Williams: Killed by police in Cleveland after the driver of the car she was riding in refused to pull overShelly Frey: Killed by an off-duty sheriff and minister in HoustonKayla Moore: Killed by police in Berkeley, CaliforniaKyam Livingston: Died from a seizure when NYPD officers allegedly left her in a holding cell despite complaints that she was in painMiriam Carey: Killed by federal agents in Washington, DC while with her one-year-old babyYvette Smith: Killed by police responding to a domestic-disturbance complaint in Bastrop, TexasGabriella Nevarez: Killed by police in SacramentoPearlie Golden: Killed by police in Hearne, TexasMichelle Cusseaux: Killed by police in PhoenixSheneque Proctor: Died in her cell in Bessemer, Alabama after police allegedly ignored complaints that she was illAura Rosser: Killed by police responding to a domestic-dispute call in Ann ArborTanisha Anderson: Died in Cleveland as police were subduing her at her home during a mental-health crisisNatasha McKenna: Died in Fairfax County, Virginia after police tased her four times while she was handcuffed and in leg shackles Janisha Fonville: Killed by police responding to a domestic dispute in Charlotte, North CarolinaMeagan Hockday: Killed by police in her home in Oxnard, CaliforniaMya Hall: Killed by National Security Agency police in BaltimoreAlexia Christian: Killed by police investigating a stolen-vehicle complaint in AtlantaSandra Bland: Found dead in her cell in Waller County, Texas after having been originally pulled over by police for failure to signal a lane changeBreonna Taylor: Shot and killed by police in her home unarmedSonya Massey: Shot by police in the face while holding up oven mits after calling 911 for help And this list sadly just keeps growing.

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