Quote of the Day

Kenosha is the perfect example of what we've been trying to say. A Black man who was clearly not a threat is shot in the back in front of his children. A white teenager carrying a rifle openly and freely, kills two people and is literally able to walk right past the police and, initially, is not even detained, much less shot and killed.

This is systemic racism.

This is police brutality against Black and brown skinned people.

This is white privilege at work.

The sooner some of you all start to see the truth and do your part, the sooner we will begin to move toward healing.

– Cathy Heying
via Facebook
August 27, 2020

Related Off-site Links:
Jacob Blake’s Father Says Son’s Paralyzed From Waist Down After Police Shooting in Kenosha – Clare Proctor (Chicago Sun Times, August 25, 2020).
Two Shot Dead in Kenosha as Armed Militias Confront Black Lives Matter Protests over Police Shooting of Jacob Blake – Democracy Now! (August 26, 2020).
“On a Hunting Spree”: Wisconsin Rep. David Bowen Says Cops Turned Blind Eye to White Militias in Kenosha – Democracy Now! (August 27, 2020).
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Kenosha Shooting Suspect, Was in the Front Row of a Trump Rally in January – Ellie Hall, Amber Jamieson, Tasneem Nashrulla, and Kadia Goba (Buzz Feed, August 27, 2020).
Ex-Classmates: Alleged Kenosha Killer Loved Cops, Guns, Trump, “Triggering Libs” – Jake Thomas (The Intellectualist, August 27, 2020).
Trevor Noah Asks Why Police Shot Jacob Blake But Not Kyle Rittenhouse -- Christi Carras (Los Angeles Times, August 27, 2020).
Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse and Kenosha’s Vivid Example of American Racism – Rex Huppke (Chicago Tribune, August 27, 2020).
A Tale of Two Teens: When White Killers Are Treated Better Than Black Victims – Hana Kiros (The Progressive, August 27, 2020).
Media and Law Enforcement Response to White Vigilante Shooter Proves There Are Two Americas – Zack Linly (The Root, August 27, 2020).
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Suggests Teen Charged With Killing Kenosha Protesters Had to “Maintain Order When No One Else Would” – Tim Elfrink (Boston.com, August 27, 2020).
Kenosha Police Chief Blames Murdered Protesters for Their Own Deaths – Chris Walker (TruthOut, August 27, 2020).
“Wild and Timely” Report Details Infiltration of Far-Right Militias and White Supremacist Groups in US Police Departments – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, August 27, 2020).
Law and Order? VP Mike Pence Ignores Police Violence and Stokes Division on Third Night of RNC – Democracy Now! (August 27, 2020).

UPDATES: The FBI Warned for Years That Police Are Cozy With the Far Right. Is No One Listening? – Mike German (The Guardian, August 28, 2020).
What’s the Difference Between Kyle Rittenhouse and the Police? – Peter Sterne (Jacobin, August 30, 2020).
“We're Not Going to Stop”: Jacob Blake Family Lead Kenosha March as Trump Plans Visit – Adam Mahoney (The Guardian, August 30, 2020).
Democratic Representative Karen Bass Warns Trump’s Kenosha Visit Is Meant to “Agitate” And “Make Things Worse” – Ja’han Jones (The Huffington Post, August 30, 2020).
White Supremacist in the White House: Ibram X. Kendi on Trump’s Calls for “Law & Order” in Kenosha – Democracy Now! (August 31, 2020).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• In Uptown and Beyond, Murals Honor George Floyd and Call for an End to Systemic Racism
• “I Can't Breathe”: The Murder of George Floyd
• He Called Mama. He Has Called Up Great Power
• Something to Think About – May 28, 2020
• Honoring George Floyd
• “New and Very Dangerous”: The Extreme Right-Wing Infiltration of the George Floyd Protests
• Marianne Williamson: Quote of the Day – June 2, 2020
• Trevor Noah on the “Dominoes of Racial Injustice”
• Emma Jordan-Simpson: “There Will Be No Peace Without Justice”
• Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Quote of the Day – June 9, 2020
• Helpful Rebuttals for Racist Talking Points
• Rallying in Solidarity with Eric Garner and Other Victims of Police Brutality
• In Minneapolis, Rallying in Solidarity with Black Lives in Baltimore
• “Say Her Name” Solidarity Action
• “We Are All One” – #Justice4Jamar and the 4th Precinct Occupation
• Nancy A. Heitzeg: Quote of the Day – March 31, 2016
• “This Doesn't Happen to White People”
• Remembering Philando Castile and Demanding Abolition of the System That Targets and Kills People of Color
• Something to Think About – March 25, 2016
• God's Good Gift
• Photo of the Day, 5/3/2015: “Black Is Sacred”
• “And Still We Rise!” – Mayday 2015 (Part I)
• “And Still We Rise!” – Mayday 2015 (Part II)