huffingtonpost:

Mom, Daughter Who Hosted Texas Pool Party Explain What Happened Moments Before Cops Arrived

Lashauna Burks said her daughter simply wanted to celebrate the end of the school year with her friends on Friday by hosting a party that promised food, fun and music. However, the gathering at the Craig Ranch Community Pool in McKinney, Texas abruptly turned violent when two white women at a nearby pool began making racist comments at the black teen partygoers.

Watch the full video for a full explanation of the events that transpired before the police were called. 

zanabism:

Police in Baltimore are amped and ready to tell you about every detail of damage inflicted upon patrol cars, buildings, exaggerated accounts of assault from ‘mobs’ of ‘threatening’ high schoolers–but can they tell you what Freddie Gray did? Can they explain with the same transparency and vigour what Freddie Gray did to deserve being beaten to the point where his spine was 80% severed from his cervical region? Freddie Gray was carrying a switchblade of legal size, Freddie Gray’s murderers unabashedly failed to provide him proper medical care under their custody, Freddy Gray fell into a coma after an hour of his confrontation with the police. Police officers in Baltimore are ready and prepared to go on CNN and discuss the number of cracks on their windshield but will not and cannot explain to you why Freddie Gray was targeted on April 12th, 2015. 

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zanemalicks:

dont forget baltimore, dont forget ferguson, dont forget nyc, dont forget freddie, dont forget mike, dont forget eric, dont forget rekia, dont forget renisha, dont forget all the countless black people who have been murdered by police, dont forget any of it. black lives STILL matter, do not forget that we STILL matter.