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Progress. Now, they need to turn the cameras on – for every encounter.
Abuse of Power
#GunViolence #GunReform Tweets 9.1
RT @mr_kennethcole: Over 40 Mil Americans suffer from mental illness. SOME can access care ALL can access guns. pic.twitter.com/9KDJYgS5WV
— jamalbryant (@jamalhbryant) August 28, 2015
@es_snipes Sheriff attacks “BlackLivesMatter” instead of the need for “Gun Control” http://t.co/JMrgfi9VmZ pic.twitter.com/kIsC9TXrjt
— BLEAUSA (@BLEAUSA) August 31, 2015
John Oliver on gun safety pic.twitter.com/kUajmntHe1
— Safer Reefer (@saferreefer) August 31, 2015
Frazier Glenn Cross guilty in Jewish center shootings
Frazier Glenn Cross, accused of killing three people at a Kansas Jewish community center and nearby assisted living facility, is convicted of capital murder.
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 8.31
IMPORTANT READ: Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises Renewed Scrutiny http://t.co/AAlJea7GT4
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 31, 2015
"When you see us smiling it's because we're glad to know that your child is still alive." – Ron Davis, Father of #JordanDavis
— Erika Totten (@2LiveUnchained) August 29, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter & the killing of "innocent bystander" #FelixKumi by the NYPD last Friday: http://t.co/GBmidDP9w2 pic.twitter.com/AiY8TECGAo
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) August 31, 2015
California Voters Want Policing Reforms That Politicians Won't Deliver http://t.co/BRA7VULLDq
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 30, 2015
Young black man jailed since April for alleged $5 theft found dead in cell http://t.co/Hq9fylpPTQ by @jonswaine pic.twitter.com/dcqSCaAj5X
— SPLC (@splcenter) August 28, 2015
#Police #JusticeSystem Tweets 8.28
Police violence doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's a systemic problem rooted in Dr. King's "triple evils" of poverty, racism & militarism.
— Brian Trautman (@BriTraut) August 24, 2015
#NYPD Police to start handing out 'info cards' after frisking suspects #StopAndFrisk http://t.co/MoNEHuH3vg pic.twitter.com/8XwJ5ebkmE
— Jaison Oliver (@oJaison) August 27, 2015
#JusticeforJoseVelasco #OPENYOUREYES @uniqueloves @scimc @getgln @MontereyHerald @KylieJenner @wizkhalifa @Tip pic.twitter.com/2OEDpea5Ln
— Antoinette Ramirez (@CaliLuv_831) August 23, 2015
Since 2005 American police have killed over 10,000 people
54 officers charged
Less than 10 convictions
None served more than a few years
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 21, 2015
Not only is the criminal justice system pitted against poor people – it's used for major corp profit #SaturdaySchool pic.twitter.com/6DvggZGC2w
— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) August 22, 2015
New Ferguson Judge Withdraws All Arrest Warrants Issued Before 2015 http://t.co/c4j3FjF0KT via @thinkprogress
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) August 25, 2015
When half of this country denies that police brutality even exists, we must expose it in sometimes horrific fashions in pursuit of justice
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 26, 2015
On Friday we are launching one of the largest grassroots coalitions ever formed to end police brutality.
JOIN US @ http://t.co/MXZ1PMLDdZ
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 26, 2015
Judge Sentenced To 28 Years For Selling ‘Kids For Cash’ To Prisons
A Pennsylvania judge in Pennsylvania was just sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling “kids-for-cash.”
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#PrisonsForProfit
#WDBJ #GunViolence Tweets 8.27
The ugliest truth about the United States is that 44 people are murdered in our country every single day. 11,208 last year to gun violence
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 26, 2015
An American is murdered every 32 minutes. Not car accidents or deaths, but violent murder. A nation born, bred, and grown on violence.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 26, 2015
Children gunned down in schools, churches shot up, & now executions on live television. How much is too much for gun supporters? #WDBJ
— eSHEIKH (@eBama) August 26, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 8.26
Black Students Expelled at a Higher Rate in 13 Southern States ……………………………….. http://t.co/FERAR4DNsl
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) August 26, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter Activists #ShutItDown https://t.co/dyDus59YI7
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) August 25, 2015
Just shut down 7th avenue in midtown. No justice, no peace!! #blacklivesmatter #peoplesmonday pic.twitter.com/e2BwCE7ujl
— Millions March NYC (@MillionsMarch) August 25, 2015
'Black on black crime' is the oppressors way of transferring blame of their own culpability in creating an oppressive capitalist project.
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) August 23, 2015
I've received 6 death threats today. As conservative media fans the flames they increase daily. Doubled my life insurance. This is no joke.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 26, 2015
Identifying, categorizing, and naming injustices helps me feel sane and not alone.
— Dr. Adrienne K. (@NativeApprops) August 25, 2015
An investigation that took me months: How companies pocket millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks. http://t.co/ib9fauJ3mW
— Terrence McCoy (@terrence_mccoy) August 25, 2015
LAPD’s long-awaited body cameras will hit the streets on Monday
Starting Monday, many Los Angeles police officers will hit the streets with new equipment: body cameras.
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Progress. Now I hope they turn them on.
Napa Valley Wine Train CEO Apologizes to Women Escorted Away For #LaughingWhileBlack
Remember that group of women whose story went viral a few days ago because they were kicked off of a Napa Valley Train wine tour for laughing? They’re now getting the apology they deserve from the train’s CEO, Anthony “Tony” Giaccio.
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