Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, moments after shocking police video was released showing an Illinois officer fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called police fearing a home intruder.
In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, “reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not”.
Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his home in Delaware, said Massey, “a beloved mother, friend, daughter and young Black woman … should be alive today”.
How shall we do that?
Call or write your reps and tell them you want it; more specifically there is the proposed Fair Representation Act which looks pretty good on paper to me. There’s also a non profit lobbying group called FairVote that is seeking Ranked Choice voting in federal and state elections.
But I’m poor
I don’t see how that’s an impediment to contacting your reps
It’s an impediment to them caring
They don’t ask for your income when you call. Also, defeatism is the status quo’s best friend. It takes a lot of noise and work to move the needle.
The status quo’s second best friend is directing our efforts towards strategies that don’t work.
I think we should vote only for candidates who oppose FPTP. If you don’t think that’s likely to work, then you’re a defeatist!
That sounds like a nice way to get another Trump term, but hey, fuck me for giving you my opinion when you asked for it.
Wow that’s really defeatist.