Guns are the #1 killer of our generation. If Congress really cares about protecting kids, they’ll take action on gun violence. Tell your representative and senators to prioritize gun safety in the 119th Congress: https://t.co/X0YO6QKLtw pic.twitter.com/24dEVw5WlC
— Students Demand Action (@StudentsDemand) January 7, 2025
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Police killed more people this year than any other year on record, killing 3.4 people per day nationwide. https://mappingpoliceviolence.us
Police killed more people this year than any other year on record, killing 3.4 people per day nationwide. https://t.co/G3YiCYIlCi pic.twitter.com/A3wUZfWb8f
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 31, 2024
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An additional 300+ people die in police vehicle pursuits/crashes and 300,000+ people are impacted by non-fatal police use of force each year. Our organization Mapping Police Violence has tracked more than 1,000,000 cases of police violence to date at https://t.co/MUadIZ2U4N
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 31, 2024
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UPDATE: Cop Who Brutalized Elderly Cancer Patient Walks Free https://t.co/ZeNIEGy18B via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 1, 2025
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UPDATE: Governor Frees Corrupt Cop Who Murdered Black Man In Garage https://t.co/DweIrEvK2U via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 4, 2025
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New video has emerged of NYPD cops brutally beating a man working at a homeless shelter.
— Read Abolish Rent (@JPHilllllll) September 17, 2024
The cops didn’t have a warrant to enter the facility, and the workers’ boss told him not to let them in.
So they attacked him. Trigger warning for the video.
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Man ‘cooked on asphalt’ set to sue Phoenix PD for $15M https://t.co/bxiLeqgP0Y via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 4, 2025
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Innocent Man Shot Dead By Cops In Botched Raid Over Stolen Lawn Equipment https://t.co/XZBIUGBa6L via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 3, 2025
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Cops Mistakenly Send K9 to Attack Innocent Sleeping Man https://t.co/RdSG7o4piq via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 8, 2025
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WATCH: Cop Fires 15 Shots At Jaywalker, Possible Coverup Revealed https://t.co/DWHd46k2NG via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 8, 2025
A list of mass killings in the United States this year
A list of mass killings in the United States this year https://t.co/VTlifcQbSe
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 19, 2024
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Every year, our experts analyze and grade every state’s gun laws. This year, 22 states are failing at protecting their communities from gun violence.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 21, 2024
That’s unacceptable. See where your state stands and how it can improve:https://t.co/zQ03Kjs2ro pic.twitter.com/KAQxrUfVaf
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Someone is shot in a road rage incident every 18 hours in America.
— Students Demand Action (@StudentsDemand) January 3, 2025
Aggressive driving isn’t unique to the United States, but road rage shootings are. We shouldn’t have to fear being shot on our streets. https://t.co/7hvwiHHjde
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Two brothers were killed and five other people were injured in Kankakee, Illinois in a shooting at a New Year’s Day party where 50 people had gathered.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) January 3, 2025
Days of celebration should never end in tragedy. Gun violence is preventable.https://t.co/f0WbrIQ3TZ
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HORRIFIC: Ten-year-old Yaneliz Munguia was struck in the head and killed by celebratory gunfire while watching her family light off fireworks outside of their Florida apartment on New Year’s Eve. A search is still underway for the person who fired the gun.
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) January 2, 2025
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Police in Alabama shot and killed a 16-year-old boy in his own home during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night. Body camera footage allegedly shows Randall Adjessom raising his hands and backing away just before an officer opened fire. He was left bleeding on the floor for 4 minutes before officers attempted to render aid. Randall is remembered as a loving family member who brought joy to those around him. RIP
Cop Fatally Shoots Innocent Black Man In Back Of Head, Loses Certificate https://t.co/OQ3bCxKXNH via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 20, 2024
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Cop Fatally Runs Over Innocent Black Mom At Full Speed, Returns To Work https://t.co/t0idtTZpCQ via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 19, 2024
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Police Chase Turns Deadly, Takes Lives Of Two Innocent Teens https://t.co/KVRnIaBy6A via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 20, 2024
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High-Speed Police Chase Takes 10-Year-Old Black Girl’s Life, Family Gets… https://t.co/STMkAAUZ8k via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 19, 2024
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Police in Alabama shot and killed a 16-year-old boy in his own home during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night.
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) December 26, 2024
Body camera footage allegedly shows Randall Adjessom raising his hands and backing away just before an officer opened fire.
He was left bleeding on the floor… pic.twitter.com/uEVWAmd46Z
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Holy cow. The nighttime raid that resulted in his murder was over a suspected marijuana possession. That’s it. His older brother was suspected of having pot-a substance that’s legal in 39/50 U.S. States.🪴
— Patti Mohr (@MohrMedia1) December 27, 2024
The November 13, 2023 took place while Randall and his sisters were…
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Cops Told Injured Woman to Walk to the Next Town (She Didn’t Make It) | … https://t.co/qulLtW8YUP via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 11, 2024
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Cops Shot 15 year old, then Waited 10 Minutes to Help Him | Bodycam Brea… https://t.co/nED4MooIb3 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 9, 2024
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Police across the U.S. are illegally selling firearms, CBS News investig… https://t.co/CTF5hIXNZl via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 6, 2024
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US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34M to exonerated woman https://t.co/jCQjoWelgi
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 14, 2024
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Cop Follows Man Home After Traffic Stop, then Tases Him Repeatedly | 14 … https://t.co/Q9hHAGJd58 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 14, 2024
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Cop Shoots Unarmed Black Man In Head During Chase, Escapes Jail Time https://t.co/1QknmW2COz via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 13, 2024
One CEO gets shot now all these corp dorks are hella scarred to back to the office. Imagine how our children feel going back to school.
TRAGIC: Mollian Johnson, 43, her grandchildren, Jedorah, 5, and Jontavious, 1, and their mother Kaylyn Samuels, 26, were shot and killed by Mollian’s boyfriend—who then killed himself—at their home in Georgia.
— Everytown (@Everytown) December 13, 2024
Guns can make abuse fatal.https://t.co/GZLJFyh6k3
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When I started @momsdemand, if a mother was shot and killed unintentionally by her toddler it would have been major national news story. Now it happens so regularly that we all shrug. https://t.co/mckXMuAuta
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 12, 2024
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One CEO gets shot now all these corp dorks are hella scarred to back to the office. Imagine how our children feel going back to school.
— Monica💚Free 🇨🇩🇵🇸🇸🇩 (@BlakPantherBabe) December 11, 2024
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Today, Dec 11, is the 🎂 of Irma Garcia. The loving, devoted teacher died May 2022 at Robb Elem. The 2019 teacher of the year, she shielded students from bullets & died holding a child in her arms. 2 days later, Joe, her hs sweet❤️& husband of 25 years, died of cardiac arrest. pic.twitter.com/qH5DTpq8pT
— The Birthday Fairy Project 🟧 (@TBFPToodle_oo) December 11, 2024
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Charlotte
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 14, 2024
Daniel
Rachel
Olivia
Josephine
Dawn
Dylan
Madeleine
Catherine
Chase
Jesse
Ana
James
Grace
Anne Marie
Emilie
Jack
Noah
Caroline
Jessica
Avielle
Lauren
Mary
Victoria
Benjamin
Allison
Always remember the lives stolen at Sandy Hook. pic.twitter.com/CCQ10CCpIc
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NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE VIGIL: People impacted by gun violence came together in Hyde Park, Sunday night, to mark 12 years since the Sandy Hook school mass shooting by also remembering the Chicago lives lost to gun violence and calling on continued gun reform.
— Tre Ward ABC 7 (@TreWardTV) December 16, 2024
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Right now, firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the US.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 16, 2024
That’s unacceptable.
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Multiple people have been injured after a shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, police say https://t.co/ajKeHHukKf
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 16, 2024
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Gun violence is the NUMBER ONE cause of death for children and teens in the US.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 16, 2024
Not car crashes. Not cancer. It’s guns.
Schools should be sites of learning for our kids, not centers of carnage.
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A student and a teacher were just killed in Madison, Wisconsin. Two other students are in critical condition. What’s doubly heart breaking is knowing the ruling class won’t blink. They won’t devote 1% of the energy to these people that they expended when one of their own died.
— Read Abolish Rent (@JPHilllllll) December 16, 2024
This week’s horrific shooting that critically wounded two kindergarteners was at least the 202nd shooting at a school this year, according to @Newsweek. A future where our kids can go to school free from the threat of gun violence is worth fighting for.
This week’s horrific shooting that critically wounded two kindergarteners was at least the 202nd shooting at a school this year, according to @Newsweek.
— Everytown (@Everytown) December 8, 2024
A future where our kids can go to school free from the threat of gun violence is worth fighting for.https://t.co/qbyi0pwQkB
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A dispute outside a Miami apartment yesterday turned fatal when two teens allegedly shot and killed 15-year-old Nolan King.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 9, 2024
A young life was cut tragically short because of easy access to guns. This shouldn’t have happened.https://t.co/IWB6EBirfX
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AGAIN. A 2-year-old boy was unintentionally shot and killed by his 7-year-old brother, who found a loaded and unlocked gun in the glove box of their mother’s vehicle and discharged it.
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) December 4, 2024
Yet another family devastated by preventable gun violence.https://t.co/8HzQVpHhHO
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WOULD BE BREAKING NATIONAL NEWS IN A HEALTHY COUNTRY: Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the shooter died from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot. https://t.co/X0UjG6Rq3z
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 5, 2024
BREAKING: Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, the Justice Department finds in a probe launched after Tyre Nichols death.
BREAKING: Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, the Justice Department finds in a probe launched after Tyre Nichols death. https://t.co/Z3qCMB1Dz4
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 5, 2024
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Twelve Black Inmates Set Themselves On Fire In Plot To Escape Horrific T… https://t.co/nRo0Ui6agA via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) November 28, 2024
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For five years, I have been covering what is unquestionably the biggest criminal justice scandal in American history.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) December 2, 2024
Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.
But it’s not over.
A thread.
The gun industry is one of the most protected industries in America—allowing gun makers to keep lining their pockets while guns remain the #1 killer of American children and teens.
The gun industry is one of the most protected industries in America—allowing gun makers to keep lining their pockets while guns remain the #1 killer of American children and teens.@StudentsDemand launched a campaign this week to expose the industry’s #KillerBusiness and ask:… pic.twitter.com/mbdFwNQYXw
— Everytown (@Everytown) November 22, 2024
Cop SLAMS 70 Year-Old Man Over Traffic Ticket
Cop SLAMS 70 Year-Old Man Over Traffic Ticket https://t.co/MlzZj0vZlk via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) November 12, 2024
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Tyron McAlpin, the deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was falsely accused of assault by Phoenix police, says he tried to point to his ears to tell officers he couldn’t hear them before he was punched 10+ times and tased 4x. This brutality remains unconscionable! pic.twitter.com/o8GRd0soDU
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) November 23, 2024
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Family and Supporters Demand Justice for Kansas City-Area Mother and Baby Killed by Police https://t.co/jwg4hYRMA4
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) November 23, 2024
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A federal jury awarded $98,650,000 in damages to the family and estate of Botham Jean, who was killed by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in his apartment
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 20, 2024
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Cops Open Fire On Mom & 2-Month-Old In Domestic Dispute Call Gone Wrong https://t.co/ANOhdK4Rxw via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) November 24, 2024