We have to pass police accountability, establish civilian oversight, and truly reimagine what public safety looks like for the communities most exploited for decades by institutionalized injustice and white supremacy.
A police officer shot and killed a 13-year-old who stopped & put his hands up when the officer said to. A boy whose body was fully open & vulnerable to an officer’s weapon. What we see is exactly what happens when police are taught that their lives matter more than anyone else’s.
Our system protects the broken notion that people — Black and Brown children — are disposable.
Now is the time to tear down that racist, violent system and fix our city. The Mayor doesn’t have any more chances and our city can’t spare to lose another life.
My heart is with Adam Toledo’s mom and all mothers who are doing everything they can to raise their kids in a city that protects police impunity before our beautiful children.
#justiceforadam
@SigchoFor25
Do 13 year olds usually hang in alleys at 230am with guns? And then fire that gun which is why the cops came to that’s area. And then ran from those cops still carrying a gun.