March 29, 2023 by V Leigh

“Seventy-four people have either died or been wounded by shootings on K-12 campuses since the start of the year. And, last year, 273 people were injured or killed in school shootings, the highest on record.”

axially NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police: Nashville school shooter had detailed maps of school, entered building by shooting through door before killings.
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The acceptable number of school children to die each day is zero. pic.twitter.com/U2k2JZZb5W
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 27, 2023

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It’s the guns. pic.twitter.com/pnhERoRLaj
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) March 28, 2023

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Fuck the NRA and Fuck The Gun Lobby. pic.twitter.com/su6c6YLWmY
— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) March 27, 2023

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The assault also marks the 89th shooting on K-12 school grounds in 2023 – an average of one every day – according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. https://t.co/PyCiMNOTnL
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 28, 2023

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“Seventy-four people have either died or been wounded by shootings on K-12 campuses since the start of the year. And, last year, 273 people were injured or killed in school shootings, the highest on record.” pic.twitter.com/KBeCvyFHwA
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March 27, 2023 by V Leigh

JUST IN: At least 3 children killed in shooting at private Christian elementary school in Nashville, a local hospital confirms. The shooter was killed by police.

JUST IN: At least 3 children killed in shooting at private Christian elementary school in Nashville, a local hospital confirms. The shooter was killed by police. https://t.co/YgHge5sZ6b pic.twitter.com/p7ZPdwFTCY
— CNN (@CNN) March 27, 2023

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A heavily armed assailant entered a Christian school in Nashville on Monday morning and fatally shot three children and three staff members before she was shot and killed by the police, the police department said.

Follow live updates here: https://t.co/RZeJjo3fcL pic.twitter.com/9EwbPplmnD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 27, 2023

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Woah. A mother in Nashville just took over a live stream on Fox News to call out Republicans’ opposition to gun reform. (h/t @atrupar) pic.twitter.com/dup4zLtS7Y
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 27, 2023

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JUST IN: A spokesperson for Vanderbilt University Medical Center told NPR that three children and two adults were transported to its emergency departments, after a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville.

All five have been pronounced dead. https://t.co/dEzZYwbIEP
— NPR (@NPR) March 27, 2023

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March 25, 2023 by V Leigh

Two local television journalists were shot while covering an earlier shooting incident in Orange County, Florida, and one has died, sheriff says.

Two local television journalists were shot while covering an earlier shooting incident in Orange County, Florida, and one has died, sheriff says. https://t.co/8TMu3Nunt5
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 23, 2023

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Here’s every American who was killed with guns in just the last week. These are REAL people, not just statistics.

Adam White
Anthony Self Jr.
Bryan Cummings
Coleman Fields
Dadrien Harrison
Debra Nadine Mayfield
Emily Valentine
Eva Anna Vas
Harrison Bordenaye
Heavonlei Grant
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) March 6, 2023

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‘It’s just common sense, to check whether someone is a felon, a domestic abuser, before they buy a gun’ — Pres. Biden called on Congress to require background checks for all firearm sales as he outlined a new executive order aimed at reducing gun violence pic.twitter.com/FVGARE14VQ
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 14, 2023

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March 24, 2023 by V Leigh

Surveillance video showing the death of Irvo Otieno was released Tuesday. 10 officials were charged with 2nd-degree murder after Otieno was “smothered to death” while handcuffed and shackled. Warning: video contains disturbing images

“Imagine if people in the US protested like this” THEY DID! In 2020! The police beat the shit out of us! You all were there!
— Hire Rodney Terry! (@chadstanton) March 17, 2023

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A young Black man told his mom he was being followed by white men in three pickup trucks — then his family says he was found “dismembered.”

Rasheem Carter’s family believes police in Taylorsville, Mississippi, are hiding details about his death.https://t.co/B47V8IA3sT
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 14, 2023

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11 Cops From Same Department Charged With Brutalizing Citizens https://t.co/3GaRYMxjLS via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 14, 2023

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The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office has indicted 16 East Cleveland officers with public corruption and civil rights violations for incidents between June 2018 and July 2022. https://t.co/uThbIuIAvF
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) March 13, 2023

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Seven law enforcement officers and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder over the death of a Black man at a state psychiatric hospital last week.

Prosecutors say 7 deputies held the man on the ground for some 12 minutes. https://t.co/XHMyzfIcGs
— NPR (@NPR) March 16, 2023

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A Louisville police officer let his dog attack a 14-year-old Black child who was not resisting. As the dog ‘gnawed’ on the child’s arm, the officer said ‘stop fighting my dog,’ DOJ said in bombshell report https://t.co/NbOL8DAFpr
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) March 18, 2023

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Simply put, I’m a Black parent raising Black children in a neighborhood adjacent to the Forest. It’s because I love my children, and my neighbors that I oppose the construction of Cop City, a police training facility.
— #StopCopCity (@JalessahJ) March 17, 2023

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BREAKING: A Dinwiddie County grand jury has indicted 7 Henrico County deputies and 3 Virginia hospital employees with 2nd-degree murder for their involvement in the smothering death of Irvo Otieno. pic.twitter.com/RICA2qRErU
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) March 21, 2023

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Surveillance video showing the death of Irvo Otieno was released Tuesday.
10 officials were charged with 2nd-degree murder after Otieno was “smothered to death” while handcuffed and shackled.

Warning: video contains disturbing images pic.twitter.com/YJzjFjc2sV
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) March 22, 2023

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March 20, 2023 by V Leigh

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Los Angeles County is jailing more people with mental illness than it did a decade ago—but is neglecting to provide them with basic treatment. @megoconnor13 takes a closer look at this population and the consequences of the failures to meet its needs. https://t.co/lAuMnEvHz2
— The Appeal (@theappeal) March 10, 2023

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March 19, 2023 by V Leigh

The Supreme Court is set to kill affirmative action. Just not for rich white kids.

The University of Texas System has paused new diversity, equity and inclusion policies at all of its campuses and launching a review of all of them.

The announcement was made at a board meeting, with no discussion or vote https://t.co/3q1j7vKjHV
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 24, 2023

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Ron DeSantis Did Not Start This Fight. Black History Has Always Been Under Fire. – The Atlantic https://t.co/8hncdqSN5f
— AwakenLibrarian (@awakenlibrarian) March 8, 2023

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Just 1.3% of public school teachers were Black men in the 2020-21 school year, according to the National Teacher and Principal Survey. https://t.co/kIY7rtENjz
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2023

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To save free speech on college campuses, Republican lawmakers and governors say it’s time to stop talking about diversity, equity and inclusion.https://t.co/5p2mVJmut8
— POLITICO (@politico) March 19, 2023

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The Supreme Court is set to kill affirmative action. Just not for rich white kids.https://t.co/0ncl1MrMu1
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 17, 2023

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Republican politicians in Florida oppose diversity. They oppose equity. They oppose inclusion. Which is to say they support “Whites only,” and inequity, and exclusion. The racism of it all.https://t.co/t4cOru2KFN
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) March 18, 2023

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March 14, 2023 by V Leigh

This is why the workers of France and their unions will win. When we’re organized, and withhold our labor, the trash piles up. Transportation stops moving. Everything stops.

This is why the workers of France and their unions will win. When we’re organized, and withhold our labor, the trash piles up. Transportation stops moving. Everything stops. https://t.co/i9HsPJgzq6
— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll) March 13, 2023

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Amazing scenes of working class solidarity in France today. https://t.co/mQ3ttC7vG1
— Sunny Giron (@sunny_giron) March 7, 2023

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the other day at a talk someone raised this question and it’s worth noting that “the children” that these people claim to want to protect and the children that will be working are two different sets of children. Sarah Sanders’ kids aren’t gonna be getting jobs. https://t.co/xAX6FwEMxh
— Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) March 6, 2023

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Alone & exploited, migrant children are working brutal jobs across the U.S., violating century-old child-labor laws, an NYT investigation found

There are 12-year-old roofers in Florida & Tennessee, underage slaughterhouse workers in Delaware & Mississippihttps://t.co/YYBpazA6wp
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) February 25, 2023

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Managers at Twitter who were told to provide a list of people who should be promoted, were fired and replaced by the people they recommended https://t.co/nVw0bpQ6fZ pic.twitter.com/ejPUmo6unX
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 9, 2023

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The honest-to-goodness, absolute bare minimum @TempleUniv leadership could do @insidehighered https://t.co/m02F06pjPx
— Scott Walter (@slwalter123) March 9, 2023

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a measure loosening child labor protections in her state.

The move follows a surge in reported child labor law violations, with at least 10 in Arkansas, according to the Labor Dept. (via The ReidOut Blog) https://t.co/Rd03l3Q8YQ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 12, 2023

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March 13, 2023 by V Leigh

Three years ago today, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was shot six times and killed by police who forced entry into her Louisville, KY apartment. Her death sparked nationwide outrage and calls for an end to police brutality and gun violence against Black people. #BlackLivesMatter

Cops Ridicule Disabled Woman As She Dies Of A Stroke https://t.co/GJsIJXc37R via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) February 28, 2023

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Cops Shoot Black Man 6 Times In The Back https://t.co/PSgTClkVmp via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) February 25, 2023

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What’s happening in Atlanta should alarm all of us. It’s so important that we stand up and resist right now.

Solidarity to all forest defenders and all those speaking out to #StopCopCity https://t.co/ylFxLvWj7b pic.twitter.com/f59x3L7NQf
— People’s City Council (@PplsCityCouncil) March 6, 2023

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One-third of officers in an Ohio police department hit with civil rights and abuse charges https://t.co/lrHKFIL14u pic.twitter.com/fAWU5vQrN2
— Gina Barton (@writerbarton) March 11, 2023

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The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police (LMPD) have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community.https://t.co/Qug9FSK84X
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) March 11, 2023

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Breonna Taylor was killed 3 years ago today. She should still be alive.

Say her name. pic.twitter.com/zHQiw9SotM
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) March 13, 2023

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Three years ago today, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was shot six times and killed by police who forced entry into her Louisville, KY apartment. Her death sparked nationwide outrage and calls for an end to police brutality and gun violence against Black people. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/jPzxsKL06j
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) March 13, 2023

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March 13, 2023 by V Leigh

Silicon Valley Bank last week became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis, sending shock waves through the tech industry, Wall Street and Washington. Here’s what we know, and what brought the bank to its collapse.

Silicon Valley Bank last week became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis, sending shock waves through the tech industry, Wall Street and Washington. Here’s what we know, and what brought the bank to its collapse. https://t.co/Jd9QlxWwSy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 13, 2023

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The usual combination of corporate power and corruption in Washington, DC, weakened regulations for Silicon Valley Bank and set the foundation for its collapse. How much longer people will tolerate a system like this? https://t.co/b2JmFsJhyR
— Jacobin (@jacobin) March 13, 2023

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I can’t stop thinking about how we cut food stamps the same month we bailed out VC guys.

People going to bed with the ache and weakness of hunger, some working full time for some of the same guys that got bailed out.

While they build cop cities to prevent any pushback. pic.twitter.com/1dYew9l1ps
— Kate Willett (@katewillett) March 13, 2023

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Notice that literally no one stopped to ask how this would be paid for. They just did it. “How will we pay for it” only applies when it’s for the benefit of everyday people. The rich, the military and cops don’t get those kinds of questions. Only the public good is questionable. https://t.co/jgwBVdgfDN
— Plz Preorder Let This Radicalize You 🔥 (@MsKellyMHayes) March 13, 2023

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It took them less then 48 hours to make sure depositors at SBV were covered, yet student debt cancelation is means-tested and is being challenged by the court.

Just in case you forgot who exactly the system is designed to work for and against.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) March 12, 2023

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My debut at @Slate: Venture capitalists are parasites who couldn’t be trusted with the financial institution that held up their industry, let alone the direction of our technological development. Euthanizing them is imperative if we want a better world.https://t.co/FyHocUXEX0
— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) March 13, 2023

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Following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, Pres. Biden made clear Monday that ‘no losses will be borne by the taxpayers,’ while detailing the measures taken by his administration pic.twitter.com/whFUNzFoAI
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 13, 2023

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Cool cool cool

So those junk fees that bank charge poor people whose account is so far below $250k it’s sometimes below $0 are what is going to fund the bailout of Silicon Valley VCs https://t.co/TuTI021esJ
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) March 13, 2023

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Long before Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, its CEO helped kill tougher oversight of banks like his https://t.co/PD5p764WuF
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 13, 2023

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March 10, 2023 by V Leigh

Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers

“For three days, trapped in a “bizarre and avoidable hell”, Ms Zurawski was forced to wait until her body entered sepsis – also known as blood poisoning – and doctors were allowed to perform an abortion, according to the lawsuit.”#TheTexasFive https://t.co/5YdkYK45x8
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) March 8, 2023

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California won’t be doing business with @walgreens — or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk.

We’re done.https://t.co/OB10cYfm8H
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) March 6, 2023

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Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers https://t.co/DpWZwLgWFP
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 5, 2023

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Month: March 2023

“Seventy-four people have either died or been wounded by shootings on K-12 campuses since the start of the year. And, last year, 273 people were injured or killed in school shootings, the highest on record.”

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