In jail for stealing $5 in candy, a mentally ill man is left in a urine-soaked cell, denied water and food, and eventually dies from a “wasting disease” of “unknown” origin. Murdered, it appears (allegedly), from being starved to death by jail staff. https://t.co/W24tySAE2V
— John Pfaff (@JohnFPfaff) May 16, 2020
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Crystina Page spoke during the In Remembrance of Me wknd of events.
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) May 16, 2020
She talked about her son, #DavidPage, being killed by police in #Colorado.
Crystina said just years ago that she was organizing ‘Back the Blue’ rallies but that changed after her son. https://t.co/hgdFCsfD2p
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Two white Virginia teenagers, one of whom was holding a gun, posted a photo to social media along with a racial slur threatening Black people: “Let’s hunt some n——.” #valeg https://t.co/0in9YveXWb
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 16, 2020
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The devestation impacting our communities right now is overwhelming. #BreonnaTaylor was one of the healthcare professionals helping us through this pandemic. But even as she helped to save lives, police violence took hers. #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/i9fZweRjcC
— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) May 12, 2020
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Breonna Taylor | Abagond https://t.co/kCTHKBnViq
— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 21, 2020
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Stand your ground laws are being used to defend Ahmaud Arbery’s killer –– this is a reminder of why we should repeal these overreaching dangerous pieces of legislation.
— Guns Down America (@GunsDownAmerica) May 22, 2020
“In [Arbery’s] case, they hunted this man down and shot him in broad daylight,”https://t.co/VWzvCEpO0S
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When DarQuan Jones, a black man and essential worker, visited his girlfriend and she didn’t answer the door, two white men accused him of burglary and violently beat him, leaving him with a broken arm, nose and five broken bones in his face. https://t.co/qw1jFJYVB8
— The Hill (@thehill) May 22, 2020
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DarQuan Jones didn’t think he’d be alive to tell his story.
— Andrea May Sahouri (@andreamsahouri) May 19, 2020
“When they started dragging me to the creek, I thought it was over for me,” DarQuan Jones recalled. “The only thing that was in my head was, ‘They’re going to kill me.'”
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