Erica Garner’s Commercial Endorsing Bernie Sanders for President – https://t.co/K9mOeIRXWg
— KyleTaylorLucas (@KyleTaylorLucas) February 12, 2016
Federal Grand Jury Convened To Investigate The Death Of Eric Garner #icantbreathe #blacklivesmatter https://t.co/UBmpqdFZLA
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) February 12, 2016
Allentown, PA – The family of a teenage girl was recently granted a $100,000 settlement from their local police department after an officer used his stun gun on the girl for no reason. The incident occurred in 2011, when the girl was 14-years-old while she was attending Dieruff High School.
The settlement was to prevent the family from moving forward with a federal civil rights lawsuit which accused Jason Ammary of using excessive force on the young girl.
According to court documents, the officer was ordering students to clear a street near the school on the day of the attack, but apparently the victim, Keshana Wilson, was not moving fast enough. So, Ammary grabbed her arm from behind and pushed her against a parked car when she instinctively pulled away from him.
As she struggled to get away, Ammary fired his taser directly at her and she collapsed onto the street.
The entire attack was documented by the school’s security cameras, and even the police department could not defend the actions of the officer when the recordings were made public
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The UN has released a statement detailing concerns about the US and its treatment of Blacks: https://t.co/MTjcqmZtsN pic.twitter.com/ODIzEHGPyH
— EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONYMag) February 6, 2016
@JONVS_ @whatsuptucson @OverlordKraken @DezBryant plz share this happen to my 7yr old today and racism needs to stop time to expose it
— Justin Askew (@JustinAskew1) February 5, 2016
Most people shot by Houston police were black, despite being 24% of the population. https://t.co/KikYo07KpA pic.twitter.com/CT1HCi8A7N
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 9, 2016
#NatashaMcKenna 's murder rocked us to our core. For those who bore witness&those who couldn't. On 2/8, remember her pic.twitter.com/TDetGXMnUA
— Erika Totten (@2LiveUnchained) February 3, 2016
@getgln Chicago, Wednesday, March 2: A Major Day of Resistance to Stop Police Terror https://t.co/xMozUTfvvK pic.twitter.com/34f2o0kmJt
— revcom volunteers (@tuneintorevcom) February 8, 2016
APD confirms black teen killed in yesterday's officer involved shooting was unarmed @keyetv https://t.co/Fijj6clvwE
— Nadia Galindo (@NadiaKEYE) February 9, 2016
A poor, black community is left without access to clean water. But this one's in Texas. https://t.co/daYbAg9iTe pic.twitter.com/adnsnhH6OI
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) February 3, 2016
Black Lives Matter isn't going anywhere https://t.co/zq9IWp0Vb5 by @MsPackyetti
— Angela Pashia (@LibrarianAngie) February 9, 2016
#KeithDavisJr was the 1st person @BaltimorePolice shot after the death of #FreddieGray.
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) February 9, 2016
247 days now that the bullet @BaltimorePolice shot #KeithDavisJr in the face with still sits on the back of his neck pic.twitter.com/lFmslNCR3G
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) February 9, 2016
What happens when you survive a police shooting in Baltimore? | US news | The Gu… #KeithDavisJr #FreddieGray https://t.co/4hstw5RaeL
— JusticeWire (@ActivistWire) February 8, 2016
BmoreBloc: COURT SUPPORT for #KeithDavisJr Trial: 2/19 | 9:00am | Courthouse East | Room 404E. WEAR ALL BLACK. #FreeKeithDavis #MosbyCoverU…
— #BaltimoreUprising (@BaltUprising) February 9, 2016
Miami Gardens, FL — On February 15, Lavall Hall had a schizophrenic episode when he grabbed a broom and then went outside in his underwear. Unable to get her son back inside, Hall’s mother called the police for assistance to get her son back to the hospital, as he was only released one week prior.
Hall’s mother says that the police were aware of her son’s condition as they had responded to calls for medical assistance at her home in the past, and that she repeatedly told the officers that he was schizophrenic and bipolar on this evening.
“Don’t hurt my child,” the mother asked the officers before the encounter.
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The cop shot him while he was down on the ground.
As the Free Thought Project has pointed out in the past, the overwhelming majority of time spent by police during training is devoted to shooting their weapons. Very little time is set aside for training in de-escalation tactics, and most departments receive zero training in dealing with the mentally ill.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-aspergers-touched-millions-lives-viral-video-shot-dead-police/#qXMbuVtjDy2OE9uw.99
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#BlackLivesMatter activist @deray addresses #AllLivesMatter retort. Watch full episode >> https://t.co/6Xf30miSlb pic.twitter.com/arIDL1EenG
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 27, 2016
Michelle Alexander on racial justice, mass incarceration and #BlackLivesMatters https://t.co/tMwt87QWEj #cjreform pic.twitter.com/EAADhtkwMN
— Ford Foundation (@FordFoundation) January 12, 2016
#Chicago Police Have Been Sabotaging Their Dash Cams #CampaignZero https://t.co/1t5fV4d1vP via @intelligencer
— Benjamin YoungSavage (@benjancewicz) January 28, 2016
#ReproducitveJustice for #BlackFutureMonth. Poster by @snkhalifa. Article by @RBraceySherman https://t.co/4JWMNgItah pic.twitter.com/5xiQ3TVRf2
— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) February 3, 2016
Dearborn MI: Janet Wilson, 31 #JanetWilson #KilledByCop #16KBC MCTV added,@trueblacknews Detroit Cops chase down an…https://t.co/MyT1h7HV31
— Carla Kibble (@uniqueloves) January 29, 2016
@deray "ALMOST ran over . . .", "ABOUT to accelerate . . .": murdered for what they THOUGHT she MIGHT do. #JanetWilson
— I miss FACTS (@Sno_Shooz) January 29, 2016
#SAYHERNAME #JANETWILSON https://t.co/zZK4ME3zxu
— AAPF (@AAPolicyForum) February 3, 2016
Family of #JanetWilson, a 31 year old Black woman shot and killed by Dearborn police: 'She was murdered' https://t.co/82n1Sw7OsM
— E.S. (@sweetscorp82) January 31, 2016
“My sources tell me that Sarah had been a victim of an attempted rape in Maudsley and that when she fought off her attacker, injuring him, the staff called the police. It was Sarah who ended up being arrested.
The fact that Sarah had previously challenged racist and violent Metropolitan Police Officer who was later sacked leads the family to suspect that she was targeted for arrest under any pretence, as an act of retribution.”
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#SarahReed #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter
For 2 fucking weeks they said #GynnyaMcMillen died in her sleep. Now they say a grown man did martial arts on her https://t.co/Hn0rXpk8lv
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) January 30, 2016
So #GynnyaMcMillen didn't die in her sleep for 16 straight years then the first night of her life in jail she dies in her sleep?
NO.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) January 30, 2016
The truth.
They used MARTIAL ARTS on a 16 y/o girl & killed her. #GynnyaMcMillenhttps://t.co/Hn0rXpk8lv pic.twitter.com/JH72NS816F
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) January 30, 2016
She was a child. You should be raging. This is the fucking state of the criminally unjust system. https://t.co/2hx1JDvn65
— rabia chaudry (@rabiasquared) January 30, 2016
Activists are now laying on the basketball court outside the detention ctr. where #GynnyaMcMillen was found dead. pic.twitter.com/4SHMSud39E
— Anna-Lysa Gayle ™ (@WLKYAnnalysa) February 1, 2016
Guards used a martial arts restraint on this teen. and now she's dead. #GynnyaMcMillen https://t.co/4gKRveimxA pic.twitter.com/mXnMMVssDt
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) January 31, 2016
Audio recordings reveal CPR started 11 minutes after staff found 16-YO #GynnyaMcMillen https://t.co/1xWAmaFamd pic.twitter.com/nA2ep9mDEK
— Nicola_A_Menzie (@namenzie) January 30, 2016
https://t.co/aBOzweA4Je The latest details about #GynnyaMcMillen still leaves me puzzled about her cause of death. pic.twitter.com/Vn4xlLXdGg
— Harrison Thurman (@HarryO1975) January 25, 2016