A seatbelt ticket. A cracked taillight. A broken headlight.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 6, 2021
These minor offenses resulted in police officers killing unarmed motorists. In case after case, their justification for shooting people at traffic stops who held no weapon: They were driving one. https://t.co/dpf1JLJp5A
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Please elevate the story of #EngraciaFigueroa, a disabled Afro-Latina woman who died from injuries sustained by not having her wheelchair after @united destroyed hers. This is a #BlackLivesMatter issue. Anti- ableism must be part of our work. https://t.co/MMJ3gGjCFg
— Dr. Sami Schalk (@DrSamiSchalk) November 7, 2021
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THREAD: For stealing dish soap: 7 years prison! Prosecutors call it “looting.” Not one Chicago cop charged in violent crackdown. Yet nearly 200 protestors still face 100s years for similar things. Their public defender explains why we allow this to happen: https://t.co/YKfGLEntHh
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) November 4, 2021
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The judge in the #AhmaudArbery trial will not change the jury, despite admitting Arbery’s killers’ lawyers used “intentional discrimination” to reject Black jurors.
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 4, 2021
11 of 12 jurors are white.
Arbery’s aunt called it “another of the injustices that we see here in Glynn County.” pic.twitter.com/63IbDqnqDd
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“We need to accept that racism is a climate change accelerator, and that climate change is a major racial impact and racial justice issue,” @rashadrobinson of @ColorOfChange writes.https://t.co/0xaSTrFOOR
— Salon (@Salon) October 5, 2021
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I want you to read this. I want you to understand what is happening on school boards across the country. And how Black educators are being targeted. Most of all, how there is a concerted action to take us back to the 50s. #TruthBeTold #ProTruth https://t.co/YfiQrBeKcg
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 10, 2021