Aight, so check it, they got Senator Tim Kaine out here lookin' like he just found religion after this whole situation with Stephanie Minter. This brotha Abdul Jalloh, straight outta Sierra Leone, allegedly took her life, and now Kaine wanna act like he cares 'bout justice? Come on, man.

This ain't no random, out-the-blue thing. This dude Jalloh had a rap sheet longer than a Drake verse. We talkin' over 30 arrests, from rape to assault to drugs. The system knew about this dude, but they let him roam free anyway? Now a sista is gone, and suddenly everybody wanna act shocked?

Kaine's out here sayin' he wants Jalloh prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law before they even think about deporting him. "I’m not sure that if he’s deported, [that] he will really face the punishment that he should face," he said. "I think he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and then possibly deported after that, but I wouldn’t want him to escape accountability for the crime." Where was this energy when this man was building up his resume of criminal activity?

He even tryin' to throw ICE under the bus, talkin' 'bout how back in his day as governor, they'd let ICE know when they were releasing folks, but ICE wouldn't show up. "We would give them two-weeks notice [and say] ‘Hey, here’s somebody who’s here, come pick them up,’ and they wouldn’t show up. That was more my experience." So, basically, the feds dropped the ball, and now a Black woman payin' the price.

This ain't about immigration, fam. This is about accountability. This is about a system that consistently fails Black folks, whether they born here or come from overseas. They let this dude build up a stack of charges, then act surprised when he ends up takin' a life. It's the same old story, different day.

We gotta stop lettin' these politicians play us for fools. They only care when it hits close to home. Where was Kaine when Black and brown communities was screamin' 'bout police brutality? Where was he when they was lockin' up our youth for petty crimes?

This ain't just about Jalloh. It's about the whole damn system. It's about the way they treat Black and brown people like we disposable. We gotta demand better, or this gonna keep happenin' over and over again. Straight up.

Stop playing games with us, bruh.

Sources:

* United States Department of Homeland Security * United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) * The Pew Research Center * The Vera Institute of Justice