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Justice for #JadeMartin
YESTERDAY · PUBLIC
#JusticeforJadeMartin and ALL Black Women in Pittsburgh, PA!
On the evening of January 12, 2018, the manager of Pizza Milano (located at 1304 Fifth Avenue in the Uptown section of the Historic Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219), brutally assaulted a young mother,
#JadeMartin, for refusing to leave the pizzeria and bar on his terms. The vicious attack on Jade was captured on video, yet no arrest has been made. The assault and lack of justice are representative of an epidemic of individual, group and state violence against Black women and girls (see sources below).
Stand for Justice, Stand for
#JadeMartin. We Demand the Following:
1. Release the name and fire the man who assaulted
#JadeMartin!
2. Arrest the violent offender and assure proper and swift legal action!
3. An apology and a financial settlement from the owner of Milano Enterprises, Inc. to
#JadeMartin. Semsi Yilmaz, the owner of Milano Enterprises, hires unprofessional employees with violent tendencies that display criminal behavior, and this is unacceptable!
4. BOYCOTT Pizza Milanos until and unless we secure
#JusticeforJadeMartin and SUPPORT
ZBest BBQ Ribs, a great, African American owned establishment, right across the street.
5. We call upon all institutional, corporate and communal partners to stand up for justice for
#JadeMartin.
6. Establish a Coalition for the Safety & Security of Black Women and Girls. This should be inclusive of the City, County, State, Pittsburgh Black Elected Officials, and community partners established and led by Black women such as
New Voices Pittsburgh,
Gwen's Girls, African American Women for Political Change, Pan Hellenic Sororities, and most importantly, the survivors and families of victims.
#JusticeforJadeMartin!
We REJECT the following ideas and notions:
· We reject the idea that the manager's behavior was, in any way, shape or form, Jade Martin's fault. He had no right to put his hands on her. Indeed, we assert that it was Jade Martin who was tolerant, as she repeatedly warned the manager not to push her again. We do not blame the victim.
· We reject the idea from the Zone 2 police chief, stating that an immediate arrest cannot be made because this was not an act of domestic violence. If this is the law, then the law is unjust, especially upon seeing Jade Martin being assaulted on camera.
· We reject patrons, especially any men, who sat around and watched, laughed at and did nothing to help protect Jade Martin. Jade could have been killed by having her head butted and/or bashed against the floor. Stand up and protect Black women and girls.
Just a few things to remember. This is an epidemic. This is an emergency.
#BlackWomenAndGirls #SayHerName
· In January 2016, Ja-nese Talton-Jackson, State Representative, Ed Gainey's sister, was killed for saying "No" and rejecting the advances of a man in a Homewood bar. Charles McKinney was sentenced to 20-40 years after pleading guilty to second degree homicide.
#SayHerName.
· In August 2017, Nicole Dailey, a young mother of a seven month old baby, was murdered. Many suspect a particular individual with whom she had previous violent altercations was the perpetrator. To date, there has been no arrest and no one held accountable for her murder.
#SayHerName.
· In December 2017, three generations of Black women and girls were killed while sleeping in their Homewood home, in a fire set by a man, Martell Smith, who got into an argument with another man in a Penn Hills bar. They were 58-year-old Sandra Carter Douglas, 21-year-old Shamira Staten and 4-year-old Chy’enne Manning.
#SayHerName