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Abuse of Power
#SayHerName Tweets 10.12
Got harassed by 3 dudes in a parking garage. Got called a bitch for ignoring. Like……….
— Bridget (@bridgie_xoxo) October 3, 2015
Why #RiseUpOctober? #NatashaMcKenna — shot with a stun gun, tasered and murdered by prison guards #SayHerName https://t.co/Rpos7v3PwD
— SMIN Chicago (@StopMassIncChi) October 11, 2015
23% of women report sexual assault in college, study finds @kellywallacetv http://t.co/Eh0nOOrvEH pic.twitter.com/bpeBmrwF5f
— CNN Health (@cnnhealth) September 23, 2015
Not Concerned with Police Brutality? You Should be, It’s Costing You Hundreds of Millions
If the fact that innocent people are getting beat down by police isn’t enough to wake people up to the police state, maybe knowing that they are paying for it will.
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Reports: Officer’s shooting of 12 Year Old #TamirRice justified
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A white Cleveland police officer was justified in fatally shooting a black 12-year-old boy holding a pellet gun moments after pulling up beside him, according to two outside reviews conducted at the request of the prosecutor investigating the death.
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#TamirRice
#SayHisName
#ShutItDown
#Not1More
#NoJusticeNoPeace
#AllBlackLivesMatter
#RiseUpOctober
#OpenCarry
#GunsDontKill
#ToyGunsDontKill
#CopsKill
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 10.9
@getgln Be inspired by @Carl_Dix @CornelWest @jjpantherbaby @hspirit13 #EveEnsler on why #RiseUpOctober http://t.co/RbBMaInauS
— SMIN Chicago (@StopMassIncChi) October 8, 2015
FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings ‘ridiculous,’ ‘embarrassing’ https://t.co/CT42FTiL59 pic.twitter.com/plHsiyhRQr
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 8, 2015
Dark-skinned Playmobil pirate-ship doll wearing ‘slave collar’ ignites outrage http://t.co/T14BYUCSV9
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 8, 2015
Tool: Recognizing #Microaggressions and the Messages They Send
http://t.co/VwG0LMRF1H #sojustwords #SaturdaySchool
— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) September 26, 2015
10.10.15: The Vision, Mission and Demands…. http://t.co/JCd9xiI8yw #JusticeOrElse pic.twitter.com/MWaDspj7gF
— BlueprintSupporters3 (@ecbl3) October 7, 2015
After firing 137 shots at an unarmed couple, it’s doubtful any Cleveland police will even be fired
Cop Fired After He Recorded Himself Tasering a Man With His Hands Up and Lied About It
A Florida cop has been fired for deploying his taser at an unarmed man with his hands up.
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#PoliceReform #AbuseofPower Tweets 10.7
The faces on this poster are the basis for #RiseUpOctober. Sign up for thunderclap! https://t.co/8P0tJgkfxe pic.twitter.com/sy00Wnhh6M
— SMIN Chicago (@StopMassIncChi) October 6, 2015
So far this year, 125 Latinos have been killed by police, according to The Guardian. Of those 125, 57% of them were not carrying a firearm.
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) October 3, 2015
Help bring 100 families of people killed by police 2 NYC – STOP Police Terror – Which Side Are You On? https://t.co/jmdPILLpwZ
— Carl Dix (@Carl_Dix) October 2, 2015
Join 100 family victims of police murder for #RiseUpOctober. Change everything Donate -> http://t.co/mNIiVkxr7G pic.twitter.com/rNVbXgHsv8
— StopMassIncarceratio (@StopMassIncNet) October 6, 2015
Los Angeles Tentatively Agrees to $2,850,000 Settlement Over in-Custody Death of Vachel Howard ………… http://t.co/XWsZwqqHkG
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 6, 2015
Oklahoma Sheriff Indicted After Fatal Shooting by Volunteer Deputy https://t.co/2clClH77Xv pic.twitter.com/jZXueZamI8
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) October 1, 2015
WTF @LorettaLynch ?!!
Loretta Lynch: government shouldn't require reports of people killed by police
http://t.co/j7CypckhYL
— Erika Totten (@2LiveUnchained) October 3, 2015
We're fighting for justice for Eurie Stamps, killed by SWAT raid https://t.co/T33bC6enLa #BlackLivesMatter @deray pic.twitter.com/UbyYUiOAgA
— ACLU National (@ACLU) September 30, 2015
NYPD Pledges to Track and Report Every Time Officers Use Force http://t.co/QaNaHIOUSy pic.twitter.com/Fzdq5Ds8gl
— Colorlines.com (@Colorlines) October 2, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 10.6
#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/cVTByp8xkL
— Carla Kibble (@uniqueloves) October 4, 2015
There's a Belief System that led 2 police strangling Eric Garner. 2 bringing the War on Drugs 2 schools #Racism #Justice2015 @Cal4Justice
— Taryn Ishida (@TarynIshida) October 3, 2015
Debate addresses institutional racism against Black people ………………………………………. http://t.co/fONPuDl3O2
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 3, 2015
.@rweingarten it's not luck. It's privilege, built off the genocide of indigenous & Black peoples. It's institutional. #Justice2015
— María C. Fernández (@MariaN904) October 3, 2015
11 women kicked off #Napa Valley Wine Train file $11M racial discrimination suit. http://t.co/hzW4C1OgwI pic.twitter.com/lN8zkuDhsm
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) October 1, 2015
Even at cursory glance, one can see the same apparatus committing unpunished killings of black folks in the US, destroys countries abroad.
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) October 3, 2015
#JusticeOrElse Pre-Rally on 10/9 w/ @TamikaDMallory @jamalhbryant @yandysmith @SybrinaFulton BE THERE. pic.twitter.com/PDKXRNZD9m
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 6, 2015
Report: White Supremacy a Greater Threat to US Than Radical Muslims http://t.co/YOkLEsyH3s via @TheRoot
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) October 5, 2015
Mass. High Students Mock, Threaten to Lynch 1st Black Senior Class Pres – http://t.co/SeSfVXUxdQ… pic.twitter.com/0HlzjsnDNI
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 3, 2015
Transgender Woman Of Color Beaten And Fatally Shot In Philadelphia
Kiesha Jenkins, 22, was fatally shot in the back in Philadelphia early Tuesday morning — marking the city’s second homicide of a transgender woman of color in the last five months.
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#AllBlackLivesMatter
#SayHerName
#KieshaJenkins