Truthout spoke with relatives of murdered Black men, who described feeling angry and isolated, their lives left in tatters.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.truth-out.org
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.5
How the mortgage industry “black tax” robbed black #Baltimore of its wealth. @nytopinion http://t.co/GJpRPaQ9We pic.twitter.com/FvFzzTzgLu
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) May 31, 2015
Chicago woman and her younger brother stabbed, beaten in racist hate crime http://t.co/li6tgRJ4EQ @adri16
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) June 4, 2015
Cops who shot & killed 17-year-old #JessieHernandez will be charged with NOTHING: http://t.co/OhJnYVRsOj pic.twitter.com/EfP8eXxfFU
— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) June 5, 2015
UPDATE: Sheriff Dept. Concluded That Officer Didn’t Commit Crime When He Killed #TamirRice http://t.co/lJp6gdd89I pic.twitter.com/Vk7Rry89al
— Colorlines.com (@Colorlines) June 5, 2015
One of these countries is not like the others http://t.co/YdlP3W5Xv6 pic.twitter.com/LU1oSiNBgD
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) June 2, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.3
14. What would you think if you learned someone shot/injured your most precious loved one and acted like it didn't matter afterwards?
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 2, 2015
16. From coast to coast, in nearly ever prominent case we know of, the evidence shows police refused first aid to their victims.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 2, 2015
Harrowing read on what is the true intent of police refusing medical aid to their victims by @ShaunKing https://t.co/VtQz5quoJX
— Marcelo Careaga (@MarceloCareaga) June 2, 2015
I didn't put my hands on him. Me & my comrades were walking on the sidewalk & the cop ran toward me & pushed me with his taser in my chest.
— #FergusonSpring (@EmmaculateJones) May 31, 2015
I attempted to jump around from the front of his taser that was on my chest and walk around him, then the officer tased me in my lower back
— #FergusonSpring (@EmmaculateJones) May 31, 2015
Continuously even after i had already fell, then shoved my head on the pavement with his foot.
— #FergusonSpring (@EmmaculateJones) May 31, 2015
#Chicago cop posed in photo of armed cops holding down Blk man wearing antlers. He did it cuz he wanted 2 fit in! http://t.co/0x88KtcZCt
— Carl Dix (@Carl_Dix) June 2, 2015
"A condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak. Conformity has trumped courage." -Cornell West #NACRJ2015 pic.twitter.com/xLjdusfEGD
— Azalia (@AzaliaSpeight) June 1, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 5.29
The White Protestant Roots of American Racism http://t.co/XgwTz6iuDZ pic.twitter.com/g0txIHmAOR
— SPLC (@splcenter) May 28, 2015
My report on Chicago's #HomanSquare facility and alleged torture http://t.co/RkjGuJ7jFz @JuanMThompson
— Alexey Yaroshevsky (@Yaro_RT) May 28, 2015
You think lethal injection is barbaric? Three states still allow execution by hanging. http://t.co/uG6GNH5xSq pic.twitter.com/TV9CE3SscH
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 29, 2015
Charlena Cook, 8 months pregnant, roughed up by police for no crime at all in Barstow, CA. Appalling. All too common.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) May 29, 2015
OMG this is infuriating.
8 months pregnant, police wrestle Charlena Cook to the ground.
http://t.co/exQdHnEWLv pic.twitter.com/BqXiFH3eM9
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 28, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 5.28
@deray The role of police=law enforcement, just that. Laws=codes for who's 'in' or 'out'. If your ass is out, guess what: They come in force
— Eric Walker (@EricWalker97) May 28, 2015
Y do U need an agreement with #DOJ to establish that cops shldn't pistol whip people? #Cleveland #TamirRice http://t.co/W8cxIgwmBw
— Carl Dix (@Carl_Dix) May 28, 2015
I just became so filled with anger. She's pregnant ya'll. https://t.co/fJf4S6DSLw
— Lynette (@ViveLaELLE) May 28, 2015
Y does it take an agreement w/ #DOJ to establish that cops shldn't use force on people who talk back? #Cleveland http://t.co/ZIV5DhrRKK
— Carl Dix (@Carl_Dix) May 28, 2015
ABSOLUTE MUST READ: I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing http://t.co/kfKruk5LLO
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 28, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter 5.26
It’s one thing… to have a child murdered, it’s another when the person is not held accountable – @SybrinaFulton pic.twitter.com/Y4ihdEivQi
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 5, 2015
Cleveland Attorney Tim Kucharski charged #TamirRice‘s family 4 billable hours for attending attending Tamir’s memorial service. Unreal.
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 5, 2015
There needs to be a separate number to call for mental health instead of 911. Police are not equipped to deal. They only want to shoot.
— #Justice4AnthonyHill (@bridgie_xoxo) May 26, 2015
In addition to the 49 shots that Brelo fired, 12 other officers fired 88 shots @ Timothy & Malissa and they were COMPLETELY UNARMED.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 26, 2015
#DisarmCops 5.23
LA, 1992. Ferguson, 2014. Baltimore, 2015.
"WHAT do you protect, who do you serve?" pic.twitter.com/aPIB8ZtyD6
— BrownBlaze (@brownblaze) April 29, 2015
Grand jury won't charge Texas cop who shot, killed unarmed Mexican immigrant http://t.co/4ZIqMSomzh
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 19, 2015
A 2nd Man Who Saw Video Of Police Killing #FridoonRawshannehad Says Shooting Was Unprovoked http://t.co/ZLuruSBVXU pic.twitter.com/Uc8ktLyeFe
— Kim Moore (@SoulRevision) May 14, 2015
Police in Baltimore killed more unarmed people in 2014 than 93 of the 100 largest U.S. cities. None were white.
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 28, 2015
John Hopkins University Students marching toward Penn Station now. Crossing North Ave #BaltimoreUprising pic.twitter.com/0Iw4BpWtbt
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) April 29, 2015
"Indict! Convict! The whole damn system is guilty as hell!" Go ahead Hopkins #BaltimoreUprising #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/vWbVM1zmC1
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) April 29, 2015
Community Organizer @deray McKesson shuts down CNN's Wolf Blitzer
#BaltimoreRebellion
https://t.co/NBDvBsvsV6 pic.twitter.com/Rr79GZfjsf
— boris rorer (@BorisRorer) April 28, 2015
The ever-wise @HarshaWalia: pic.twitter.com/mJYaDoB3DT
— Surfjort (@jodielayne) April 28, 2015
#SayHerName: Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Killed by DPD during a no-knock raid while filming an episode of The First 48. pic.twitter.com/qo8SYwBdtk
— Jenifer Daniels, APR (@jentrification) May 21, 2015
The Real “Looting”: From Enslavement to Policing and Beyond
Recent US protests are part of a growing movement against systemic racism, including the looting of Black wealth and violence against Black people.
Source: www.truth-out.org
#BlackLivesMatter 5.19
@telesurenglish @getgln pic.twitter.com/D51FewyzkL
— Apocalypse (@inartic) May 14, 2015
Strong in spirit #MillionMomsMarch pic.twitter.com/s80JWadHrJ
— Jasiri X (@jasiri_x) May 9, 2015
Don’t forget #RekiaBoyd pic.twitter.com/P6BI5zecDv
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 8, 2015
#MatthewAjibade pic.twitter.com/HVgdSbKTcF
— Helena (@afroazn) May 8, 2015
Comply and you won’t be brutalized, right? Right?!?!? Let me guess – protocol. https://t.co/IGwOjZfLV8
— Peter McClellan (@petermcclellan) May 9, 2015
Don’t forget #jessehernandez pic.twitter.com/lgGwO4coW2
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 8, 2015
New Canvas: Decolonize Justice pic.twitter.com/I3Wc9SwIwG
— Ernesto Yerena (@ernestoyerena) April 23, 2015
Remember #AkaiGurley pic.twitter.com/4kKyZuLdQ7
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 8, 2015
Don’t forget #KristianaCoignard pic.twitter.com/FJwFhqJrbC
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 8, 2015
Moms of Sons Killed by Police to March in D.C. http://t.co/G9gykFrcou #MothersDay #MillionMomsMarch pic.twitter.com/Ax2ZAyd02J
— Colorlines.com (@Colorlines) May 8, 2015
Virgina & Georgia do NOT have the electric chair. Yet #NatashaMckenna & #MatthewAjibade were strapped to chairs & electrocuted to death.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 11, 2015
This is a war against the exploited worker by an authoritarian police state intent on crushing revolt #SanQuintin pic.twitter.com/gExi3Dd1dD
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) May 10, 2015
Don’t forget about #DarrienHunt pic.twitter.com/gRbbTYh6XH
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 8, 2015
#BrendonGlenn aka #Dizzle, 29, killed by LAPD on 5/5/15 — unarmed and homeless. http://t.co/w6REHIdmOF pic.twitter.com/1yK45Fl8r6
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 7, 2015
Spreads like the plague. People killed by police in the United States in the past 18 months alone. pic.twitter.com/eiZNYqwpBm
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 9, 2015
@ShaunKing @getgln pic.twitter.com/8N6uAH0xMq
The 9 Savannah police officers who were just fired over the murder of #matthewajibade. No charges or even a report. pic.twitter.com/s8oMqbOu4A
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 10, 2015
Every 21 hours a black person is killed by the police! It's called genocide! #TonyRobinson #Justice4Tony pic.twitter.com/aYEgif3XZB
— FrankClark (@menes676) May 13, 2015
Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us
#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/GXbusJzA7R
— Etan Thomas (@etanthomas36) May 11, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter 5.18
The death penalty is horrifying, though today the preferred method of state violence is police killings. pic.twitter.com/DhwZpogtYJ
— Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) May 15, 2015
HOLD UP! The coroner confirmed that #JustusHowell was killed by 2 gunshots to the back, but they ruled it justified? pic.twitter.com/7q5BRNSL1g
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 14, 2015
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 16, 2015
They maced a woman with an infant #MPLS2Madison #TonyRobinson #BlackLivesMatter @MPD_PIO pic.twitter.com/6Qd0xStgxu
— |||| || ||| | |||| | (@micamaryjane) May 14, 2015
If Trayvon Martin had lived: Meet Monroe Bird. Shot, paralyzed by his own neighborhood security http://t.co/MohGcrXDcT #StandforMonroe
— Nadia Haynes® (@iamnadiahaynes) May 15, 2015
THIS IS HOW I REMEMBER COLLEGE https://t.co/8Kmw3WRjZC
— Mara Jacqueline (@MaraWillow) May 14, 2015
RT @deray: The Minneapolis Police maced a 10 year old tonight. #MPLS2Madison https://t.co/9rqDBZyYeX
— jamalbryant (@jamalhbryant) May 14, 2015
The day after Taye gets maced he leads a rally for him with #MyLifeMatters #Justice4Taye pic.twitter.com/NHHavvn217
— BlkLiberationProject (@blklibmn) May 15, 2015