cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/31943458

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For the past few years any time there’s a public shooting, political or not, fascists immediately begin pushing a narrative that the shooter had some connection to the trans community, anarchist or communist politics, to migrant or Black communities. These are always tenuous claims but now with multiple racist lynchings following Kirk’s death, it’s time to recognize the danger of these kinds of mythmakings. They are calls to violence.

  • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
    52·
    9 days ago

    Zukatis was white.

    you’re right, my bad. that wasn’t known when his death was reported, my sources are outdated and seem to assume he was Black.

    my point still 1000% stands for Trey Reed. american police is descended from slave patrols. anything they say about a Black person’s death is to be taken with extreme scrutiny.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      9 days ago

      american police is descended from slave patrols. anything they say about a Black person’s death is to be taken with extreme scrutiny.

      Unless what they say confirms your biases, right?

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      Read the news, I saw an article claiming the coroner found no evidence of assault. It’s possible that all three are covering it up, but the simpler answer is that he killed himself.