Thread by @queer_spice, .@sandylocks is hosting #UndertheBlacklight with #SayHerName tonight and the mothers and sisters [...]

. @sandylocks is hosting #UndertheBlacklight with #SayHerName tonight and the mothers and sisters of Black women murdered by police.

Below I'll link some of the calls to action.

In 2013, Berkeley police murdered Kayla Moore, a Black trans woman, who said "I can't breathe."

#SayHerName

Justice for Kayla Moore - Sign the Petition! http://chng.it/PHhSZDRy via @Change

Sign the Petition

Justice for Kayla Moore

http://chng.it/PHhSZDRy

On August 14, 2014, Phoenix police murdered Michelle Cusseaux, a Black lesbian woman. The officer said he murdered her because of the look on her face.

Please read about her and that mental illness is not punishable by extrajudicial murder.

#SayHerName https://lithub.com/mental-illness-is-not-a-capital-crime/

Mental Illness is Not a Capital Crime

Two and a half decades after the 1991 beating of Rodney King was broadcast on TV, another bystander captured video of a different beating by the side of a Los Angeles freeway, featuring another Bla…

https://lithub.com/mental-illness-is-not-a-capital-crime/

On Nov. 12, 2014, Cleveland police murdered Tanisha Anderson.

Please sign this petition from Color of Change calling for justice for the murder of Tanisha Anderson, Tamir Rice, and John Crawford, all murdered in Ohio.

#SayHerName https://iam.colorofchange.org/petitions/enough-justice-for-john-crawford-and-an-end-to-oh-police-violence

Enough! Justice for John Crawford, Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson &...

Ohio elected officials need to send a message that they believe #BlackLivesMatter. After the tragic deaths of John Crawford III, Tanisha Anderson, and Tamir Rice here in our state, Attorney General...

https://iam.colorofchange.org/petitions/enough-justice-for-john-crawford-and-an-end-to-oh-police-violence

On July 10, 2015, Waller County Jail murdered Sandra Bland.

Please sign this petition to reopen her case.
#SayHerName https://www.change.org/p/texas-governor-i-want-sandra-bland-s-case-reopened

Sign the Petition

I want Sandra Bland's case reopened.

https://www.change.org/p/texas-governor-i-want-sandra-bland-s-case-reopened

On September 5, 2015, Virgina Beach police murdered India Kager, while her baby was in the car.

Police officers fired 30 shots into the car. With her baby in the car.

Please read about her.

#SayHerName https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/with-6-month-old-baby-in-car-both-parents-killed-by-virginia-beach-police/2015/09/08/2e64a83c-565a-11e5-8bb1-b488d231bba2_story.html

With 4-month-old baby in car, both parents killed by Virginia Beach police

The father shot at police. Four officers fired 30 rounds, killing both parents.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/with-6-month-old-baby-in-car-both-parents-killed-by-virginia-beach-police/2015/09/08/2e64a83c-565a-11e5-8bb1-b488d231bba2_story.html

On December 6, 2012, a Houston Walmart security guard who was also a minster, murdered Shelly Frey.

Please sign this petition to hold Harris County and Walmart accountable.

#SayHerName https://www.thepetitionsite.com/960/515/911/hold-harris-county-and-walmart-accountable-for-killing-alleged-shoplifter/

petition: Hold Harris County and Walmart Accountable for Killing Alleged Shoplifter

Suspected of shoplifting, Shelly Frey, was shot dead by a security guard at a Houston Walmart. Allegations that she was trying to (38489 signatures on petition)

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/960/515/911/hold-harris-county-and-walmart-accountable-for-killing-alleged-shoplifter/

Additionally, @AAPolicyForum has a specific list of demands for #SayHerName Demands and Policies.

Please read them. Please commit to them. Please advocate for them. https://aapf.org/shndemands

#SHN Demands — AAPF

https://aapf.org/shndemands

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