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el-shab-hussein:

A Palestinian boy and a Black autistic boy were killed today. Both children, both were killed by white supremacist institutions in illegitimate settler colonies that regard their people as either only worth exploiting or worth exterminating.

A Palestinian boy sitting on a blue and beige couch, indoors with grey floral pattern curtains behind him. He's wearing a white t-shirt with the Tommy Hilfiger logo in stripes on the chest. He has olive-tone skin, round cheeks, and small eyes. His hair is short cropped on the sides and longer on top. He is smiling at the camera. The text above his head reads "Rami Hamdan Al Halhuli (12) wanted to play with fireworks with his friend in the Shu'fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem. An Israeli soldier, fearing for his life, shot and killed Rami instantly."ALT
A screenshot of the blklivesmatter page on Instagram. The image shows a large grey block, with the words 'Rest in Power' in the top left, and 'Ryan Gainer' in the bottom right framing the image of the boy in question, with a 'Black Lives Matter' logo at the bottom left of the image. His picture shows him in a blue long-sleeved shirt, standing in a parking lot on a bright and cloudy day. His skin is dark brown, and his hair short, in a similar length all around, and he has a round face. He's smiling at the camera. There is an image of a bouquet of flowers overlayed on the grey block.ALT
A screenshot of an Instagram caption by the account palestinianmartyrs stating: "Rami 12 year-old boy from the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem. Yesterday evening March 13th on the second day of Ramadan, he had his ifatar before joining his friends to perform some Tarawih prayers. Upon returning home, has asked some money from his mother to buy sweets. Not long after, the sound of gunfire rang out. Rami was playing in the yard when an Israeli soldier shot him, fearing the sound of fireworks. Rami was just a kid who wanted to play with fireworks with his friends but the brutal Israeli occupation continues to target every Palestinian regardless of age or location."ALT
A screenshot of an Instagram caption by the account blklivesmatter. The caption reads: "Ryan Gainer was 15, had autism, and was shot and killed by the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department because he was holding a garden tool. Murdering a 15 year old autistic Black boy, experiencing a crisis, is enraging and another example of a rotten system that must be dismantled. Black people with disabilities face compounded vulnerabilities when interacting with slave patrols aka the police. Ryan's future was stolen from him. He deserved a system that recognized his humanity and offered support, not one that ended his life. He was a cross-country runner and wanted to be an engineer. His dreams and his aspirations should have been nurtured, not violently taken away. #RyanGainer."ALT