Another unarmed, young, black male gunned down in America by someone who is supposed to “serve and protect.” We are atrocious. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Rage!
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
I hope the information I am receiving is incorrect. This sounds like a drive-by. The cop shot the unarmed teen 10 times, from inside a car?
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Witnesses say the teen had his hands in the air when his body was riddled with bullets? Dear god.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Saw a white girl tweet about “forgiveness.” Please don’t. It’s too early for that. This rage is important. This anger’s justified. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Trayvon Martin. Jordan Davis. Renisha McBride. Mike Brown. Our streets are stained with the blood of unarmed, black teens. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Now, we wait for the media to try and convince us why Mike Brown “deserved” to be shot down in the streets. I hate this so much. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
America suffers from the Guilty Black Victim Industrial Complex. We won’t allow black victims to be victims. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Young black victims are killed twice in America―once by gun, second by media. Let the victim be the victim this time. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
White-privilege apologist internet trolls saying, “Wait for details before you jump to conclusions.” You need more details? #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
They’ve confirmed he was unarmed. He was a teen, shot multiple times, by a cop. Those are enough details for me. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
To say it’s been a heavy summer is an immense understatement. So much unnecessary injustice.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Not interested in spin doctors.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Let’s say this “altercation” did happen in all it’s glory. That still does not justify pumping ten bullets into an unarmed teen.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
It doesn’t matter if Mike Brown grabbed a police shotgun and rode off on a unicorn, shooting him 10 times is excessive, not proper protocol.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
I’m so sick of the disgusting attempts of justification of the murder of young black Americans.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 10, 2014
Don’t come at me with statements that even slightly resemble politics of respectability—disgusting attempts at justifying the murder of POC.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
The white-privilege apologist trolls are absolutely infuriating. However, if we don’t “feed the trolls,” they’ll having nothing to “eat.”
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
Mainstream Media’s salivation over “riots” yet lack of initial coverage of Brown’s death—system’s way of invalidating black experience/pain.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
“Well-meaning” white folks, if you do not understand how it is problematic for you to say “I am Mike Brown,” you are part of the problem.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
Whether I like it or not, agree with the injustice in the reality here in America or not, because of white privilege, I am not Mike Brown.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
I am not Mike Brown because I walk around my Brooklyn neighborhood without being stopped and frisked, seen as a “threat” just living life.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
My young, black male neighbors are not afforded the same privilege or right, getting regularly stopped and harassed by the NYPD.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
I am not Trayvon Martin because I am not seen as a threat when I return from the corner store wearing a hoodie on a rainy night.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
I am not Jordan Davis because I am not seen as a threat because of my loud rap music.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
I am not Renisha McBride because I am not seen as a threat when I go to someone’s door looking for help in a time of need.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
I am not Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Renisha McBride, or Mike Brown. But I abhor the white-supremacist system that caused their deaths.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
Many only understand white-supremacy as overt racism, and don’t understand how it is deeply embedded into the fabric of America.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
Please understand the difference between White Guilt and White Responsibility. We share a joint history and do not live in isolation.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
It’s a cruel reality when the white-supremacist system that vilifies POC also convinces us that racism is “their” problem. It’s our problem.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
We need more white people who are fully committed to standing up to and speaking out against white-supremacy and systemic racism in America.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 11, 2014
Has the president made a statement about the killing of Mike Brown yet? Or what about the situation in Ferguson? https://t.co/3uzZNOomRW
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Lawyer: Police Haven’t Talked To Michael Brown Shooting Witness http://t.co/91Xd7YRiUN
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend’s death http://t.co/iP8SkiqLtk
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
This Is Why We’re Mad About The Shooting Of Mike Brown http://t.co/wMY5KgfQiJ #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
The imperialist, white-supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal society we live in cannot exist, as it does, without employing dehumanization.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Institutionalized systems of domination cannot exist without dehumanization.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
And, as Paulo Freire explains, when it comes to oppression, all involved parties end up becoming dehumanized.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
“Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order…” – Paulo Freire
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
“…that engenders violence in the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed.” – Paulo Freire
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Systemic dehumanization is what enabled Mike Brown’s death and it’s what perpetuates the racist responses by the media and the public.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Dehumanization is what transforms a young, unarmed, innocent black teen victim into a “thug,” trying to justify his killing.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Dehumanization is the lack of ability to differentiate between peaceful protestors and looters, attempts to invalidate pain in both groups.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
When police officers dehumanize and ruthlessly murder unarmed black teens in America, they, in turn, are also dehumanizing themselves.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Dehumanization is what leads to the invalidation and discredit of certain witnesses seen as “uneducated” or “less than.”
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Dehumanization is involved in the politics of respectability, justifying attitudes and actions based on biases of appearance and being.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Dehumanization allowed slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow Laws, segregation, War on “Drugs,” mass incarceration in America.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Dehumanization fuels racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, imperialism, exploitation, bigotry, discrimination, hatred…
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
Totally blinded by their privilege, white people who deny white privilege don’t even realize they epitomize the very thing they are denying.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 12, 2014
The dedication @AntonioFrench has shown covering what’s happening in #Ferguson the past few days is awe-inspiring—so thankful for his voice.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
We need more politicians like @AntonioFrench. True leaders of the people, for the people, leading in servanthood of the people. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
I’m all for fighting for policies that will reduce accounts of police brutality. But we also need to realize policy alone is not the answer.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
We have to realize how white-supremacy and implicit bias is a main cause of police brutality, with policies helping enable the occurrences.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
For racist, white-privilege apologist trolls, it’s impossible to fathom that Mike Brown could have done nothing to be killed in cold blood.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
Therein lies the problem.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
“Mike Brown was about to attend college” narratives can be just as problematic as narratives attempting to criminalize young black victims.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
Both narratives are attempting to add to or take away from a young black victim’s life, a disrepute to the innate value of their life.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
The life of Mike Brown was valuable, priceless. Period. The murder of Mike Brown was tragic, unjust. Period.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
White-privilege apologists need to GTFOH with, “We have a black president,” “What about Chicago,” and, “What about black on black crime.”
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
When I say “white-privilege apologists,” I’m referring to people who deny that white-privilege exists, and therefore defend its existence.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
I just cried. — Elegies for Mercy: Michael Brown and Ferguson, Mo. by @_JoHelen http://t.co/W1YJHAFI6h #Ferguson #MikeBrown
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 13, 2014
Ferguson Police out there shooting rubber bullets & teargassing people like it wasn’t unnecessary police brutality that started all of this.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Ferguson police out there saying, “Turn off your cameras!” while they have their sniper rifles pointed at the people.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Those police are a bunch of cowardice thugs. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Imagine what this could have looked like if the police in #Ferguson would have been humble after they slaughtered our son, admitted guilt.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Imagine if the police in #Ferguson put all this time, energy, and resources into serving the community they hurt, mending relationships.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
It’s obvious the police in #Ferguson want nothing but war. Their dehumanization of the people is only further revealing their inhumanity.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Cuff the police. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Working on a piece about white privilege & white supremacy. I fear the only people who’ll receive it are those who need it least, as usual.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Eh.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Just watched @AntonioFrench‘s tweet saying he’s free after last night’s arrest get RTed over 1,000 times in 2 minutes. Powerful. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
White folks, now is not the time to talk about your negative confrontations with cops, unless it is to prove a point about your privilege.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
And even then…
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Now is the time to listen.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
No matter how terribly you―white folks―think you were treated by cops in the past, you are alive to tell about it, and Mike Brown is not.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Please note the hypocrisy in these two tweets by @stlcountypd. https://t.co/9FueGhDKpL https://t.co/5lVzIsjgwz #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
This is Why You Should Always Videotape the Police http://t.co/one8ZWBYZC
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
It’s good that Ron Johnson’s treating protesters like humans. I hope he also takes up the fight for justice for Mike Brown though. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
“We are going to have a different approach and have the approach that we’re in this together,” Captain Ron Johnson #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
Capt. Ron Johnson, “I understand the anger and fear that the citizens of Ferguson are feeling, and our officers will respect both of those.”
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 14, 2014
The right to peacefully protest is good but that’s still just a means to an end and not the end—the “end” being justice for Mike Brown.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
I demand justice for Mike Brown. Arrest his killer. Release the killer’s name. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
There is no logical reason it should have taken almost a week to release this information. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Let’s say that is Mike Brown in that robbery footage, you’re telling me being shot ten times is “due process?” #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Being shot 10 times in the street for stealing cigars is due process? No arrest. No trial. No conviction―just immediate execution. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
We’ve got white people running up into schools and movie theaters with automatic assault rifles, shooting people up, then given due process.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
We’ve got white serial killers―self-admitted, guilty―sitting in jail and you’re telling me street execution over stolen cigars is justified?
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Anyways, White America had already tried and criminalized the black body of Mike Brown before any of these allegations came out.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
I guess for black “suspects” in America it’s, “Guilty until proven innocent. Execution on-site.” #America #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Well, you know what’s suspect to me? Shooting someone in the street ten times. Waiting almost a week to release important information.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Renisha McBride and Public Lynchings: Have Times Changed? http://t.co/qSAlLuktvC via @stopbeingfamous
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Just to clarify, I do not believe that the man in the stills of the footage of that robbery is Mike Brown. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
My previous tweets about due process were merely playing off their allegations, the “even IF it is true” hypothetical narrative. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
So far, the St. Louis County Police Department has proven to be nothing but negligent, incompetent, and tasteless. #Ferguson
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Let’s review some facts… #Ferguson #MikeMike #Facts
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Mike Brown was shot ten times in the middle of the street. #Ferguson #MikeMike #Facts
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Mike Brown’s body was left laying in the middle of the street for hours, no EMS was called. #Ferguson #MikeMike #Facts
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Mike Brown was immediately criminalized by the media, white america, and police allegations. #Ferguson #MikeMike #Facts
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Mike Brown cannot give an account of his side of the story because he is dead. #Ferguson #MikeMike #Facts
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
For days following Mike Brown’s killing, the St. Louis County Police Departmet declared war on local residents. #Ferguson #MikeMike #Facts
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
Meanwhile, Mike Brown’s killer, along with his identity, has been protected for six days. #Ferguson #MikeMike #Facts
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
This has truly and tragically turned into a ‘101 Examples Of How NOT To Police’ week-long infomercial. #Ferguson #MikeBrown
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
And, once again, we see the criminalization of the young black victim, and the canonization of the white male killer. #Ferguson #MikeBrown
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 15, 2014
I made the abominable mistake of reading the comments under the Fox News’ Facebook page post of the “robbery” video. I couldn’t stop.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
I’m trapped somewhere between melancholy and rage.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Racist, right-wing, conservative, white Americans’ use of the word “thug” is beyond infuriating to me.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Has anyone seen the actual video that this Don Lemon still is from? I’m so curious, though I think I might regret it. pic.twitter.com/BkyHJote3v
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
How we feel. https://t.co/MlyX6v2Z02
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) August 15, 2014
My heart is heavy.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Racist, right-wing white Americans’ responses to the release of the “strong-arm robbery” footage is disheartening but an important reminder.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
They are so quick to dehumanize, demonize, generalize, speak hatefully, and justify the death of a young black man in their racist rhetoric.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Those types of responses to tragic situations like this are perfect examples of the racism in individuals that cause these very situations.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
I can determine the general quantity/quality of relationships with POC a WP has based on their reactions to incidents like Brown’s killing.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
And I’m referring to relationships that go beyond tokenism―not “my black friend,” or a coworker, or someone who works in their home.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
We still live extremely racially segregated―both geographically and socially―for the most part. This perpetuates racism and othering.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
“The world we grew up in has changed little when it comes to race. Segregation is still the norm in social relationships.” – bell hooks
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Racial segregation in our geographic residential areas and social relationships enables the perpetuation of ignorant views of “the other.”
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Racial segregation in our geographic residential areas and social relationships enables the dehumanization that is necessary for racism.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
The average white people I have seen who deny the existence of white privilege or racism in America move in racially homogeneous circles.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Dehumanization allows a young black man to be a “suspect” or “thug” by default.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Dehumanization allows a young black victim to be the cause of his or her own death.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Dehumanization allows a group of―predominantly black―peaceful protesters to be seen as an “angry mob” or “rioters.”
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
When you build quality relationships with people from another race, they can no longer be a generalized stereotype of a race. They’re human.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
We have to push for true and genuine integration in our social relationships. That’s a way we can actively fight systemic racism.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
We can’t settle for what bell hooks refers to as the “accident of circumstances” of our racially homogeneous circles.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
We have to make the concerted effort to move outside of our racially homogeneous circles and build genuine relationships, beyond tokenism.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
Unfortunately, there will be more Mike Browns, there will be more Darren WIlsons. This is not an isolated incident―it’s a systemic problem.
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) August 16, 2014
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