July 16, 2018 by V Leigh

It’s sickening to witness people endure so much suffering

We have a racist criminal justice system that costs us billions of dollars, ruins lives and allows private prisons to profit off of human misery. It's time for real criminal justice reform. pic.twitter.com/XmjgwAvSna

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 12, 2018

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Cop asks my juvie client: “are you in a gang?”
He says no
“Hang out with gang members?”
He says no
“Know any gang members?”
Kid says yeah, my cousin is a Hoover crip
Cop lists my kid as “affiliated with the Hoover Crips” https://t.co/FvwllM5pUe

— you used to commie on my cell phone (@acekatana) June 12, 2018

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Mentally ill and incarcerated: In this Louisiana jail, inmate deaths mount as pleas are unheeded https://t.co/1DdaivYvLw via @faresmelissa @levinsonc pic.twitter.com/bKKPVmnLMh

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 31, 2018

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The mentally ill continue to be kept in extreme isolation in AL's prisons, a situation that is driving a steep rise in suicides. It’s sickening to witness people endure so much suffering while the state stalls and makes excuses.https://t.co/SEMBfaeD7Z

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) June 20, 2018

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July 13, 2018 by V Leigh

Trump Politics

We are deeply disappointed in the Trump administration’s decision today to move forward in rescinding a set of Obama-era policies that permit the consideration of race in college admissions decisions. https://t.co/QVgPLsUcRO

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) July 3, 2018

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The United Nations says that 18,500,000 Americans are in "extreme poverty." Trump's team claims just 250,000 are. https://t.co/bofhkYLQZJ

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 1, 2018

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. @DLoesch claims she didn't say this

She called for journalists to be curb-stomped

CURB STOMPED: "Making someone bite the curb is a form of assault in which a victim's mouth is forcefully placed on a curb & then stomped from behind, causing severe injuries & sometimes death." pic.twitter.com/xaiy10Tquh

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 29, 2018

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"Ohio has purged 2 million voters since 2011, more than any other state. African-American voters in the state’s three largest counties were purged at twice the rate of whites." @AriBerman speaking on today's show: https://t.co/id1B3YWzeh pic.twitter.com/pbBmleB0yq

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) June 13, 2018

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If this isn't the country we want to live in, we've got to say it as loudly as possible. #NoMuslimBanEVER pic.twitter.com/7mdGmXlBZO

— ACLU (@ACLU) June 26, 2018

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New study in American Economic Review shows shift of southern whites from Democratic Party to Republican Party was entirely due to racial views, not economic policy attitudes.

Paging @KevinMKruse. https://t.co/T84KbT0Xvn

— Andrew Whitehead (@ndrewwhitehead) July 7, 2018

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Pakistani student, Mohammad Sarfaraz Hussain, who is in the US on a student visa, was arrested and placed in an ICE detention center while re-entering the country in an attempt to renew his visa. #FreeFaraz https://t.co/j3mht08bIR

— 18MR.org (@18millionrising) July 9, 2018

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Utterly disgusting. https://t.co/DoUtgXN7fv

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 13, 2018

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TRUMP: "I'm very popular in Britain."

The 250,000 people at the anti-Trump protest in London, right now:pic.twitter.com/mpmSGfjxZw

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) July 13, 2018

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Gotta love a good British anti-Trump protest 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/vEnoMxGJRU

— Stylosa (@unitlostgaming) July 13, 2018

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July 11, 2018 by V Leigh

3,000 Migrant Children Remain Separate from Families

JUST IN: Federal judge agrees to delay next meeting about extending deadline to reunite 101 children under the age of 5 until Monday because Trump administration lawyer has “dog sitting responsibilities” this weekend.@JuliaEAinsley

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) July 6, 2018

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“A major U.S. defense contractor quietly detained dozens of immigrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets during three weeks of the Trump administration’s family separation effort.” https://t.co/VuViQfvINP

— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 7, 2018

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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 100 kids under 5 still not returned to parents and she has dog sitting duties? I'll take care of her dog for her get back to work!! https://t.co/DrtVo3VXrM

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 6, 2018

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“In hundreds of cases, Customs agents deleted the initial records in which parents and children were listed together as a family with a “family identification number,” according to two officials at the Department of Homeland Security.” https://t.co/wL21uFIRc2

— Michael Luo (@michaelluo) July 6, 2018

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When migrant families were separated per Trump administration policy, CBP destroyed hundreds of records in which the children were listed w their parents under family ID #s. So now they can’t find & reunify the families @itscaitlinhd https://t.co/AdU5xmYA9J

— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) July 6, 2018

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My Latest.

I need you to know this name: Encarnación Bail Romero.

The government took her 11 month old son, Carlos, after an immigration raid, gave him to a white family, who renamed him Jamison, and never gave him back.

That was 11 years ago. https://t.co/Q7vWG966Aa pic.twitter.com/Jfvr1uLh9a

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 11, 2018

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July 9, 2018 by V Leigh

things to never be civil about: concentration camps, genocide, white supremacy, misogyny, harm to children, mass trauma, state violence, rising fascism.

things to never be civil about: concentration camps, genocide, white supremacy, misogyny, harm to children, mass trauma, state violence, rising fascism.

— adriennemaree (@adriennemaree) June 26, 2018

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36 years ago today Vincent Chin was bludgeoned to death by two white laid-off autoworkers who mistook Chin as Japanese and blamed him for the loss of their jobs. Vincent was Chinese. Ebens and Nitz never served jail time or paid my family anything. Rest in power, uncle Vincent.

— Annie Tan (@AngryTeachr) June 20, 2018

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Fucking sad. RT the fuck out of this please pic.twitter.com/l7yEgQZjTb

— All in on Allen (@philwhelan1) June 26, 2018

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Charging a man who shot a 17 year old kid in the face and back when he posed no danger to anyone and did nothing to warrant it—ON CAMERA— is not cause for celebration. It is literally the very least the criminal justice system could do.

We demand a conviction & severe sentence. pic.twitter.com/J8MDI7kN5v

— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) June 29, 2018

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A driver in a Black-segregated area is over 17 times more likely to receive a moving violation (at a cost of 16 times more per resident) than in a white-segregated area https://t.co/kNh2NOj3zN pic.twitter.com/GO5XgidNLf

— D.C. Policy Center (@dcpolicycenter) June 28, 2018

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My God.

10 police officers surrounded a Black family in Philadelphia who asked for a refund because of a sound problem watching Jurassic World last night.

The 11 year old boy was so afraid the police were going to hurt them that he started vomiting. https://t.co/y7sHcQUnfL

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 29, 2018

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Davianna Simmons https://t.co/5RakIrjfI8 via @JulianAbagond

— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 3, 2018

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Black fraternity sues Alabama restaurant that cancelled their event because of "problems with your kind" https://t.co/9QhPKOGRzz pic.twitter.com/ZW5isBLN5U

— The Hill (@thehill) July 6, 2018

TRANSLATORS NEEDED IN ALBANY, NY

200 asylum seekers were flown from the southern border to the Albany County Jail in the last two days. There is an urgent need for volunteers – lawyers and translators. Many languages needed.

if interested, please email cric@legalproject.org.ALB pic.twitter.com/mCuMmj4LcL

— Zach S-W (@nerdosyndical) June 29, 2018

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Kids selling water outside the Philadelphia Zoo ended with a police takedown and a black teen in handcuffs. Gregory Muhammad, a 53-year-old water vendor, tried to intervene but police arrested him. Muhammad says he was tased and taken to the ground. https://t.co/qtRREQSomC

— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 7, 2018

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July 6, 2018 by V Leigh

Abolish ICE “We who believe in freedom cannot rest.”

One of the grievances against King George listed in the Declaration of Independence was that he tried to restrict immigration. pic.twitter.com/AyEFCiE6DM

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 5, 2018

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HHS Secretary Alex Azar says that the U.S. government has nearly 3,000 separated migrant children in custody. Last week Azar told a Senate panel there were 2,047 migrant children in custody. https://t.co/0jtdpLpXMn

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 5, 2018

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We need to Abolish ICE.

They've abused people in their care (33,000 instances of abuse between 2010-2016)

In the last few weeks they've proven to be completely useless, they can't even reunite families.

It's a failed organization that costs us billions ($6bn in 2016).

— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) July 3, 2018

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CoreCivic has placed profits above people by forcing detained immigrants to perform manual labor for next to nothing. It has padded its pockets by violating anti-trafficking laws. We filed suit.https://t.co/xrhLOcemOj

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) July 1, 2018

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#FamiliesBelongTogether #Seattle [photos: me] pic.twitter.com/Rqu0xIKldV

— Sharon H Chang (@sharonhchang) July 1, 2018

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New: DOJ filed papers in Flores (where there is a 1997 settlement limiting immigration detention of kids) saying they interpret the recent injunction re: separations to mean they can detain families together for longer periods AND still comply with Flores https://t.co/8YExko9Ogf pic.twitter.com/lherut5Kvg

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 29, 2018

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NEW: Immigrant minor distraught over family separation is prescribed antidepressants in U.S. shelter, lawsuit alleges.
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— Aaron C. Davis (@byaaroncdavis) June 29, 2018

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Latest stats on detained immigrant children according to HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement:

-11,800 children in "shelter network" in US
-Of those, 2,047 (17%) are separated from parents bc of "zero tolerance" policy
-Children are in over 100 facilities/residences in 17 states

— Talal Ansari (@TalalNAnsari) June 26, 2018

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Today, Therese Patricia Okoumou, a Congolese immigrant, scaled the Statue of Liberty and said she would not be moved until all the children detained from ICE were released.

“We who believe in freedom cannot rest.” Ella taught us. #AbolishICE (Photo via AJ+) pic.twitter.com/bu4uEKR4PQ

— Cynthia Malone (@cynth_malone) July 5, 2018

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July 2, 2018 by V Leigh

When STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE happens

When STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE happens, sometimes we aren't financially prepared for death. But what we do know is it takes a village to raise a child and there are now 3 more fatherless children here in Sacramento, due to the actions of @SacPolice.https://t.co/tEETlWljIh

— BlackLivesMatter Sac (@BLMSacramento) June 11, 2018

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This is a 14 year old boy. Concussed and battered.

He was brutally beaten by a 38 year old active duty soldier named Jordan Grinnell….at a recreational soccer game.

FULL STORY: https://t.co/yC1gvVlNVk pic.twitter.com/JJDTjnPa8o

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 17, 2018

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When is @WaffleHouse going to close for anti-bias training? At this rate they'll need to close for several months to address this issue. How many times do their employees have to call the police on their customers before this company addresses it. Ridiculous. Over orange juice. https://t.co/ep8FQagALJ

— Francis Maxwell (@francismmaxwell) June 13, 2018

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It’s imperative that we #BoycottAwfulHouse. They do not value us, the do not respect is, they are not equipped to provide service to all of us. #BoycottWaffleHouse https://t.co/SLLkfiyPeW

— David Johns (@MrDavidJohns) June 13, 2018

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Don't you dare step your foot into a @WaffleHouse again. Do you hear me?

Let me give you the facts here.

1. This couple never even received their food
2. It was a to-go order
3. They disputed a $1.50 charge on the receipt
4. Waffle House called the police – who arrested them. pic.twitter.com/PLXog5WDTO

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 13, 2018

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Police in California said it would be "too expensive" to train cops to only kill people when "necessary" — arguing for lethal use of force whenever it is "reasonable." https://t.co/VrAQ6kMWkS

— Nick Encalada-Malinowski (@nwmalinowski) June 21, 2018

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An article came out in @TheLancet today that is flying under the radar but is absolutely critical to read.

It provides rare CAUSAL evidence showing structural racism causes poor health outcomes for black Americans.

Here’s the science in a quick thread. https://t.co/zGHjE7XmPk

— Rhea Boyd, MD (@RheaBoydMD) June 21, 2018

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This is ethnic cleansing. Antwon Rose was only 17 and he's at least the fifth Woodland Hills student murdered in the past two school years. Antwon's only crime was being Black and terrified. https://t.co/637pFIQSj5

— Rashad Robinson (@rashadrobinson) June 22, 2018

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This former police officer explained why the phrase 'stop resisting' is 'a bunch of bullsh*t' pic.twitter.com/z2Jlfp19tM

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 26, 2018

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A Navy veteran with a valid concealed carry permit was fatally shot by Portland State University police on Friday when he went to pick up his handgun, which slipped from its holster as he tried to break up a fight. https://t.co/NNualYUmXb

— The Trace (@teamtrace) July 1, 2018

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This shooting points out the inherent racism of the @NRA’s agenda of guns for anyone, anywhere, any time – putting Black Americans in even more danger. It also highlights the inherent racism and extreme dangers of allowing guns on campus. https://t.co/hwXOAieoT8

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 1, 2018

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