May 5, 2023 by V Leigh

A man was shot and killed after he got into the wrong car outside of a Georgia gas station The man was texting and got into a similar-looking vehicle. The man’s pregnant fiancé was waiting in the other car

A man was shot and killed after he got into the wrong car outside of a Georgia gas station

The man was texting and got into a similar-looking vehicle. The man’s pregnant fiancé was waiting in the other car https://t.co/c31ak6GVTs
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 22, 2023

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‼️ BREAKING NEWS: One person died and another is in custody following a reported shooting Monday afternoon at Rose State College in Midwest City, police confirmed. More details: https://t.co/tt37sL2Jb5 pic.twitter.com/oLuKnOsfCR
— koconews (@koconews) April 24, 2023

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5 people are dead after being shot at their Texas home, police say

The shooter reportedly went to the victims’ home after they asked him to stop his shooting because their baby couldn’t sleep & he told them ’I’ll do what I want to in my front yard’https://t.co/Gv4MkMdeAW
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 29, 2023

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Just posted by a meteorologist, a gun nut, who covers our area. This is scary. pic.twitter.com/FpzqUfb7ZU
— TisStef (@TisStef) May 1, 2023

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The all too familiar news of an active shooter in the downtown of an American city.

At least 4 people have been shot inside an office building in Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/fk5AwyYGGg
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) May 3, 2023

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May 3, 2023 by V Leigh

Former Minneapolis officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing – NBC News

A police officer in Rhode Island will neither go to jail nor get fired after he was seen on video at a rally assaulting Jennifer Rourke, a Black woman who was running for state senate.

The only accountability that Jeann Lugo will face is a 10-day unpaid suspension. pic.twitter.com/FQUEKAuXBR
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) April 26, 2023

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Woman wrongfully arrested by Scottsdale police receives $200K settlement https://t.co/8ufmIpc381 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 19, 2023

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According to multiple news reports, it is estimated that there are around 1,000 incidents of wrong address shootings or raids in America each year. These incidents often involve police executing warrants or conducting raids on the wrong address, which can result in innocent… pic.twitter.com/LRlTjZkO4i
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) April 22, 2023

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Cop ARRESTED After Pistol-Whipping Black Man https://t.co/UNeGKy3L18 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 24, 2023

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Cops are assaulting people and siding with the harassers of a Texas drag story hour against the people trying to defend the event. https://t.co/4c3C9n20vR
— Stop Cop City (@JoshuaPHilll) April 23, 2023

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According to the user guide for this robot police dog (https://t.co/tr7wnZyNYZ), it definitely shouldn’t be submerged in water. Some other behaviors we should avoid in order to not damage/break it: https://t.co/LgxYoVgy1u
— Stephen Semler (@stephensemler) April 11, 2023

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man left paralyzed when a police officer shot him after mistaking his handgun for his taser filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city, the officer and others, saying, “my life got destroyed.”

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— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) May 1, 2023

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Former Minneapolis officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing – NBC News https://t.co/vbtmVdPSsB via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 2, 2023

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.@chrislhayes: If the allegations are true, a story Fox presented as a random attack by a homeless person would actually be a story of a guy running around San Francisco bear-spraying homeless people and getting beaten up by one of the many he sprayed. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/3EIACGh5SE
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) April 29, 2023

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San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani caught on video spraying bear spray on homeless people… pic.twitter.com/XaYPtpm9PN
— Southland Post (@SouthlandPost) April 27, 2023

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April 23, 2023 by V Leigh

The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a deadly loop roughly once a week so far this year. The carnage has taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days.

No words were exchanged before the shooting, but afterward, as Ralph Yarl got up to run, he heard Lester yell, “Don’t come around here,” the statement said.https://t.co/Q8CxyT81Ho
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) April 19, 2023

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Authorities arrested the man they say shot two teenage cheerleaders after one said she mistook the suspect’s vehicle as her own in a supermarket parking lot near Texas’ capital. https://t.co/5uyH8Yg2tk
— CNN (@CNN) April 19, 2023

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A group of friends pulled into a driveway to turn around when 65-year-old Kevin Monahan came out of a house and shot at the car, killing 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis.

America has more guns than people, and our sick, obsessive gun culture is killing us. https://t.co/lqQ7i08HoT
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 18, 2023

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NEW: A Nashville Walgreens employee pulled out a pistol and shot a pregnant woman he says he thought was shoplifting. Doctors performed an emergency c-section; both the woman and her baby are in critical condition. The employee is claiming self-defense.https://t.co/foA6UENjyS
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 15, 2023

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From 1999 to 2021, gun violence in the US killed over 307,000 people (excluding suicides). A growing percentage now die before getting to hospitals because of more lethal guns used. Wars abroad kill fewer Americans. https://t.co/gQ6s4CLA6L
— Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) April 15, 2023

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The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a deadly loop roughly once a week so far this year.

The carnage has taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days. https://t.co/DNQFB0vlh7
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 21, 2023

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April 18, 2023 by V Leigh

This is Najee. He wanted to throw a block party. This was his first event he facilitated with Paterson Healing Collective. He had the whole block out sweeping and cleaning it up for the kids that came to enjoy our activities later. Last month he was killed by police.

This is Najee. He wanted to throw a block party. This was his first event he facilitated with Paterson Healing Collective.

He had the whole block out sweeping and cleaning it up for the kids that came to enjoy our activities later.

Last month he was killed by police. pic.twitter.com/G24riClTGx
— zellie (@zellieimani) March 30, 2023

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The FBI paid an informant tens of thousands of dollars to infiltrate racial justice movements during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Denver.

To create division, he accused activists of working with the police, and set up others to be arrested. pic.twitter.com/3zyWDgex0c
— AJ+ (@ajplus) March 4, 2023

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As hate crimes continue to disrupt communities across the U.S., the latest numbers from the Department of Justice show thousands of law enforcement agencies declined to submit any data on the amount of hate crimes taking place in their communities. https://t.co/AMYJ4IeVKJ
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) April 5, 2023

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Police Union Chief Caught In Major Drug Bust https://t.co/xxlr9PaZo3 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 1, 2023

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Randal Quran Reid was arrested and charged with a crime from a state he had not even been to. It took days for him to even find out he was accused of using stolen credit cards to buy designer purses in Louisiana.
Randal had been the victim of an incorrect match from an AI facial… pic.twitter.com/AacbjOzzjW
— 🥀_Imposter_🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) April 3, 2023

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Police body camera video shows fatal shooting of DC teen https://t.co/6TF4H8AvnJ
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 5, 2023

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Is this an actual approved police tactic? Jump into the backseat of the car of a sleeping suspect (?) & say “don’t move” & not expect the driver to drive off? “Don’t move or I’ll shoot” then discharge yr weapon into the driver? What? Is? This?
A teenager killed like this? https://t.co/8l3totZ17U
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) April 5, 2023

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Cop Fatally Shoot 17-YO Father After Startling Him From Sleep https://t.co/a3BZHlQpJx via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 7, 2023

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Family of Fayetteville woman shot by police to file lawsuit https://t.co/tpUgXdXuIu
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 7, 2023

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April 1, 2023 by V Leigh

The hardest part of recording hundreds of schools shootings is seeing over and over that they are preventable. We can stop school shootings from ever happening again, we just choose not to.

The hardest part of recording hundreds of schools shootings is seeing over and over that they are preventable.

We can stop school shootings from ever happening again, we just choose not to. https://t.co/QzkeQP5sI0
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 29, 2023

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The number one cause of death for children in the United States is guns. While Republicans attack trans rights in the name of protecting kids, they’re failing to take action on the greatest threat to our children.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) March 29, 2023

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School shootings are not tracked by the federal gov. The existing trackers we *do* have use varying criteria to define what a ‘school shooting’ is.

Regardless, we’re at 74 gun related deaths/injuries at schools in the U.S. in 2023. It’s March. @NPR
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— manuela lópez restrepo (@mamueca) March 29, 2023

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BREAKING: Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz brings down the house with a fiery anti-gun speech, says that Republicans are wasting time focused on “banning books” which is insane because “dead kids can’t read” and we need to ban AR15s which aren’t even used to “hunt deer” because…
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) March 29, 2023

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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.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police: Nashville school shooter had detailed maps of school, entered building by shooting through door before killings.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 27, 2023

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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
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 28, 2023

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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 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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A man was shot and killed after he got into the wrong car outside of a Georgia gas station The man was texting and got into a similar-looking vehicle. The man’s pregnant fiancé was waiting in the other car

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