That video made me think about Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell and the countless other Black bodies that were unfortunately lost due to racist violence.
As the former Head of Press Advance on Tom Steyer’s presidential campaign, I traveled with Tom to Selma, Alabama, in early March, where we joined over 15,000 people to commemorate “Bloody Sunday,” the event in Selma that ultimately galvanized public opinion and mobilized Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act, which President Johnson signed into law on August 6, 1965.
Black people are still subjected to the worst injustices in the United States, ranging from stop and frisk tactics to unjust sentencing to police violence that often leads to death — like that in the case of George Floyd, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and countless others.
Black people and our allies need to target local prosecutors across the country to change practices in their local jurisdiction and criminal justice system that negatively affect Black people at disproportionate rates.
Every time we hold prosecutors accountable, we are transforming our justice system and helping to end racist practices that disproportionately affect Black people.
