A recently released video shows Ralkina Jones discussing her multiple health issues with police.
To see her asking for her life like this hurts so bad.
black people have to plead for their own lives just for their requests to be denied, and yet WE are the savages?
Burn it all
Black disabled people (especially women) have to fight so fucking hard for their fucking health to even be recognised Especially from White people, and most especially from White cops Like, there’s actual studies that prove that White people devalue or somehow subconsciously ignore pain and illness when Black people are suffering from it
[Image transcription:
Gif 1: A black woman standing in a police department. The subtitles read “I’m not asking for any exception to any rules. But I will tell you this, I don’t want to die in your cell.” The caption reads “15 HOURS LATER RALKINA JONES, 37, WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER CELL.”
Gif 2: The same woman, saying, “I hadn’t had my medication then. One. Two: I have a brain injury.”
Gif 3: A moving gif of a police officer behind a counter. The subtitles (presumably still of Ralkina talking) read “My main concern is my POTS syndrome.”
Gif 4: The same woman again, now standing at a counter and talking to a police officer who is off-screen. The officer’s voice is subtitled as saying “With your health issues, it’s easiest to keep an eye on you here.”]