Truthout spoke with relatives of murdered Black men, who described feeling angry and isolated, their lives left in tatters.
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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
#DeathByPolice Tweets 6.4
Pressure builds on GOP for police criminal justice reforms ………………………………. http://t.co/A7R2vGEtoD
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 1, 2015
they said they "thought" he "might" do something distructive …. so they put 3 in his back … https://t.co/jWv6y4rCnz
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 3, 2015
This afternoon I will offer an amendment to the CJS appropriations bill to increase funding for police body cameras by $10M.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) June 2, 2015
Police: Amilcar Perez-Lopez was killed for lunging at cops. Autopsy: this is where he was shot http://t.co/H4FMr9hVIT pic.twitter.com/3Tb5mFeaXB
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) 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 6.1
I thought being threatened by a cop at gun point was terrorizing. Ain't got nuthin on the tazer #ThisEndsNow seeking med treatment now!
— Kay Boutit (@PrissiKrissi3) May 30, 2015
My tazer wound. I can't show the other one. It hit my breast. pic.twitter.com/wUF7MiRveC
— Kay Boutit (@PrissiKrissi3) May 30, 2015
Full video. This is an illegal use of the Taser on a man/woman who posed ZERO threat. Walking away from a protest. https://t.co/98P8IMK4bS
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 31, 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
#BlackLivesMatter 5.25
End mass incarceration. Address inequality. Restore trust between law enforcement & communities. Read this & share: http://t.co/WdnFuT8tjo
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 29, 2015
Progress! MT @markberman: Nebraska lawmakers voted today to make it the 19th state to abolish the death penalty http://t.co/b96Z91RbiT
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) May 21, 2015
11. A first-time drug offense carries a sentence of 5-10 years. In other developed countries, that sentence would be 6 months or no time.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 7, 2015
@getgln @cal3bg http://t.co/b0OmPMWxhl please listen to this song and spread it everyone need to hear this #NoJusticeNoPeace #end racism
— Brandi Sweets (@brandi_sweets) May 20, 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