This picture says it all pic.twitter.com/inLkhrEKzV
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 23, 2020
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Can we please stop using the phrase “officer-involved shooting”? It was literally invented by the LAPD & became widespread after the 1979 MURDER of Eula Mae Love by police officers. It is passive, confusing and NOT objective. Media should not be using pro-cop jargon.
— Claire Kiechel (@clairekiechel) August 24, 2020
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Today we launched our “Community Oversight of Police Union Contracts” toolkit. We’ve posted unions contracts from 82 cities w/a searchable guide to provisions that can delay investigation and accountability for police misconduct. Download the toolkit here https://t.co/p8ixj8k9R5 https://t.co/5BoqzBn9jD
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) August 14, 2020
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It’s time to end the power of the police unions. We’ve published the largest analysis of police union contracts in America and mapped the ways police unions block accountability and transformational change. Take action to dismantle police union power at https://t.co/M5YNFoc5Lh. pic.twitter.com/ZsFdnA6wo1
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 17, 2020
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Jacob Blake’s sons were in the car when police shot him.
— Kirsten West Savali (@KWestSavali) August 24, 2020
Philando’s girlfriend’s daughter was in the car when police killed him.
Tarika’s baby was in her arms when police killed her.
Police don’t care about traumatizing Black children.
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Black People Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Be Arrested at Portland Protests https://t.co/q9N4xqfGpL
— Bobbin Singh (@Bobbin_Singh) August 22, 2020
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We have identified five more officers in our database of videos that show clear apparent instances of police officers escalating violence during protests. https://t.co/phzYVKEQuM
— ProPublica (@propublica) August 29, 2020
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Michael German, a former FBI special agent says US law enforcement officials have been tied to racist militant activities in more than a dozen states since 2000, and hundreds of police officers have posted racist and bigoted social media content. https://t.co/plLxNEZKcd
— ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ (@WritesMore) August 27, 2020