June 11, 2016 by V Leigh

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets

Ex-Cop Arrested For Fatally Shooting Church Drummer, #CoreyJones Whose Car Broke Down ………………. https://t.co/3zTdsH1h5I

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 5, 2016

"Protesting against racist power can never be mistaken for seizing power." #Stamped https://t.co/6KSi6LsnJZ pic.twitter.com/qwm8BYHSkn

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) June 5, 2016

My latest.#CJPettit was shot in the back & killed with his hands up by Oklahoma police. https://t.co/vdMMvru23d pic.twitter.com/kXSFjiX9Ay

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 4, 2016

May 26, 2016 by V Leigh

Black Lives Still Matter

Police in most developed countries rarely, if ever, kill knife-wielding men. https://t.co/qK4iNpqmLg

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 18, 2016

US police have killed 60 people armed with knives in 2016. Police in other developed countries rarely, if ever, kill in these situations.

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 18, 2016

BREAKING: Three @oaklandpoliceca officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. https://t.co/CV7PTx9qe5 pic.twitter.com/aNPRkrGUT6

— KPIX 5 (@CBSSF) May 12, 2016

y'all. https://t.co/yQ4Cr34trn

— dr.* deray mckesson (@deray) May 25, 2016

"One in four women in the United States has a family member in prison. For Black women, the number is even more… https://t.co/2jObwYNvhb

— Dignity & Power Now (@PowerDignity) May 25, 2016

"Zimmerman is yet again capitalizing on Black lives not mattering, like every infamous American racist before him." https://t.co/YSY7jvTBGc

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) May 13, 2016

THIS NEEDS TO BE SEEN!!!!
12y/o black girl victim of attempted LYNCHING in 2016#BlackToLive https://t.co/jHWc4IVp6e pic.twitter.com/nR1tjoy5fB

— 1-800-WOKE-AF (@gloed_up) May 25, 2016

May 19, 2016 by V Leigh

Beautiful 22-year-old mom #SymoneMarshall dies in police custody

#SymoneMarshall

Beautiful, beloved 22 y/o mother of a 3 y/o. Died in police custody in TXhttps://t.co/Aaiin4f807 pic.twitter.com/DO4zuMYwpD

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 17, 2016

#SymoneMarshall moved to TX looking for a fresh start. So how did she end up dead in jail? https://t.co/c8YSIGg8xJ pic.twitter.com/1SEtG4pXbR

— The Root (@TheRoot) May 18, 2016

Why would you arrest someone in a car accident and then deny them medical treatment? #SayHerName #SymoneMarshall 💔 https://t.co/t373e08jU7

— Ξnemy of the State (@Anony_Mia) May 18, 2016

NOTHING has changed

In fact, #SymoneMarshall died just a month ago in a Texas jail

After being in a car accident https://t.co/iHHNSNoVlx

— UnrulyIntellectual(@BWorthingtonIII) May 19, 2016

Family wants answers after #SymoneMarshall dies in Walker Co. Jail
Run Off Road
Taken to Jail Not Hosphttps://t.co/LXcXIcO2Lw via @@KHOU

— Carla (@Tuniekc) May 18, 2016

#SymoneMarshall

Beautiful, beloved 22 y/o mother of a 3 y/o. Died in police custody in TXhttps://t.co/Aaiin4f807 pic.twitter.com/DO4zuMYwpD

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 17, 2016

May 18, 2016 by V Leigh

Zero accountability for cops from the law as long as ‘feared for my life’ is the policy.

WATCH: Washington teen plans suit after cop yanks her off bike, then chokes and tasers her https://t.co/et9ykj9AQu pic.twitter.com/qIHRQs1Pcd

— The Root (@TheRoot) May 15, 2016

Peel Police killed Jermaine Carby during a stop in 2014. Why was he stopped? He was being carded. https://t.co/J6MgrfcG4h #carding

— Desmond Cole (@DesmondCole) May 13, 2016

Natasha, a photojournalist, was hit on the head with a baton by the San Francisco police last night. #frisco5 pic.twitter.com/9rOAFWeA2W

— 48 Hills (@48hills) May 7, 2016

Zero accountability for cops from the law as long as 'feared for my life' is the policy. https://t.co/ho5FnQo4Fs

— David Gondek (@mutex7) May 13, 2016

Police killings in 2015 & 2016 outpace pre-Ferguson levels. "Viral videos" are not making police less aggressive. pic.twitter.com/3ysaquSICS

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 13, 2016

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 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 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 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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