May 24, 2024 by V Leigh

Just Don’t Open the Door! | It’s Probably the Police

Just Don’t Open the Door! | It’s Probably the Police https://t.co/fj3FbwsD6p via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 18, 2024

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This brother is speaking TRUTH to POWER! #RogerFortson and so many others have been victims of senseless police violence — this epidemic of death must END!

🎥: blackdragonbikertv pic.twitter.com/ctmC2s2sNU
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 15, 2024

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City Pays $8 MILLION! | Homeless Man Killed by Cops Over a Bicycle! https://t.co/9vW2I5y1Ot via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 16, 2024

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The NYPD wrote 467 summonses for jaywalking last year. 92% went to Black or Latinx people. Just blatant racism. If you ask the NYPD to enforce a law, they will do so in a racist fashion, without fail. https://t.co/nHAqUQJMAq
— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) May 22, 2024

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May 15, 2024 by V Leigh

Eric Garner, George Floyd, and Frank Tyson all took their last breaths crying out, “I can’t breathe!” America, why are we not learning from these totally avoidable tragedies?! We have to end this vicious cycle of PREVENTABLE police-involved deaths!

Eric Garner, George Floyd, and Frank Tyson all took their last breaths crying out, “I can’t breathe!” America, why are we not learning from these totally avoidable tragedies?! We have to end this vicious cycle of PREVENTABLE police-involved deaths! pic.twitter.com/Qi5ShlICC4
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 2, 2024

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— Chicago Urbanist (@chi_urbanist) May 2, 2024

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BODYCAM: Shows 23YO Airman Killed Over Nothing | BAD SHOOT https://t.co/II6qvb03d3 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 11, 2024

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Either Americans have a right to bear arms, or Americans can be legally killed for carrying a gun in their own home.

Pick one. https://t.co/nZaHl0Wf1Z
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) May 13, 2024

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If the government (the police) can shoot a citizen holding a gun, pointed at the floor, in their own home do we really have the right to bear arms?
— Randal Babin- FF$17 Live & Let Live (@babin_randal) May 10, 2024

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Cops Kick DYING Man Out of Ambulance! https://t.co/ootq9kbtZ6 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 11, 2024

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Cops Paralyze Handcuffed Man and Mock Him | He Later Dies! https://t.co/DDUb1Zm1pB via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 11, 2024

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May 12, 2024 by V Leigh

This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.

This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 9, 2024

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Just saw the body cam video of police killing Airman Roger Fortson.

They knocked on his door, Roger opened it, & within 1 second the cop raised his firearm & shot Fortson 6 times and killed him. No commands. No deescalation. Just cold blooded execution in broad daylight. Horrid.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) May 9, 2024

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Individuals who knew Roger Fortson describe him as an incredible young man, brother, friend, and accountability partner who was always willing to give his last to support someone else! Now, sadly, this incredible USAF Senior Airman has been taken from us! We demand JUSTICE! pic.twitter.com/kkKGJCFvbe
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 9, 2024

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The SPLC is calling for a full investigation into the killing of Roger Fortson, a Black airman in the U.S. Air Force, by sheriff’s deputies in Florida.

We urge police departments across the U.S. to address the scourge of anti-Blackness in policing. https://t.co/EtnIqhGtf2 pic.twitter.com/jPblSozHFU
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 9, 2024

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MIAMI (AP) — Deputies burst into wrong apartment last week and fatally shot Black US Air Force airman, attorney for family says.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 8, 2024

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A Florida county sheriff on May 9 released body-camera video of a deputy fatally shooting Robert Fortson, a Black airman, in his apartment on May 3, after civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family, urged officials to release it https://t.co/xSYorgKkiJ pic.twitter.com/iDNF4ZQfMs
— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) May 11, 2024

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*TRIGGER WARNING*

Funeral plans set for Senior Airman and Atlanta native, Roger Fortson.
A Florida Sheriff Deputy, shot and killed Fortson after the 23-year-old opened his own front door.@wsbtv @newbirthmbc @jamalhbryant @AttorneyCrump pic.twitter.com/T8uh0ycJlg
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) May 10, 2024

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May 7, 2024 by V Leigh

2020: attacks on BLM 2022: attacks on CRT 2023: attacks on “woke” 2024: attacks on DEI It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.

2020: attacks on BLM
2022: attacks on CRT
2023: attacks on “woke”
2024: attacks on DEI

It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 18, 2024

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Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices

Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’https://t.co/QMdcQovw60 pic.twitter.com/yngRuikUgk
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 26, 2024

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Imagine creating Diversity departments and the only people afraid to engage are white people.

Instead of learning and leaning in, they’d rather close the departments down.

Racism covered up into politics
— WE ALL WE GOT (@ez3ll) April 26, 2024

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But the real danger on college campuses is DEI and students being exposed to dialogue about race and racism. https://t.co/uSuFw8AiiP
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 3, 2024

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That shit that went down at Ole Miss is proof that colleges actually need to focus on CRT. When you’ve got a crowd of 20-somethings standing around laughing and the police telling the Black woman to calm down while a White man makes monkey gestures at her, that’s a problem.
— Big – GOP POLS own the Border Disorder – Teezy (@TNSouthernlib) May 4, 2024

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Civil rights activists gathered on Friday in Washington D.C. to protest book bans and limitations on DEI and critical race theory.

The Hill’s Race and Politics reporter @CheyannaMarie97 is following the march live. pic.twitter.com/x4w7PUhY67
— The Hill (@thehill) May 3, 2024

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May 1, 2024 by V Leigh

Black Man In Cuffs Yells ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before Dying

Black Man In Cuffs Yells ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before Dying, Cops Joke Aroun… https://t.co/at9quKdRgU via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 27, 2024

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Body camera footage of Frank Tyson’s arrest by police in Canton, Ohio, shows an officer kneeling on Tyson’s back despite his continued pleas that he couldn’t breathe! The incident is under investigation by the Ohio attorney general’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation. pic.twitter.com/uTB9dHE7tM
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 27, 2024

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WATCH: Cops Sic K-9 On Black Man Falsely Accused Of Stealing Car https://t.co/gij95MElUn via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 27, 2024

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BRIGHTON, Colo. – The ex-paramedic Jeremy Cooper, who was responsible for the administration of the anesthetic ketamine to Elijah McClain, managed to escape incarceration. Having been found guilty of homicide in the case of the young Black man’s death, Cooper was handed a… pic.twitter.com/3b9cX99VTc
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) April 26, 2024

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Medics across the U.S. have been quietly injecting sedatives to subdue people detained by police.

Dozens of deaths reveal the practice carries risks, AP finds. https://t.co/nLgwgWxcRp
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 26, 2024

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Shocking NEW footage of our client Samuel Sterling being struck by an unmarked police vehicle. pic.twitter.com/8rRnAwNTYA
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 26, 2024

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UPDATE: Black Undercover Cop Who Was Beaten By Fellow Officers Wins $23…. https://t.co/pe2Cp21qP5 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 19, 2024

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Cop Follows Black Man Home, Tases Him & Breaks His Leg Over a PEN #IND https://t.co/LwkoC6fG6b via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 29, 2024

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Luna County Sheriff’s deputy charged with homicide by vehicle https://t.co/MoOONjzAOx via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 27, 2024

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April 8, 2024 by V Leigh

Homeless Man Loses Legs After Trespassing Arrest By Reckless Cops

Homeless Man Loses Legs After Trespassing Arrest By Reckless Cops #IND https://t.co/Y1PehgFcVk via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 26, 2024

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NEW: Video reveals San Bernardino sheriffs fatally shot Savannah Graziano, 15, a reported kidnapping victim, while she was unarmed + following deputies instructions to move to them.

They continued shooting even after one officer said “Stop shooting her”https://t.co/yjFKvhLdNu pic.twitter.com/qUud7wICpi
— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) April 1, 2024

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This was an unimaginablely labor intensive reporting project that’s just starting to publish. Their database has uncovered hundreds of deaths not previously reported elsewhere and focuses on the role of death investigations by medical examiners and coroners https://t.co/mneyB8dXUa
— Justin Feldman (@jfeldman_epi) March 28, 2024

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From the Washington Post back in October: the state of Maryland incarcerates a higher percentage of young Black men than ANY other state in the US. https://t.co/uWr4yX46qk pic.twitter.com/PdYXGMX4Qf
— Lawrence Burney (@TrueLaurels) March 24, 2024

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WATCH: Cop Plants Evidence On Black Man In Traffic Stop, Arrests Him For… https://t.co/uAVsHJ7wy3 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 5, 2024

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March 30, 2024 by V Leigh

Mississippi “Goon Squad” officers sentenced for torturing Black men

Mississippi “Goon Squad” officers sentenced for torturing Black men https://t.co/AUepmZ8Sm7 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 21, 2024

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Cop Fatally Shoots Unarmed Black Man Mistaken For White Robber https://t.co/jHG6NZElSD via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 19, 2024

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Cops Tase, Kick & Unleash K-9 On Black Man In ‘Gang-Style Beating’ https://t.co/58VKj8T924 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 19, 2024

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Turns out, defunding every social service in the city to give NYPD a 3,875% increase in subway OT spending last year made crime worse https://t.co/Lcl88eoa8t https://t.co/w5AoamK57C pic.twitter.com/Q43oL0S1Wp
— chris cross big apple sauce 🍎🗽🍕🥯 (@notchrisvolpe) March 25, 2024

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Homeless Man Loses Legs After Trespassing Arrest By Reckless Cops #IND https://t.co/Y1PehgFcVk via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 26, 2024

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March 9, 2024 by V Leigh

On this day in 1892, a white mob in Memphis lynched three Black men who had opened a grocery store earlier that year, threatening the racial order by forcing white business owners to compete.

On this day in 1892, a white mob in Memphis lynched three Black men who had opened a grocery store earlier that year, threatening the racial order by forcing white business owners to compete. https://t.co/jxmnnrUGvv
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 9, 2024

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February 18, 2024 by V Leigh

The city of Memphis on Wednesday released additional documents tied to the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform.

Sandra Bland would have been 37 today.

We’ll continue to say her name and fight for justice against police brutality. Black people deserve to grow old.

Sending love to her loved ones. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/k7PRd9frs2
— NAACP (@NAACP) February 7, 2024

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A Florida sheriff’s deputy has resigned after he mistook a falling acorn for a gunshot, claimed he had been hit by a bullet, and fired at an unarmed, handcuffed Black man sitting in the back of his police car. Fortunately, Marquis Jackson in the back of the car was not injured. pic.twitter.com/0i11nYx1cl
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 14, 2024

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WOW! A New Orleans police officer has been removed from parade duty after he pushed a member of high school marching band mid-song. The NOPD has launched a misconduct investigation into the encounter, which the student’s mother says left her son’s mouth bruised. pic.twitter.com/GrKr4Kt2vi
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) February 14, 2024

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The city of Memphis on Wednesday released additional documents tied to the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform. https://t.co/vNgeydoJ2j
— ABC News (@ABC) February 14, 2024

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February 15, 2024 by V Leigh

I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him. I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow

U.S. mass shooting daily averages:

2014: .75 per day
2015: .91 per day
2016: 1.05 per day
2017: .95 per day
2018: .92 per day
2019: 1.13 per day
2020: 1.67 per day
2021: 1.89 per day
2022: 1.77 per day
2023: 1.80 per day
2024: 1.00 per day [~11% complete] https://t.co/AUdC3EoscW
— The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) February 8, 2024

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NEW: Today’s verdict in Michigan underscores that the mass shooting at Oxford High School in 2021 was wholly preventable and senseless, and it proves that when adult gun owners allow children unsupervised access to unsecured weapons, it’s criminal negligence – not an accident. https://t.co/128SD4CJb9
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 6, 2024

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In a historic decision on Tuesday, a jury convicted the first parent ever to be tried on homicide charges for a mass shooting committed by her child. https://t.co/rsfQXPBEUw
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 6, 2024

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NEW: @lomikriel & I spent 6 months examining active shooter training for police & schools across the US.

We ultimately found states require students & teachers to prepare for a mass shooting more than police.

The details may surprise you.https://t.co/gXp8CjvaKS
— Lexi Churchill (@LChurchilll) February 8, 2024

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Guns are not just health problems: they are democracy ones. My latest, @TIME, about the gun risks of a second Trump presidency…. https://t.co/7MbYOMWsKu… @wwnorton #GunViolence
— Jonathan M. Metzl (@JonathanMetzl) February 5, 2024

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My God! Six years to the day of the Parkland School shooting and now there’s a shooting at the Super Bowl Parade. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE, no matter how the guns were acquired or who got them, common sense gun laws are needed. #ChiefsParade pic.twitter.com/R0VBRuz6yN
— 🪴Laurie (@Laurieluvsmolly) February 14, 2024

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Over 800 police officers were at the parade today and over a million civilians who were allowed to be armed. Yet they couldn’t stop a dozen people from being shot.

More guns makes us less safe. #ChiefsParade https://t.co/Iev48jbN0h
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 14, 2024

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I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him.

I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow https://t.co/ZwkriJ9Q1M
— Patrick Quaife (@pquaife) February 14, 2024

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Just Don’t Open the Door! | It’s Probably the Police

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Eric Garner, George Floyd, and Frank Tyson all took their last breaths crying out, “I can’t breathe!” America, why are we not learning from these totally avoidable tragedies?! We have to end this vicious cycle of PREVENTABLE police-involved deaths!

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This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.

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2020: attacks on BLM 2022: attacks on CRT 2023: attacks on “woke” 2024: attacks on DEI It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.

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Black Man In Cuffs Yells ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before Dying

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Homeless Man Loses Legs After Trespassing Arrest By Reckless Cops

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Mississippi “Goon Squad” officers sentenced for torturing Black men

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On this day in 1892, a white mob in Memphis lynched three Black men who had opened a grocery store earlier that year, threatening the racial order by forcing white business owners to compete.

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The city of Memphis on Wednesday released additional documents tied to the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform.

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I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him. I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow

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