July 28, 2019 by V Leigh

July 25th was Emmitt Till’s Birthday. He would have been 78, if he had not been murdered.

Emmitt Till was born 78 years ago today. He was a mere child when he was brutally murdered at 14 for "offending" a white woman. She later revealed her accusations were false.

We must each work for social justice, civil rights — HUMAN rights for all. pic.twitter.com/OwQAYW9tOu

— Jennifer Longdon (@JenLongdon) July 25, 2019

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Happy birthday Emmitt Till, (July 25, 1941- August 28, 1955) Rest In Paradise 🕊 pic.twitter.com/R2HAnMPTas

— Tyree Coker (@TyreeCoker) July 25, 2019

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Today is Emmitt Till’s Birthday. He would be 78 today. 64 years after his murder by members of the Mississippi KKK he continues to be plagued by violent acts of white supremacy. But we aren’t supposed to talk about that, right? https://t.co/CpdqbQotm6

— Tami Sawyer (@tamisawyer) July 25, 2019

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The amount of ignorance it takes to see Emmett Till's death as something worthy of disrespect is staggering. https://t.co/QBoVESRPUl

— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 25, 2019

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Today we remember #EmmittTill
Who would have been 78 years old.
We are still in the fight for civil rights, justice and equality for all almost 65 years later! pic.twitter.com/nye59Ey5CN

— Robert E. Cornegy, Jr (@RCornegyJr) July 26, 2019

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July 26, 2019 by V Leigh

A whole generation of #migrant children are languishing at the U.S.-Mexico border

Thousands of #migrant #children could be detained indefinitely – https://t.co/9qHpLInHOd

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) July 24, 2019

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‘Do you have no shame?’ — Rep. @GerryConnolly laid into the former #ICE director and #Republicans for mistreating #migrant kids pic.twitter.com/iNqyBVgt8f🇺🇸👧🏿👦🏿🧒🏿🧒🏽👧🏽🙅🏿‍♀️🙅🏿‍♂️

— SAMD (@SamDForever1) July 16, 2019

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#BORDERNEWS: We bring you the perspective of the #migrant children and the conditions they face inside the shelter

One 13-year-old recalls the moment she thought her and her mother were going to be killed

FULL STORY: https://t.co/qNYg6sQWey pic.twitter.com/Tuc9pWkrDi

— CValenciaKYMA (@CValenciaKYMA11) July 25, 2019

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A whole generation of #migrant children are languishing at the U.S.-Mexico border @latimesworld story by @katelinthicum — https://t.co/RhISedZSXc pic.twitter.com/QGy87lYDyI

— Gary Coronado (@gary_coronado) July 19, 2019

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June 22, 2019 by V Leigh

Our country is failing trans women, and particularly trans women of color. We must do better.

Here's why #MuhlaysiaBooker was buried "as she lived" instead of how she was born, according to her mother. pic.twitter.com/UpHilLlxn7

— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 1, 2019

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Three Black trans women were murdered the same week the Trump administration rolled back protections for trans and non-binary people.

Muhlaysia Booker. Claire Legato. Michelle Simone. #SayHerName https://t.co/ZZCtoYZEpa

— ACLU (@ACLU) May 24, 2019

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'She was murdered, just because.' Texas Senate honors Muhlaysia Booker, transgender woman killed in Dallas https://t.co/eoC85Jex8f

— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) May 28, 2019

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Our country is failing trans women, and particularly trans women of color.

We must do better.#SayHerName #TransLivesMatter #WeWontBeErased pic.twitter.com/5RuyiOdq9i

— NYCLU (@NYCLU) May 24, 2019

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May 17, 2019 by V Leigh

Here’s what you need to know about the advancing laws that will restrict abortion access across the U.S.

GOP leaders have begun distancing themselves from new, far-reaching state abortion restrictions that don’t allow exceptions in the cases of rape or incest. https://t.co/Mrt28zdahC

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 17, 2019

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Hundreds of women in Georgia and Alabama are calling Planned Parenthood to ask whether abortion is still legal in their states. The group has gotten so many calls that it had to set up an automated phone line with more information, a spokeswoman says. https://t.co/KJJxpDYQae

— CNN (@CNN) May 17, 2019

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‘The state of Alabama ought to be ashamed of herself.’ — These Alabama state senators spoke up against the abortion ban pic.twitter.com/S5KT79DdRL

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 17, 2019

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Here's what you need to know about the advancing laws that will restrict abortion access across the U.S. pic.twitter.com/U13bMGc73n

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 16, 2019

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May 11, 2019 by V Leigh

#FreeBlackMamas for Mother’s Day

87% of people in cases where bail is set cannot make an amount of even $500.

The intervention that we are making can help stop tragedies like this from happening. #FreeBlackMamas https://t.co/EGeO30Jp6s

— #FreeBlackMamas (@NationalBailOut) May 7, 2019

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This week @NationalBailOut begins freeing Black mamas across 30 US cities to reunite them with their families in time for #MothersDay! Support by donating here: https://t.co/6U2lIG4SIm https://t.co/d4NbAqx19l

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) May 9, 2019

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After 8 hours of waiting, this Black mama has been freed in Baltimore County, MD thanks to the powerful Black women leading the #DMVBailout! She received flowers, a handmade card, and all the Black Joy as we met her. #FreeBlackMamas by donating here: https://t.co/upL3wqmONh pic.twitter.com/bIRqeZowMc

— ColorOfChange.org (@ColorOfChange) May 9, 2019

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Looking for an amazing Mother’s Day gift? Donate to #FreeBlackMamas and bail a Black mother out of jail in honor of your own mom https://t.co/KnvnGo8zpJ

— Tessa Brown (@tessalaprofessa) May 9, 2019

For the third year in a row, @NationalBailOut is bailing out black moms so they can spend Mother's Day with their children. Most of them stay in pretrial detention simply because they can't afford bail. Donate here: https://t.co/6D5WHzRGv8 #FreeBlackMamas ✊✊✊ pic.twitter.com/URRYVgxOI6

— Lush North America (@lushcosmetics) May 8, 2019

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If you want to download and print out some memes to include in your mother/caregiver day cards, here are a couple. #FreeBlackMamas pic.twitter.com/n2cbLgzZKQ

— Prison Culture Returns (@prisonculture) May 9, 2019

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All week, @NationalBailOut is bailing out Black mamas & caregivers across 30 U.S. cities to reunite them with their families for #MothersDay! Support #FreeBlackMamas — donate to pay bail for a mama who hasn’t been convicted of a crime & can’t afford bail: https://t.co/Y3ztBeJ82K pic.twitter.com/8R9IhAdkIk

— Prison Culture Returns (@prisonculture) May 7, 2019

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May 8, 2019 by V Leigh

New cellphone video shows what Sandra Bland saw during arrest by Texas trooper

New cellphone video shows what Sandra Bland saw during arrest by Texas trooper. New @TwitterMoments. https://t.co/FOpWU0h86r

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 7, 2019

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The woman who said Emmett Till came onto her lied about what he said. The officer who killed Oscar Grant lied about what he did. The police withheld video of Sandra Bland that tells a different story.

There’s a long history of black ppl being killed based on someone else’s lie.

— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) May 7, 2019

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This is evil. Sandra Bland was set up to die from the moment she was stopped. https://t.co/o15ipYBjiS

— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 7, 2019

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Sandra Bland’s family demands answers over new video of her arrest https://t.co/SfSHJCSNds

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 7, 2019

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"I'll light you up," the officer says as he arms his stun gun and sticks it right in Sandra Bland's face after she…forgot to use her turn signal when she literally just tried to get out of the way for his speeding police car.

This whole ordeal was about white power. https://t.co/VVS3BSGYPB

— Shaun King (@shaunking) May 7, 2019

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The family of #SandraBland — who died in a Waller County jail cell — is calling for a re-opening of the criminal investigation into Bland's arrest and death after seeing footage for the first time. https://t.co/XATCksepCg

— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) May 7, 2019

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May 7, 2019 by V Leigh

The city of @BrowardCounty needs to hold the entire police department accountable. #JusticeForLucca

Officers in Broward County are under fire after video appears to capture two sheriff's deputies pepper spraying a high school student before tackling him and shoving his head into the asphalt, drawing blood. The case is going viral under #JusticeForLucca.https://t.co/7XliJ5AiHz

— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) April 20, 2019

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This brutality is always unacceptable & this is a high school kid who was maced, walked away & was then attacked 😡

"Fire The Police Officer That Used Excessive Force on Lucca" – Sign the Petition ♻ #justiceforlucca #PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/pRZYXkNPj6

— 🌊 💙 Lola 💙🌊 (@Lola15363615) April 21, 2019

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Medical Opinion

ATTEMPTED MURDER
1) Enraged adult male slams child's 14 craniofacial bones x2 against concrete (then attempts again)
2) Strikes child's R temple (a major pressure point) over the medial meningeal artery w/ closed fist.#browardsheriff #JusticeForLucca #CNN

— laughingMao🖋 (@tirghrathoir) April 21, 2019

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The sheriff's office in Broward County, Florida, found itself under scrutiny last week after footage emerged of two deputies pepper spraying, punching and slamming a 15-year-old's head into the pavement https://t.co/P0T121bt6G

— CNN (@CNN) April 29, 2019

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Don’t merely like/retweet. Send an email. Make a phone call. Let @browardsheriff know that we won’t be silenced & that we demand justice for our children. Respond to @shaunking’s calls to action & let our voices be united. #tearswecannotstop #justiceforlucca #protectourchildren pic.twitter.com/grIS4z7SzF

— Michael Eric Dyson (@MichaelEDyson) April 21, 2019

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March 28, 2019 by V Leigh

If you haven’t seen it yet

If you haven’t seen it yet, you must read this entire @nytopinion series on the criminalization of pregnant women and its connections to #abortionrights, #FosterCare, #racism, #ReproJustice, #BirthJustice. What some of us have been saying for decades. https://t.co/O38jOEWJ1A

— Dorothy Roberts (@DorothyERoberts) December 31, 2018

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We track male supremacy, a hateful ideology advocating for the subjugation of women. https://t.co/mGx31AfoLM

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 30, 2018

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March 15, 2019 by V Leigh

New Zealand Terrorist Attack

At least 49 Muslim worshippers were murdered in an act of anti-Muslim violence today. Our hearts go out to the families of victims killed at Linwood Mosque & Al Noor Mosque in #ChristchurchAttack in #NewZealand. https://t.co/lIAd2QnI29

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) March 15, 2019

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Various communities people of #NewZealand showing their support outside mosque to those who lost their lives in a terrorist attack 😭😭😢😢.. #christchurch #NewZealandTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/9UCW5zoDYe

— Umar Jamshaid (@UmarJamshaid786) March 15, 2019

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Vigils around #BayArea remember #Christchurch mosque shooting victims https://t.co/fLmH4703HK #NewZealandTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/MsDVrtfiQV

— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) March 15, 2019

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There was no creeping threat, no public debate: New Zealand’s terror-risk level went from a perceived zero to an unequivocal high. #NewZealandTerroristAttack https://t.co/V6gja7VyRT

— Gokhan Mahnov (@GMahnov) March 15, 2019

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'Hello, brother': Muslim worshipper's 'last words' to gunman #NewZealandTerroristAttack https://t.co/uC1KYpxwYv

— Mohammad Saber Yaqin (@YaqinSaber) March 15, 2019

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February 6, 2019 by V Leigh

Remembering #TrayvonMartin, who would have turned 24 today

Remembering #TrayvonMartin, who would have turned 24 today. “We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” #MLK90 #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/7vwK1Cbhk1

— The King Center (@TheKingCenter) February 5, 2019

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TODAY: We remember Trayvon Martin who would have been 24 years old. Just know that you are forever in our hearts. And we will keep fighting for justice. #TrayvonMartin 🖤 pic.twitter.com/ZHUaHPdVhr

— NAACP (@NAACP) February 5, 2019

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#TrayvonMartin should be celebrating his 24th birthday today.

Today we honor his life and honor the movements and organizations ignited by his death. BYP100 was formed in 2013, the day the verdict came that a jury had failed to indict Zimmerman for Trayvon’s murder. pic.twitter.com/v8N2Rx44On

— BYP100 (@BYP_100) February 5, 2019

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"There are days, this is one of them, when you wonder what your role is in this country and what your future is in it. “-#JamesBaldwin
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Happy Birthday, #TrayvonMartin 🙏🏿❤️ pic.twitter.com/OZajsSMX2e

— Mariah Lillie (@AlwaysMariahtv) February 5, 2019

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Trayvon Martin, you should be here celebrating your 24th birthday with your family & friends – the world remembers & celebrates you Young King! Your birthday is fitting to be during #BlackHistoryMonth. We will NEVER forget you #TrayvonMartin! #BlackLivesMatter ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/qHTZX0oJ7u

— Jerome Trammel (@MrJeromeTrammel) February 5, 2019

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