Miski Noor from @BlackVisionsMN:
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 7, 2020
“It’s not an accident when a cop is violent with a Black person […] anti-Blackness is part of policing.”
Noor described how policing as we know it grew out of slave-catching. pic.twitter.com/WIfItPVEXo
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Agreed, this young Black woman is brave indeed. But a white person should have stepped in to protect her. That is what I see when I look at this picture. That is true ‘allyship’. Putting your life on the line for Black people. https://t.co/RKz63CbcyA
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) June 8, 2020
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As @samswey points out on @PodSaveThePpl this week, only 28 of the largest 100 police departments ban chokeholds & strangleholds—and those that do ban them are less likely to kill people. https://t.co/6gcYUyNdFt
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 4, 2020
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An autopsy report has ruled that Manuel Ellis’ death was a homicide. Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in March in Tacoma, Wash.
— NPR (@NPR) June 5, 2020
He called out “can’t breathe” as he was being restrained by officers.https://t.co/14k3IQWzuT
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NEW:
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) June 4, 2020
An autopsy has found that Manuel Ellis, a black man who died in police custody in Tacoma, was killed as a result of oxygen deprivation and the physical restraint used in his arrest.
“I can’t breathe,” he said before he died.https://t.co/SOJk8oaMsl
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Another man with the last name Floyd murdered by this racist system. This time in the notorious MDC Prison in Brooklyn. #JamelFloyd https://t.co/4p0ZlcD9zM
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) June 4, 2020
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Sean Monterrosa was killed by an Vallejo PD Officer. While on his knees.
— Mars🧚🏽♀️ (@marsonlife) June 4, 2020
We demand #justice4sean pic.twitter.com/1zS3NGdpej
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The Louisville Metro Police and the National Guard shot and killed David McAtee yesterday. He was, of course, unarmed. https://t.co/yOX1j3oifv
— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) June 1, 2020
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https://t.co/mwpEjICb7O… https://t.co/BvKKdoFQ7G 2006, the FBI warned that white supremacists infiltrating local and state law enforcement posed a threat to national security. Some are asking, what’s been done to curb the trend in the decade
— Bonny (@poohtoo2) June 1, 2020
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Police can legally use lethal force if their conduct is considered “reasonable” in the heat of the moment.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 3, 2020
This open definition makes it very hard to hold cops accountable.
The PEACE Act will change this by establishing a national use-of-force standard. https://t.co/TEzTKdVk4L
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All four officers involved in the death of George Floyd were “complicit,” including the three who haven’t been arrested, says Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, responding to a question asked by @sarasidnerCNN on behalf of Floyd’s brother. https://t.co/JiE3Mx8xF2 pic.twitter.com/yalvaWfpDV
— CNN (@CNN) June 1, 2020
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this is so sad 🥺 it made me cry pic.twitter.com/36cWrNjOHM
— .♕ (@darealtishaaa) June 4, 2020
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“How to Be an Antiracist” author @DrIbram: “Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 2, 2020
Listen: https://t.co/mUpOpeocTK pic.twitter.com/P2K04S7Ier