This piece was created in December 2015, in collaboration with BIPOC disability justice organizers of Sins Invalid: Patricia Berne, Leroy Moore, Natasha Lynné Simpson and Kiyaan Abadani.
On Dec. 2 2015, San Francisco police executed Mario Woods, a young Black disabled man, in the SF Bayview neighborhood. Over 50% of police killings in SF and nationally are of people with disabilities, especially Black and Brown people with psych impairments (often referred to as 'mentally ill'.)
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[Image description: Watercolor painting of a young Black man's face and shoulders, on a yellow background. He wears a black beanie and a black sweatshirt and has a goatee. He is gazing directly at the viewer. Large handwritten text above him says "Justice for Mario Woods". Handwritten text to his left says "Over 50% of people killed by police are disabled". Handwritten text to his right says "No comprehensive federal data is collected, but available reports show at least half of those killed by police have psych disabilities. These statistics do not include people with mobility, sensory, or developmental impairments or people who are otherwise neurodivergent or sick/chronically ill ". Handwritten text on his sweatshirt says "Disability Justice Now" and "#BlackDisabledLivesMatter". Art by Sins Invalid and Micah Bazant]
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