Stop Comparing Black Lives Matter to Animal Rights
I can’t believe I have to say this
Content warning: This piece contains graphic descriptions of police-instigated murder and violence.
Over the past week, the United States has seen a massive protest action arise from the tragic recent murders of Black people, including (but not limited to, because the list stretches on and back for miles and miles) George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, and Tony McDade. George Floyd was murdered on video as a cop kneeled on his neck. He begged for mercy as three other cops stood around and watched. Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was shot to death while sleeping in her bed after police entered her apartment with an illegal no-knock warrant. Sean Reed, an army veteran, was tasered first and then shot 13 times at a traffic stop. Afterwards, one of the officers was recorded joking, saying “I think it’s going to be a closed casket, homie.” Tony McDade, a Black trans man, was shot and killed. He was armed, but a witness says that police made no attempt to de-escalate, jumping out of a car and shooting him to death without asking him to drop his weapon.
Because of these abuses of force, people across the entire United States this week have taken to the streets to demand justice, reform, and accountability. In response to these protests, cops who are…
