✔️ | 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞; peaky blinders

･ ｡ﾟ°• ♔ •°───𝒙𝒊. 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔

(tw for police brutality) So sorry if this sounds like a jarring transition, as I added this bit just before publishing, but before I get into the actual chapter I want to mention something that's really really important—following the decision not to charge Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, or Myles Cosgrove for the murder of Breonna Taylor, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky has declared a State of Emergency tonight (9/23/2020) so that the LMPD will have legal grounds to brutalize those who participate in the protests tonight.

If you're financially able, please, please, please donate to the Bail Project and encourage your friends and family to donate as well (if they're in a position to). If police behavior at previous protests indicates anything, they'll likely be using rubber bullets and tear gas on protestors whether or not they're peaceful (and the police have shown no regard for the respiratory pandemic, which is also disproportionately affecting Black Americans) and organizers are going to need as much financial support as they can get to assist with medical care, bail, and legal costs. Breonna Taylor, and all Black women who have been brutalized by the American legal system, deserve justice. Those who seek it for them should not be punished by even more brutality.

If you want to learn more about the case and what you can do, visit standwithbre dot com. Thank you.

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soundtrack: sptfy.com/bbf11

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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟏:
 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬
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"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." —1 Corinthians 6:19-20

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When Tommy woke up—sometime around three, according to his pocket watch—he wasn't surprised. His body had rejected sleep with some degree of violence since returning from the war. A sideways glance at Trixie indicated that she did not experience the same predicament; she slept silently, curled into a tight ball, jaw locked.