July 19, 2020 by V Leigh

The police are not “pulling back.”

Please read & share my piece linking the birth of the professional #police force in the South to #emancipation.

Police in America have always been a tool of racial, class, & labor oppression. There’s no choice but to abolish them in their current form.@BlkPerspectives @AAIHS https://t.co/PCqpv9WHHo
— Keri Leigh Merritt, Ph.D. (@KeriLeighMerrit) May 31, 2020

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“We must recognize that ICE and the police are related institutions of militarized racial terror.”@DetentionWatch #BlackLivesMatter #DefundHate #DefundPolice https://t.co/cwR7oNYhSN
— Freedom for Immigrants (@MigrantFreedom) June 15, 2020

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Funny how a taser transforms from “less than lethal” to a “deadly weapon” the instant a civilian is holding it instead of a cop.
— 𝐵𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑜́𝑟 (@BikeSlutty) June 18, 2020

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Plainclothes officers are 6% of the NYPD and are responsible for 31% of NYPD shootings since 2000. Instead of firing them, they are being “immediately reassigned to the detective bureau and the neighborhood policing initiative.” https://t.co/oMMLSxf5mh
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) June 16, 2020

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I’ve spent last 5 hours analyzing footage of NYPD brutality against protestors. A lot on my mind, but forefront: If anyone I represented were accused of anything close to the indiscriminate savagery perpetrated by cops, they’d face violent felony charges & years in prison.
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) June 14, 2020

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The United States, Australia, and the U.K. are all industrialized G7 nations.

But Americans die in police custody at more than twice the rate of Australians and 6 TIMES the rate of people in the U.K.

Congress must move quickly on passing the Justice in Policing Act. pic.twitter.com/t3pNHDO2Y5
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 14, 2020

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This deserves to come back to the timeline. #BlackIdentityExtremists https://t.co/kVIhZFGdBt
— Kendra Ross (she/her) (@lolaschild) June 8, 2020

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Despite the narrative they’re pushing, the police are not “pulling back.” They are continuing to kill as many people as in past years. They didn’t stop killing during the lockdown and may have actually increased killings during June’s protests. https://t.co/WJFKOMh4Cv pic.twitter.com/DxvlRRAPaI
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 16, 2020

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Police used ketamine to sedate Anita Springsteen’s boyfriend.

In 2019, Elijah McClain died after police injected him with ketamine.

This is a crisis.

Anita Springsteen isn’t being silent anymore: it’s time to END police use of ketamine in Colorado.

WATCH: pic.twitter.com/Mg7Q4Zqcat
— Grassroots Law Project (@grassroots_law) July 13, 2020

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When we investigated police union expenditures in California, we found 98% of all state legislators had taken police union money. Police unions also spent *9x more* in lobbying expenditures than the NRA did and spent far more than any social justice org. https://t.co/J9d4DF3yl1 https://t.co/C7eBRCqFID
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 2, 2020

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— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 30, 2020

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July 18, 2020 by V Leigh

Murderers don’t save the lives of their victims.

NEVER forget what happened to #BreonnaTaylor! My heart aches for Tamika Palmer & the rest of Bre’s family. Thank you @snohaalegra, @TamikaDMallory, & @untilfreedom for sharing this video. Watch to the end for 4 SIMPLE STEPS you can take to help us get #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor!! pic.twitter.com/8ksVm8RovN
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 11, 2020

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It’s been 93 days since #BreonnaTaylor was killed in her home during a no-knock raid. No police officers involved have been held accountable.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 14, 2020

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Black Activist Who Gave Anti-Bias Training To San Jose Police Struck By Rubber Bullets From Cop Within That Same Department https://t.co/6LLHSzDLi3
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 11, 2020

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Late on a Friday afternoon, @ShelbyCountyDA held a press conference which included the trial and conviction of Brandon Webber, another young black man hunted and killed by police. You should read about it. https://t.co/tgIhJttvxk
— Just City (@JustCity901) July 11, 2020

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Vallejo PD have just released footage of Sean Monterrosa’s killing.

Their body cameras weren’t even turned on until after Sean was already dead. He was shot in the back of the head by police.

I support his family in their demand for justice.https://t.co/G6MsvP68xG
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) July 11, 2020

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#BREAKING: An independent autopsy released by the family of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, who was killed by L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies last month in Gardena, indicates that he was shot in the back 5 times. https://t.co/llxEdIiU4P pic.twitter.com/uNpOhnxJ8k
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) July 8, 2020

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Elijah McClain was murdered by 3 white police officers on August 24, 2019 — almost a year has gone by and still no justice for Elijah or his loved ones. This is unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/aaE2qfNglG
— ColorOfChange (@ColorOfChange) June 26, 2020

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Nearly all of the killings by police from 2013 – 2019 have not resulted in officers being charged with a crime.

Meanwhile, 74 percent of the people held in local jails haven’t been convicted of a crime. Many can’t afford bail.

This is the double standard of our justice system.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 25, 2020

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Murderers don’t save the lives of their victims. Breonna Taylor was murdered.https://t.co/i44jPwAwqe
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) July 17, 2020

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June 20, 2020 by V Leigh

Protests because we still can’t breathe

On May 31, at appx 5:03 PM, a BLM protester was shoved to the ground by a member of the SF Sheriff’s Dept. My office has opened a criminal investigation. If anyone has relevant video/can identify the suspect/witnesses/victims in the video below, email districtattorney@sfgov.org https://t.co/zTsW606eni
— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) June 10, 2020

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Here is the verified GoFundMe to bring “peace & healing” to Darnella Frazier—the brave teen who filmed George Floyd’s final moments. https://t.co/rVUacCwXdI
— GoFundMe (@gofundme) June 1, 2020

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Officers who killed Breonna Taylor can’t be fired or suspended yet due to union agreement with city https://t.co/fGz2StUi6I
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) June 18, 2020

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States with “Police Bill of Rights Laws” giving extra protections to police accused of misconduct:

Arizona
California
Delaware
Florida
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Rhode Island
Virginia
West Virginia
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) June 19, 2020

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A Timeline of Suspicious Black Deaths Following George Floyd’s https://t.co/ZNoyru8yt8 via @Colorlines
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 18, 2020

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In #Minneapolis a #Juneteenth vigil is taking place to honor those whose lives have been stolen by #WhiteSupremacist & State violence.

Loved ones’ names have been written upon makeshift gravestones.

Watch #live now — https://t.co/zhegKKgf7d pic.twitter.com/cDtEAyRZcT
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 20, 2020

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Gabriel Black Elk, whose brother #PaulCastaway was killed by #Denver police 5 years ago, speaks about the pain families feel from mourning their loved ones’ death by #police.

watch his interview #live — https://t.co/spTBNI6MI3 pic.twitter.com/VGRblulmIy
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 20, 2020

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#KobeHeisler was a 21-year-old gay Black man with autism.

His father speaks on his son’s death by #police and the continued fight for #freedom.

“They put bullets in his head because they said they saw a knife.”

watch the interview #live — https://t.co/pZCOatSwBQ pic.twitter.com/x5WLY1n2D0
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 20, 2020

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Danielle Burns speaks about the specifics of her brother #JamarClark being killed by #Minneapolis #police in 2015.

watch her interview #live on #Juneteenth2020 — https://t.co/COx8EP4ty0 pic.twitter.com/ivcxlsZlQb
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 20, 2020

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June 9, 2020 by V Leigh

Justice for #BlackLivesMatter

#JusticeForFreddieGray #BLM #TheCopsBrokeHisNeck #9Witnesses https://t.co/2i1XL0S0t4
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 6, 2020

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“We have become accustomed to videos of white people behaving badly in the age of coronavirus… But this video is of another magnitude entirely. It’s no wonder it moved through the digital world with lightning speed.” #blacklivesmatter https://t.co/9PpagacHCN
— Erika D. Smith 🦅 (@Erika_D_Smith) May 26, 2020

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A white woman has apologized for calling police on a black man in Central Park on Monday, after the two argued about her unleashed dog https://t.co/MFzDIz4vI4
— CNN (@CNN) May 26, 2020

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’You think ‘cause I’m Black I’m going to sit here and touch some dirt?’ — An officer told a Black driver to lick his own pee after pulling him over for alleged public urination pic.twitter.com/rTSHpcc3SX
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 26, 2020

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🆕🚨🆕“Pervasive” policy failures leading to “regular and gross violation[s] of Minnesota jail standards” were found in a second review of the death of 27-year-old Hardel Sherrell in Beltrami County Jail.

Read the findings of the re-review here: https://t.co/FLVixvMbFI
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) May 25, 2020

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[Content Warning] The mother of #HardelSherrell who died in #BeltramiCounty Jail, sat down with Unicorn Riot for an exclusive interview about her lawsuit claiming wrongful death, medical malpractice, & constitutional rights violations. #MN

Read More: https://t.co/wtHIbR4QTl pic.twitter.com/YKinwbYxYh
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) November 11, 2019

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Reading #Stamped by ⁦@DrIbram⁩ Kendi…..still very early in the book but already speaking to me on many levels…. https://t.co/ChwMHKjAsf pic.twitter.com/aSy4xxYkl9
— Mellie Davis (@TheFatApple) May 24, 2020

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Still stunned by this case.

Police stormed onto a private front yard and held 6 children—including 2 toddlers—at gunpoint.

They fired multiple shots at the family dog, missed, and hit a 10 year old instead.

And thanks to qualified immunity, the parents can’t sue the officers. pic.twitter.com/8l3wcJyPti
— Jeff Guo (@_jeffguo) May 31, 2020

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The Tulsa Race massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street were spurred by an incident between a white female elevator operator and a black man, @CharlesMBlow writes. “The most common explanation is that he stepped on her toe.” https://t.co/Te2LIyND6Y
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) May 28, 2020

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We need to shift our mindset. We need to do better for the students that we serve. @DrIbram pic.twitter.com/BThSE84nbN
— Mrs. Rebman (@mrs_rebman) May 29, 2020

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I feel sick. #BLM #DefundCops #ProsecuteTheseCops #SexualMisconduct #ExcessiveForce https://t.co/JcKaO9iQsV
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 7, 2020

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#SayHisName:#Tacoma mayor has demanded 4 #officers be fired after a Black man, #ManuelEllis, died in police custody – https://t.co/mZuQXlCF03

Death of #ManuelEllis, 33 in #Tacoma, #Wash., who said ‘I can’t breathe’ in police custody ruled a #homicide – https://t.co/vua5QyLrYT
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 6, 2020

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If police hadn’t used a no-knock warrant to raid #BreonnaTaylor‘s apartment and murder her, she would be turning 27 today.

The officers have still not been charged or even fired from their jobs.

Breonna’s family deserves justice. #SayHerName and keep fighting.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 5, 2020

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June 9, 2020 by V Leigh

“Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”

Miski Noor from @BlackVisionsMN:

“It’s not an accident when a cop is violent with a Black person […] anti-Blackness is part of policing.”

Noor described how policing as we know it grew out of slave-catching. pic.twitter.com/WIfItPVEXo
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 7, 2020

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Agreed, this young Black woman is brave indeed. But a white person should have stepped in to protect her. That is what I see when I look at this picture. That is true ‘allyship’. Putting your life on the line for Black people. https://t.co/RKz63CbcyA
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) June 8, 2020

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As @samswey points out on @PodSaveThePpl this week, only 28 of the largest 100 police departments ban chokeholds & strangleholds—and those that do ban them are less likely to kill people. https://t.co/6gcYUyNdFt
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 4, 2020

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An autopsy report has ruled that Manuel Ellis’ death was a homicide. Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in March in Tacoma, Wash.

He called out “can’t breathe” as he was being restrained by officers.https://t.co/14k3IQWzuT
— NPR (@NPR) June 5, 2020

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NEW:

An autopsy has found that Manuel Ellis, a black man who died in police custody in Tacoma, was killed as a result of oxygen deprivation and the physical restraint used in his arrest.

“I can’t breathe,” he said before he died.https://t.co/SOJk8oaMsl
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) June 4, 2020

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Another man with the last name Floyd murdered by this racist system. This time in the notorious MDC Prison in Brooklyn. #JamelFloyd https://t.co/4p0ZlcD9zM
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) June 4, 2020

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Sean Monterrosa was killed by an Vallejo PD Officer. While on his knees.

We demand #justice4sean pic.twitter.com/1zS3NGdpej
— Mars🧚🏽‍♀️ (@marsonlife) June 4, 2020

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The Louisville Metro Police and the National Guard shot and killed David McAtee yesterday. He was, of course, unarmed. https://t.co/yOX1j3oifv
— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) June 1, 2020

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https://t.co/mwpEjICb7O… https://t.co/BvKKdoFQ7G 2006, the FBI warned that white supremacists infiltrating local and state law enforcement posed a threat to national security. Some are asking, what’s been done to curb the trend in the decade
— Bonny (@poohtoo2) June 1, 2020

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Police can legally use lethal force if their conduct is considered “reasonable” in the heat of the moment.

This open definition makes it very hard to hold cops accountable.

The PEACE Act will change this by establishing a national use-of-force standard. https://t.co/TEzTKdVk4L
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 3, 2020

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All four officers involved in the death of George Floyd were “complicit,” including the three who haven’t been arrested, says Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, responding to a question asked by @sarasidnerCNN on behalf of Floyd’s brother. https://t.co/JiE3Mx8xF2 pic.twitter.com/yalvaWfpDV
— CNN (@CNN) June 1, 2020

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this is so sad 🥺 it made me cry pic.twitter.com/36cWrNjOHM
— .♕ (@darealtishaaa) June 4, 2020

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“How to Be an Antiracist” author @DrIbram: “Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”

Listen: https://t.co/mUpOpeocTK pic.twitter.com/P2K04S7Ier
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 2, 2020

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June 5, 2020 by V Leigh

Cops are still at it

7 states (CA, FL, KY, LA, MD, OR, RI) have these restrictions on misconduct investigations, letting police avoid accountability. In Louisiana, investigations get tossed if they aren’t closed in 60 days but the officers can’t be questioned by investigators for the first 30 days.🤔
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2020

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Here’s the provision in Florida’s police bill of rights law that prevents officers from being disciplined or fired if the misconduct investigation lasts longer than 180 days, even if the officer is found guilty of egregious misconduct: https://t.co/TAH1VLyuwI pic.twitter.com/KgG5EFGbQa
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2020

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Under Florida’s Police “Bill of Rights” law, if the police take longer than 180 days to investigate themselves for misconduct it becomes illegal to discipline any officers involved. In this case the sheriff took *182* days so this cop gets reinstated despite being found guilty. https://t.co/ftNi7qAZro
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2020

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Many countries have less than three lethal police shootings per month.

The United States had an average of three PER DAY in 2019.

This cannot continue. Congress must take bold sweeping action to end the violence and hold police accountable. pic.twitter.com/L64w50SlBO
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 4, 2020

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Fatal Shootings by Police in 2018:

🇳🇿: 1
🇯🇵: 2
🇸🇪: 6
🇩🇪: 11
🇫🇷: 26
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🇺🇸 992

Police in the U.S. kill more people in days than police in other countries kill in years. We need action now.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 5, 2020

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New Tonight: Disturbing video from @WBFO in Buffalo, NY shows an elderly man walk up to police in riot gear. An officer shoves the man…he falls backwards, hits his head…starts bleeding immediately…motionless.
Why did this happen @BPDAlerts ?
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— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 5, 2020

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These people are American law enforcement ofcrs who have been permitted by this country to believe that they need not be bothered with adhering to the Constitution or standards of human decency. https://t.co/zF3gvbA7JD
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 5, 2020

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And the cops say he tripped and fell! Like we can’t see, with our own eyes, that he shoved him.

If they lie this openly to cover misconduct w cameras openly rolling, how about when there are no cameras?https://t.co/rmV2rb9r8q https://t.co/gOhn71DRSC
— John Pfaff (@JohnFPfaff) June 5, 2020

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Cops know about positional positional asphyxiation. #PositionalAsphyxiation https://t.co/dKO6MEBsmB
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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Cops are still at it with their knees on our necks. #BLM #AbolishPolice https://t.co/cA99h4KhiI
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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May 25, 2020 by V Leigh

“The only thing that was in my head was, ‘They’re going to kill me.” – DarQuan Jones

In jail for stealing $5 in candy, a mentally ill man is left in a urine-soaked cell, denied water and food, and eventually dies from a “wasting disease” of “unknown” origin. Murdered, it appears (allegedly), from being starved to death by jail staff. https://t.co/W24tySAE2V
— John Pfaff (@JohnFPfaff) May 16, 2020

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Crystina Page spoke during the In Remembrance of Me wknd of events.

She talked about her son, #DavidPage, being killed by police in #Colorado.

Crystina said just years ago that she was organizing ‘Back the Blue’ rallies but that changed after her son. https://t.co/hgdFCsfD2p
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) May 16, 2020

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Two white Virginia teenagers, one of whom was holding a gun, posted a photo to social media along with a racial slur threatening Black people: “Let’s hunt some n——.” #valeg https://t.co/0in9YveXWb
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 16, 2020

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The devestation impacting our communities right now is overwhelming. #BreonnaTaylor was one of the healthcare professionals helping us through this pandemic. But even as she helped to save lives, police violence took hers. #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/i9fZweRjcC
— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) May 12, 2020

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Breonna Taylor | Abagond https://t.co/kCTHKBnViq
— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 21, 2020

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Stand your ground laws are being used to defend Ahmaud Arbery’s killer –– this is a reminder of why we should repeal these overreaching dangerous pieces of legislation.

“In [Arbery’s] case, they hunted this man down and shot him in broad daylight,”https://t.co/VWzvCEpO0S
— Guns Down America (@GunsDownAmerica) May 22, 2020

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When DarQuan Jones, a black man and essential worker, visited his girlfriend and she didn’t answer the door, two white men accused him of burglary and violently beat him, leaving him with a broken arm, nose and five broken bones in his face. https://t.co/qw1jFJYVB8
— The Hill (@thehill) May 22, 2020

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DarQuan Jones didn’t think he’d be alive to tell his story.

“When they started dragging me to the creek, I thought it was over for me,” DarQuan Jones recalled. “The only thing that was in my head was, ‘They’re going to kill me.'”
https://t.co/26bgPuhOO4 via @DMRegister
— Andrea May Sahouri (@andreamsahouri) May 19, 2020

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April 19, 2020 by V Leigh

The single most likely person to be shot and killed by American police is a Black man having a mental health crisis.

WRONG HEADLINE.

It says “Black Students SAY they are being penalized for their hair.”

No, Black students ARE being penalized for their hair. https://t.co/OHxEDEZwts pic.twitter.com/vQa1ju4Kgx

— Shaun King (@shaunking) March 8, 2020

It’s time to demand protection from our government in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sign BLM’s petition urging our government to protect the most vulnerable. https://t.co/UwqAyFIhat #WhatMatters2020 #Blacklivesmatter

— Chris Rock (@chrisrock) March 18, 2020

White cop from Jeff Parish Sheriff’s office in Harvey, LA planting drugs on an innocent black man.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE REALIZES WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

THIS IS WHY WE KNEEL pic.twitter.com/nxhwmGeqEA

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) March 17, 2020

A #NewYork #Police Officer Was Caught on Camera Apparently Planting #Marijuana in a Car — for the Second Time! – https://t.co/VIr9CtkgXg

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 21, 2020

This is Steve Taylor.

He was a beloved father, son, brother, and friend who was brutally shot and killed by police yesterday at a Walmart in San Leandro, CA.

He was clinically depressed, suffered from schizophrenia, and in middle of a mental health breakdown.

He needed help. pic.twitter.com/YHw131JzV7

— Shaun King (@shaunking) April 19, 2020

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The single most likely person to be shot and killed by American police is a Black man having a mental health crisis.

The least likely is a white woman having the same mental health crisis.

One is given endless time, grace, patience, treatment.

The other gets bullets. pic.twitter.com/HnTBwa4pTb

— Shaun King (@shaunking) April 19, 2020

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Police claim the Black man they killed in a Walmart posed a threat to them since he was “armed” with a baseball bat.

But video of the incident appears to show police shooting the man in the back as he walks away from them, after he drops the bat.https://t.co/2GQaGWyalb

— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 19, 2020

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Man with a bat shot dead by police in a Walmart today.

The reason this keeps happening is bc there are no consequences for the cops’s actions, even cold blooded murder.

Will this time be different?

We need #CriminalJusticeReform for how we police now.pic.twitter.com/zpe3N9YEY2

— Jen Perelman For Congress (@JENFL23) April 19, 2020

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February 10, 2020 by V Leigh

The national murder rate compared to police shootings

The national murder rate is 5.0 per 100,000 people. Between 2013-2019, St. Louis police have killed black men at a rate of 7.0 per 100,000. Oklahoma City police have killed black men at a rate of 8.5 per 100,000.

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 28, 2020

Maryland police charged an officer with murder after he fired seven shots inside a cruiser, killing a man who was cuffed in the front seat with his hands behind his back https://t.co/ib7fov91qZ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 29, 2020

Sean Kenney: 5 police shootings
Joshua Coleman: 4 police shootings
Jarrett Tonn: 3 police shootings
Joe McCarthy: 3 police shootings
Matt Komoda: 3 police shootings https://t.co/Q8xhnXdJtZ

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 2, 2020

"Still not paying attention?? With no dash cam or body cam footage deployed upon approaching the scene, this man was murdered in cold blood and today the cop responsible for murdering him was found not guilty"#JUSTICE FOR EUGENE MCSWAIN #PoliceBrutality https://t.co/zcYngqmYDW

— Police Brutality🚫 (@AfricaMustWake) January 27, 2020

December 12, 2019 by V Leigh

The U.S. policing culture of brutality & incarceration is a GENOCIDE. This is a human rights struggle.

Are the police using civilian cars as cover? With people still in them? And shooting at a hostage? Over some jewelry? In rush hour traffic?

What kind of clown show are they running in Miramar? Absolutely ridiculous. I hope they get their asses sued. https://t.co/SaQbodzSNj

— ❄️🎄🎅🏾Cupcakes & Clonazepam 🎅🏾🎄❄️ (@entmom420) December 6, 2019

Cops just unloaded on an innocent UPS driver that was hostage in an armed robbery. You can watch the video for yourself pretty graphic.

This happened in Miami. pic.twitter.com/OB3W35D3Dz

— Kluebtorious (@rklueber28) December 5, 2019

"Portland police fatally shot a person Sunday afternoon outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Southeast Portland." https://t.co/nxkiNOY88Y

— Jeff Thomas Black (@LRBitisnot) December 9, 2019

We just published evaluations of all 58 California Sheriff’s Depts + 100 largest CA Police Depts. Data on police violence, arrests, accountability, police budgets, ICE cooperation, jails and more. The data evaluation framework to hold police accountable: https://t.co/bHMBm5zWaM

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 4, 2019

Media is being eerily quiet about these three murders … https://t.co/SVnUNl4AsZ

— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) December 10, 2019

I’ve been hired by 3 black fathers murdered by police this week. #CameronLamb (Kansas City, MO 12/2); #MichaelDean (Temple, TX 12/3); #DemetriusWilliams (Marshall, TX 12/5).

The U.S. policing culture of brutality & incarceration is a GENOCIDE. This is a human rights struggle. pic.twitter.com/y36Nk32yd0

— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) December 9, 2019

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The U.S. policing culture of brutality & incarceration is a GENOCIDE. This is a human rights struggle.