Black women can't trust a system that fails to support them over and over again.Was this level of violence necessary over a parking violatio
Black women can’t trust a system that fails to support them over and over again.
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Was this level of violence necessary over a parking violation?
And this was while being recorded and without regard for the impact on her child or any other children on that campus.
What could women expect who call the police officers to their private home? As an advocate, I can tell you that it has involved everything from sexual harassment to further violence. We also know that Black women have been murdered by law enforcement.
Black women have every reason to hesitate before making a call to 9-1-1 for police.
We deserve political leaders that address this violence by police officers against Black people with no less than courage and integrity.
Black women have learned, through history and hard experience, that they cannot rely on systems never built with their safety in mind. The same structures that once ignored their pain still fail to protect them today.
And yet, Black women continue to protect one another — creating circles of care, rebuilding trust through community, and daring to demand better. Until every institution values the safety of Black women as sacred, we will keep doing what we have always done: protecting ourselves, our children, and one another.
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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested a Black mother outside her child’s school after an officer confronted her about leaving her car illegally parked and unattended. This level of force on an unarmed woman in a school pick-up line is outrageous!
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— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) October 11, 2025
