Rest in power, Willem Van Spronsen. (cw: Deadly police violence, ICE)
Willem Van Spronsen was killed by police a year ago today for attempting to disable the fleet of buses that serve the Northwest Detention Center, a private immigration detainment facility in Tacoma, Washington.
This was his final statement:
https://imgur.com/a/pljy6Fq
(full transcription here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Hasan_Piker/comments/cd9bnp/manifesto_of_willem_van_spronsen/)
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