Queer Reblogging: On Ferguson Protests, the Destruction of Things, and What Violence Really Is (And Isn’t)
BY Claire Potter ON November 26, 2014
Mia McKenzie, editor in chief of the queer blog Black Girl Dangerous on the tragedy playing out in Ferguson, MO as protestors seek justice for Michael Brown:
In the wake of the Darren Wilson decision and the ensuing protests, I’ve been hearing the word “violence” thrown around by journalists and social media commentators alike. It’s strange to me, because when these people use the term violence, they’re not talking about what happened to any of the people named above. The brutal and unnecessary killing of unarmed Black women, children and men by police officers isn’t called “violence” by any of these people. They’re also not talking about protestors of this police violence being tear-gassed or shot with rubber bullets by police for exercising their right to peaceably assemble. That, to these journalists and Twitter trolls, isn’t “violence,” either. What is “violence” to these people? Property damage. Looting. The destruction of things.
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