When They Call You a Terrorist

A gang injunction is a type of restraining order prohibiting suspected gang members from engaging in certain types of behavior, some of which is otherwise legal. They date back to 1982, when the Los Angeles City Attorney and the LAPD targeted three gangs with a combined membership of 72. According to the ACLU, over time these injunctions were increasingly used to target non-gang-affiliated individuals, most of whom were non-White. That includes Monte, who at one point is arrested for wearing the same T-shirt as a friend, as if it indicated a shared gang affiliation. The effectiveness of gang injunctions is a topic of intense debate among criminologists, with some believing they result in a decrease in crime as high as 10% and others believing they merely shift criminal activity to surrounding areas.

Coined by the African American Policy Forum, #SayHerName is a social and racial justice movement designed to draw attention to police brutality and anti-Black violence against Black women. Although the movement attracted much of its support and attention following Sandra Bland’s death in police custody, the movement predates that incident by about five months. #SayHerName emerged in part to address critics of Black Lives Matter—and mainstream culture in general—for underplaying the experiences of Black women who experience police brutality or anti-Black violence.