What’s the connection between pollution and police brutality? Let @HerrCaitlin draw you a picture.

Scroll to keep reading. (1/9) https://grist.org/justice/illustration-what-does-the-fossil-fuel-industry-have-to-do-with-police-brutality/

As the protest movement against anti-Black racism and police brutality continues, activists are pointing out more of the connections between policing, pollution, and climate change. (2/9)

“Whether we can’t breathe because of toxic pollution or policing, it’s the same systemic racism that is killing us.” - @DrBobBullard in @theintercept (3/9) https://theintercept.com/2020/06/17/coronavirus-environmental-justice-racism-robert-bullard/

An investigation by Public Accountability Initiative and LittleSis documents how the fossil fuel industry finances police groups in major U.S. cities while polluting majority Black and brown communities. (4/9) https://grist.org/justice/how-the-fossil-fuel-industry-drives-climate-change-and-police-brutality/

For example, Chevron is a sponsor or donor to police foundations in several states. (5/9)

So are JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo. (6/9)

These police foundations raise money to buy weapons, equipment, and surveillance technology for police departments. (7/9)

Activists say we can’t take on climate change without addressing the way white supremacy is deeply ingrained in policing and pollution. (8/9)

"Are you willing to hold accountable all of the systems built off white supremacy — from the fossil fuel industry to racist policing to the prison industrial complex — in defense of the planet?" - @Tamaraity, North America Director for @350 (9/9) https://grist.org/fix/opinion-if-you-care-about-the-planet-you-must-dismantle-white-supremacy/