A Chic-fil-A in Texes recently showed its public support of the so-called police lives matter campaign that counters the Black Lives Matter movement. The Chic-fil-A ordered t-shirts for its employees that reads “Back the Blue” and “Go Blue or Go Home.”… #backtheblue #blackbloggers #blackculture
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If they forced me to wear that shirt, I would quit.
.@Chicagotribune This headline is misleading. Professor Larycia Hawkins is being fired for solidarity with Muslims. pic.twitter.com/Fr49wU4qF4
— D (@Delo_Taylor) January 6, 2016
(VIDEO) What happens when a white man calls a Black judge (Olu Stevens) a nigger in open court yesterday.
https://t.co/dcbRI4fSge
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) January 5, 2016
"If you are silent against oppression, you have become a silent devil." #MGWRAPUP
— MuslimGirl.net (@muslimgirl) January 6, 2016
@MayaSchenwar @FlowersAlison when its Black and Brown Americans they don't use tasters anyway. They forget they even have them.
— Jerry Moffett Sr. (@JerryMoffettSr) January 5, 2016
FL: Jail officer charged with throwing scalding hot water on inmate https://t.co/nJlzhfUyA9 Story by @DavidOvalle305 pic.twitter.com/mPnCdZrUxW
— Cop Crime (@CopCrime) December 31, 2015
Police killed at least 336 black people in 2015. One killing #every26hours. https://t.co/vqURbJHXRj
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 6, 2016
Young black men were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by police officers in 2015 https://t.co/RaZO6pMf2m
— The Counted (@thecounted) January 1, 2016
White Woman points BB gun at Cop yells, ‘What are you doing, shoot me!’ TAKEN ALIVE #blacklivesmatter #TamirRice https://t.co/anOrxVRcyM
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 29, 2015
We have empowered people to kill, and then said—loudly, publicly—that won’t be held accountable if they abuse that power.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) December 28, 2015
Dozens protest outside Dearborn Police HQ after Cop kills #KevinMatthews #blacklivesmatter
https://t.co/4CEfYdAQxL
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
#JeremiahSmith sues Chicago PD as new Video Proves Cops lied, Beat and framed him #BlackLivesMatter
https://t.co/JWaA1slOuS
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
Nearly half the 184 Georgians shot and killed by police since 2010 were unarmed or shot in the back – https://t.co/R5MbEyUDlU
— Dr. Scott Bowman (@DrScottBowman) December 30, 2015
Unarmed black man, #KevinMatthews, shot by police in Detroit, family wants answers https://t.co/7c5dX8SBWj pic.twitter.com/T2nqCeCHIX
— RT America (@RT_America) December 28, 2015
Your never too old #BettieJones 55 or too young #Tamirrice 12, They will gun you down #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/uixpWVwryS
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
ATTORNEY A CASE OF ‘WALKING WHILE BLACK’ Cops beat almost kill 15 yo boy #BlackLivesMatter
https://t.co/w6ybEyiLdg pic.twitter.com/FF8Lng7wvt
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
“The streets and your shopping malls are our lunch counters.”
#Not1More
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Rereading: @charlesmblow on 12-year-old #TamirRice, and the callous failure of his killers to even render aid: https://t.co/9597LWs06f
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 29, 2015
#QuintonioLeGrier was “a happy child, not a violent child” — families demand answers after 2 killed by police https://t.co/BcJt3TKocz
— Justin Breen (@dnainfo_breen) December 27, 2015
#BettieJones was killed by Chicago police on Saturday. She opened the door for police and they opened fire. pic.twitter.com/0n1FqCt5yt
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) December 27, 2015
#BettieJones was the 336th black person killed by police this year. #QuintonioLegrier #CPD https://t.co/vqURbJZyIR pic.twitter.com/zNdu09XHBO
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 26, 2015
Thanks to Republicans, nearly a quarter of Florida's black citizens can't vote. https://t.co/jyUoniX8u5 pic.twitter.com/F4M84Yl81j
— The Intercept (@the_intercept) December 13, 2015
TRIGGER WARNING
The @LASDHQ execution of an unarmed, non-violent, subdued #NoelAguilar. Shot repeatedly in the back pic.twitter.com/TNIeS1jR5z
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 22, 2015
[VIDEO] A San Diego police officer executes an unarmed, mentally ill man walking in alley https://t.co/ofQimMkimR
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) December 22, 2015
Alameda County deputies in video-recorded S.F. beating are named https://t.co/brGfy95sQz (HT @GrasswireNow)
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) December 24, 2015
Houston Police forced to Release Video of Cop killing #JordanBaker by Lawsuit #BlackLivesMatter
https://t.co/AZ8qp7yh2X
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 24, 2015
POLICE TERROR WARNING: US Cities where the ONLY people killed by Police are Black #blacklivesmatter #foulfouteen pic.twitter.com/UegytJe4jt
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 24, 2015
Why blacks are least likely to get a jury of their peers. Wrote this in 2013 but applies equally to #DanielHoltzclaw https://t.co/KSrZHbMD7Q
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) December 11, 2015
Trump is the symptom. White supremacy is the sickness. #DumpTrump #StandUp4Refugees #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/NfKDqmCuqn
— Farhad (@Yahktoe) December 11, 2015
Americans who say racism is a big problem
2011 28%
2015 49%
https://t.co/SheCoYsWro pic.twitter.com/pqt4duuOSX
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) December 14, 2015
22 police shootings in Chicago, no audio in any of them. Police deliberately tossing the mics, disabling them. https://t.co/M0kByPVq2O
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 19, 2015
Death of man found unconscious in handcuffs ruled a homicide https://t.co/8kt16zst41
— Post Local (@postlocal) December 14, 2015
Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. All people deserve lives free from violence. pic.twitter.com/W4HOIw1H1D
— Anne Thériault (@anne_theriault) December 17, 2015