In two weeks, police in Chicago, Honolulu, and Minneapolis have shot and killed:
— Terisa Siagatonu (@terisasiagatonu) April 12, 2021
Adam Toledo, 13
Travon Chadwell, 18
Anthony Alvarez, 22
Iremamber Sykap, 16
Daunte Wright, 20
All Black and brown boys. Killed by a police state that is irredeemable, let alone capable of reform.
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The Civilian Office of Police Accountability plans to release video of the police shooting that killed Adam Toledo, 13. Adam was categorized as a special education student.
— Natasha ⚯͛ (@ndelriego) April 15, 2021
He was shot in the chest and killed by a Chicago Police officer around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, March 29. pic.twitter.com/BKS2xFykzV
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Police killed 121 people in traffic stops in 2020.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) April 13, 2021
Black people are pulled over at disproportionate rates.
Sandra Bland. Philando Castile. Daunte Wright. All their deaths began with a traffic stop. Remove police from traffic enforcement. We can’t keep adding names to this list.
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The 26-year-veteran cop, former president of the police union, doesn’t know the difference between a taser and a gun, and you say more training would’ve fixed this?
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) April 14, 2021
Nah. But I bet she would’ve known the difference if Daunte wasn’t a Black boy or if he was her loved one.
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Daunte Wright’s killing was not a random, disconnected “accident” – it was the repeated outcome of an indefensible system that grants impunity for state violence, rewards it w/ endlessly growing budgets at the cost of community investment, & targets those who question that order.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 13, 2021
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The initial stop that occurred prior to the killing of Daunte Wright should’ve never happened in the first place. These stops are dangerous and unnecessary.
— Cedrick Frazier (@CedrickFrazier) April 14, 2021
Today we unveiled legislation that limits the suspected offenses for which drivers can be pulled over by police. #mnleg
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How could a trained officer make a mistake shooting an unarmed man with a gun instead of a taser? Hard to believe. pic.twitter.com/1WyYq8OSc8
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) April 14, 2021