I am a healthcare worker. My entire job is to keep people alive. To de-escalate. To slow shit down when everything is going sideways. To protect human life, even when it’s messy, even when it’s inconvenient.
But then on January 7th, ICE murdered Renee Good, an American citizen, in Minnesota in the name of safety. And I am fucking enraged. We cant even say this was the first time. 35 people in the past year alone.
This is what law enforcement culture looks like. This is what happens when militarized police agencies are trained to dominate instead of de-escalate, to control instead of communicate, to use force instead of fucking judgment. This is what happens when you teach people that compliance matters more than life and that authority matters more than humanity.
Do not call this a mistake. Do not call this an accident. People do not die in accidents when armed agents choose escalation. This is a predictable outcome of a system built on aggression, protected by an administration that will stop at nothing to change the narrative, and insulated from accountability.
In healthcare, if we harm someone, we are investigated. We are disciplined. We can lose our jobs, our licenses, our careers. We don’t get “administrative leave.” We don’t get PR statements. We don’t get to hide. Law enforcement does. And people keep fucking dying because of it.
This is not public safety. This is not protection. This is state violence.
I am sick of watching families get destroyed. I am sick of watching communities get traumatized. I am sick of being told this is necessary, that this is normal, that this is the cost of enforcement. Bullshit. It is a choice. A trained choice. A systemic choice.
As a healthcare worker, I will not stay quiet while armed agencies keep killing people and saying it’s to keep people safe. This system is broken. This culture is dangerous. And it is getting people killed.
Enough is enough.