06/18/2026
Mississippi police murdered a 1 year old Black baby 5 days before Juneteenth. Police were responding to a call that alleged Kohen's mother was shoplifting diapers. Instead of playing into the distraction of good victim, bad victim narratives, we affirm that NO ONE should be murdered by law enforcement - whether they have been committed of a crime, are in jail awaiting sentencing, or simply cannot afford baby supplies.
We should be asking ourselves: why can't people afford essentials when we are seeing the existence of Earth's first trillionaire? Why do police continue to execute Black people at nearly 3x the rate they do white people? Can this system, rooted in slave catching patrols and protecting wealth, really be reformed?