Tw: murder, violence, security forces, racism, anti-African rhetoric. 

Image description: a screenshot of an Instagram post by projectartscentre. It reads:

"His name was Yves Sakila. He had lived in Ireland since 2004. He died on a Dublin street on Friday.

No crime in Ireland is punishable by death.

We stand with the Black community in Ireland, who deserve equal protection under the law, always.

We stand in solidarity with the Congolese community in Ireland.

We stand with Yves Sakila's family.

Use your voice and share.

#JusticeForYvesSakila"

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There's dog whistles and empty rhetoric with white institutions regarding the murder of Yves Salika and I'm really disgusted. 

I've been on Instagram recently and I saw this post from Project Act Center, a theatre multi function space in Dublin. I was once again reminded why I hate social media. 

This is what I replied in the comments:

It doesn't matter when he arrived in Ireland. He didn't die, he was tortured to death. The fact that no crime is punishable by death is a completely irrelevant fact to add into this, the allegations of criminal behaviour have been used to justify torturing him to death. The dog whistles are really really loud. Why is there an assumption he committed a crime? Because the violent men that tortured him said so? And if he had come to Ireland last week Tuesday how would it change anything? Why mention when he came to Ireland? Who is he survived by? Why ain't you calling for the arrest of murderers?