Posted on 02/15/2016 4:11:01 PM PST by Second Amendment First
A solemn group stood in the shadow of the statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, forming a circle on the snow-caked sidewalk. MarShawn McCarrel, 23, a well-known Black Lives Matter activist, had taken his own life on the statehouse steps. Now his friends had come together in his memory.
As evening turned to night last week, protest organizer Rashida Davison, 25, recounted the personal toll of two years of activism: Trouble sleeping. Bouts of anxiety. Feelings of despair.
“This is really getting to us,†Davison said. “And if MarShawn’s death does not show that… I don’t know what else we need to tell or show to say that this is really going on.â€
Since he died early last week, news of McCarrel’s suicide has rocked the national police protest movement, forcing a round of introspection about a reality that predates the seminal 2014 shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Mo.: Some of the most prominent activists and organizers are battling not only the system, but depression.
In Oakland, Calif., a prominent activist posted the phone number for a suicide prevention hotline on her Facebook page. In Cleveland, a lead organizer confessed on Facebook that he, too, had tried to take his own life. Dozens of others have shared stories of their battles with depression, anxiety and insecurity on Twitter.
“In the movement you’re just constantly engaging in black death, seeing the communal impact,†said Jonathan Butler, the University of Missouri graduate student whose hunger strike last fall led to the resignation of the school’s president. “You’re being faced with the reality that I’m more likely to be killed by the police, that I’m being discriminated against. You start to see all of the micro-aggressions.â€
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Cry me a freakin’ river...
Get a real job and you will feel much better.
My “givea damn” is busted.
Washington Compost?
They objected to people who point out the 22 veterans a day commit suicide:
However, if a BLM activist commits suicide, it’s news.
Try accepting the truth: Michael Brown died because he attacked a man with a gun and “hands up, don’t shoot” never happened.
He won’t do that again.
Here the Composts takes issue with Sarah Palin talking about veteran suicides:
That happens when you allow yourselves to be led around by the nose by your masters in the Revolutionary Communist Party.
Are more BLM activists considering doing this?
Too bad we can’t get them all to kill themselves just to show us how serious they are.
Told to hate his life because of well-meaning liberals.
Well, when the life you are leading is a lie, stress is high.
All BLM activists should actively express their solidarity with MarShawn McCarrel.
It's likely that McCarrell was suffering from a mental illness, according to Jason Hershberger, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center.
Are they depressed because they are Black Lives Matter activists, or do they choose to be Black Lives Matter activists because they suffer from depression?
Ping me when they start self-immolating. Maybe then I’ll take them seriously.
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