In the wake of a Nashville cop shooting & killing Jocques Clemmons, a Black man who was running away, community groups have put a referendum on the November ballot to create an independent police oversight board. https://t.co/nXl9t5WWIq via @TheAppeal Political Report newsletter

— The Appeal (@theappeal) October 25, 2018

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Policing the Police: After two high-profile police shootings in two years, civilian oversight of the MNPD is on the ballot. https://t.co/6N4eZrHSMe pic.twitter.com/25lh7WhvWw

— Nashville Scene (@NashvilleScene) October 25, 2018

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I’m sorry, but I need you to watch this and know the name #MatthewGraves.

An unarmed, non-violent white man who was brutally shot and killed by police after jaywalking.

We need his story to be known because it exposes this brutal system often crosses racial lines as well. https://t.co/xJAMP2ZH9l

— Shaun King (@shaunking) October 26, 2018

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and note, the "all lives matter" folks aren't the ones bringing this up…it's Shaun, as it always is–always progressive folks who care when cops kill people 4 no good reason, regardless of race… https://t.co/xtvHiaxjJt

— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) October 27, 2018

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“It’s making me feel that the [Baton Rouge police] officer that killed my son [Calvin Toney] is going to get off with it,” Pam Toney said. ”That’s how I feel. If they kill Alton Sterling cold-blooded right on camera, we’re not going to stand a chance.” https://t.co/Rrzl8aFWfY

— The Appeal (@theappeal) November 20, 2018

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4 years ago today Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Police waited 4 minutes before providing Rice with first aid. He died the following day. https://t.co/UzKhoYQNqp

— The Appeal (@theappeal) November 22, 2018

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An arbitrator reinstated a Seattle police officer who was fired in 2016 for punching an intoxicated handcuffed woman. The officer’s discipline will be reduced to a 15-day suspension. He will receive full back pay, less the unpaid days for his suspension. https://t.co/Jgp7Zy4QYW pic.twitter.com/7qOeYzi4x8

— The Appeal (@theappeal) November 23, 2018

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Jerry Smith Jr., an unarmed Black man, had spread his arms & fingers as Milwaukee cops cornered him with their guns drawn. Smith appears to be getting on the ground as two cops shoot him. He survived but will suffer permanent partial paralysis in his leg. https://t.co/5SxmYHymSf

— The Appeal (@theappeal) November 25, 2018

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The @NRA’s ‘good guy with a gun’ mantra doesn’t apply to Black men.

Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., #EJBradford, an active duty Army officer & son of a police officer was home for Thanksgiving when he was mistaken for a mall shooter & murdered by Hoover, AL police.#WhyWeKneel pic.twitter.com/rMnRYDYFZN

— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) November 25, 2018

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Three Chicago police officers are on trial on charges of conspiring to protect their colleague, Jason Van Dyke, the officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke was found guilty of murder. Now attention turns to the alleged cover-up. https://t.co/cSY5U5QCLy

— The Appeal (@theappeal) November 28, 2018

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