Very sad news. We lost another soldier fighting in Ferguson 😔 . This is Melissa Ritchey protesting

[demmiblue]

Very sad news. We lost another soldier fighting in Ferguson 😔. This is Melissa Ritchey protesting in face of police right after an aggressive arrest of protester at Rams game protest 11/30/14. Melissa was out there for months in 2014 helping in various ways.



2/Melissa also suffered from seizures exacerbated by stress. Had them at Rams & highway protests. Her family urged her not to protest. She said:

“As a white ally, we can’t just say ‘Black Lives Matter’ & then not get out there. I just wish there were more white ppl out there”
👇



3/GREAT article by RiverFront Times after Melissa Ritchey was arrested after having seizure during highway shutdown.

“I just have to do it. Everyday you go on Twitter & it’s another Black or Brown life killed by police. We have to stand up against that”
https://m.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2015/

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Link to tweet

[MontanaMama]

1. ...

[spicysista]

2. R.I.P., Melissa Ritchey.

Well done, sister.

[dewsgirl]

3. R.I.P. Melissa Ritchey

[UpInArms]

4. Rest well, warrior woman

[dware]

5. Why is it that the good die young

and the horrible, Mango Menace and his criminal gang, live to wreak havoc on the world?

RIP Melissa.

[OldManTarHeel]

6. R.I.P. Melissa Ritchey

[JoeOtterbein]

7. Tears.

[jpak]

8. RIP

[irisblue]

9. 🕯️