Kerry Washington had some very important things to say about the Black Lives Matter movement this weekend. She recently gave birth to her second child, but that hasn’t stopped her from speaking out in support of #BlackLivesMatter. The Scandal star took to Twitter on Saturday to talk about Deborah Danner, a 66-year-old schizophrenic woman from the Bronx who was killed by police inside her apartment last Tuesday. The shooting has not attracted national attention, despite causing a rift between the NYPD union and the new commissioner, James O’Neill.
Washington wrote that the loss of Deborah Danner “rattled my core. Not only bcuz of painful truth that we must continue to affirm that #BlackLivesMatter” but also because Danner was killed in the same community where Washington was raised. Our hearts go out to Washington and all of those affected by this loss. See all of Washington’s tweets below:
It’s a quiet Saturday afternoon. So, a few things I wanna get off my chest…
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) October 22, 2016
I saw all your very kind & thoughtful congratulatory tweets. So yeah we thank you. Xo
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) October 22, 2016
Also the loss of #DeborahDanner has rattled my core. Not only becuz of painful truth that we must continue to affirm that #BlackLivesMatter
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) October 22, 2016
But also becuz #DeborahDanner was killed in the community where I was raised. Community filled w/people I know & love. So when I #sayhername
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) October 22, 2016
My heart aches. For lives lost and for the lives we must protect. For the humanity we must work to illuminate and preserve and affirm. #BLM
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) October 22, 2016
ALSO. Go see @moonlightmov this weekend. It is artful food for your soul. At a time when so many of us need to be lovingly nourished.
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) October 22, 2016
End of rant XOXOXOXOX
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) October 22, 2016