December 12, 2019 by V Leigh

The U.S. policing culture of brutality & incarceration is a GENOCIDE. This is a human rights struggle.

Are the police using civilian cars as cover? With people still in them? And shooting at a hostage? Over some jewelry? In rush hour traffic?

What kind of clown show are they running in Miramar? Absolutely ridiculous. I hope they get their asses sued. https://t.co/SaQbodzSNj

— ❄️🎄🎅🏾Cupcakes & Clonazepam 🎅🏾🎄❄️ (@entmom420) December 6, 2019

Cops just unloaded on an innocent UPS driver that was hostage in an armed robbery. You can watch the video for yourself pretty graphic.

This happened in Miami. pic.twitter.com/OB3W35D3Dz

— Kluebtorious (@rklueber28) December 5, 2019

"Portland police fatally shot a person Sunday afternoon outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Southeast Portland." https://t.co/nxkiNOY88Y

— Jeff Thomas Black (@LRBitisnot) December 9, 2019

We just published evaluations of all 58 California Sheriff’s Depts + 100 largest CA Police Depts. Data on police violence, arrests, accountability, police budgets, ICE cooperation, jails and more. The data evaluation framework to hold police accountable: https://t.co/bHMBm5zWaM

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 4, 2019

Media is being eerily quiet about these three murders … https://t.co/SVnUNl4AsZ

— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) December 10, 2019

I’ve been hired by 3 black fathers murdered by police this week. #CameronLamb (Kansas City, MO 12/2); #MichaelDean (Temple, TX 12/3); #DemetriusWilliams (Marshall, TX 12/5).

The U.S. policing culture of brutality & incarceration is a GENOCIDE. This is a human rights struggle. pic.twitter.com/y36Nk32yd0

— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) December 9, 2019

December 6, 2019 by V Leigh

Racist Rants

Houston, Texas

This racist White Man screamed the N word at a young black woman and tried to make a rear-end collision happen by speeding up and stopping in front of her!

Who is he?! WHERE DOES HE WORK!

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. pic.twitter.com/ye0DZzxoJC

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) November 11, 2019

Martin Hyde, a Florida politician allegedly offered a teenage Latino tennis player $50,000 to delete a racist video of him telling him to "cut grass." https://t.co/usR3IX3Icy pic.twitter.com/HDbgdW9gVf

— Complex (@Complex) December 3, 2019

In this minute and a half clip, you can hear the teacher saying, “You’re probably on welfare, too” to the Black student's father. https://t.co/NO54S1v80V

— ESSENCE (@Essence) November 24, 2019

“Hate speech is not free speech."

A 17-year-old high school student was targeted with a racist slur in graffiti at her school. The attack came after she protested against a Confederate flag painted onto a student’s parking space. https://t.co/l3ebppMO2m

— Pillars Fund (@pillars_fund) November 30, 2019

“You don’t know a damn thing, go back to China where you belong." A racist tirade in a #Richmond, BC, parking lot has been caught on camera. https://t.co/fQXTTfwdNo

— Daily Hive Vancouver (@DailyHiveVan) August 24, 2019

HER NAME IS Michelle Rajacichttps://t.co/y6O2yiK4LI

— 🇬🇭 Denny Blanco @SocietyBlackCo (@iamdennyblanco) November 26, 2019

December 5, 2019 by V Leigh

Mass. State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics’ Spot The Robot Dog. Civil Liberties Advocates Want To Know More

When police in CA kill people – like a #Pittsburg cop did in 2016 with a "sleeper hold" that turned deadly – nothing requires that departments investigate whether use of deadly-force polices were followed. #SB1421 @SukeyLewis #californiareportingproject https://t.co/VyIEPari1n

— Thomas Peele (@thomas_peele) November 17, 2019

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Cop in California legit tried to arrest a black man bc he was “illegally eating.”😳

My mind can’t even begin to comprehend the arrogance needed to justify this nonsense
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— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) November 10, 2019

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A cop said Pedro Barbosa tried to run him over w/ a car. Faced 15 years. But it was a lie. Investigators from @BklynDefender got video proving the cop fabricated the charge. They saved his life. Mr. Barbosa now free. Officer pled guilty to perjury & fired. https://t.co/suesK2g7oI

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) November 21, 2019

Some California police departments don’t investigate their own officers’ use of deadly force https://t.co/x2BNTCgptw

— Mercury News (@mercnews) November 17, 2019

#MarquisJefferson has died, weeks after the murder of his daughter #AtatianaJefferson.

There is something worse than losing a child—losing a child at the hands of someone sworn to protect her and having to hear racists blame your child for her own death. https://t.co/CRW3q859k6

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) November 10, 2019

Mass. State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics’ Spot The Robot Dog. Civil Liberties Advocates Want To Know More https://t.co/8AVjqrN05Z

— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) November 26, 2019

December 3, 2019 by V Leigh

Shooting on the edge of the French Quarter leaves 11 injured in New Orleans

#NewOrleansShooting pic.twitter.com/FxMsUZpahR

— March For Our Lives New Orleans (@march_nola) December 1, 2019

At least 11 people were shot in New Orleans overnight. The shooting happened a few hours ago on Canal Street. Police say two were critically injured and one person is in custody. #NewOrleansShooting pic.twitter.com/vwbHPaXkV7

— ⓐⓓⓡⓞⓩ (@adroz) December 1, 2019

Shooting on the edge of the French Quarter leaves 11 injured in New Orleanshttps://t.co/0MJDs0kHm5 pic.twitter.com/jyITq2ZbHF

— CNN (@CNN) December 1, 2019

November 20, 2019 by V Leigh

Michael Bloomberg Pushed ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policing. Now He’s Apologizing.

Way too little. Way too late! After 3 terms as Mayor, now he wants to apologize for #stopandfrisk? Sorry but black and brown folks in #NYC have 13 years of receipts. https://t.co/hGpjThEILK via @NYTimes

— Vince Warren (@VinceWarren) November 17, 2019

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“The racial disparities in Stop and Frisk enforcement were jarring. Of 575,000 stops in 2009, Black and Latino people were 9 times as likely as whites to be targeted by police. In 2011, police questioned 685,000 New Yorkers. 87% were Black or Latino.” https://t.co/OqclleYE00

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) November 17, 2019

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Apology not accepted.

Studies on stop and frisk tell us those stopped experienced physical and psychological distress, the kind associated with surges of cortisol that can harm your brain and organs if the event is chronic or recurrent.

Stop and frisk was both. https://t.co/Dp9PrhR3LJ

— Rhea Boyd, MD (@RheaBoydMD) November 17, 2019

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Michael Bloomberg apologizes for "stop and frisk" just a few months after defending it https://t.co/5YF4dj1KWG

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 18, 2019

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The NYPD was committing constitutional violations against Black and Latino New Yorkers on a gargantuan scale. Millions of stops and frisks. Millions!

Bloomberg told his lawyers to fight fiercely to keep the program. They dragged out the litigation for six years.

— Ady Barkan🔥🌹 (@AdyBarkan) November 17, 2019

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A thread on @mikebloomberg & #stopandfrisk:

When I was a med student in NYC, I was stopped/frisked. I was a young, brown man in a hoodie in Washington Heights.

In 2012, he spoke at the @PDSoros conference. I took the Q/A opportunity to bring it up.

1/https://t.co/NKeY2BIbyD

— Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) November 17, 2019

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November 4, 2019 by V Leigh

The Gun Violence Problem

Remembering the 11 victims of the Tree of Life massacre:

Joyce Fienberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
David Rosenthal
Cecil Rosenthal
Sylvan Simon
Bernice Simon
Daniel Stein
Melvin Wax
Irving Youngerhttps://t.co/llpkIrmugo pic.twitter.com/pGOz1SROBP

— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) October 27, 2019

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“I study terrorism. A white supremacist attack in my neighborhood woke me up to the danger at home” https://t.co/Ys3HG4iiKb An important read by Pittsburgh terrorism researcher @ColinPClarke

— bill peduto (@billpeduto) October 27, 2019

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Domestic violence and gun violence. You can’t adequately address one without the addressing the other.

New report from @amnesty: https://t.co/hhshR1Za70 pic.twitter.com/IVF5PUu58u

— Amnesty International (@amnestyusa) October 27, 2019

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NEW: Every 2020 candidate has a unique story to tell about gun violence.

We sat down w/ @JoeBiden, @CoryBooker, @PeteButtigieg, @KamalaHarris, @AmyKlobuchar, @BetoORourke, @BernieSanders, & @EWarren—watch each of their stories here⬇️ #GunSafetyPresident https://t.co/frfrgwl4VL

— Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) October 21, 2019

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Long Beach Shooting: Three Killed, Nine Injured in Southern California – DiversityInc https://t.co/OPfRPoG3W9

— glenn robinson (@glncv) October 31, 2019

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October 29, 2019 by V Leigh

Police and Youth

PA Police officer hit with civil rights lawsuit is a former school resource officer who allegedly knocked out a 14-year-old’s tooth. “I don’t ever want to see Stephen Shaulis working as a police officer or any other law enforcement capacity ever again." https://t.co/jI6i9xkTmA

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) October 21, 2019

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Just so y’all know some schools in Chicago have a cop in the building everyday but only one (1) social worker a week

— Carlos Ballesteros (@ballesteros_312) October 19, 2019

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I need to know the names and badge numbers of all of these officers who are punching these young Black boys in the face. They are teenagers.

None of this brutality is OK.

See this @JumaaneWilliams? pic.twitter.com/VGu0C8OOvm

— Shaun King (@shaunking) October 27, 2019

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October 27, 2019 by V Leigh

Police abuse of power

Unlike many other police depts, NYPD officers don’t report incidents where they point a gun at someone (unless they shoot). Incidents like this don’t even exist according to their use of force database. https://t.co/uFjkcvVC8h https://t.co/3wySBKFaM1

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) October 27, 2019

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The NYPD have already fatally shot more than twice as many people this year compared to last year. https://t.co/uskkErZTAh

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) October 27, 2019

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Police abuse caught on tape in Chile: This video was broadcast on national TV in Chile.
It apparently happened in Valparaiso. pic.twitter.com/xn23wq8C40

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 27, 2019

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Video Reveals 16-Year-Old Isiah Murrietta-Golding Shot by Police as He Ran Away – DiversityInc https://t.co/0RQjSxCa00

— glenn robinson (@glncv) October 26, 2019

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The same deputy is facing two other lawsuits (4 total), including one alleging he pulled over a car of teenagers, then made them stand in the rain while he proselytized — and groped them. He’s on paid suspension. https://t.co/I0x8i9D5U6

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) October 20, 2019

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Ex-Officer Who Shot Fleeing Black Man Eight Times Given 1-year Prison Sentence For Violating His Oath of Office – https://t.co/QTCYQjgW3j

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 22, 2019

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Atatiana Carr-Jefferson overcame poverty to be a 1st generation college graduate. She was a caregiver at heart. Moving home to take care of her ailing mother & her nephew Zion as his mom was on the mend— she was doing what she loved to do until the moment she was taken. pic.twitter.com/ehvLAkKPDX

— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) October 24, 2019

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Six people have been killed by the NYPD in the last month. One of them was an NYPD officer. None of the people killed are alleged to have fired guns, even if police say they later found guns on them. It is not anti-cop to point out that this is a problem. https://t.co/6XPk4PO9nH

— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) October 27, 2019

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When officers *are* required to report when they point a firearm at someone, it’s often the single most frequent type of force reported. Depts like SF, Oakland, Portland, Seattle and New Orleans all require this to be reported. https://t.co/BWqV9letN0

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) October 27, 2019

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September 6, 2019 by V Leigh

Orchestrators of the Violence

Daniel Pantaleo | Abagond https://t.co/TkCDJyyJLa

— glenn robinson (@glncv) August 20, 2019

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Watch how the #Police choked this black guy till there was no movement. They didn't even get a pulse🤔🤨#PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/jmGzvtG4BW

— #STOPRacism (@STOPRac41044643) August 28, 2019

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David Bell, the white man who punched an 11-year-old black girl in the face was only ordered to attend a racial justice workshop.

You'll never convince me that black lives matter as much as white lives. History laughs in the face of such an assertion. pic.twitter.com/pHua61QnrH

— Big Boss (@escapedmatrix) August 30, 2019

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DA Soares cleared the officer even though Williams was running away from the officer, unarmed, and then shot in the back. "One of the two bullets Olsen fired at Williams was lodged in the teen’s spine." 2/2 https://t.co/VjQBPl801u

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) September 4, 2019

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This is why when individuals try to create the narrative that the police work hard they leave out the part where they were the orchestrators of the violence and help these individuals reinforce white supremacy. #FightSupremacy #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/AED9Nm2j4D

— Monica Cannon-Grant 🌈 Accomplice (@ProRockThrower) September 1, 2019

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September 5, 2019 by V Leigh

A slew of new laws easing restrictions on firearms went into effect in Texas on Sunday, one day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage

Opinion: We analyzed 53 years of mass shooting data. Attacks aren't just increasing, they're getting deadlier https://t.co/WPL6Dyocyp

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 1, 2019

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Several new laws loosening gun restrictions in Texas went into effect a day after a mass shooting killed 7 people and injured 22.

The laws:
– allow handguns in places of worship
– let people store guns, ammunition in school parking lots
– allow more armed guards in schools pic.twitter.com/BUAFE6Z8pq

— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 2, 2019

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As of September 1, which was the 244th day of the year, there have been 283 mass shootings in the U.S.

After each mass shooting, the GOP defends the NRA more than children, families, and victims.

THIS HAS TO STOP.#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica https://t.co/Lxdrzc9APh

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) September 2, 2019

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Trump's response to the Odessa mass shooting during a media availability on Sunday was to thank law enforcement and say "it could've been worse." He didn't say a word about the victims or about guns. He quickly moved on to other topics. pic.twitter.com/v1NRJeFZJX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2019

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It’s almost as if there’s a correlation between looser gun laws and mass shooting. https://t.co/TBq6jiv9eL

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 2, 2019

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The @HouseJudiciary Committee will vote on multiple #GunViolence prevention bills on September 10th. These policies have broad bipartisan support among the American people, but I doubt Mitch McConnell will hold a vote. #Enough #EndGunViolence pic.twitter.com/cPG1OKqQ0S

— Steve Cohen (@RepCohen) September 2, 2019

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Oppression Monitor Daily

A Community Village Site

Abuse of Power

The U.S. policing culture of brutality & incarceration is a GENOCIDE. This is a human rights struggle.

Racist Rants

Mass. State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics’ Spot The Robot Dog. Civil Liberties Advocates Want To Know More

Shooting on the edge of the French Quarter leaves 11 injured in New Orleans

Michael Bloomberg Pushed ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policing. Now He’s Apologizing.

The Gun Violence Problem

Police and Youth

Police abuse of power

Orchestrators of the Violence

A slew of new laws easing restrictions on firearms went into effect in Texas on Sunday, one day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage