#BlackLivesMatter

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 7.29
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 7.29

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‘This was murder’ -UC Officer Indicted In #SamDubose Shooting Death

Hamilton County district attorney Joe Deter called the murder of Sam Dubose both “senseless” and the result of a “chicken crap stop.”

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I can’t watch this. I tried.  I feel sick knowing what’s about to happen.

 

This happening every day is #Genocide

 

#GENOCIDE

#BlackLivesMatter #SandraBland Tweets 7.27
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#BlackLivesMatter #SandraBland Tweets 7.27

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Netroots Nation Summary – Political Candidates better get CRYSTAL CLEAR on RACIAL JUSTICE

Martin O’Malley apologized after being criticized for saying “all lives matter” in the context of a discussion about black Americans killed by police.

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Candidates better have SOLUTIONS to propose to racial injustice.

 

Candidates better ACKNOWLEDGE our pain and grief.

 

Candidates better say the words #BlackLivesMatter and all #BlackLivesMatter all day every day.

 

Silence is violence, and tone deafness will get them ZERO votes from social justice activists.

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Hillary, Bernie & Jeb Don’t Get Why ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Sandra Bland Did & Now She’s Dead

Bernie is a Socialist, Hillary is a moderate, and Jeb is a conservative and none of them get why Black Lives Matter. Sandra Bland could have told them but now its too late.

 

Sandra Bland should never have been put in the position  where dying was preferable to living

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#SayHerName #SandraBland

#BlackLivesMatter #SandraBland Tweets 7.24
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#BlackLivesMatter #SandraBland Tweets 7.24

#SandraBland #SayHerName Tweets 7.22
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#SandraBland #SayHerName Tweets 7.22

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Why the deaths of Latinos at the hands of police haven’t drawn as much attention

Kris Ramirez never saw police as a threat. Growing up, his body didn’t tense with us-versus-them dread when police cruisers drove through his Southeast Los Angeles neighborhood.

“If someone is wearing a uniform,” Ramirez said, “you show respect.”

Then last year, four days before Halloween, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed his brother, Oscar Jr., along railroad tracks near Paramount High School. Deputies said the 28-year-old didn’t comply with orders and moved his arm in “a threatening manner.” Ramirez was unarmed.

Police killings of Latinos in L.A. County since 2000
The Ramirez family marched in front of the Paramount sheriff’s station and held vigils, but they struggled to find wider support for their cause. As the family grieved, the national Black Lives Matter movement picked up energy, bolstered locally by the fatal shooting of Ezell Ford, a mentally disabled black man, by LAPD officers.

Watching the protests over Ford’s killing, Kris Ramirez felt frustrated: “Why can’t we get that same type of coverage or help?”

 

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We know #OscarGrant, unarmed, was shot in the back by Bart police, but did you know #OscarRamirez, unarmed, was shot in the back by police?

#LatinosAreHuman #BlackLivesMatter