If you’re scrolling through tumblr trying to distract yourself from something you don’t want to think about or you’re looking for a sign that everything will be okay, this is it. So, breathe. Relax into this moment. You’re alive & that’s all that matters.
She was stopped by a transit cop who accused her of “jumping the train” and of not paying her fare. After Rae’Ven showed her receipts for her paid fare and the paid fare for her upcoming connecting train she was reportedly accosted and arrested. Cops threw her to the ground, handcuffed her and groped her inappropriately. According to the reports, her phone was immediately confiscated after her attempt to videotape the incident.
Her shoulder and wrist were injured while they put her in the sheriff’s car. The cops made offensive comments like “well, you know how these people are…” and called her “girl” all the way to the police station. In the station she was physically abused, denied feminine products and was forced to sit in her bloody and soiled clothes, ridiculed and roughed up.
When they finally recognized her, they began calling her “Miss Kelly” and asked to sign the form saying she wasn’t harmed by any of the sheriffs, but she refused to sign.
So they waited hours to release her so the swelling and bruises would fade away.
Beasts and scum! No one was punished or even accused of the crime!
