December 30, 2020 by V Leigh

Justice would have been officers never killing Tamir Rice in the first place.

The DOJ not filing charges against the police who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice because the video does not make the “sequence of events” clear is some sort of sick joke.

Those cops shot Tamir as soon as they rolled up on him. It could not be more clear.https://t.co/Hm9elp5lHD
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) December 29, 2020

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It cannot be called the Justice Department if it cannot bring about justice for the murder of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

In Tamir’s honor, we say to every Black child: we love you. And we will never stop fighting to protect you. https://t.co/ZipZDe0b0V
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) December 30, 2020

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The Justice Department announced it will not charge the police officer who killed #TamirRice in 2014 due to lack of evidence.

Cleveland Officer Loehmann shot 12-year-old Rice while playing with a toy gun. Neither him nor his partner Garmback have faced any criminal charges. pic.twitter.com/G2HjhX1PD4
— AJ+ (@ajplus) December 29, 2020

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In 2014, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot by police while playing with a BB gun.

Responding officers were informed beforehand that he was likely a juvenile and the gun was likely fake—but they shot him just 2 seconds after arriving.

This is not justice. https://t.co/JQXDJn8dTM
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) December 30, 2020

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Justice would have been officers never killing Tamir Rice in the first place.

But the choice to close this case only reinforces our legal system’s indifference to Black life. https://t.co/QNXpj4nNnF
— ACLU (@ACLU) December 30, 2020

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December 30, 2020 by V Leigh

Since 2015, New York City has paid more than $1 billion to settle police misconduct cases, while Chicago and Los Angeles spent more than $200 million. Since 2016, DC has spent more than $40 million. Many of these settlements receive little coverage.

“ALL police wellness checks were fatal.”

Canada 2020 https://t.co/rYeeDsdAj4
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 23, 2020

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Must Watch: Keller PD releases body cam footage of arrest being made on a son and father. pic.twitter.com/FeDkfNw8JI
— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) December 23, 2020

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#Kansas #deputy purposely ran over Black man – https://t.co/OhIrnToQ0C #Racism
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) December 22, 2020

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“Among other disturbing incidents of police brutality, the footage shows a Boston Police Department sergeant joyfully bragging about hitting people with his car.”

Story by @ishenarobinson https://t.co/gXBoUCWIeN
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) December 22, 2020

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Previously unseen body camera footage from the Boston Police Department shows officers attacking protesters and bragging about assaulting them.

Read my exclusive report at @theappeal:https://t.co/9QU2BmZCz6 pic.twitter.com/naXUlmotoj
— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) December 18, 2020

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Body camera footage shows a Columbus Police officer fatally shooting Andre Maurice Hill less than 10 seconds after spotting him in a garage.

Hill was holding up a cell phone as he took slow steps toward the officer, who quickly drew his gun and fired. https://t.co/IgenDyVA0Z
— WOSU News (@wosunews) December 23, 2020

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Since 2015, New York City has paid more than $1 billion to settle police misconduct cases, while Chicago and Los Angeles spent more than $200 million. Since 2016, DC has spent more than $40 million. Many of these settlements receive little coverage. https://t.co/K3DPXjiRUK
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) December 27, 2020

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December 27, 2020 by V Leigh

Since March, public health experts have warned about the spread of COVID-19 in prisons and recommended decarceration.

Since March, public health experts have warned about the spread of COVID-19 in prisons and recommended decarceration.

Now, the COVID-19 case rate in prisons is four times higher than outside, and the death rate is twice as high. This was preventable. https://t.co/womkImIYrD
— Thurgood Marshall Institute (@TMI_LDF) December 22, 2020

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100/100 – Justice for #AndreaCircleBear the first woman (indigenous) to die from #covid19 in a federal prison on April 28, 2020. She was a pregnant mother of 5 who was denied home confinement to prevent spread. She died after giving birth. #justiceforourlives pic.twitter.com/AgvGixJO4K
— Oree Originol (@OreeOriginol) December 20, 2020

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This is serious: COVID-19 is out of control in our prisons, and accreditors like @ACAinfo have done nothing to stop it. Read my new report on why @TheJusticeDept and @DHSgov must overhaul this ineffective, dangerous, and wasteful accreditation system. https://t.co/m5xqqWTttT
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 14, 2020

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As of Friday, more than three-fourths of the inmates at Iowa’s state prison had tested positive for coronavirus. Other facilities in the state have infection rates as high as 90%. @IowaPublicRadio https://t.co/gjoxZKXyCR
— NPR (@NPR) November 21, 2020

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“There’s no way to escape Covid-19 or the coronavirus in prison. Absolutely no way.”

Correctional facilities have been COVID-19 hotspots. But some reforms may have a lasting impact beyond the pandemic.@isagutierreznbc reports: https://t.co/U4UZMHn7bF pic.twitter.com/cuUibQt8Hl
— NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) December 2, 2020

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December 24, 2020 by V Leigh

Current Events Tweets: They tried to storm the Capitol with pistols and rifles in protest of COVID-19 restrictions.

America’s ‘longest-serving cannabis offender’ 71-year-old Richard DeLisi has been freed after spending more than 30 years in prison for a non-violent drug charge https://t.co/QYYzWGzZGN
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 17, 2020

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The primary goal of false allegations of voter fraud is to increase voter suppression.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 11, 2020

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Unprecedented increases in gun sales, combined with economic distress and social isolation due to COVID-19, are intensifying the country’s gun violence crisis. Learn more: https://t.co/tKk8uhzoVm pic.twitter.com/Gi9X8g4ovY
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) December 6, 2020

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“Last night: Brandon Bernard
Today: Alfred Bourgeois
1/12: Lisa Montgomery
1/14: Cory Johnson
1/15: Dustin Higgs

These are the names of the humans on federal death row & the dates that the Trump administration intends to kill them before leaving office.” https://t.co/oFfPT2Zl8R
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) December 12, 2020

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ICYMI, Here’s my new piece in @businessinsider about how there’s growing evidence that the US is heading towards a civil war (the editors changed it to schism). Sadly, we are seeing more examples of violent conflicts every day. https://t.co/xvVtIbzwN2
— Dana R Fisher, PhD (@Fisher_DanaR) December 22, 2020

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Right wing thugs intimidated and threatened journalist @_Brian_ICT – for trying to cover their unlawful assembly at the Capitol in Salem, Oregon today.

They tried to storm the Capitol with pistols and rifles in protest of COVID-19 restrictions.
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— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) December 21, 2020

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December 24, 2020 by V Leigh

Black Lives Matter in Brazil

Black Lives Matter Protests Erupt in Brazil After Black Man Beaten to Death by Security Officers https://t.co/xeWMqGg8J7 via @TheRoot
— Left of Black (@LeftOfBlack) November 23, 2020

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Brazil Supermarket Murder: Black Lives Matter https://t.co/rbiO90JNhe
— OWP (@theowpeace) December 11, 2020

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Brazil’s racial reckoning: ‘Black lives matter here, too’ https://t.co/4zBNZ8B6jC
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 24, 2020

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More than 600 people were killed by police in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state in the first months of this year, and most were black or biracial. Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Rio have organized the largest anti-police brutality demonstrations in years. https://t.co/sUxp2c7qlF
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2020

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December 19, 2020 by V Leigh

Proud Boys sparked clashes during pro-Trump rally

When right-wing White men engage in political violence, racist America doesn’t bat an eye. No there there. No need for intense media coverage, or terrorist labels, or tear gas, or armed police in riot gear, or National Guards.

Just boys being boys.https://t.co/DfBxNm0ouk
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) December 13, 2020

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Proud Boys tear down another Black Lives Matter board from the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church #DC #MarchForTrump #DefendDC #ProudBoys pic.twitter.com/ml1TbhV98Q
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) December 13, 2020

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The Proud Boys and Trump supporters burn the BLM banner while chanting and cheering in downtown DC: pic.twitter.com/L16azBBhbr
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) December 13, 2020

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Domestic terrorists:
“Police also disclosed that four churches were vandalized over the weekend, two more than previously disclosed, and they released photos of White men marching with and burning a BLM banner ripped down from one of the churches.” https://t.co/xfStngY5Ub
— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 14, 2020

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The Proud Boys tore down Asbury UMC’s #BLM sign and BURNED it in the street. These violent, racist actions against DC’s oldest Black Methodist church are too reminiscent of cross burnings and can NOT be tolerated! https://t.co/Jq5DaPQhPY
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) December 15, 2020

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Hate crime probe launched in wake of violent pro-Trump rally: Vandals attack historic Black churches https://t.co/CvsX0Pa8v5
— Salon (@Salon) December 14, 2020

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December 19, 2020 by V Leigh

“The problem is not our resilience but a world that constantly requires our resilience, & a world that has come to learn that our resilience is permission for our continued oppression.”

During a panel yesterday, I was asked about resilience & healing. Here’s what I shared:

“The problem is not our resilience but a world that constantly requires our resilience, & a world that has come to learn that our resilience is permission for our continued oppression.” pic.twitter.com/v0c3zkdork
— E.J. Ramos David (@ejrdavid) November 13, 2020

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Yes! Minoritized students can’t grit, self-care, resilience, growth mindset, etc. themselves out of oppression https://t.co/mRSj3VHr1E
— Dr. Geneva Sarcedo #FLIStayFly (@evergeneva) November 21, 2020

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December 19, 2020 by V Leigh

This is Not a Gun: the objects police mistook for weapons before shooting

This is Not a Gun: the objects police mistook for weapons before shooting | Art | The Guardian https://t.co/Rm0L7onTuI
— glenn robinson (@glncv) December 14, 2020

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Dounya Zayer, who was shoved to the pavement by NYPD Officer Vincent D’Andraia in May during the George Floyd protests, filed a federal lawsuit against the cop and the city today.https://t.co/gGGmRcrNk5
— Noah Goldberg (@Noah__Goldberg) December 14, 2020

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These brutal police dog attacks were captured on video. Now some cities are curtailing K-9 use. – The Washington Post https://t.co/wdxrcA22eb
— glenn robinson (@glncv) December 14, 2020

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Family: #Ohio Deputy Shot Black Man, #CaseyGoodsonJr. In The Back Several Times – https://t.co/Dc3sTJ9QPp
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) December 12, 2020

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#CaseyGoodsonJr was JUST murdered by Columbus police. In the back. Going into his own home. And these GD Dems want to talk about how “alienating” #DefundThePolice – you know what is alienating to Black voters – WATCHING US BE MURDERED BY POLICE WITH IMPUNITY.
— Leslie Mac (@LeslieMac) December 10, 2020

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Our investigation found at least 32 cases since 2010 in which police officers delayed or failed to offer emergency first aid to people who subsequently died from their injuries. In roughly half of these cases, the officers involved remained on the force. https://t.co/MOisTYQmxE
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) December 18, 2020

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“I absolutely wanted that video to be out because it’s been two years … I wanted everyone to see just how terrible I was treated.”

— Anjanette Young, whose home was wrongfully raided by Chicago PD. https://t.co/iZff0yKi1x
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) December 17, 2020

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December 16, 2020 by V Leigh

Casey Goodson Jr., 23, was holding a Subway sandwich, not a gun, when an Ohio sheriff’s deputy fatally shot him

Today @propublica released an article & accompanying video — part of an ongoing investigation analyzing available footage of the police killing of #KawaskiTrawick. “It all happened in just 112 seconds, but it reflects years of failures by the #NYPD.” https://t.co/jA7VLC173x
— CPR #EndPoliceSecrecy – Change the NYPD (@changethenypd) December 4, 2020

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The striking thing about this well-reported story: Within minutes of one another, NYC firefighters and police encountered the same man. The public servants who help people saw a man who needed help. The public servants we entrust to kill saw a threat.https://t.co/nwo0UKFqbt
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) December 4, 2020

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Ohio’s AG will not investigate the police killing of #CaseyGoodsonJr, saying police took too long to refer them: 3 days “after the crime scene has been dismantled.”

Family says Goodson was entering his home with a sandwich when police — looking for a different person — shot him. pic.twitter.com/8oUAbqjYBY
— AJ+ (@ajplus) December 8, 2020

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Casey Goodson Jr., 23, was holding a Subway sandwich, not a gun, when an Ohio sheriff’s deputy fatally shot him, Goodson’s family says. The FBI and federal civil rights investigators are stepping in. https://t.co/RGmgLbdhNz
— AP Eastern US (@APEastRegion) December 8, 2020

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Louisville police’s ‘no-knock’ warrants most often targeted Black residents in the West End https://t.co/gsrhk1ViTG
— deray (@deray) December 1, 2020

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December 15, 2020 by V Leigh

They separated thousands of families. They knew they were orphaning the children.

They separated thousands of families. They knew they were orphaning the children.

Everyone involved must be held accountable under the law. https://t.co/TgS3HHi6Om
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) October 23, 2020

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At last night’s debate, @JoeBiden said asylum seekers were “sitting in squalor on the other side of the river” due to Trump’s remain in Mexico policy. He is right.

I visited Matamoros last year, and what I saw was heartbreaking. Read about it here: https://t.co/u8miEqkKlF pic.twitter.com/jaemh4R8IS
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) October 24, 2020

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ICE officers ‘used torture to force African asylum seekers to sign their own deportation orders. Both a retaliation for whistle blowing on abuses, and as part of the acceleration of the on-going mission of targeting & mass deporting #BlackImmigrants. https://t.co/ZQo9KgSKxd
— UndocuBlack Network (@UndocuBlack) October 22, 2020

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Oppression Monitor Daily

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Month: December 2020

Justice would have been officers never killing Tamir Rice in the first place.

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Since 2015, New York City has paid more than $1 billion to settle police misconduct cases, while Chicago and Los Angeles spent more than $200 million. Since 2016, DC has spent more than $40 million. Many of these settlements receive little coverage.

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Since March, public health experts have warned about the spread of COVID-19 in prisons and recommended decarceration.

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Current Events Tweets: They tried to storm the Capitol with pistols and rifles in protest of COVID-19 restrictions.

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Black Lives Matter in Brazil

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Proud Boys sparked clashes during pro-Trump rally

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“The problem is not our resilience but a world that constantly requires our resilience, & a world that has come to learn that our resilience is permission for our continued oppression.”

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This is Not a Gun: the objects police mistook for weapons before shooting

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