BLACK LIVES MATTER

Graphic Video Shows College Student Who Died In Custody Was Tased In Restraint Chair

Author: Taryn Finley

The article is about Matthew Ajibade, a 21 year old college student who was put in police custody at the Chatham County Jail in Georgia. Ajibade was arrested on January first after a domestic altercation with his girlfriend  and after breaking a deputy’s nose after having a bipolar episode. His body was found on January 2, his face was covered in spit and abrasions, scrapes and bumps on his upper body and head. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma. On June 4, the coroner ruled it a homicide and three jail workers were charged with involuntary manslaughter in his death while nine deputies were fired.

I chose this article because I am tired of black bodies turning into hashtags. I am tired of constantly being afraid that maybe today is the day I lose my brother to a rouge cop. I am tired of hearing that all lives matter because it is apparent that black lives do not. I am tired of hearing, "not all cops are bad." I am tired of the constant fear that black people have to live with every single day. I am simply exhausted.