May 10, 2021 by V Leigh

There’s a lot of competition but Republicans creating a right to run over protesters is one of the most alarming trends in American politics right now

There’s a lot of competition but Republicans creating a right to run over protesters is one of the most alarming trends in American politics right now https://t.co/bUdwjndxIp
— ‘Weird Alex’ Pareene (@pareene) April 24, 2021

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A car just drove thru a crowd of protesters, dragging one on his hood, during a peaceful demonstration in SE #Portland.

The group of approx. 25 temporarily occupied an intersection in an act of civil disobedience in a demand for the abolition of police. #pdx #portlandprotests pic.twitter.com/NI46lhyBSH
— Maranie R. Staab (@MaranieRae) April 30, 2021

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I personally witnessed three LASD cars slowly drive by a small family vigil + gathering for Paul Rea last year. The deputies briefly stopped by, leading to a lot of anger + fear among the friends + family gathering. Photographer @DamonCasarez who was with me that day captured it: pic.twitter.com/mx1Pqlpa43
— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) May 4, 2021

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Bills passed through Republican-led legislatures include provisions to limit peaceful protest, increase penalties for blocking streets, expand the definition of a riot to apply to groups as small as 3, and make it legal to hit protesters with their cars. https://t.co/h4RxI0xeDw
— John FitzGerald (@TheTweetOfJohn) May 8, 2021

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white citizens have been intentionally driving through protests and hitting protesters with their cars. they’ve been recorded doing this and no legal action has been taken. she clearly was intoxicated and accidentally killed a cop. the “law” in this society has no validity https://t.co/Rh3qfUCY3z
— 🌱 (@noname) May 3, 2021

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August 1, 2020 by V Leigh

Violence against Protesters – Stay Strong in the Streets

Armed Protester Shot, Killed By Driver In Austin Identified As Garrett Foster, Alleged Shooter Released From Custody – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth https://t.co/Wg98so5BFl
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 27, 2020

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Lorraine Baits, a 70-year-old Mississippi protester on a rolling walker was arrested and cited for walking in street and resisting arrest. Details on her story: https://t.co/wADYIDODdQ #Mississippi #LorraineBaits pic.twitter.com/hFQQR1XKpf
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) July 26, 2020

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Terrifying scene in Aurora. My heart’s breaking for those who were hurt. We need charges against the driver NOW. #ElijahMcClain https://t.co/yR8u6nS5L7
— Lindsay Sandoval (@LindsaySandoval) July 26, 2020

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Tonight, I chose to exercise my right to peacefully protest for justice for #ElijahMcClain. We were marching, when all of a sudden we heard a thud that sounded like a car hitting something. People began ushering us to the side and yelling to get on the ground. (1/6)
— Mo Agnese Elm (@marrubizko92) July 26, 2020

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fire and protest medics tend to an injured protester who leapt off of an elevated portion of I-225 either trying to avoid a vehicle that hit several people or after being hit by the vehicle during a Elijah McClain July 25, 2020 https://t.co/cNDi35b0fP
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 26, 2020

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The mayor of Aurora asked for a briefing on why a *building*—mere bricks & mortar—wasn’t “adequately defended.”

But the valid question is actually: why wasn’t Elijah McClain adequately defended?

Why wasn’t I—who survived Aurora police terror—why wasn’t *I* adequately defended? https://t.co/eMY1UF7pyf
— elisabeth epps is tired. (@elisabeth) July 26, 2020

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Feds pepper sprayed this Vietnam Veteran/photographer right in the face. His name is Mike Hastie. He was an Army medic. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/CLZwKvuTxH
— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) July 26, 2020

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Most of the encounters like this one are about our ego as cops. If your first reaction as a cop is this, you need to be fired. https://t.co/yd9GOeg1iR
— Ethical Society of Police – ESOP (@ESOP_STL) July 13, 2020

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July 29, 2020 by V Leigh

The World We Live In

Wage theft is the largest form of theft, by far. And yet, never in history has an employer been dragged away in handcuffs and spent the night in jail for making employees work late off the clock. That’s because the police don’t exist to protect workers from their bosses. pic.twitter.com/w8n1PjYSUI
— Existential Comics (@existentialcoms) May 28, 2020

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In the past 20 years, the wealth of billionaires has gone up 1,130 percent.

Meanwhile, one in three Black and Latino families have zero or negative wealth.

The fight for racial justice is linked to the fight for economic justice. pic.twitter.com/TcmbjB6C0J
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 20, 2020

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Trump’s not only a terrible president, he is a threat to the health of the country. He’s rejected science, downplayed the danger of the virus and promoted quack remedies. Now he is holding an indoor rally without social distancing. For the sake of our health, he must be defeated. https://t.co/GVQ1FIwNAG
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 15, 2020

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As communities across the country unite to protest killing of African Americans at the hands of police, acts of unbridled racism have simultaneously reared up in the form of cars being rammed into protests. https://t.co/kG9k4ATBMK
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) June 15, 2020

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As we now face a mass eviction crisis—remember that per the US Census Bureau America has ~600,000 homeless persons & ~17M vacant homes.

People are homeless not b/c there’s too few homes for the poor, but b/c there’s too much greed from the uber rich.
— Qasim Rashid for Congress (@QasimRashid) June 15, 2020

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In the PGC jail, people who report COVID symptoms are met with derision, indifference, and delays. Nurses and guards routinely ignore even serious symptoms of difficulty breathing and chest pains. #GaspingForJustice pic.twitter.com/qDCE8X3AhO
— Civil Rights Corps (@CivRightsCorps) July 9, 2020

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“Racism is historical… it’s rooted in the past, but you can constantly see it operating in your daily life, and you constantly see how it’s gonna operate tomorrow.” – @jasonreynolds83 and @DrIbram on their approach to teaching the history of racism. pic.twitter.com/4Fhq56mziQ
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 2, 2020

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BAN-DEMIC Living with the Muslim Ban. Join us for a conversation on the racist Muslim + African ban + its impact on our families and communities. Friday, June 26th at 4p PST/ 6pm CST/ 7pm EST. RSVP https://t.co/y0HfidbSf3 #MuslimBan #AfricanBan pic.twitter.com/VJL5cYPH9M
— BAJI (@BAJItweet) June 24, 2020

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This thread has to be read. More than once. https://t.co/NkU1SnFEJw
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 21, 2020

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#RacismIsAVirus

This bigotry is out of hand and is inciting violence against Asian Americans.

WE MUST DO BETTER

See how much damage this kind of rhetoric has already caused here: https://t.co/KMvokTNo94 https://t.co/Guueen5hCM
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) June 23, 2020

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As schools prepare to reopen, we must remove cops from campuses to protect Black girls https://t.co/tStCHjmUht via @usatoday
— Venus Evans-Winters (@DrVEvansWinters) July 8, 2020

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July 28, 2020 by V Leigh

Don’t Stop Marching

#BlackLivesMatter is a movement launched to challenge and dismantle systemic racism. The anti-LGBTQ hate group Mass Resistance is lying when it uses racist tropes to try to discredit the movement. https://t.co/PCDJYXlJZN
— Hatewatch (@Hatewatch) June 30, 2020

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Protests in California escalate after 2 black men were found hanging from trees in 2 separate incidents 2 weeks apart… #victorville #palmdale #RobertFuller #MalcolmHarsch https://t.co/aYScjt7FSZ pic.twitter.com/WqBPGjyEbN
— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) June 14, 2020

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A St. Louis couple in front of their home tonight as protesters marched past in the city’s Central West End. (photos courtesy @ksdknews partner @BILLGREENBLATT / UPI) #StLouisprotest #STL pic.twitter.com/I7VlUBUhZ2
— Casey Nolen (@CaseyNolen) June 29, 2020

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A grand jury has officially indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William R. Bryan on malice and felony murder charges in the Feb. 23, 2020, death of #AhmaudArbery #11alive pic.twitter.com/y8l1g6Yxgh
— Hope Ford (@hope_iam) June 24, 2020

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The people who brutally murdered Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging have finally been charged.

It shouldn’t have taken four months. It might not have happened at all if people across this country didn’t demand justice.

Don’t stop marching.https://t.co/wCjRjG9BCO
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 24, 2020

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— Mixed Race Studies (@mixed_race) June 21, 2020

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from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: pic.twitter.com/byQ0OknaQ6
— Daryl Hannah (@dhlovelife) July 26, 2020

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June 12, 2020 by V Leigh

Free Ferguson Protester #JoshuaWilliams

FREE JOSH.https://t.co/RRcHZo4IhP
— ashley yates (@brownblaze) June 8, 2020

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@ everyone that wants to find their place in the movement. Please commit to writing a parole letter for Josh Williams of the Ferguson Uprisings. He’ll be up for parole this month so let’s send letters on his behalf. #BlackLivesMatter #JoshuaWilliams https://t.co/ai2FlMMEOr
— BRWN SKN GRL (@__sweetsavage) June 4, 2020

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An eight year sentence, no priors, for stealing a bag of chips, and starting a trash can on fire. Ask again why people are protesting? Any lawyers out there, want to help this young man? https://t.co/AmLKqoGwIc
— The Special K 🌊🌎🌈 (@IamKarenBoBaran) June 6, 2020

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Join me today in writing a letter on behalf of #JoshuaWilliams. You can send it directly to him, so he has many letters to present at his hearing.

Joshua Williams #1292002
Missouri Eastern Correctional Center
18701 Old Highway 66
Pacific, Missouri 63069https://t.co/V4N0uUQvAF
— S. L. Hardeson (@SLHardeson) June 8, 2020

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Slavery wasn’t abolished. It was reformed.
— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) June 11, 2020

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June 11, 2020 by V Leigh

Police brutality used in protests against police brutality

George Floyd protests: Police fire tear gas canister at unarmed man after macing him | The Independent https://t.co/ETh2r0ssc9
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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Seattle cop caught on video with knee on neck of George Floyd protestorhttps://t.co/KvWATKb6bI
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 31, 2020

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This video of Grand Rapids PD firing a tear gas canister at an unarmed man (right after they maced him) point blank to the face needs to VIRAL. what in the actual fuck are these pigs doing pic.twitter.com/rmgC7lA8Bj
— Mayor of Simp City / BLM (@jusalotofpain) June 2, 2020

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Cops are beating unarmed women and putting their knee on their neck. #BLM #FreeThePeople #FTP https://t.co/N70QSW4eSg
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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Cop rams their car into protester, then apparently tries to back over other protesters. #BLM #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd https://t.co/1ny6rwCrTP
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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No group, protestors or civilians, have been anywhere close to as violent and sadistic as the police have been tonight.pic.twitter.com/85p9E3zMps
— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) May 31, 2020

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Protests started in Erie.. a girl here was peacefully protesting, after 15 minutes she was maced and kicked.. #PoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/nC6HhXMpCe
— Nick / nak5132 🍐 (@the7goonies) May 31, 2020

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This is absolutely disgusting… https://t.co/alf02EhUYh
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) June 5, 2020

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Police commander charged with aggravated assault for beating protesters – DeadState https://t.co/HP9llF4KVJ
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 6, 2020

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Outlaw rubber bullets for crowd control. #DefundCops https://t.co/cPIcCwTUyz
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 6, 2020

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DTLA earlier: “completely unarmed homeless man in a wheelchair that had NOTHING to do with our protest.” “They proceeded to inappropriately shoot “non-lethal” rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets.” pic.twitter.com/MMdEkutgCx
— Chris Scalzo (@thescalzinator) June 5, 2020

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“Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It’s not chemical.” —Attorney General Bill Barr on @FaceTheNation.

“The most effective chemical irritant available.” —Pepperball’s official website. pic.twitter.com/GU6fHlD3yp
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) June 7, 2020

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The video of the red truck running through protesters.#BLM
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— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 9, 2020

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June 9, 2020 by V Leigh

“Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”

Miski Noor from @BlackVisionsMN:

“It’s not an accident when a cop is violent with a Black person […] anti-Blackness is part of policing.”

Noor described how policing as we know it grew out of slave-catching. pic.twitter.com/WIfItPVEXo
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 7, 2020

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Agreed, this young Black woman is brave indeed. But a white person should have stepped in to protect her. That is what I see when I look at this picture. That is true ‘allyship’. Putting your life on the line for Black people. https://t.co/RKz63CbcyA
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) June 8, 2020

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As @samswey points out on @PodSaveThePpl this week, only 28 of the largest 100 police departments ban chokeholds & strangleholds—and those that do ban them are less likely to kill people. https://t.co/6gcYUyNdFt
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 4, 2020

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An autopsy report has ruled that Manuel Ellis’ death was a homicide. Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in March in Tacoma, Wash.

He called out “can’t breathe” as he was being restrained by officers.https://t.co/14k3IQWzuT
— NPR (@NPR) June 5, 2020

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NEW:

An autopsy has found that Manuel Ellis, a black man who died in police custody in Tacoma, was killed as a result of oxygen deprivation and the physical restraint used in his arrest.

“I can’t breathe,” he said before he died.https://t.co/SOJk8oaMsl
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) June 4, 2020

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Another man with the last name Floyd murdered by this racist system. This time in the notorious MDC Prison in Brooklyn. #JamelFloyd https://t.co/4p0ZlcD9zM
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) June 4, 2020

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Sean Monterrosa was killed by an Vallejo PD Officer. While on his knees.

We demand #justice4sean pic.twitter.com/1zS3NGdpej
— Mars🧚🏽‍♀️ (@marsonlife) June 4, 2020

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The Louisville Metro Police and the National Guard shot and killed David McAtee yesterday. He was, of course, unarmed. https://t.co/yOX1j3oifv
— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) June 1, 2020

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https://t.co/mwpEjICb7O… https://t.co/BvKKdoFQ7G 2006, the FBI warned that white supremacists infiltrating local and state law enforcement posed a threat to national security. Some are asking, what’s been done to curb the trend in the decade
— Bonny (@poohtoo2) June 1, 2020

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Police can legally use lethal force if their conduct is considered “reasonable” in the heat of the moment.

This open definition makes it very hard to hold cops accountable.

The PEACE Act will change this by establishing a national use-of-force standard. https://t.co/TEzTKdVk4L
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 3, 2020

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All four officers involved in the death of George Floyd were “complicit,” including the three who haven’t been arrested, says Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, responding to a question asked by @sarasidnerCNN on behalf of Floyd’s brother. https://t.co/JiE3Mx8xF2 pic.twitter.com/yalvaWfpDV
— CNN (@CNN) June 1, 2020

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this is so sad 🥺 it made me cry pic.twitter.com/36cWrNjOHM
— .♕ (@darealtishaaa) June 4, 2020

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“How to Be an Antiracist” author @DrIbram: “Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”

Listen: https://t.co/mUpOpeocTK pic.twitter.com/P2K04S7Ier
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 2, 2020

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May 30, 2020 by V Leigh

Protests for Justice in Minneapolis #GeorgeFloyd

Derek Chauvin has now officially been taken into custody, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. He is the officer seen with his knee on George Floyd’s neck. #GeorgeFloyd
— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) May 29, 2020

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The Minneapolis Police Department kills black people 13x more than white people. https://t.co/PB8vIT3jyo
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) May 29, 2020

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99% of killings by the police from 2013-2019 did not result in officers being charged with a crime. https://t.co/ZEcKpjl3nq
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) May 30, 2020

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Police in Minneapolis shot a photojournalist in the face and she’s now permanently blind in one eye https://t.co/gPKMhjfwoU
— Isaac Scher (@IsaacScher__) May 30, 2020

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Minnesota State Police arresting CNN’s @OmarJimenez and crew live on TV on @NewDay for reporting on the protests. Police say they were arrested because they were told to move and didn’t. Omar was completely respectful and cooperative, ans asked the police where to do the report. pic.twitter.com/HPVtvQ59Xo
— Sam Fernando (@Sujayanth) May 29, 2020

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#GeorgeFloyd should be alive. That is justice. Everything else is accountability. And his family deserve at least that.

You want to give us justice? Stop the police from killing people. Permanently. And become the kind of anti-racist neighbors who make this world safe for us. pic.twitter.com/PQS2MLdiCF
— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) May 27, 2020

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When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction.

The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance.

We have the right to fight back!

Rest in Power George Floyd
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) May 28, 2020

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#BREAKING: After two straight nights of violent protests that tore through Minneapolis, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday morning it has made the federal investigation into George Floyd’s death a “top priority.” https://t.co/NCQnR0YZ7B
— AJC (@ajc) May 28, 2020

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Police brutality is systemic state violence, and the trauma it inflicts is shared by Black people all across this country.

We need justice for #GeorgeFloyd. And then we need justice for Black families and communities everywhere.https://t.co/MpLvmBpW9z
— ACLU of Minnesota (@ACLUMN) May 27, 2020

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April 12, 2020 by V Leigh

People really think poor folks live off of the rich when it’s the other way around. #GeneralStrike

For days, major CEOs & certain powerful people have been admitting, in clear terms, that they are willing to sacrifice people’s lives for their profits, but are NOT willing to sacrifice their profit for people’s lives.

Remember this lesson, bc it informs a LOT of US policy. https://t.co/Dk0jNshuoE

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 25, 2020

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People really think poor folks live off of the rich when it’s the other way around. That’s why I support folks calling for general strikes and rent strikes right now.

— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) March 25, 2020

General strike now https://t.co/bTcIUMJPCQ

— Mx. Roach (@surrealsermons) March 25, 2020

I did not foresee Cheesecake Factory leading the #generalstrike, but I guess you take solidarity where you find it. https://t.co/gThEPbvYwJ

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) March 25, 2020

A workers’ rebellion is growing in Italy. https://t.co/CeYPcDfUmB

— Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks) March 25, 2020

Just as Trump is pushing for a return to work amidst an explosion of #coronavirus infections, workers across industries, from bus drivers to burger flippers to Amazon employees, have launched wildcat strikes + sick-outs as calls for a #GeneralStrike grow. https://t.co/tY2FnIVau0

— It’s Going Down (@IGD_News) March 25, 2020

The poor die.

The rich get bailed out.#WhichSideAreYouOn

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) March 25, 2020

I still support a general strike for all these workers who are deemed “essential” but still aren’t earning livable wages while working in unsafe conditions as the biggest benefits are given to billion dollar corporations. https://t.co/wDcEDhgItt

— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) March 25, 2020

White House rejects bailout for USPS battered by #COVID19

This is devastating

USPS employs 600K Americans

Millions of small businesses depend on USPS for their products & shipping needs

Letting USPS go bankrupt will decimate what’s left of our economyhttps://t.co/D2PZfwrVAb

— Qasim Rashid for Congress (@QasimRashid) April 11, 2020

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People get confused when the stock market goes up despite people losing their jobs. The truth is that many companies will be more profitable and efficient with fewer employees. Investors pay for returns not jobs.

— Andrew Yang🧢🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) April 9, 2020

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When late stage capitalism takes a selfie: pic.twitter.com/2OMI8JRz95

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 10, 2020

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March 27, 2020 by V Leigh

April 1st Rent Strike

very cool! pic.twitter.com/lf7HNHwY5v

— actually it’s good (@yungchomsky) March 25, 2020

The Cheesecake Factory tells landlords it will not be paying rents on April 1 https://t.co/AHjWusegPa pic.twitter.com/XlAevQxwWm

— Eater (@Eater) March 25, 2020

I will not be sending in rent on the 1st to my landlord. I will be striking in solidarity with other renters on April 1st, 2020. #RentStrike https://t.co/drWXoVqT9p

— Brianna Westbrook (@BWestbrookAZ8) March 25, 2020

As it looks more & more like we’re going to have no choice but to call for a national rent strike, we want to make something clear.

Landlords do not earn their wealth.

Tenants work for their money, & have to give it to landlords, or become homeless.

Landlords provide nothing.

— Rent Strike 2020 (@RentStrike2020) March 18, 2020

Rent strike thread:

I’m reading a lot of calls for rent strikes by people who’ve never done any tenants organizing, and are not involved in any local or national efforts to organize tenants.

— Tim Horras (@HorrasTim) March 23, 2020

Can you pay rent on April 1st? What about May? How will you pay for food, medications, necessities? What about your neighbors, your family, your friends? How long will this crisis last? LA, choose food. Choose medications. Choose your future. Keep your rent. #FoodNotRent pic.twitter.com/xqI1zq3piK

— LA Tenants Union (@LATenantsUnion) March 24, 2020

Great document on organizing a rent strike from the @LATenantsUnion https://t.co/vv1JzADEbR

— Scott Beaumont 🏴🏳 (@ScottBeaumont95) March 23, 2020

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