The day after America celebrated her independence, the murder of #AltonSterling is proof that Black people still aren't free
— Jasiri X (@jasiri_x) July 6, 2016
Warning: Disturbing. @theadvocatebr decides to show full video of officer shooting, killing man this am. https://t.co/36IOgSZjuf
— Maya Lau (@mayalau) July 6, 2016
New cellphone footage and reaction to a deadly officer-involved shooting in Baton Rouge. >> https://t.co/YQlOT5TtJy pic.twitter.com/QUFFraX197
— WAFB (@WAFB) July 6, 2016
Ex-Cop Arrested For Fatally Shooting Church Drummer, #CoreyJones Whose Car Broke Down ………………. https://t.co/3zTdsH1h5I
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 5, 2016
"Protesting against racist power can never be mistaken for seizing power." #Stamped https://t.co/6KSi6LsnJZ pic.twitter.com/qwm8BYHSkn
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) June 5, 2016
My latest.#CJPettit was shot in the back & killed with his hands up by Oklahoma police. https://t.co/vdMMvru23d pic.twitter.com/kXSFjiX9Ay
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 4, 2016
#DayshenMcKenzie was racially terrorized until he was dead. No parent should have to process this kind of horror. pic.twitter.com/MmsdgtoG2Z
— Lizz Brown (@lizzzbrown) June 3, 2016
#DayshenMcKenzie was racially terrorized until he was dead.
He was 16 years old.
No One Has Been Charged. pic.twitter.com/b2R0GV5qNj
— Lizz Brown (@lizzzbrown) June 3, 2016
A group of white males saw #DayshenMcKenzie, began calling him the n-word, brandished a gun and started chasing him to his death.
— Lizz Brown (@lizzzbrown) June 3, 2016
NYPD eyes death of black teen Dayshen McKenzie as a possible hate crime https://t.co/dJUAVfkavp pic.twitter.com/Pe7HTL7zU7
— New York Post (@nypost) June 3, 2016
Dayshen Mckenzie died from an asthma attack after being chased by a racist mob.
He was only 16.https://t.co/QM6CiJ2uNr
— Fusion (@Fusion) June 3, 2016
Respectability won't save us: BLM is right to reject the “dignity & decorum” mandate handed down to us from slavery https://t.co/IqGvLhQXvu
— Action.Brotha.Jedi. (@BmoreDoc) May 30, 2016
Milwaukee schools' controversial 'Black Lives Matter' initiative approved https://t.co/Uf2ZPpjOTf
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 27, 2016
Police in most developed countries rarely, if ever, kill knife-wielding men. https://t.co/qK4iNpqmLg
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 18, 2016
US police have killed 60 people armed with knives in 2016. Police in other developed countries rarely, if ever, kill in these situations.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 18, 2016
BREAKING: Three @oaklandpoliceca officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. https://t.co/CV7PTx9qe5 pic.twitter.com/aNPRkrGUT6
— KPIX 5 (@CBSSF) May 12, 2016
y'all. https://t.co/yQ4Cr34trn
— dr.* deray mckesson (@deray) May 25, 2016
"One in four women in the United States has a family member in prison. For Black women, the number is even more… https://t.co/2jObwYNvhb
— Dignity & Power Now (@PowerDignity) May 25, 2016
"Zimmerman is yet again capitalizing on Black lives not mattering, like every infamous American racist before him." https://t.co/YSY7jvTBGc
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) May 13, 2016
THIS NEEDS TO BE SEEN!!!!
12y/o black girl victim of attempted LYNCHING in 2016#BlackToLivehttps://t.co/jHWc4IVp6e pic.twitter.com/nR1tjoy5fB— 1-800-WOKE-AF (@gloed_up) May 25, 2016
Police killed 346 black people in 2015. Every 25 hours. https://t.co/0WDlgUjXDN pic.twitter.com/HU9OBu0PYr
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016
How do you spell murder? SFPD! #FireChiefSuhr @Asians4BlkLives pic.twitter.com/ol6CMr8wh1
— #Asians4BlackLives (@Asians4BlkLives) May 5, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter Take Protest to San Francisco City Hall pic.twitter.com/MN3vmMZSSG
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) May 4, 2016
If you arent white, dont buy a BB gun for yourself or your kid (real guns in pics) #DedricColvin #Baltimore #Police pic.twitter.com/WhTLJ5cWXv
— leon boone (@BigLee84) May 1, 2016
Philadelphia police fatally shoot unarmed driver during traffic stop. https://t.co/qmEds73RQD
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 5, 2016
Bigger Than Incarceration: #AngelaDavis Talks Mass Criminalization ………………………….. https://t.co/SujMTNkt8o
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) May 1, 2016
Virginia cops recorded threatening witnesses during violent arrest of Black man (VIDEO) https://t.co/h5vYBtyGuz
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) May 5, 2016
"Why bring race into this?"
—Ancient White Proverb
— Benjamin YoungSavage (@benjancewicz) May 1, 2016
Of 346 black people killed by police, only 2 cases have led to convictions. https://t.co/0WDlgUjXDN pic.twitter.com/eHJbQjhnox
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016
Fact: both cases where officers were convicted for killing someone in 2015 had video evidence.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 2, 2016
ICYMI:
San Francisco Hunger Strikers Enter Ninth Day to Protest Police Brutality Against Black and Brown Youths – https://t.co/eZg8r0k6nE— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 30, 2016
Black Teen Confronts Officer Who Shot His Younger Brother While Holding A Toy Gun #Blacklivesmatterhttps://t.co/ZqO8cI6DzS
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) April 30, 2016
#Blacklivesmatter started as hashtag in response to police brutality & grew into one of most impactful civil rights https://t.co/Ghps7IKDL1
— CeeCee (@khanknee) April 28, 2016
Disgusting. So many similarities to Tamir. (Young is Dedric's mother.)#DedricColvin pic.twitter.com/5NiBRn1k8p
— David Pontious (@DavidPontious) April 28, 2016
After saying "It's not real, it's not real" 13yo CHILD shot by Baltimore plainclothes cop. Was holding replica bbgun https://t.co/RkoPmDEiwz
— Joo-Hyun Kang (@JooHyun_Kang) April 28, 2016
So @BaltimorePolice fired bean bags at a white man with a bomb but a black boy with a toy got hit with live rounds. #DedricColvin #Fox45
— D (@Delo_Taylor) April 28, 2016
Any black child who encounters police knows their life is jeopardy. For #DedricColvin & others running is an act of self-preservation.
— D (@Delo_Taylor) April 28, 2016
Tamir Rice's family just settled with the city of Cleveland for $6 millionhttps://t.co/RkGA3G34s4
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 25, 2016
Money can do a lot of things, but money can't buy back a 12yo child's soul or a mother's piece of mind. #TamirRice https://t.co/uqrqCgYrHK
— D (@Delo_Taylor) April 25, 2016
It's the sentence that has me shook.
“Under the terms of the settlement, the city does not admit wrongdoing in the shooting.”#TamirRice
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 25, 2016
My column from the last time I spent the day with #TamirRice's family, on the anniversary of his killing…https://t.co/iswxo5dlyw
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 25, 2016
Cleveland agrees to pay $6M to family of Tamir Rice https://t.co/jufeENmjQ0 pic.twitter.com/KSfvJl9eo7
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 25, 2016
More police shootings violated LAPD policy in 2015 https://t.co/pvtd0WxGQt
— LEFT (@LeftSentThis) April 19, 2016
Has #BlackLivesMatter changed attitudes? Young white liberals are more progressive on race. https://t.co/05TY1Ek6vh pic.twitter.com/UvatrWRTrQ
— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) April 20, 2016
“They treat us like we're not all equal.” #BlackLivesMatter protesters march one year after Freddie Gray's death.https://t.co/Td05TnKA0d
— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 17, 2016
White people keep killing us. But we will change this country one day. I swear.#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/4rzgPD79ca
— BlacktivistUS (@BlacktivistUS) April 21, 2016