#BLM

Skin color comment blows up as Netherlands yanks book about the royals from shelves https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/skin-color-comment-blows-up-as-netherlands-yanks-book-about-the-royals-from-shelves/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

7 thoughts, feelings and reflections about the Little Brother documentary, ‘May the Lord Watch’ https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/7-thoughts-feelings-and-reflections-about-the-little-brother-documentary-may-the-lord-watch/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Yes, Deion Sanders’ first season at Colorado was a success and a failure https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/yes-deion-sanders-first-season-at-colorado-was-a-success-and-a-failure/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/in-the-us-black-survivors-are-nearly-invisible-in-the-catholic-clergy-sexual-abuse-crisis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Sheriff announces departmental changes after torture of 2 Black men https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/rankin-county-sherriff-announces-changes-torture-2-black-men-mississippi/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

The Voting Rights Act is in serious trouble — again https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/the-voting-rights-act-is-in-serious-trouble-again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

‘Basquiat x Warhol’ revives a prolific creative conversation https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/basquiat-x-warhol-revives-a-prolific-creative-conversation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Rapper Young Thug’s trial on racketeering conspiracy and gang charges begins in Atlanta https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/rapper-young-thugs-trial-on-racketeering-conspiracy-and-gang-charges-begins-in-atlanta/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Serena Williams admits she’s ‘not OK’ — and that’s OK! https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/serena-williams-admits-shes-not-ok-and-thats-ok/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Tina Knowles fires back at critics of Beyoncé’s latest look https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/tina-knowles-fires-back-at-critics-of-beyonces-latest-look/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

LaKeith Stanfield stars in ‘The Book of Clarence’ trailer https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/lakeith-stanfield-stars-in-the-book-of-clarence-trailer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Judge rejects effort to dismiss case against former DA charged in Ahmaud Arbery killing’s aftermath https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/judge-rejects-effort-to-dismiss-case-against-former-da-charged-in-ahmaud-arbery-killings-aftermath/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Black life expectancy jumped by 1.5 years, lower than Hispanic Americans https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/black-life-expectancy-jumped-by-1-5-years-lower-than-hispanic-americans/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Study: Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro is better than Ozempic for weight loss https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/study-type-2-diabetes-medication-mounjaro-better-weight-loss/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

@lovelylovely @DogsRule @timo21

Jonathan Majors in court for expected start of jury selection in New York assault trial https://thegrio.com/2023/11/29/jonathan-majors-in-court-for-expected-start-of-jury-selection-in-new-york-assault-trial/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Truth Sandwich 🥪🇺🇸😷

5 days ago

It's not that "Israel is their only issue so Biden has to go", it's that the far left decided that Biden has to go, so they're clinging to Israel as an excuse.

That requires actively misunderstanding the situation and buying into Hamas propaganda, but they're ok with that.

This article lists specific DSA and BLM groups that are doing this.

https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/fringe-left-groups-express-support-hamass-invasion-and-brutal-attacks-israel

#politics #israel #hamas #dsa #blm

ねじまき🏳️‍🌈

6 days ago

https://www.bbc.com/japanese/67528937 #アメリカ #BLM まじかよ。

Church of Jeff

1 week ago

#blm #ParadoxofTolerance

Illustration of two sides, one side is the KKK with "We want to kill Black people" and the other side is Black people with "We want civil rights". A person is in the middle with a sign, "Compromise?"

Don't be the asshole in the middle.

Damon Outlaw

I love the Fedi but we have to be honest. People here often want everyone to come to Mastodon & the Fedi to the point of making posts calling out users and calling them nazi apologists etc. This place is anti-capitalist, want people to CW their lived experiences and a ton of views incompatible. Some people use social media for their businesses, communities and other important reasons. Let’s be honest about the incompatibility of this culture to the masses. Twitter was important for social movements like #MeToo #BLM and others. People don’t want posts to go viral here. I don’t want to live in a world where those stories didn’t get the attention they deserved. Think outside of yourself before passing that judgment, think of marginalised communities. #Fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #X # #Meta

Joe Hill 🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦

@w7voa “No place in WI,” yet, there they are. Go down there and arrest some Nazis fer crissake. Pretend it was a #BLM rally.

George Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool & The Gang, dead at 74 https://thegrio.com/2023/11/18/george-brown-kool-the-gang-co-founder-dies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Nikole Hannah Jones’ ‘Democracy Summit’ rings the alarm about rising threats https://thegrio.com/2023/11/18/nikole-hannah-jones-democracy-summit-rings-the-alarm-about-rising-threats/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Erika Sumner

Prepare yourself for a #masterclass on #grassroots #activism & pushing back on #extremism, particularly on local #SchoolBoards.
This ragtag group of small town citizens in a red state managed to wallop #conservative candidates of juggernaut #MomsForLiberty (formed in 2021 to fight wearing masks in #schools & fiercely anti #CRT aka ❤️ #bookbans)

Power to the people!*
*heads up for #White folks, using that phrase is definitely cultural appropriation

#BLM #BlackMastodon

https://cnn.it/3R3t5Lz

Erika Sumner

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/15/1212860001/thomson-illinois-federal-prison

Four-points restraints are supposed to be a last resort & only to be used briefly but the #racist staff at this Illinois #penitentiary left inmates in them for days, sometimes leaving scars the inmates dubbed “The Thomson tattoo”. THEN the new warden tried to address the abuse & got a letter from inmates warning him the guards were trying to bribe them to attack him. #OverseerOfficer #abuse #whitesupremacy

#BLM

Dozens of Black soldiers were sentenced to life or hanged after the 1917 ‘Houston Riot.’ The Army has now overturned their convictions. https://thegrio.com/2023/11/14/black-soldiers-1917-houston-riot-convictions-overturned/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Rod Faulkner

3 weeks ago

A powerful, prophetic voice. Should be required reading in schools everywhere - especially here in the U.S.
#goodreads #jamesbaldwin #racism #antiracism #blm

Photo of cover of "Baldwin: Collected Essays," a hardcover collection of the famed works of writer-activist James Baldwin

3 weeks ago

Cardi B and Patti LaBelle have your holiday desserts covered this year https://thegrio.com/2023/11/09/cardi-b-and-patti-labelle-have-your-holiday-desserts-covered-this-year/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Um, no. That not why she was censured. Please: I beg you- do better. The congresswoman was censured because her comments about Israel are not only *grossly* anti-Semitic, but a phrase used by #hamas in its genocidal charter.

She is blatantly supporting terrorism & Hamas and should absolutely be censured.

Can you imagine if she had said equivalent comments about the #lgbtq #blm or #AAPI communities?

You’d have rightly called for her to resign.

We must clap back against the typhoon of disinformation surrounding Black entrepreneurship, equity and innovation https://thegrio.com/2023/11/03/we-must-clap-back-against-the-typhoon-of-disinformation-surrounding-black-entrepreneurship-equity-and-innovation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

Prosecutors: Supreme Court decision closes door on criminal prosecutions in Flint water scandal https://thegrio.com/2023/11/01/prosecutors-supreme-court-decision-closes-door-on-criminal-prosecutions-in-flint-water-scandal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM

MikeDunnAuthor

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #IdaBWells #racism #BlackLivesMatter #blm #lynching #journalism #feminism #CivilRights #BlackMastadon #naacp #writer @bookstadon

Today in Labor History October 26, 1892: Ida B. Wells published “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases,” which led to threats against her life, and the burning down of her newspaper’s headquarters in Memphis. Wells, who was born into slavery, was a journalist, educator, feminist, and early Civil Rights leader who helped found the NAACP.

Wells, c. 1893. She is wearing a lacy black blouse and has her hair in a bun. She is looking to the side. By Original: Mary GarrityRestored byAdam CuerdenDescriptionBritishImage restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and WikipedianAs Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)Date of birth8 June 1979Location of birthUnited States of America - Based on image originally from NAEMVZELXQV2iw — Google Arts & Culture, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28135837

Your Autistic Life

#RadicalLeft #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #queer #lgbtqia #lgbtq #abortion #LivingInABox

The *radical* left???

I'm not seeing what is so *radical* about wanting to be able to live your life the way you see fit, and not have the government in your bedroom, or the cops killing innocent people.

I don't see it being radical to say #ACAB, or #BLM, or that trans rights are human rights, or that they should leave us queer folks alone, or that people who want an abortion should be able to get one, or...

All of this seems "radical" only to small-minded people used to live in a box, and wanting to put others in boxes.

:verified_gay:

https://blackstarfarmers.org/saveblmg

i stand with Black Star Farmers @ Cal Anderson Park in #Seattle, WA #BLM

HT @nullagent

Autonomie und Solidarität

#Racism #USA #Police #Antireport

Georgia deputy shoots, kills Black man who spent 16 years in #prison on wrongful conviction #BLM
"A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/georgia-agency-investigating-fatal-shoot-deputy-traffic-stop-104024022

Karen E. Lund 💙💛

https://support.nwfactionfund.org/page/57826/donate/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=tw&en_ref=20148289

Let President Biden & the Bureau of Land Management know that you want Indigenous People & wildlife in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge protected from the harms of oil and gas development.

Via #WildlifeAction. #ProtectTheArctic #BLM #Arctic #ANWR #Wildlife #Petition

An adult polar bear and cubs. Photo by Tony Newlin via NWF campaign.

Jay Baker

The Story of Chris Kaba: How London Police Hide Behind the Thin Blue Line
https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/the-story-of-chris-kaba-how-london-police-hide-behind-the-thin-blue-line/ #JusticeForChrisKaba #BlackLivesMatter #BLM

Omar Moore

#Gazagenocide #Gaza #BLM #BlackMastodon #Mastodon

October 16, 1968. Mexico City.

Tommy Smith and John Carlos. Black liberation. ✊🏿 Global solidarity with oppressed persons.

Claudia Miles

#abortion
#BLM
https://apple.news/AV2KRcstySOa5UKO-Ppbtfg

In Alabama, three hospitals are preparing to stop delivering babies. Some families (mostly Black) will have to drive 35-100 mi to get to a labor & delivery unit. Why? Because Ob-Gyns are leaving the state as they fear getting arrested for doing their job, which can involve ending a pregnancy to save a woman's life.

Alabama has the highest maternal mortality in the U.S. & the 3rd highest infant mortality. That will go up.

So the "pro-life" people won.

MikeDunnAuthor

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #BlackPanthers #marxism #Revolutionary #fbi #cointellpro #PoliceBrutality #police #PoliceMurder #blm #BlackMastadon

Today in Labor History October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, in Oakland, California. One of their early core practices was open-carry armed citizen’s patrols monitoring abusive police behavior. They also implemented free breakfast programs and community health clinics, and advocated for revolutionary class struggle. The FBI sabotaged the Panthers through its COINTELPRO and participated in the assassination of Panthers, like Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. In 1969, the Panthers officially declared sexism to be counterrevolutionary and ordered its male members to treat women as equals. In 1970, Huey Newton expressed support for the Women’s Liberation Movement, and the LGBTQ Liberation Movement which, he correctly noted, were subject to much of the same police brutality as were African Americans.

Image: Original six members of the Black Panther Party (1966): Top left to right: Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Huey P. Newton (Defense Minister), Sherwin Forte, Bobby Seale (chairman); Bottom: Reggie Forte and Little Bobby Hutton (Treasurer).Newsreel in which Kathleen Cleaver spoke at Hutton Memorial Park in Alameda County, California. The footage also shows a student protest demonstration at Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, California. Black Panther Party leaders Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and Bobby Seale spoke on a 10-point program they wanted from the administration which was to include full employment, decent housing and education, an end to police brutality, and black people to be exempt from the military. Black Panther Party members are shown as they marched in uniform. Students at the rally marched, sang, clapped hands, and carried protest signs. Police in riot gear controlled marchers. By Baggins, Brian. History of the Black Panther Party, Marxists Internet Archive, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28701328

Joshua Holland

Anyone trying to justify #Hamas slaughtering civilians is a scumbag but I note that all these pieces condemning “the left” cite the same few examples—NYU student prez, #BLM Chicago, NYC DSA, etc.

Seems like a handful of self-marginalizing lefty dopes are getting a ton of coverage/ attention.
1/3
#Israel

Daniel Agee

OutOfExile_IDR § Voice ®™️

👀 #BLM https://glass.photo/daniel/4WNuUY6vAeiYkhFMz7c0x2

#JusticeForElijahMcClain #BLM #DisabilityJustice #SocialJustice #NoJusticeNoPeace #StopKillingUs #ICantBreathe #InvisibleDisabilityRights #PoliceViolence #SayMyName @disabilityjustice @disability @actuallyautistic

Justice for Elijah McClain – Trial Update for Tuesday through Thursday (Oct 3rd, 4th and 5th):
⚠️ CW: Police Violence against People with Invisible Disabilities. Photo – eye contact.

Tuesday, Oct 3rd:
The day began with the judge ruling that all witnesses must testify in person, which means, witnesses in Minnesota and Tennessee will be forced to travel to Colorado to give their testimony.. Judge Mark Warner also "partially" sustained a request from the defense who wants to ask a witness about McClain's drug use and hospitalization for "LSD intoxication" in 2016.

Dr. Stephen Cina, the "contracted" pathologists who performed the original "undetermined" autopsy on McClain, took the stand during the afternoon session. The account of the autopsy conclusion is details in Elijah's full story, linked below. In September 2022, after the grand jury indictment was handed down, Cina changed the original Adams County corner's 2019 autopsy. Though he amended the cause of death to "ketamine administration following forcible restraint", the (MOD) manner of death remained "undetermined", not "homicide". The doctor also claimed that he asked for body cam footage, witness statements and additional records in 2019 but, claims he "didn't get everything". Samples of McClain's brain, heart and lungs were tested, indicating that portions of the brain swollen which, Dr. Cina attributed to lack of oxygen. He also said the lungs were twice the original size because of inflammation associated with "aspirated vomit".

Emails obtained through an open records request revealed that Adams County coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan met with the Aurora officers that were investigating the killing of Elijah McClain, before the autopsy's "undetermined" MOD conclusion was reached. Cina also testified that two Aurora investigators were in attendance during the autopsy, while the actions of APD officers were under "review". These two events, in conjunction with the timing of the "undetermined" autopsy findings, are highly questionable. Did these occurrences have influence on Dr. Cina's conclusion? Is this another example of the perversion of justice, by those who facilitate that system?

The witness claimed he change the autopsy after reviewing body camera footage, saying he believes restraint played a role in the death. In his original autopsy, Dr. Cina said, he believed Elijah had recovered from the carotid hold based on his apology after vomiting. He testified that McClain choked on vomit while wearing a mask during the "struggle" with officers, and again after being injected with ketamine. Despite his testimony on the increased size of McClain's lungs, Cina said he's still not sure if the aspiration caused his death. He also testified that Elijah would likely have recovered, "if not for the ketamine". Ultimately, Dr. Cina's testimony seems to indicate, he still can't, or won't make an accurate conclusive decision.

Wednesday, Oct 4th:
The court was dismissed around 11 AM after only two witnesses took the stand. After some legal wrangling with the judge, Ron Ryan an Atty Gen. investigator took the stand. He spoke to the jury about the location of the incident after a map of Elijah's route was admitted into evidence, along with his jacket, shirt, pants, shoes, and earbuds. Ryan's testimony brought attention to a "red substance" found on several of the items. One of Elisha's coworkers at the massage therapy business gave very brief testimony before court was adjourned at approximately 10:51 AM. The prosecution revealed that its final witness of the day would not arrive in Denver until later Wednesday evening.

Thursday, Oct 5th:
The prosecution called forensic pathologist Roger A. Mitchell Jr., the chair of the Department of Pathology at Howard University College of medicine in DC. He was contracted by the office of the Atty Gen to review the case, and subsequently submitted an additional autopsy report for the grand jury's investigation. Mitchell's autopsy reported that, the carotid hold and aspiration of fluid and vomit were a "result" of "forcible restraint" by the officers. He concluded that the actions of the officers and the overdose of ketamine are what killed McClain.

The prosecution introduced autopsy photographs showing "abrasions and scrapes", and played body cam footage from the night of August 24, 2019. Dr. Mitchell said that the abrasions were caused by the carotid hold, and that Elijah's neck showed evidence of "blunt trauma", as well as broken blood vessels in his eyes. This seems to indicate that extreme force was applied to his neck by police. After being shown the body camera footage, the expert witness was asked to give his impressions of when Elijah began to show signs of respiratory distress during the interaction. He also addressed the paramedics diagnosis of "excited delirium".

Dr. Mitchell's testimony provided definitive evidence indicating the culpability of Roedema and Rosenblatt in the murder. The defense interrupted the testimony with numerous objections throughout. The witness said he does not believe in "excited delirium as a medical diagnosis". After viewing the footage, Mitchell also testified in that McClain's actions and condition did not support claims of such a diagnosis. He gave detailed statements about Elijah's actions and statements in the footage including, when he told police that he was was experiencing pain. The doctor said, "… If we believe this notion of excited delirium, one of the things with excited delirium is that you're impervious to pain and that response objectively tells us that he's not impervious to pain, that he's responding to painful stimuli is being placed upon him" [SIC]. With the damning evidence presented thus far, it's not looking good for the two officers being tried for the murder. I'd imagine, this is little consolation for Elijah's mom Sheenen, who was in the courtroom today. Testimony resumes on Friday.

[Correction: With many sources conflicting with one another throughout the course of this case, including discrepancies of Elisha's age, I'd like to clarify a couple of points about my articles. With limited pretrial coverage, some of the court dates for the three trials of the five accused first responders have been changed. I previously reported that the trial for the paramedics was to begin in August, as one source stated. With the multitude of changes, it's been hard to keep up sometimes. I also erroneously describe some of the officers as "former" when in fact, they are suspended without pay. My apologies for these inconsistencies.]

Click here 🧠 for the full account of what was done to Elijah.

OutOfExile_IDR 2023

Photograph of Elijah McClain wearing a brown jacket, red hood and a black knapsack in the break room at his place of employment. He's depicted smiling very pleasantly as he seems to be demonstrating dance moves.

Shoq

It’s not that no one ever notices. It’s that no one else ever seems to care. Consider BLM co-founder Patrice Cullors. Not to single her out; her former partners also all went on to fame, fortune, speaking tours, honorary degrees and positions, and political irrelevance except on limousine liberal cocktail party circuits. White America showers them with accolades and awards. Meanwhile, #BLM has been nearly inert since the Floyd protests, which were totally squandered.

Eka A.

OutOfExile_IDR § Voice ®™️

Homo sapiens rights are human rights!!!
#HumanRights #BLM #TransRights #LGBTQRights #ERA #WomenRights

#JusticeForElijahMcClain #BLM #DisabilityJustice #SocialJustice #NoJusticeNoPeace #StopKillingUs #ICantBreathe #InvisibleDisabilityRights #PoliceViolence #SayMyName

Justice for Elijah McClain – Trial Update for Friday Sept 29th:
⚠️ CW: Police Violence against People with Invisible Disabilities.

On Friday, a "Force and Control Tactics Instructor" from the "Federal Law Enforcement Training Center" was called by the prosecution. Dr. Marc Brown, is also a specialist in "de-escalation, constitutional policing, diversity and community trust building" for Polis Solutions, https://www.polis-solutions.net/ and was previously an police officer for 14 years.

Prosecuting attorney, Jonathan Bunge, showed segments of the body cam footage from August 24, 2019, the night the world suffered the loss of Elijah McClain. Bunge asked the expert witness to give his opinion on the officer's actions in the video. The questioning was focused on whether the officers on trial followed Aurora PD training, which was the subject of Sgt. Kevin Smith's testimony Thursday.

During cross-examination, the attorneys of the officers on trial for the murder, once again, focused on shifting blame to the paramedics administering the ketamine. He argued that it was the paramedics and not the officers, who did not properly care for Elijah McClain. Considering the whole account, none of them cared for him the way they should have, as professionals, or as human beings. That's just my legally insignificant opinion.

Dr. Brown testified that the officers did not adhere to the trainings they were given saying, they "should have listened" to Elijah when he pleaded, "I just can't breathe properly". He went on to say, they were trained to "check on" a person in "respiratory distress", and immediately call for "medical assistance".
In my view: Instead of doing their "duty" to "serve and protect", they told paramedics stories about "crazy strength" and gun grabbing, with no mention of Elijah's critical state. Equally, the paramedics injected the overdose of ketamine without checking his vitals or attempting to talk to him, solely based on the scenario presented by the assailant officers. "Excited delirium" was the EMTs' unfounded snap diagnosis. The defense attempted to shift blame to the sergeant on duty, during it's cross-examination.

During the more than four hours testimony of Mark Brown, one particular statement seemed all-encompassing of the accused failure to perform their duty:
"My opinion is that during the restraint their actions were inconsistent with this directive. During the restraint, Mr. McClain several times complained that he was having trouble breathing and during the restraint period there was no indication that they monitored his breathing or pulse. And when he complained of having trouble breathing, there was no adjustment made to him and he was on his side at the time."; Brown testified.

The trial has yet to touch on the unnecessary force seemingly used by defendants, Roedema and Rosenblatt. Not only did they not care for Elijah, the audio from the doffed body cams suggest to me, they were still roughing him up in the early stages of his distress, at least. The whole time they seemed to be acting out a scenario of resistance for the cameras lying on the grass. This is just my impression watching the footage. Elijah was still handcuffed and wearing the mask, which almost certainly contributed to his inability to breathe. If I were a jury of 12 in this trial, the body cam footage would be enough for the case to have been long since decided.

Other witnesses included an Aurora PD CSI that photographed the Adams County coroner's autopsy, and officer Darren Dunson. The prosecution showed the body cam footage of Dunson, who came on the scene after McClain had been assaulted and restrained. The trial is scheduled to resume on Tuesday, October 3rd.

Click here 🧠 for the full account of what was done to Elijah.

@disabilityjustice @disability @actuallyautistic

Photograph of a cardboard sign held up by one of many protesters, that reads: "MY NAME IS ELIJAH MCCLAIN. #SayMyName .
Blurred in the background are a multitude of other protesters.

Photograph from Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images News/Getty Images via mic.com.

Erika Sumner