September 13, 2020 by V Leigh

Painfully Similar

[TRIGGER WARNING] #RoderickWalker is asked for his ID when his Lyft driver is pulled over by police. Mr. Walker questions the request since he wasn’t driving. This is the officers’ response.

Call 678-479-5300 to demand that these animals be named, fired and prosecuted. https://t.co/Wirzwl35zC
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 13, 2020

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Orange County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot #SalaythisMelvin in the back as he ran away, 100 yards away, in the Florida Mall parking lot on August 7th. THEN Sheriff John Mina kept the body cam footage hidden until he won re-election on the 18th. https://t.co/j1DIGJm8bz
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 25, 2020

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13-Year-Old Autistic Boy Shot by Police in Salt Lake City After Mother Calls 911 for Help https://t.co/3sK4N0o4Ul
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) September 10, 2020

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A 13-year-old boy with autism was shot by police after his mother called for help managing a ‘mental breakdown’ – CNN https://t.co/DahVsWzGAQ via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) September 8, 2020

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On August 23 a Turtle Mountain Chippewa man was shot and killed by police in North Dakota on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, according to the FBI.

Law enforcement is currently providing little details about the shooting at a private residence.https://t.co/nlKeKZe9SP
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) September 7, 2020

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The cases you may have heard of:

Andres Guardado, 18, killed by LASD Compton station, home to alleged gang of violent deputies who use excessive force + violate civilians’ rights.

Dijon Kizzee, 29, killed by LASD who stopped him on his bike for alleged “vehicle code” violation pic.twitter.com/waVeyxPBrt
— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) September 6, 2020

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NEW: During the pandemic and protests, police in Los Angeles have continued to kill civilians at alarming rates.

Many of these deaths barely make headlines. Here are a few stories from this violent summer… https://t.co/3VYXR5b3HK
— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) September 6, 2020

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A medical examiner ruled that Daniel Prude, 41, was the victim of a homicide as a result of “complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint,” https://t.co/PZhtMjz916
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) September 6, 2020

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This year police have killed Black people at 2.5x higher rate per population than white people – and Black people were 1.5x more likely to be unarmed. https://t.co/vqURbJHXRj
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 27, 2020

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Several cops surrounded a Black man and fatally shot him 10+ times tonight in Lafayette, LA! He reportedly had a knife and was walking away from police, but didn’t deserve to die — they acted as judge jury and executioner. We demand JUSTICE and ANSWERS. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/6gI3rNU4FH
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) August 22, 2020

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Police in Lafayette, Louisiana, shot 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin 11 times in the back as he was walking away from them, killing him, on Friday night.

Eyewitnesses dispute the police’s version of events that he was carrying a knife.https://t.co/meOn4COgAx
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) August 23, 2020

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“Painfully similar to George Floyd’s death, this lasted for eight excruciating minutes, all while Mr. Muhaymin cried out in pain, gasped for air, and repeatedly told officers ‘I can’t breathe.'”https://t.co/DVS7lKayPQ
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) August 25, 2020

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Please be aware of another Black Man shot in the back by police in California. Killed by @PasadenaPD on August 15, 2020 at a traffic stop. Pasadena Police Chief John Perez released edited footage and refuses to name the officers. The man his officer killed is #AnthonyMcClain. https://t.co/pmWkdAYvm6
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 25, 2020

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Presenting Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair’s September issue, “The Great Fire,” guest-edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates. https://t.co/Gf9115GkGb pic.twitter.com/0TdNBeIOve
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 24, 2020

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Bronx woman who accused cop of ripping eye out gets $1.25 million – New York Daily News https://t.co/VYJY5X6CaU
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) September 13, 2020

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August 27, 2020 by V Leigh

There have only been 12 days in 2020 where police did not kill someone. The police killed 751 people in 235 days.

Policing is based on race. You cannot train “implicit bias” out of an institution whose primary purpose and function is racist. You can attempt to make individual cops more polite, but the job is racist
— derecka (@dereckapurnell) August 24, 2020

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50% of deadly #police encounters in #Minnesota involve a person having a #MentalHealth crisis.https://t.co/odanSENVGH
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) August 5, 2020

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CA lets abusive cops hide behind their badges. Keep abusive cops out of our communities, pass #SB731. https://t.co/XZPcMxTT0X
— glenn robinson (@glncv) August 2, 2020

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Vallejo Police Officers Performed Ritual to Celebrate Each Time They Killed on the Job | Colorlines https://t.co/t4fgfFRDuo
— glenn robinson (@glncv) August 6, 2020

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Sixteen year old Cornelius Fredericks, died on May 1, 2020, after being restrained by Lakeside Academy staff. He screamed: “I can’t breathe.” His killers are Michael Mosley, Zachary Solis and Heather McLogan, now charged with involuntary manslaughter + second-degree child abuse. https://t.co/B41pmgVCDk
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 28, 2020

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Qualified immunity makes it almost impossible for a victim of excessive force by a police officer to hold that officer accountable. That must end.

We need a nationwide ban on qualified immunity.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) August 25, 2020

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In excessive force lawsuits, courts in some parts of the U.S. are more likely to grant police officers qualified immunity than others, @Reuters reports.

“The regional differences only add to arguments that the doctrine is unfair.” https://t.co/SxcBxYADs8 pic.twitter.com/RABsqIa09Q
— The Trace (@teamtrace) August 25, 2020

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109 people were fatally shot by Wisconsin police between 2013 and 2019, and 99% of those killings did not result in officers being charged with a crime. Black Americans are shot and killed by police at three times the rate of white Americans. #JacobBlake https://t.co/IR4yWahzYL
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 24, 2020

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There have only been 12 days in 2020 where police did not kill someone. The police killed 751 people in 235 days. pic.twitter.com/iz7HqE60rG
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 24, 2020

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July 31, 2020 by V Leigh

It costs an estimated $790 to fully dress a police officer in riot gear.

It costs an estimated $790 to fully dress a police officer in riot gear.

It costs an estimated $11 to dress a medical worker in PPE.

Which one of these groups do you think is running low on equipment across the nation?
— Ben Jealous (@BenJealous) July 23, 2020

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#BreonnaTaylor #SayHerName #ArrestTheCops

Please join us in fighting for justice for Breonna and contact Attorney General Daniel Cameron (@DjayCameron) and demand Breonna’s killers be arrested.

A.G. Daniel Cameron
(502) 696-5300
attorney.general@ag.ky.gov@DjayCameron pic.twitter.com/VBDjvpG5vA
— Nneka Ogwumike (@Nnemkadi30) July 25, 2020

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Two Velda City cops face felonies for shooting fleeing driver in February https://t.co/HDDRhyUn3v
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) July 24, 2020

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New: After New York state repealed a law that kept NYPD disciplinary records secret, ProPublica obtained data from the civilian board that investigates complaints about police behavior. Use this database to search thousands of allegations. https://t.co/V3ThIoZo4W
— ProPublica (@propublica) July 26, 2020

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New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board made 212 requests for body-worn camera footage in May. The NYPD sent only 33 responses, according to a memo obtained by ProPublica. https://t.co/Sk0LBHg01p
— ProPublica (@propublica) July 22, 2020

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New York City needs a new Mayor and new District Attorneys. pic.twitter.com/888KHtVXVK
— Shaun King (@shaunking) July 24, 2020

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DETROIT — Officer charged with shooting three journalists. The 3 “identified themselves as members of the press and had their hands up, asking to cross the street.”

The officer “fired his weapon at them, striking all three with rubber bullets. The shooting was unprovoked.” https://t.co/4SqdC6o8zY
— Pervaiz Shallwani (@Pervaizistan) July 20, 2020

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After being ambushed by the police and shot 8 times, Breonna Taylor was still alive for six minutes after being gunned down. Taylor was then left uncared for, for 20 minutes.

They didn’t think her life was worth saving. The police left Taylor to die.https://t.co/M0ebD5zjFd
— L E F T, PhD ⚫️ (@LeftSentThis) July 18, 2020

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4 months ago today, police officers murdered Breonna Taylor. It’s long overdue that her killers be brought to justice. pic.twitter.com/joUevxIHJT
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) July 14, 2020

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For more than 6 minutes, Lionel Morris asked police to let him up. “I can’t breathe,” he said, handcuffed, lying on the ground. “If you can talk, you can breathe,” officers answered. Morris had no pulse when EMTs arrived, and died en route to the hospital. https://t.co/OXxIxPrc6H
— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 30, 2020

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Restrictions on high-speed chases have been implemented for law enforcement agencies across the country, yet CBP still behave recklessly. CBP must be held accountable for the death & damage they cause in our communities. @ACLU_BRC https://t.co/FylDgn410z
— SBCC (@SBCCoalition) July 30, 2020

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July 29, 2020 by V Leigh

Police are still at it

Investigation launched after Allenton cop filmed kneeling on black man’s neck – Boing Boing https://t.co/YYTyou7fOG via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 13, 2020

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Drivers target Black Lives Matter protesters in ‘horrifying’ spate of attacks https://t.co/c0H6xGYCZt
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 10, 2020

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2 Oklahoma police officers have been charged with second-degree murder after they used Tasers more than 50 times on a man who later died, according to court records https://t.co/ZHHp8FoUPh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 3, 2020

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Tonight Detroit police drove into a group of protesters, then, when they were stopped in the middle of the group, they hit the gas.

🎥: @DJEazyTwist

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— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 29, 2020

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Charged officer says he would not have done anything differently on the night Rayshard Brooks was killed – CNN https://t.co/Zv3zJYzU4i via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 23, 2020

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President of Chicago police union indicates he’d use chokeholds even if the city bans them: “I’m not going to give up my life because of some stupid department policy …” from ⁦@JeremyGorner⁩ and ⁦@MidnoirCowboy⁩ reporting https://t.co/BL8n8t97pm
— Elyssa Cherney (on furlough) (@ElyssaCherney) June 22, 2020

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When Byron Williams died saying ‘I can’t breathe,’ few protested. Now his family is fighting for justice.

Williams, 50, was arrested by Las Vegas police for riding his bicycle without a safety light. Less than an hour later, he was dead.https://t.co/s1UlwDFFjG
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 22, 2020

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Tear gas is WAY more dangerous than the cops say. It can cause long-lasting harm, damages skin, seeps into bystanders’ homes and contaminates what it touches.

Calling it “nonlethal” ignores critical info. We are in the middle of a respiratory pandemic

What you need to know 👇
— Lisa Song (@lisalsong) June 4, 2020

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Federal agent kneels on Portland protester’s back as she screams ‘I can’t breathe’ https://t.co/U3bL7U7wWU via @nypost
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 27, 2020

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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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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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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

December 5, 2019 by V Leigh

Mass. State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics’ Spot The Robot Dog. Civil Liberties Advocates Want To Know More

When police in CA kill people – like a #Pittsburg cop did in 2016 with a "sleeper hold" that turned deadly – nothing requires that departments investigate whether use of deadly-force polices were followed. #SB1421 @SukeyLewis #californiareportingproject https://t.co/VyIEPari1n

— Thomas Peele (@thomas_peele) November 17, 2019

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Cop in California legit tried to arrest a black man bc he was “illegally eating.”😳

My mind can’t even begin to comprehend the arrogance needed to justify this nonsense
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— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) November 10, 2019

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A cop said Pedro Barbosa tried to run him over w/ a car. Faced 15 years. But it was a lie. Investigators from @BklynDefender got video proving the cop fabricated the charge. They saved his life. Mr. Barbosa now free. Officer pled guilty to perjury & fired. https://t.co/suesK2g7oI

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) November 21, 2019

Some California police departments don’t investigate their own officers’ use of deadly force https://t.co/x2BNTCgptw

— Mercury News (@mercnews) November 17, 2019

#MarquisJefferson has died, weeks after the murder of his daughter #AtatianaJefferson.

There is something worse than losing a child—losing a child at the hands of someone sworn to protect her and having to hear racists blame your child for her own death. https://t.co/CRW3q859k6

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) November 10, 2019

Mass. State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics’ Spot The Robot Dog. Civil Liberties Advocates Want To Know More https://t.co/8AVjqrN05Z

— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) November 26, 2019

October 29, 2019 by V Leigh

Police and Youth

PA Police officer hit with civil rights lawsuit is a former school resource officer who allegedly knocked out a 14-year-old’s tooth. “I don’t ever want to see Stephen Shaulis working as a police officer or any other law enforcement capacity ever again." https://t.co/jI6i9xkTmA

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) October 21, 2019

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Just so y’all know some schools in Chicago have a cop in the building everyday but only one (1) social worker a week

— Carlos Ballesteros (@ballesteros_312) October 19, 2019

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I need to know the names and badge numbers of all of these officers who are punching these young Black boys in the face. They are teenagers.

None of this brutality is OK.

See this @JumaaneWilliams? pic.twitter.com/VGu0C8OOvm

— Shaun King (@shaunking) October 27, 2019

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