Michael Oliver was wrongfully arrested and locked up for nearly 73 hrs, lost his job, car, and humiliated bc face recognition technology can’t tell Black people apart.
— Jacquie Esser (@Esser4J) September 4, 2020
This technology must be banned. #MichaleOliver #BLM https://t.co/stlFfUiIjM
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A lot of things angered me today, and this one was one of them. Tanya McDowell’s crime? Lying about where she lived so her child could attend a decent public school. pic.twitter.com/CPpltjXJKV
— Jonαs Chαrtock (@jonaschartock) August 22, 2020
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400,000 Americans should not be kept in jail for the “crime” of being poor and unable to afford bail. #PromisesBroken
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 28, 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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Must read story on the police coup unfolding in Portsmouth, VA.
— Taniel (@Taniel) August 22, 2020
Police is charging a black Senator, city’s leading public defenders, & a local leader of the NAACP, with felonies linked to protests. And targeting the black prosecutor.
It’s a long pattern. https://t.co/3pTi0sQ1pU
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ICE Guards “Systematically” Sexually Assault Detainees in an El Paso Detention Center, Lawyers Say https://t.co/PYjYKAb4kg
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) August 14, 2020
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Inmate firefighters are helping fight California’s fires, though some teams aren’t available due to #COVID19 quarantines and releases.
— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 19, 2020
They are paid as little as $2-5/day and are often blocked from getting firefighting jobs after release due to past convictions. pic.twitter.com/44wzDKjKow
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The number of people experiencing potentially life-threatening food insecurity in the developing world is expected to nearly double this year to 265 million, the UN reports. Children especially are at increased risk. https://t.co/dQ3kLnF3zA pic.twitter.com/UH8wV0XL9a
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 13, 2020