Qasim Rashid, Esq.Dec 30, 2022

In 2014 Ohio a Cop shot and killed Tamir Rice—an unarmed 12-year-old Black boy—claimed self defense, and was acquitted. He’s out free without facing any accountability.

In 2022 Ohio a white man shot and killed Sinzae Reed—an unarmed 13-year-old Black boy—claimed self defense, and Cops won’t even charge him. He’s out free without facing any accountability.

This is what systemic white supremacy looks like. We’re moving backwards.😓

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@QasimRashid part of what angers me in these situations are that these trained police officers with weapons and body armor can use fear as justification, but untrained, unarmed civilians - in too many cases children or people with mental disabilities - are expected to be perfectly calm and in control...
Show threadCarolineCherryDec 30, 2022
@usdosp @QasimRashid This is horrendous. I agree . In uk it doesn’t help that we have disinvested in mental health so that more people go into crisis & when people are Ill the police are the people that are called . We have had the inappropriate use of tasers in the uk & that may also be part of structural racism.
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@stroppypanda @QasimRashid

A big part of the much maligned (and honestly, horribly named) #DefundThePolice movement in the US was that instead of the police being relied on, we get crisis prevention and mental health response when appropriate, rather than just the police responding to everything. It's a shame that so many did not see the wisdom and practicality of that approach.

Show threadCarolineCherry
@usdosp @QasimRashid Totally agree. We need to have proper funding of mental health as a prerequisite of a civilised society. It’s as if people believe mental health is some sort of adjunct rather than a fundamental part of health. In uk we argued that mental health was part of health per se . Unfortunately in elections our country voted in Conservatives who couldn’t care one jot. Nonetheless we will eject the heathens & get a proper government 🤞🤞🤞
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Show threadUS Dept of ShitpostingDec 30, 2022
@stroppypanda @QasimRashid It seems to the casual observer across the pond that people in your country are learning some hard lessons. Sadly it seems that way too many in our country are incapable of learning.
Show threadCarolineCherryDec 31, 2022
@usdosp @QasimRashid Discussing the same . It feels as if people are being invited not to think & believe that there is no alternative . That all politicians are ‘ corrupt’ and that immigration/ over population is what drives everything .We also have a drive against education & constant attacks on experts. In uk we genuinely have a terrible explicit link between far right government , their donors and editorials in BBC news. So we get limited scrutiny.