March 9, 2021 by V Leigh

As the Biden administration works with states and cities to implement the bill over the coming months, they shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to combat the pandemic’s companion public health crisis: #GunViolence

Arkansas school shooting: Student reportedly shot on first day of in-person learning – New York Post https://t.co/Z2y5YsIR2l via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 1, 2021

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My heart breaks for the family of Reuben Lewis, and for every other family that has lost someone to violence in this community. Reuben was a father and a youth mentor and will be dearly missed. We can’t forget that gun violence is another pandemic and we must end it. https://t.co/MbkJHFYrre
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) March 1, 2021

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U.S. District Judge Esther Salas says the FBI found evidence that the man who killed her son also targeted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Bill Whitaker reports, Sunday. https://t.co/RZn8X3QjEK pic.twitter.com/kBuQPvzR1i
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 19, 2021

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As the Biden administration works with states and cities to implement the bill over the coming months, they shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to combat the pandemic’s companion public health crisis: #GunViolence #AmericanRescuePlan https://t.co/PSZe6lPlpx
— Joseph Sakran (@JosephSakran) March 7, 2021

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40,000 Americans die annually from gun violence & Republicans have introduced 0 bills to save lives from gun violence.

0 evidence of election fraud & Republicans have already introduced 253 bills in 43 states to suppress the right to vote.

GOP was never about life or liberty.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) March 1, 2021

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March 8, 2021 by V Leigh

Where is the police accountability?

Retired N.Y.P.D. Officer Who Guarded City Hall Charged in Capitol Riot https://t.co/LEMmoU6A29
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) February 24, 2021

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#Blacktroopers accuse #Maryland State #Police of racism and #discrimination, state senator says – https://t.co/DRVBcQGiR6
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 20, 2021

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#ICYMI:
Video shows #California #deputies fatally shoot Black man, #KurtAndrasReinhold, accused of…. jaywalking! – https://t.co/ZcmjqLGEKx Racism
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 20, 2021

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Today Elijah McClain would have turned 25 years old. In August 2019, police officers in Aurora, Colorado, approached Elijah as he walked home from a convenience store. A 911 caller framed him as a “suspicious person.” Like Trayvon, like so many, Elijah never made it home. pic.twitter.com/TTMpQrpF9g
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) February 25, 2021

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An independent investigation finds Aurora Police did not have a basis to stop, frisk, or restrain Elijah McClain. The report also found, “EMS administered a ketamine dosage based on a grossly inaccurate and inflated estimate of Mr. McClain’s size.”https://t.co/boUoZGO63g
— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) February 22, 2021

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Independent investigators say Aurora police had no legal basis to stop or use a chokehold on #ElijahMcClain. He was walking with groceries. Paramedics did not properly examine him before injecting ketamine.

He died days later. He was 23.

No officers were charged. pic.twitter.com/7j6MVhSqMw
— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 22, 2021

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Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died after police choked him and injected him with ketamine as he walked home from a convenience store in Aurora, Colorado, on Aug. 24, 2019. #coleg https://t.co/RbkI5PeNu0
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 22, 2021

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I will proudly vote for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

I do it for Aiyana Stanley-Jones. She was only 7 yrs old. @detroitpolice used military-like equipment that killed her.

Aiyana: This bill could have easily been named for you baby girl. https://t.co/b3dbfDT5Gq
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) March 4, 2021

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This morning, the PAB announced there was body-worn camera footage showing an RPD officer pepperspraying a woman with her toddler on Feb. 22. Afterwards, RPD released that footage to the public. This clip from a security camera is among that footage. https://t.co/3aWyRFRM7v
— Rochester Police Accountability Board (@RochesterPAB) March 5, 2021

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February 20, 2021 by V Leigh

Let’s talk about what the latest research tells us about police violence.

Let’s talk about what the latest research tells us about police violence. A thread. (1/x) https://t.co/GcbgOdZS8A
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 12, 2021

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Baton Rouge police dogs bit people at extremely high rates, higher than those at any of the departments in the country’s 20 largest cities. In a three-year period, almost every person bitten was Black, and more than one-third were children. https://t.co/obPpL9a6vD
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) February 12, 2021

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Roughly one of every three people bitten by Baton Rouge police dogs were teenagers 17 or younger — some as young as 13. That’s one teen bitten every three weeks, on average.https://t.co/MNa2BsKmV6
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) February 17, 2021

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NEW: For months, New Yorkers have awaited a flood of NYPD misconduct records, but so far they’ve only got data on civilian complaints. We obtained hundreds of secret NYPD misconduct findings + are making them public here:https://t.co/6gYtxA0fMk
— George Joseph (@georgejoseph94) February 17, 2021

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November 12, 2020 by V Leigh

The way the police punish survivors of domestic violence instead of supporting them.

Around the world police safely disarm men, women, and children who are in the middle of a mental health crisis. U.S. police are trained to shoot to kill any time they get the heebie-jeebies. Walter Wallace needed an ambulance. Instead, he got bullets.

⬇️https://t.co/TmWlgPNeCB pic.twitter.com/8DcV23v1Lg
— The Breakdown with Shaun King (@TheBreakdown) October 27, 2020

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A reminder that Philadelphia Police Department was notified that 328 of their officers posted white supremacist and other hateful content online and decided to keep 96% of those officers on the force, where they continue to patrol communities of color with almost total immunity.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 6, 2019

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“A training slideshow used by the Kentucky State Police (KSP) — the second largest police force in the state — urges cadets to be ‘ruthless killer[s]’ and quotes Adolf Hitler advocating violence.” https://t.co/wO949qCeqi
— Jason Riley (@JasonRileyWDRB) October 30, 2020

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Alabama police captain threatens to execute every Biden voter with a “bullet in their skull.” https://t.co/iPg7oeZZwe
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 5, 2020

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She was too afraid to testify at her ex’s domestic abuse trial. So she was assaulted by police and jailed instead. This is a horrific example of the way the police punish survivors of domestic violence instead of supporting them. https://t.co/W1kz8yHgnC
— Angela Marie MacDougall (@_AngelaMarieMac) November 10, 2020

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October 24, 2020 by V Leigh

Reforms do not solve the root causes of harm

Ghaisar’s family has spent almost three years seeking justice and answers. “We carry this grief with us as we have fought, and will continue to fight, for justice for Bijan and so many other victims of police brutality,” the Ghaisar family said. https://t.co/OxcSM1Ma8Y
— Dakin Andone (@dakinandone) October 16, 2020

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Breaking: Two Park Police officers charged in Fairfax with manslaughter in 2017 slaying of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar https://t.co/bvGkql1jRT
— Tom Jackman (@TomJackmanWP) October 15, 2020

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Friends and family of #KobeHeisler, a 21y/o unarmed man killed by police who responded to a #MentalCrisis call, spoke during the 1-year remembrance of Kobe in downtown #Minneapolis.

Kobe Heisler Remembered One Year After Being Killed By Police https://t.co/bt9S1vzIax
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) October 19, 2020

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New York City has spent $250 million settling police misconduct lawsuits over the last five years. But they don’t have the money to pay teachers. https://t.co/cF6ltp8vnt
— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) October 9, 2020

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“Reforms do not solve the root causes of harm— individual or institutional. The master’s house is on fire, and the more that we try to reform, diversify, and resource it, the more people will suffer as it collapses.” @dereckapurnell #AbolitionForThePeople https://t.co/YAuHPagzsI
— connie wun, phd (@conniewunphd) October 19, 2020

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New from @dereckapurnell: “Counterintuitively, reforms do not make a system more just, but obscure the violence of the criminal legal system more efficiently.”

Read #AbolitionForThePeople “The System Is Built for Power, Not Justice.” Link below. https://t.co/OZgpoPMflh
— Kaepernick Publishing (@KaepernickPub) October 19, 2020

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October 7, 2020 by V Leigh

Police Violence

Warning: graphic video ⚠️

Prescott Valley, Arizona police body-cam video shows K-9 released on man complying with orders https://t.co/AvzJKZCtEq pic.twitter.com/ySQwS1TzcW
— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) September 20, 2020

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NEW: Police dogs bite thousands of Americans each year, inflicting serious injuries. Occasionally, they kill people.

The dogs are bred and trained to capture people. And there is little oversight of how police depts. use them. https://t.co/KfwHCwXLEg
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) October 2, 2020

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Police in Montgomery, AL set a police dog loose on Joseph Pettaway, who later bled to death from a laceration. At the scene, one officer said “Fuck yea” when another asked him if the dog had bitten Pettaway—now the family is fighting for bodycam footage.https://t.co/Zm0HIvVdtw
— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) October 2, 2020

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#BREAKING @LAStatePolice Trooper indicted in Baton Rouge district court over a 2018 shooting. @WBRZ https://t.co/Mna0LYuy53
— Chris Nakamoto WBRZ (@ChrisNakamoto) October 1, 2020

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Stephen F. Austin State University police burst into Black student’s dorm with guns drawn after her white roommates made false claims, family says https://t.co/oMLlFcv68F
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 29, 2020

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A Kentucky State Police ballistics report does not support Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s assertion that Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot a Louisville police officer the night she was killed.

New from @adwolfson: https://t.co/AlHwJvs7Lk
— Tessa Duvall (@TessaDuvall) September 27, 2020

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SAY HIS NAME: Jonathan Price!!!! https://t.co/cduaiVRngd
— Tay Anderson (@TayAndersonCO) October 5, 2020

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October 7, 2020 by V Leigh

Fatal police shootings haven’t dropped.

In the years since 12 year old Tamir Rice was killed in a park with a toy gun, fatal police shootings haven’t dropped. At all. This is unfathomable. https://t.co/tc1gxwZpCy pic.twitter.com/ZND9gkZ2jk
— Patrick Sharkey (@patrick_sharkey) September 17, 2020

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Jesus. Louisville officials said the cops who raided Taylor’s home were not wearing body cameras. They lied. At least one was. There’s also a ton of footage from the aftermath of the raid. And it’s damning. https://t.co/vrB1gDVNbr
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) September 27, 2020

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Salt Lake City police released body camera footage Monday of an officer shooting a 13-year-old boy with autism on September 4. “I don’t feel good,” he can be heard saying. “Tell my mom I love her.” https://t.co/2RI2Heggll
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) September 22, 2020

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Washington, D.C. police are more likely to arrest Black people for marijuana-related offenses, according to a Washington Post analysis. https://t.co/fyFxlkkguH
— Colorlines (@Colorlines) September 17, 2020

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“Autism is not a crime”#KobeHeisler‘s father, Jason Heisler, spoke at a protest on August 31 where community gathered to remember Kobe a year after he was killed by police. [VIDEOS]https://t.co/yOmapPS2Rl
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) September 12, 2020

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Rochester, New York, police commanders urged city officials to hold off on releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude’s March suffocation death because they feared violent blowback, emails show. The video was made public by Prude’s family on Sept. 4. https://t.co/qHWHZAP739
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2020

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August 27, 2020 by V Leigh

There have only been 12 days in 2020 where police did not kill someone. The police killed 751 people in 235 days.

Policing is based on race. You cannot train “implicit bias” out of an institution whose primary purpose and function is racist. You can attempt to make individual cops more polite, but the job is racist
— derecka (@dereckapurnell) August 24, 2020

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50% of deadly #police encounters in #Minnesota involve a person having a #MentalHealth crisis.https://t.co/odanSENVGH
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) August 5, 2020

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CA lets abusive cops hide behind their badges. Keep abusive cops out of our communities, pass #SB731. https://t.co/XZPcMxTT0X
— glenn robinson (@glncv) August 2, 2020

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Vallejo Police Officers Performed Ritual to Celebrate Each Time They Killed on the Job | Colorlines https://t.co/t4fgfFRDuo
— glenn robinson (@glncv) August 6, 2020

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Sixteen year old Cornelius Fredericks, died on May 1, 2020, after being restrained by Lakeside Academy staff. He screamed: “I can’t breathe.” His killers are Michael Mosley, Zachary Solis and Heather McLogan, now charged with involuntary manslaughter + second-degree child abuse. https://t.co/B41pmgVCDk
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 28, 2020

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Qualified immunity makes it almost impossible for a victim of excessive force by a police officer to hold that officer accountable. That must end.

We need a nationwide ban on qualified immunity.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) August 25, 2020

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In excessive force lawsuits, courts in some parts of the U.S. are more likely to grant police officers qualified immunity than others, @Reuters reports.

“The regional differences only add to arguments that the doctrine is unfair.” https://t.co/SxcBxYADs8 pic.twitter.com/RABsqIa09Q
— The Trace (@teamtrace) August 25, 2020

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109 people were fatally shot by Wisconsin police between 2013 and 2019, and 99% of those killings did not result in officers being charged with a crime. Black Americans are shot and killed by police at three times the rate of white Americans. #JacobBlake https://t.co/IR4yWahzYL
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 24, 2020

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There have only been 12 days in 2020 where police did not kill someone. The police killed 751 people in 235 days. pic.twitter.com/iz7HqE60rG
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 24, 2020

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July 31, 2020 by V Leigh

It costs an estimated $790 to fully dress a police officer in riot gear.

It costs an estimated $790 to fully dress a police officer in riot gear.

It costs an estimated $11 to dress a medical worker in PPE.

Which one of these groups do you think is running low on equipment across the nation?
— Ben Jealous (@BenJealous) July 23, 2020

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#BreonnaTaylor #SayHerName #ArrestTheCops

Please join us in fighting for justice for Breonna and contact Attorney General Daniel Cameron (@DjayCameron) and demand Breonna’s killers be arrested.

A.G. Daniel Cameron
(502) 696-5300
attorney.general@ag.ky.gov@DjayCameron pic.twitter.com/VBDjvpG5vA
— Nneka Ogwumike (@Nnemkadi30) July 25, 2020

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Two Velda City cops face felonies for shooting fleeing driver in February https://t.co/HDDRhyUn3v
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) July 24, 2020

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New: After New York state repealed a law that kept NYPD disciplinary records secret, ProPublica obtained data from the civilian board that investigates complaints about police behavior. Use this database to search thousands of allegations. https://t.co/V3ThIoZo4W
— ProPublica (@propublica) July 26, 2020

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New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board made 212 requests for body-worn camera footage in May. The NYPD sent only 33 responses, according to a memo obtained by ProPublica. https://t.co/Sk0LBHg01p
— ProPublica (@propublica) July 22, 2020

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New York City needs a new Mayor and new District Attorneys. pic.twitter.com/888KHtVXVK
— Shaun King (@shaunking) July 24, 2020

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DETROIT — Officer charged with shooting three journalists. The 3 “identified themselves as members of the press and had their hands up, asking to cross the street.”

The officer “fired his weapon at them, striking all three with rubber bullets. The shooting was unprovoked.” https://t.co/4SqdC6o8zY
— Pervaiz Shallwani (@Pervaizistan) July 20, 2020

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After being ambushed by the police and shot 8 times, Breonna Taylor was still alive for six minutes after being gunned down. Taylor was then left uncared for, for 20 minutes.

They didn’t think her life was worth saving. The police left Taylor to die.https://t.co/M0ebD5zjFd
— L E F T, PhD ⚫️ (@LeftSentThis) July 18, 2020

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4 months ago today, police officers murdered Breonna Taylor. It’s long overdue that her killers be brought to justice. pic.twitter.com/joUevxIHJT
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) July 14, 2020

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For more than 6 minutes, Lionel Morris asked police to let him up. “I can’t breathe,” he said, handcuffed, lying on the ground. “If you can talk, you can breathe,” officers answered. Morris had no pulse when EMTs arrived, and died en route to the hospital. https://t.co/OXxIxPrc6H
— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 30, 2020

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Restrictions on high-speed chases have been implemented for law enforcement agencies across the country, yet CBP still behave recklessly. CBP must be held accountable for the death & damage they cause in our communities. @ACLU_BRC https://t.co/FylDgn410z
— SBCC (@SBCCoalition) July 30, 2020

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July 29, 2020 by V Leigh

Police are still at it

Investigation launched after Allenton cop filmed kneeling on black man’s neck – Boing Boing https://t.co/YYTyou7fOG via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 13, 2020

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Drivers target Black Lives Matter protesters in ‘horrifying’ spate of attacks https://t.co/c0H6xGYCZt
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 10, 2020

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2 Oklahoma police officers have been charged with second-degree murder after they used Tasers more than 50 times on a man who later died, according to court records https://t.co/ZHHp8FoUPh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 3, 2020

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Tonight Detroit police drove into a group of protesters, then, when they were stopped in the middle of the group, they hit the gas.

🎥: @DJEazyTwist

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— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 29, 2020

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Charged officer says he would not have done anything differently on the night Rayshard Brooks was killed – CNN https://t.co/Zv3zJYzU4i via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 23, 2020

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President of Chicago police union indicates he’d use chokeholds even if the city bans them: “I’m not going to give up my life because of some stupid department policy …” from ⁦@JeremyGorner⁩ and ⁦@MidnoirCowboy⁩ reporting https://t.co/BL8n8t97pm
— Elyssa Cherney (on furlough) (@ElyssaCherney) June 22, 2020

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When Byron Williams died saying ‘I can’t breathe,’ few protested. Now his family is fighting for justice.

Williams, 50, was arrested by Las Vegas police for riding his bicycle without a safety light. Less than an hour later, he was dead.https://t.co/s1UlwDFFjG
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 22, 2020

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Tear gas is WAY more dangerous than the cops say. It can cause long-lasting harm, damages skin, seeps into bystanders’ homes and contaminates what it touches.

Calling it “nonlethal” ignores critical info. We are in the middle of a respiratory pandemic

What you need to know 👇
— Lisa Song (@lisalsong) June 4, 2020

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Federal agent kneels on Portland protester’s back as she screams ‘I can’t breathe’ https://t.co/U3bL7U7wWU via @nypost
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 27, 2020

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