Donald Barnet is a white man who uses the Garner Police Department as his way to terrorize and criminalize my family for living next door to him. His actions have proved to me that he would like to return to a time in history where Black women and children bow down to his existence or stance on anything. He is obsessed with criminalizing and overseeing me and the courts and police of North Carolina sanctions this.
Category: Activism
How Political Organizing Has Failed The Disabled Community
There are the obvious ways, a lack of ramps for people in wheelchairs. Books that don’t have electronic versions so people who use screen readers don’t have access. Ableist language that is passed off as accidental- or worse just used casually and without thought to the harm it causes. But ableism in political organizing runs much deeper than that.
White Liars of Garner, NC
Racist harassment of the Thompson family by white Garner residents and the police continues. Last year a neighbor of the Thompson family, Don Barnett made repeated 911 calls to complain about the family listening to “loud Islamic Jihadist Preaching’s”. However, it was the Honorable Malcolm X that the family was actually listening to during the… Continue reading White Liars of Garner, NC
Black Skin, White Agenda – Your 2020 Vote for Kamala is Against Your Best Black Interests
America loves to count on the Black vote without offering substantial gains to Black voters. Issues such as police brutality and the murder of Black people at the hands of the police is rampant. While America continues its decline. The states’ complicit nature to overlook or victim blame when a cop kills Black women and men and children i.e. Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Elonor Bumpers or Korryn Gains all four Black women were murdered by cops.
The Black Queen Controls the Board
In May of 2019 the DA of Wake County offered me a plea deal. If I took the deal all of my belongings that were stolen from our family would be returned to us if I agreed that my “neighbor” could now be my “overseer” and could call in a warrant at any time on me if he heard “ANY AMPLIFIED SPEECH” from my home. Due to the fact that my mere presence alone brought the police out. I am again reminded that my living is my resistance.
We Knew That Though: Mikisa Found Not Guilty of Noise Ordinance Violation
“When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don’t speak out ain’t nobody going to speak out for you.” Fannie Lou Hamer. Today, a June 23, 2020, Mikisa Thompson was found not guilty by the Wake county courts of North Carolina. Her charge was a “violation of a noise ordinance.” On May 16, 2019,… Continue reading We Knew That Though: Mikisa Found Not Guilty of Noise Ordinance Violation
Ku Klux Kleanups: The Implications of Washing Away Black Rebellion
Monday May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police after the police were called for an alleged forgery. The officer who killed Floyd did so by kneeling on his neck and back for almost 9 minutes. The entire incident was caught on camera by horrified onlookers. Shortly after the murder, video and news… Continue reading Ku Klux Kleanups: The Implications of Washing Away Black Rebellion
George Floyd’s Fayetteville Home Going Service
There are no coincidences in what I uncovered while simply trying to pay my respects to a Black man lynched by police. I have discovered what I have known for sometime. “Racism is nothing that Black people seek out racism lingers even when the flames are extinguished. The rebellions’ flames are extinguished but the embers are red for now as they should be, ready to go.”
Raleigh Rebellion: George Floyd Solidarity Protest Rocks NC State Capitol
Violence and pig like behavior came from the Raleigh Police Department when they shot tear gas into a crowd of people from a parking deck onto the street.
RIOT Feed the People Urban Farming Initiative
RIOT started a miniature farm at our family home. We have been gardening for a few years for ourselves and would like to expand it to feed other people living in poverty like us in our area. Poor Black people in poverty have a lot in common living in war zones like fresh food shortages… Continue reading RIOT Feed the People Urban Farming Initiative