Solutions for Police Brutality by Shaun King
Video and Documents Raise Troubling Questions About Breonna Taylor’s Death and the LMPD
Video and Documents Raise Troubling Questions About Breonna Taylor’s Death and the LMPD
The Biden administration is moving forward with more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel — just **days** after the White House said it paused a shipment of bombs
The Biden administration is moving forward with more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel — just **days** after the White House said it paused a shipment of bombs https://t.co/8EU0gRqcoL
— Rowaida Abdelaziz (@Rowaida_Abdel) May 14, 2024
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Declare a climate emergency 🤷
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) May 15, 2024
Cancel all student debt 🤷
Send weapons to Israel ✅ https://t.co/Mk125Xp19R
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Eric Andre just posted this video pic.twitter.com/ViEuKvMd63
— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) May 16, 2024
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The Leahy Laws prevent our military assistance from funding human rights abuses. But under current guidelines, not every country is vetted the same. And there’s only one country where aid wouldn’t be cut off immediately—Israel.
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) March 21, 2024
I’m looking into this special treatment. pic.twitter.com/G2VpmaDIoN
George Conway writes in The Atlantic that the porn star-hush money case so disturbs Donald Trump because it perfectly embodies who and what he is. Have to say, that makes sense.
Arizona indicts 18 Republicans, including Giuliani, Meadows, over 2020 fake elector scheme https://t.co/3JuzMr9ODr
— Melissa del Bosque (@MelissaLaLinea) April 25, 2024
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LOL look at how Vivek giggled at her comment about Black Americans, but was stone cold when she talked about him being Indian. Prime example of how quickly assimilating as a “person of color” can come back to bite you. They’ll never learn 🤷🏽♂️ https://t.co/NgWGzOrWsY
— Friendly Neighborhood DEI Hire (@ejmills42) May 9, 2024
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I hope everyone is paying attention https://t.co/wdpySkyxVf
— Qondi: A Congressman Teddy Bae Harry Dunn Account (@QondiNtini) May 11, 2024
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Headlines like this should not exist in the richest country in earth. pic.twitter.com/TmTVV2zLh7
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 9, 2024
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On this week’s @LastWeekTonight, @iamjohnoliver made several great points about supporting our public libraries. Here are some highlights, and ways you can stay informed and take action. #FreePeopleReadFreely 🧵 pic.twitter.com/zCwrmxJC5S
— American Library Association (@ALALibrary) May 9, 2024
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WATCH– @RepRaskin on Republicans flocking to Trump’s trial: “I think it’s a good thing that they are identifying themselves, the people who have completely allowed Donald Trump to devour their critical thinking skills and their political and moral independence.” pic.twitter.com/qyKRlBEyEw
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) May 16, 2024
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George Conway writes in The Atlantic that the porn star-hush money case so disturbs Donald Trump because it perfectly embodies who and what he is. Have to say, that makes sense. https://t.co/rM2icvZ7Kp
— Eric Deggans at NPR (@Deggans) May 15, 2024
Eric Garner, George Floyd, and Frank Tyson all took their last breaths crying out, “I can’t breathe!” America, why are we not learning from these totally avoidable tragedies?! We have to end this vicious cycle of PREVENTABLE police-involved deaths!
Eric Garner, George Floyd, and Frank Tyson all took their last breaths crying out, “I can’t breathe!” America, why are we not learning from these totally avoidable tragedies?! We have to end this vicious cycle of PREVENTABLE police-involved deaths! pic.twitter.com/Qi5ShlICC4
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 2, 2024
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— Chicago Urbanist (@chi_urbanist) May 2, 2024
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BODYCAM: Shows 23YO Airman Killed Over Nothing | BAD SHOOT https://t.co/II6qvb03d3 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 11, 2024
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Either Americans have a right to bear arms, or Americans can be legally killed for carrying a gun in their own home.
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) May 13, 2024
Pick one. https://t.co/nZaHl0Wf1Z
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If the government (the police) can shoot a citizen holding a gun, pointed at the floor, in their own home do we really have the right to bear arms?
— Randal Babin- FF$17 Live & Let Live (@babin_randal) May 10, 2024
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Cops Kick DYING Man Out of Ambulance! https://t.co/ootq9kbtZ6 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 11, 2024
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Cops Paralyze Handcuffed Man and Mock Him | He Later Dies! https://t.co/DDUb1Zm1pB via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 11, 2024
Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.”
Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.” pic.twitter.com/wxsMxpI9n8
— Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) May 8, 2024
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Barry Blitt for the win on the state of American higher education right now pic.twitter.com/eelRsgYQcq
— 🍉Prof. Thrasher is with our students🔻 (@thrasherxy) May 10, 2024
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HIND’S HALL Now Available on Streaming. All Proceeds to UNRWA. https://t.co/daXnWRmBHE pic.twitter.com/J0Ft6wjuSv
— Macklemore (@macklemore) May 10, 2024
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A comic on being silenced. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Ms6ShEA4oc
— 張嘉欣 🇵🇸 (@Kaitoonist) May 9, 2024
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Leaving this here 👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/dZ6GsYDkBw
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) May 6, 2024
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“The students don’t know what they’re talking about”
— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) May 7, 2024
The students: pic.twitter.com/S49k31sMCg
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Black Americans experience the most hate crimes of any group in America. They live at the bottom of every indicator of well being. They face rampant and documented discrimination in employment, housing, you name it. I really wish pundits discussing campus protests and…
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 6, 2024
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Student protests calling for an end to the war in Gaza and universities’ investment in companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestine are not slowing down. Salma Hamamy of the University of Michigan describes disrupting the school’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/Yrw6CuRabb
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) May 6, 2024
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Over the weekend, anti-war protesters disrupted several college graduation ceremonies, including one involving comedian Jerry Seinfeld at Duke University. https://t.co/MzPVDqpCse pic.twitter.com/YTZpcTS0sm
— ABC News (@ABC) May 13, 2024
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Students who walked out of a commencement ceremony in Duke University to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, held a makeshift graduation ceremony and continued to chant, “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” https://t.co/45odJdpo1i
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) May 14, 2024
This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.
This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 9, 2024
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Just saw the body cam video of police killing Airman Roger Fortson.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) May 9, 2024
They knocked on his door, Roger opened it, & within 1 second the cop raised his firearm & shot Fortson 6 times and killed him. No commands. No deescalation. Just cold blooded execution in broad daylight. Horrid.
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Individuals who knew Roger Fortson describe him as an incredible young man, brother, friend, and accountability partner who was always willing to give his last to support someone else! Now, sadly, this incredible USAF Senior Airman has been taken from us! We demand JUSTICE! pic.twitter.com/kkKGJCFvbe
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 9, 2024
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The SPLC is calling for a full investigation into the killing of Roger Fortson, a Black airman in the U.S. Air Force, by sheriff’s deputies in Florida.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 9, 2024
We urge police departments across the U.S. to address the scourge of anti-Blackness in policing. https://t.co/EtnIqhGtf2 pic.twitter.com/jPblSozHFU
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MIAMI (AP) — Deputies burst into wrong apartment last week and fatally shot Black US Air Force airman, attorney for family says.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 8, 2024
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A Florida county sheriff on May 9 released body-camera video of a deputy fatally shooting Robert Fortson, a Black airman, in his apartment on May 3, after civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family, urged officials to release it https://t.co/xSYorgKkiJ pic.twitter.com/iDNF4ZQfMs
— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) May 11, 2024
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*TRIGGER WARNING*
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) May 10, 2024
Funeral plans set for Senior Airman and Atlanta native, Roger Fortson.
A Florida Sheriff Deputy, shot and killed Fortson after the 23-year-old opened his own front door.@wsbtv @newbirthmbc @jamalhbryant @AttorneyCrump pic.twitter.com/T8uh0ycJlg
a Zionist asks Chomsky what he thinks about the statement that Israel should not exist, and whether he is horrified by it and thinks it’s anti-Semitic and genocidal. He responds: “Actually, I agree with that.” And adds that Zionists are the actual genocidal ones.
When human life doesn’t matter #Genocide_in_Gaza #Palestine pic.twitter.com/FgN10ekeD4
— SR-Qureshi (@SMRQ_1) May 10, 2024
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For five days, almost no humanitarian aid has gotten into Gaza. Israel’s military operation in Rafah has closed both main border crossings.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 10, 2024
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
Children are starving.
The U.S. cannot continue to be complicit in this humanitarian disaster.
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Even Israeli military intelligence says Hamas will continue to exist as a terrorist group after the war. The error in this war, Iraq, Vietnam, etc…is acting like there is a military solution to a political problem. https://t.co/GTbdaiQmX2
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 9, 2024
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“200 days of Israel systematically wiping Gaza from the earth, 505 bombs a day, with the active complicity of the EU who increased the flow of weapons to Israel tenfold!
— sarah (@sahouraxo) April 24, 2024
European values: same as it always was, murder & colonialism.”
—Irish MEP Clare Daly pic.twitter.com/zIVmQ3ogsd
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This is a very dark day. The vast majority of professional news we get on the genocide comes from Al Jazeera. US-backed Israel has killed many Al Jazeera journalists, and now is shutting the network out entirely. And what happens in the colonies will come to the metropole. https://t.co/6gioBUiucT
— 🍉Prof. Thrasher is with our students🔻 (@thrasherxy) May 5, 2024
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a Zionist asks Chomsky what he thinks about the statement that Israel should not exist, and whether he is horrified by it and thinks it’s anti-Semitic and genocidal.
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) May 9, 2024
He responds: “Actually, I agree with that.” And adds that Zionists are the actual genocidal ones. pic.twitter.com/Pt3l1Ln9tt
“Much of this case is rooted in the idea that if we punish people, they’ll choose not to be homeless, and nothing could be further from the truth.” The Supreme Court could decide whether or not being homeless is a crime.
Remember that every measure done to make sure homeless people never have a second of comfort or relief just ends up making society worse for everyone. They’re on the way to making it impossible to sit ANYWHERE except in your own home. https://t.co/322MfrTsPA
— the neighborhood froot 🍊🍇🍒🍓 (@JoeyxRoss) April 3, 2024
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What if, and hear me out, we used technology like AI to advance our society in such a way that everyone had housing? pic.twitter.com/UXQVJZYaWL
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) March 26, 2024
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“Much of this case is rooted in the idea that if we punish people, they’ll choose not to be homeless, and nothing could be further from the truth.”
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 26, 2024
The Supreme Court could decide whether or not being homeless is a crime. https://t.co/q0CRAc9PfF
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The Supreme Court wrapped up oral arguments and has now turned to rolling out decisions in some of the most consequential cases of the year. Those decisions will shape policies nationwide on divisive issues like homelessness and reproductive rights. https://t.co/qF5NcnObsv
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 3, 2024
In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear. A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY
In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear.
— Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) May 1, 2024
A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY. https://t.co/mAvq8QWxxe
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All these grown ass men with full body armor, weapons and military vehicles against kids with signs and a real cause. Every last one of those NYPD entering campus is an embarrassment to the city and the country. Weak, stupid, followers who deserve neither a salary nor any…
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 1, 2024
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Columbia are using the NYPD to place all of their students on house arrest. This is martial law being imposed on the people of New York for the benefit of a foreign government. https://t.co/MJILCV6wxb
— P.B. Gomez (@pbgomez_) May 1, 2024
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It’s so incredibly clear that the police stood aside and let a pro Israeli lynch mob run wild at UCLA. They did nothing for two hours as violent Zionists assaulted students, launched fireworks into the encampment, and sprayed mace on students. pic.twitter.com/kyT4mOLbMk
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) May 1, 2024
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Absolutely deranged comment from an elected official https://t.co/nrcLktfYPb
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) April 25, 2024
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Stop calling young people lazy, ambivalent, and disinterested. They are showing us now that they are sick and tired.
— Jenn M. Jackson, PhD (they/them) (@JennMJacksonPhD) April 26, 2024
These young people witnessed the killing of Trayvon Martin, the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the killings at Parkland High, COVID, and Trump.
THEY ARE FED UP.
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In his letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., told us the white moderate “is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice” and said this is someone who “prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.” https://t.co/Uxs1VkkNHd
— William C. (@williamcson) May 2, 2024
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This is what UT students are protesting
— Sam Musubi (@SamAllega) April 24, 2024
Don’t manipulate the narrative https://t.co/foW7FLqGNN
2020: attacks on BLM 2022: attacks on CRT 2023: attacks on “woke” 2024: attacks on DEI It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
2020: attacks on BLM
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 18, 2024
2022: attacks on CRT
2023: attacks on “woke”
2024: attacks on DEI
It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
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Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 26, 2024
Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’https://t.co/QMdcQovw60pic.twitter.com/yngRuikUgk
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Imagine creating Diversity departments and the only people afraid to engage are white people.
— WE ALL WE GOT (@ez3ll) April 26, 2024
Instead of learning and leaning in, they’d rather close the departments down.
Racism covered up into politics
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But the real danger on college campuses is DEI and students being exposed to dialogue about race and racism. https://t.co/uSuFw8AiiP
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 3, 2024
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That shit that went down at Ole Miss is proof that colleges actually need to focus on CRT. When you’ve got a crowd of 20-somethings standing around laughing and the police telling the Black woman to calm down while a White man makes monkey gestures at her, that’s a problem.
— Big – GOP POLS own the Border Disorder – Teezy (@TNSouthernlib) May 4, 2024
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Civil rights activists gathered on Friday in Washington D.C. to protest book bans and limitations on DEI and critical race theory.
— The Hill (@thehill) May 3, 2024
The Hill’s Race and Politics reporter @CheyannaMarie97 is following the march live. pic.twitter.com/x4w7PUhY67
Boeing’s stock rapidly rose 7.3% following the death of whistleblower Joshua Dean. This is what we mean when we say the system is broken.
Boeing’s stock rapidly rose 7.3% following the death of whistleblower Joshua Dean. This is what we mean when we say the system is broken.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 3, 2024
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I don’t wish to be alarmist but Boeing is murdering whistleblowers and getting away with it. https://t.co/1x8VD0Slt1
— Aren R. LeBrun (@arenrlebrun) May 2, 2024
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Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after two die: ‘People’s lives are at stake’ https://t.co/5Wv6eA8kUb pic.twitter.com/rPi5mugV9L
— New York Post (@nypost) May 4, 2024
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Two Boeing whistleblowers have died in the last 2 months and I feel like that’s not getting the attention and scrutiny it deserves.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) May 5, 2024
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JUST IN: A second whistleblower connected to Boeing has suddenly died at the age of 45 after catching a “sudden illness.”
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 2, 2024
Whistleblower Joshua Dean was known for being in good health and having a healthy lifestyle.
Dean was one of the first whistleblowers to accuse Boeing… pic.twitter.com/XVac3BlcEU
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Boeing may not have prioritized safety for its airplanes, but it has prioritized making political donations to the Sedition Caucus. @Boeing has donated more than $1.5 million to the members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 election. https://t.co/m8SuVAFrT5
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 6, 2024
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I hope the FAA / DOJ will provide adequate witness protection for whistleblowers and factory employees who testify against Boeing. Two whistleblowers against Boeing/Boeing-contractors have suddenly died in the last 2 months. https://t.co/XrMXwdEnTV
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 6, 2024
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“Whistleblowers are needed. They bring to light wrongdoing and corruption in the interests of society. It takes a lot of courage to stand up,” Mr Knowles told the outlet.https://t.co/IofxAwVTKK
— Carl Elliott (@FearLoathingBTX) May 5, 2024