Last month i went to a funeral for a dear friend of mine. They were shot by the police because they were having a schizophrenic episode. They should still be alive.
As I scrolled through my Instagram feed this morning the first thing I saw was a video of a 32 year old high school teacher being tazed to death. His crime? He had a car accident and needed medical attention.
Neither of these should have happened. We need to defund the police. Free transit reduces opportunities for people with disabilities and people of color to be murdered. We need first responders to events like these to be social well trained workers who are focused on the actual need, not soldiers with little education. Police shootings are avoidable. You just remove the police from the majority of what they are used for.
I’m tired of hearing crying parents because their child was shot. I’m tired of watching people be killed. It’s evil. It violates the basic principles of human decency. It is wrong.