
On Matthew Rushin, Osime Brown, and Systematic Trauma to Black and Indigenous People
Wolfheart Sanchez with a candid look at how he feels that his existence as a Black autistic man puts him at risk of the same fate as Osime Brown and Matthew Rushin

Wolfheart Sanchez with a candid look at how he feels that his existence as a Black autistic man puts him at risk of the same fate as Osime Brown and Matthew Rushin

He had absurd levels of ridiculous, reckless optimism. He always looked to the future. He was sensitive, kind and thoughtful in ways most people aren’t observant enough to be.

“I know why Matthew Rushin said he wished he was dead, and why that was the furthest thing from admitting to trying to commit suicide via car accident.”

Matthew Rushin, a young Black autistic and ADHD man, was a mechanical engineering student at Old Dominion University when a traffic accident lead to a sentence which would