these are the names of young Black men who were "found dead" after the Ferguson uprising following the murder of Michael Brown in 2014. Edward Crawford Jr. is in the famous image below. his death was ruled a suicide. our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them. - ThreadSky

gatorpond.bsky.social • 51 days ago

these are the names of young Black men who were "found dead" after the Ferguson uprising following the murder of Michael Brown in 2014. Edward Crawford Jr. is in the famous image below. his death was ruled a suicide.

our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.

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quillmonger.bsky.social•50 days ago

Didn’t the cops disappear these people? That’s what cops do and have done to anyone who speaks out against them. It’s not necessarily the federal government

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

i did not specify the federal government, but the federal govt absolutely does it too and has for decades.

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

my point was mostly just to indicate that the government (of which the police are an extension) has been doing this on every level. adhd afterthought/clarification, sorry.

starbyter.bsky.social•51 days ago

This photo will never fail to evoke so many emotions for me, he should still be alive today. They all should.

traveller-in-black.bsky.social•50 days ago

Ask why there is no real organized left in this country.
Ask what happened to ACORN
Ask what happened to the Black Panthers

Not new at all.

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

also may i recommend:
https://files.libcom.org/files/Hammer%20and%20hoe%20Alabama%20Communists%20during%20the%20Great%20Depression.pdf

traveller-in-black.bsky.social•16 days ago

I would also like to recommend Jared Yates Sexton's
MIDNIGHT KINGDOM
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Kingdom-History-Paranoia-Coming-ebook/dp/B09Y558T68/ref=sr_1_1

curioetclarus.bsky.social•45 days ago

They'd love to disappear me for sure. I am really good at good trouble making

blueeyedbeta.bsky.social•50 days ago

Marsha Johnson, the black trans woman who threw the first brick at Stonewall, is still considered a suicide officially as well but the case is full of holes on that front.

joe2024.bsky.social•50 days ago

Rest in power, black queen. :(

Hope we someday get the world you were fighting for. ✊🏾

shoutingboy.bsky.social•50 days ago

I'm old enough to remember a grim 1980s joke--a man runs into (South Africa prime minister) P.W. Botha's office and says "Sir, Desmond Tutu just committed suicide!" Botha says "Really? I didn't know we even had him in custody!"

calmakesart.bsky.social•50 days ago

oh, seeing this image again reopened that wound that I didn't realize was still so raw.

nikkiiiiiiiii.bsky.social•50 days ago

i remember them and i remember who was in charge of the country at the time because my memory goes back further than 4 years

degs.chat•50 days ago

It would be a less awful world if it was a conspiracy that killed those men. They died in spite of what they did, not because of it. They were murdered by a whole nation of apathy & hate who saw their call for revolution, who heard their plea for mercy & said "your life is an inconvenience."

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

i won't get into it but i firmly do believe at least some of them were murdered to silence them. police and conspiracies go hand in hand.

degs.chat•50 days ago

It's not "silencing" them, that makes their murders seem premeditated & allows liberals to say "well these cops were exceptionally sadistic, not all cops are like that" but all cops are just murderers waiting for the right moment, no conspiracy needed

numberoneashe.bsky.social•50 days ago

whatever semantic point you're attempting to make here is not worth the squeeze

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

i'm not arguing about this with you. you're wrong.

doglover99.bsky.social•50 days ago

We should all SAY THEIR NAMES ✊🏾

pataz1.bsky.social•50 days ago

#MichaelReinoehl

melodymocha.bsky.social•50 days ago

Back in the 70s, it was common for Black activists to be shot like Fred Hampton or arrested and charged with killing law enforcement like Mumia Abu-Jamal, Assata Shakur, The Soledad Brothers OR they just infiltrated with a snitch.

The playbook is thick.

hevyweponsguy.bsky.social•50 days ago

📌

octopusowl.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you. Every time I see this picture I feel a pang of deep loss. So many great future leaders killed because they won't see their fellow humans as prey.

phyrkrakr.bsky.social•51 days ago

Didn't they "find" three different Ferguson guys dead in burned out cars?

fresh72.bsky.social•50 days ago

6 of em

gatorpond.bsky.social•51 days ago

DeAndre Joshua and Darren Seals were both found dead, one in a burning car, one in a car with his body already burned. three others were deemed suicide.

just now learning actually that there was a sixth. Bassem Masri, a Palestinian american who covered the uprising. ruled overdose on a public bus.

gatorpond.bsky.social•51 days ago

i didn't know about Bassem Masri. he should likely be included above.

frogboy.bsky.social•50 days ago

one of the suicides was found hanging from a tree, if anyone's concerned this might be a bit "too subtle"

phyrkrakr.bsky.social•50 days ago

Ten years and still unsolved

nullconvention.bsky.social•50 days ago

They solved the killing of a grand dragon in the same area in like two days

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

Danye Jones. the tree was in his own yard. his mother, Melissa McKinnies, was active during the protests and called it a lynching.

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

so ppl keep pointing out that these were likely the actions of local gov't/cops, and that's correct. but if you think the fbi, cia, ice, border patrol, doj, dhs, and other fed agencies don't disappear ppl... boy do i have some news for you from the last 6 decades.

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

i'm muting the thread, i just wanted to address this bc ppl keep bringing it up and yanno what they're right. but they're also not.

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

also: state law enforcement operates with the implicit approval of feds, otherwise the feds would be investigating them more often.

gatorpond.bsky.social•51 days ago

obama years, by the way. just to note.

kiyara.bsky.social•51 days ago

Honestly it's what made trying to organize difficult for me because so many people were content to ignore it then. I'm glad when I hear about kids protesting because when I was in high school no one really gave a shit about the Patriot Act while I was panicking about the very future we're seeing now

kennikend.bsky.social•51 days ago

Same here

hugoskavez.bsky.social•50 days ago

Yeah, I got so much shit for protesting against GWB in high school and I was like “what’s wrong with all of you?!?! This is how we get fascism!”

unicorntickles.bsky.social•50 days ago

Sigh…being wistful for the times when my dad would drive me to mt flute lesson while he listed to talk/news radio (yes like early Fox News guys).

I’ll never say it to my parents but I was indeed correct about the trajectory of the country 🫠

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

i will throw a party when dubya kicks it

hugoskavez.bsky.social•50 days ago

I was on tour when Kissinger died and we celebrated with the crowd the next three nights

voltzyr.bsky.social•50 days ago

Oh my god. He kept living so long I completely forgot he died.

notkoze.trashmammal.club•50 days ago

I was hanging out at the local gay bar during “Furry Night” when I found out Kissinger died. I was feeling extra bisexual and extra celebratory

raziels.bsky.social•50 days ago

I was playing Pokemon with friends when he died and I was so elated at his death that I forgot how to play and basically lost the match I was in.

Kissinger’s final, cruel act.

partickle.bsky.social•50 days ago

👀

machturtl.wearybones.rest•50 days ago

Thank you

gatorpond.bsky.social•50 days ago

no need o7

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