As PreciousFondren makes clear, SayHerName 'is not just a catchy hashtag. It’s a literal demand...It’s time we put just a fraction of our energy into commemorating the lives of Black women — even if it’s simply noting who they were.'
. This was the first time I had ever seen the #SayHerName used, and honestly I was relieved. It finally felt like for the first time the lives of Black women mattered. Unfortunately, this would be the only time I would feel this way.Though Bland’s death sparked anger in people, it still feels like hers is the lone Black woman’s name people can remember, though she is nowhere near close to the only name that deserves remembrance.
It’s been 10 years since seven-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones was killed in her sleep by Detroit police. Officer Joseph Weekley fatally shot the young girl in what he claimed was an alleged struggle with Jones’s grandmother, Mertilla Jones, though she says she had just reached over to protect the child and made no contact with police. Weekley was tried twice, and the case against him was eventually dismissed.
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