May 6, 2016 by V Leigh

Bigger Than Incarceration, Mass Criminalization

Police killed 346 black people in 2015. Every 25 hours. https://t.co/0WDlgUjXDN pic.twitter.com/HU9OBu0PYr

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016

How do you spell murder? SFPD! #FireChiefSuhr @Asians4BlkLives pic.twitter.com/ol6CMr8wh1

— #Asians4BlackLives (@Asians4BlkLives) May 5, 2016

#BlackLivesMatter Take Protest to San Francisco City Hall pic.twitter.com/MN3vmMZSSG

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) May 4, 2016

If you arent white, dont buy a BB gun for yourself or your kid (real guns in pics) #DedricColvin #Baltimore #Police pic.twitter.com/WhTLJ5cWXv

— leon boone (@BigLee84) May 1, 2016

Philadelphia police fatally shoot unarmed driver during traffic stop. https://t.co/qmEds73RQD

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 5, 2016

Bigger Than Incarceration: #AngelaDavis Talks Mass Criminalization ………………………….. https://t.co/SujMTNkt8o

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) May 1, 2016

Virginia cops recorded threatening witnesses during violent arrest of Black man (VIDEO) https://t.co/h5vYBtyGuz

— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) May 5, 2016

May 5, 2016 by V Leigh

Orlando PD, since 2013, have now killed more people per capita than St. Louis, Baltimore, Chicago or any other big city police agency

Black man killed by Orlando police yesterday was carrying a toy gun. Fifth OPD shooting this year. https://t.co/WGXSPgZysu

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016

Orlando PD, since 2013, have now killed more people per capita than St. Louis, Baltimore, Chicago or any other big city police agency.

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016

Including the killing of Charlin Charles yesterday, the Orlando Police Department now has the highest rate of police killings in the nation.

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016

May 4, 2016 by V Leigh

Toddlers have shot at least 23 people this year

Toddlers have shot at least 23 people this year https://t.co/776wuylgzW

— deray mckesson (@deray) May 1, 2016

May 2, 2016 by V Leigh

What Black Lives Matter Achieved in 2015

"Why bring race into this?"

—Ancient White Proverb

— Benjamin YoungSavage (@benjancewicz) May 1, 2016

Of 346 black people killed by police, only 2 cases have led to convictions. https://t.co/0WDlgUjXDN pic.twitter.com/eHJbQjhnox

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016

Fact: both cases where officers were convicted for killing someone in 2015 had video evidence.

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016

ICYMI:
San Francisco Hunger Strikers Enter Ninth Day to Protest Police Brutality Against Black and Brown Youths – https://t.co/eZg8r0k6nE

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 30, 2016

Black Teen Confronts Officer Who Shot His Younger Brother While Holding A Toy Gun #Blacklivesmatter https://t.co/ZqO8cI6DzS

— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) April 30, 2016

#Blacklivesmatter started as hashtag in response to police brutality & grew into one of most impactful civil rights https://t.co/Ghps7IKDL1

— CeeCee (@khanknee) April 28, 2016

April 28, 2016 by V Leigh

#DedricColvin After saying “It’s not real, it’s not real” 13yo CHILD shot by Baltimore plainclothes cop.

Disgusting. So many similarities to Tamir. (Young is Dedric's mother.)#DedricColvin pic.twitter.com/5NiBRn1k8p

— David Pontious (@DavidPontious) April 28, 2016

After saying "It's not real, it's not real" 13yo CHILD shot by Baltimore plainclothes cop. Was holding replica bbgun https://t.co/RkoPmDEiwz

— Joo-Hyun Kang (@JooHyun_Kang) April 28, 2016

So @BaltimorePolice fired bean bags at a white man with a bomb but a black boy with a toy got hit with live rounds. #DedricColvin #Fox45

— D (@Delo_Taylor) April 28, 2016

Any black child who encounters police knows their life is jeopardy. For #DedricColvin & others running is an act of self-preservation.

— D (@Delo_Taylor) April 28, 2016

April 26, 2016 by V Leigh

The Black Lives Matter Founders Are Among the World’s Greatest Leaders

Rian Brown on #TamirRice: "The next step for #BlackLivesMatter is to make sure these officers no longer have a job." pic.twitter.com/SR0JA8JYfk

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 26, 2016

We have seen White cops go free on most blatant murders ever filmed. This system meant to kill us. – RT @khanknee https://t.co/0wtFBDvGmb…

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 26, 2016

“U.S. inequality so pervasive that poverty, homelessness, unemployment… have been normalized, obscured by rosy job reports.” @PenielJoseph

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 23, 2016

.@KendrickLamar "should be applauded," writes a Black Lives Matter co-founder #TIME100 https://t.co/IuV1xkNf7B

— TIME.com (@TIME) April 21, 2016

How nonviolent resistance movements have shaped the 2016 elections https://t.co/ZyBVx8bopk

— Vox(@voxdotcom) April 19, 2016

From Jermaine Carby to Andrew Loku: a timeline of Black Lives Matter in Toronto https://t.co/C72i0kUs3q #toronto #GTA

— Toronto Star GTA (@StarGTANews) April 17, 2016

The Black Lives Matter Founders Are Among the World’s Greatest Leaders https://t.co/adCT7e0tfu

— arshadfilms(@arshadfilms) April 17, 2016

April 26, 2016 by V Leigh

Cleveland agrees to pay $6M to family of Tamir Rice

Tamir Rice's family just settled with the city of Cleveland for $6 millionhttps://t.co/RkGA3G34s4

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 25, 2016

Money can do a lot of things, but money can't buy back a 12yo child's soul or a mother's piece of mind. #TamirRice https://t.co/uqrqCgYrHK

— D (@Delo_Taylor) April 25, 2016

It's the sentence that has me shook.

“Under the terms of the settlement, the city does not admit wrongdoing in the shooting.”#TamirRice

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 25, 2016

My column from the last time I spent the day with #TamirRice's family, on the anniversary of his killing…https://t.co/iswxo5dlyw

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 25, 2016

Cleveland agrees to pay $6M to family of Tamir Rice https://t.co/jufeENmjQ0 pic.twitter.com/KSfvJl9eo7

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 25, 2016

April 19, 2016 by V Leigh

4 police forces helped disappear the 43 Ayotzinapa students

4 police forces helped disappear the 43 Ayotzinapa students https://t.co/L8qaxQHtpF pic.twitter.com/gaFZ672TXB

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) April 15, 2016

April 17, 2016 by V Leigh

Black Lives Matter, Politics, and Policy

Where @BillClinton basically defends his horrific crime bill and the use of the Super-Predator term.

Complete Messhttps://t.co/LetbsqyV8e

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 7, 2016

Why Black Lives Matter and Fight for 15 are protesting side-by-side https://t.co/rEhU4KMC7Q pic.twitter.com/FGpRQxbXCs

— ThinkProgress(@thinkprogress) April 15, 2016

#BLM activist @DocMellyMel: U.S. policy makers are "blamingpeople for being poor" https://t.co/4qxwh2iEMi

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 15, 2016

“She’s killing us! Blood on her hands!”: Black Lives Matter protester interrupts Chelsea Clinton event in Pittsburgh https://t.co/r3Uh2bDLSS

— Salon.com (@Salon) April 13, 2016

April 15, 2016 by V Leigh

White S.C. police officer takes plea deal, sentenced to probation for fatally shooting unarmed black driver

White S.C. police officer takes plea deal, sentenced to probation for fatally shooting unarmed black driver: https://t.co/aRz6qmEGbx

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 12, 2016

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