A grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, failed to indict the killers of Breonna Taylor for killing her, making it okay for the police to invade my home, your home, anyone's home, and kill us. (Though if Breonna Taylor was a wealthy white woman or man, the outcome would probably be different.)
Meanwhile, this was on the front of a section of my local newspaper:
This image was shot for use with the story that ran below, which was about how people are writing their wills to cover their pets' needs.
This really bothers me today especially. I know animals need to be taken care of, but the idea of a person allocating major resources in their will just doesn't sit right with me when there are people sleeping in tents, people going hungry, people being killed by the police. So many ways that money in a will could be donated from a person who doesn't have human dependents (as in the examples in the story). But instead they're setting it aside for their animals.
Not today.
2 comments:
People with a small "estate" think family. Pets are an extension of family. If someone leaves $10 million for the care and upkeep of pets, well, ... But, $2,500?
I agree, the scale of the inheritance makes a difference. And the photo was used to evoke outrage and make one jump to conclusions. But there were quotes in the story that implied it was a lot more than $2,500.
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