Seeing Fruitvale

Dress: A boutique on Spring Street // Belt: Thrifted

I wore this to see Fruitvale Station on Sunday at the Angelika after learning about the Zimmerman verdict. At first it felt too instructional to go - trite even - and I resisted leaving, but the uneasy feeling in my stomach regarding the outcome wouldn't go away. That a defense team had successfully argued that a 17-year-old boy, being pursued in the night by a man with a gun, had "weaponized" the sidewalk causing the aggressor to suddenly turn into the victim is mind-blowing. It seems that Justice and Reasoning fell into the same black hole Logic did at the beginning of the trial.

Five Demands

If you haven't already, please watch this video prior to reading my post.

On July 8th, 2013, 30,000 prisoners across California began their hunger strike in pursuit of five demands, they want: the end of long term confinement, the end of group punishment and administrative abuse, to abolish the debriefing policy and modify gang status criteria, to be provided adequate and nutritious food, and to create and expand constructive programming. The hunger strike is indefinite and there are men who are willing to give their lives in sacrifice of basic human rights.