#ELIXHERTalk: Police Brutality on Black/Brown Bodies
In the wake of #mikebrown #ferguson, ELIXHER talks with our followers about police brutality and what it means to us as Black queer women.
Come one, come all! #elixhertalk starts in a couple of minutes!- Hey everyone! It's that time again! Welcomeelixhertalkrtalk! Tonight's topic is police brutality, insmikebrown#mikebferguson #ferguson.
- Friendly reminder: use the hashtag #elixhertalk in all of your tweets so you and everyone else can follow the discussion!
- Let's jump in: Q1: Have you ever been profiled by law enforcement? Did they tell you why you were stoppelixhertalkrtalk
- Don't forget, elixhertalkrtalk in all of your tweets!
- @LaLaLaMara Did you make a conscious effort to avoid those situations or was it sheer luck? #elixhertalk
- Q2: How do you think your queerness/race/gender has affected your interaction with law enforcement? #elixhertalk
- @KEvoLving How did the encounter with those officers end? #elixhertalk
- Q3: Police brutality is a highly gendered issue and tends to focus on men. Is it a women’s ielixhertalkhertalk
- A cop was caught on tape beating a California woman and there hasn't been much attent http://ow.ly/Agm4E ZEelixhertalkrtalk
- Another woman was dragged out of her house naked by cops and ended up facing charges! #elixhertalk http://ow.ly/Agmd6