WHO WILL SURVIVE AMERICA?

KIESHA JENKINS

Kiesha Jenkins was a 22 year-old trans Black woman who was brutally beaten and murdered in North Philadelphia on October 6th. Minutes after getting out of a parked car, she was attacked by five to six males and then shot in the back. She is at least the twentieth trans woman killed in the United States this year.

JASMINE COLLINS

Jasmine Collins was a 32 year-old trans Black woman who was killed in June in Kansas City, Missouri. She was misgendered by police and remained unidentified until late August, after cisgendered woman Tia Townsel had been charged with her murder. She is at least the nineteenth trans woman killed in the United States this year.

JEREMY MCDOLE

Jeremy McDole was a disabled 28 year-old cis Black male who was shot and killed by a four-officer firing squad on September 23rd, as he sat in his wheelchair. Officers responded to a 911 call that McDole had shot himself. Video footage shows officers approaching him and demanding that he put his hands up, but no weapon is visible. Officers fired 10 rounds before McDole fell out of his wheelchair.

KEITH MCLEOD

Keith McLeod was a 19 year-old cis Black male who was shot and killed September 23rd by a police officer after attempting to get cough medicine with a fake prescription. He was chased through a pharmacy parking lot and shot three times after he allegedly made a hand gesture that "look like a gun."

REST IN POWER

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Who Will Survive America?

THE DECOLONIZER
October 2015

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