November 21, 2020 by V Leigh

Racism is a public health threat

OMG!!!! I’m still in shock we made history today!!!!! The AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION recognizes
RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT !!!!
— Faith Crittenden,MPH (@FaithCrittenden) November 16, 2020

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Check out the Coloring Health Policy’s Ep 6. Racism is a Public Health Threat.
This was recorded months before the now adopted policy! Available Now on All major Podcasting Platforms! Enjoy! https://t.co/tmYkzJSaHK
— Faith Crittenden,MPH (@FaithCrittenden) November 18, 2020

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This is great news! The AMA is recognizing the role systemic racism plays in public health outcomes.

It’s time Congress does the same & passes my bill with @RepPressley & @SenWarren to declare racism a public health crisis.https://t.co/XDb7TTaF9I
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) November 17, 2020

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Racism is a public health threat that we oppose in all its forms. Today #OurAMA adopted policy to address racism across health care & take steps to combat its harmful effects in education, technology, policy & practice. https://t.co/8Z7bsmbeFy
— AMA (@AmerMedicalAssn) November 16, 2020

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November 12, 2020 by V Leigh

The way the police punish survivors of domestic violence instead of supporting them.

Around the world police safely disarm men, women, and children who are in the middle of a mental health crisis. U.S. police are trained to shoot to kill any time they get the heebie-jeebies. Walter Wallace needed an ambulance. Instead, he got bullets.

⬇️https://t.co/TmWlgPNeCB pic.twitter.com/8DcV23v1Lg
— The Breakdown with Shaun King (@TheBreakdown) October 27, 2020

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A reminder that Philadelphia Police Department was notified that 328 of their officers posted white supremacist and other hateful content online and decided to keep 96% of those officers on the force, where they continue to patrol communities of color with almost total immunity.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 6, 2019

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“A training slideshow used by the Kentucky State Police (KSP) — the second largest police force in the state — urges cadets to be ‘ruthless killer[s]’ and quotes Adolf Hitler advocating violence.” https://t.co/wO949qCeqi
— Jason Riley (@JasonRileyWDRB) October 30, 2020

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Alabama police captain threatens to execute every Biden voter with a “bullet in their skull.” https://t.co/iPg7oeZZwe
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 5, 2020

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She was too afraid to testify at her ex’s domestic abuse trial. So she was assaulted by police and jailed instead. This is a horrific example of the way the police punish survivors of domestic violence instead of supporting them. https://t.co/W1kz8yHgnC
— Angela Marie MacDougall (@_AngelaMarieMac) November 10, 2020

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October 24, 2020 by V Leigh

Reforms do not solve the root causes of harm

Ghaisar’s family has spent almost three years seeking justice and answers. “We carry this grief with us as we have fought, and will continue to fight, for justice for Bijan and so many other victims of police brutality,” the Ghaisar family said. https://t.co/OxcSM1Ma8Y
— Dakin Andone (@dakinandone) October 16, 2020

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Breaking: Two Park Police officers charged in Fairfax with manslaughter in 2017 slaying of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar https://t.co/bvGkql1jRT
— Tom Jackman (@TomJackmanWP) October 15, 2020

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Friends and family of #KobeHeisler, a 21y/o unarmed man killed by police who responded to a #MentalCrisis call, spoke during the 1-year remembrance of Kobe in downtown #Minneapolis.

Kobe Heisler Remembered One Year After Being Killed By Police https://t.co/bt9S1vzIax
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) October 19, 2020

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New York City has spent $250 million settling police misconduct lawsuits over the last five years. But they don’t have the money to pay teachers. https://t.co/cF6ltp8vnt
— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) October 9, 2020

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“Reforms do not solve the root causes of harm— individual or institutional. The master’s house is on fire, and the more that we try to reform, diversify, and resource it, the more people will suffer as it collapses.” @dereckapurnell #AbolitionForThePeople https://t.co/YAuHPagzsI
— connie wun, phd (@conniewunphd) October 19, 2020

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New from @dereckapurnell: “Counterintuitively, reforms do not make a system more just, but obscure the violence of the criminal legal system more efficiently.”

Read #AbolitionForThePeople “The System Is Built for Power, Not Justice.” Link below. https://t.co/OZgpoPMflh
— Kaepernick Publishing (@KaepernickPub) October 19, 2020

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October 23, 2020 by V Leigh

The top 1% of Americans

BREAKING: The Seattle Human Services Department just announced that providing housing to Seattle’s 12,000 homeless would be “reckless and irresponsible”. Over 1 in 10 Seattle apartments are currently empty. We are in a pandemic and our air is at toxic levels due to wildfires. https://t.co/9OQnV1F6r6
— Dae (@daeshikjr) September 17, 2020

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The top 1% of Americans have taken $50 trillion from the bottom 90%—and that’s made the U.S. less secure https://t.co/o7Nm9JUOWI
— TIME (@TIME) September 14, 2020

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October 22, 2020 by V Leigh

Lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by the Trump administration.

Since 2017, at least 265 calls made to police through 911 and nonemergency lines have reported violence and abuse inside California’s four privately run federal detention centers overseen by ICE, a Times investigation found. https://t.co/NK12FzOhKy
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 18, 2020

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Donald Trump, aided and abetted by Stephen Miller, Jeff Sessions, and Rod Rosenstein, ripped thousands of children, including infants and toddlers, from their parents. Then they put them in cages. Over a hundred are still alone. At least six have died. #VOTE #BidenHarris2020
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) October 7, 2020

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Breaking News: “We need to take away children.” Jeff Sessions and top Justice Department officials pushed hard for migrant family separations in 2018, a watchdog found.https://t.co/g0LsvY5jUe
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6, 2020

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BREAKING: Lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by the Trump administration. With @JuliaEAinsley. https://t.co/riUuEshXnc
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) October 20, 2020

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A critically important story from @KQED, @michelleewiley and @adrianamorgao. The work @JusticeInMotion, @supportKIND, @wrcommission, @ACLU and others are doing to search for and reunite families separated by Trump has ground to a halt because of COVID. https://t.co/SQNDbdezjS
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) September 23, 2020

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October 9, 2020 by V Leigh

Hate in America

California Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Attempting to Stab Black Man https://t.co/PMdwlYA1GN
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) September 29, 2020

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New from me: Unredacted FBI document sheds new light on white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement https://t.co/sw5RRZqb2b
— Alice Speri (@alicesperi) September 29, 2020

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Four arrested after Black man’s body found burning in a ditch in Iowa – CNN https://t.co/iE2NIB0QaU via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) September 23, 2020

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Violent Trump supporter at a rally in Texas assaults a peaceful counter-protester pic.twitter.com/s950Q3kgTj
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) October 3, 2020

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October 8, 2020 by V Leigh

The U.S. has a long, dark history of inflicting these forced operations on the most vulnerable groups of people, in jails, prisons and detention centers.

“In Budd’s experience, Bortac agents are among ‘the most violent and racist in all law enforcement’ …’They view people they encounter in the military sense as enemy combatants, meaning they have virtually no rights.’https://t.co/juKRyQAIUw https://t.co/WRHPdRMKMn
— New York City Antifa (@NYCAntifa) August 2, 2020

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**CLARIFICATION: When raiding our humanitarian aid camp last night Border Patrol did have a warrant, but refused to show it upon entry. The warrant specified the seizure of all cell phones and paperwork, in a clear attempt to suppress documentation of their actions. ** https://t.co/5xWXMJMJ27
— No More Deaths (@NoMoreDeaths) August 1, 2020

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Over a dozen women were pressured into getting medically unnecessary gynecological procedures without informed consent.

This is horrifying. Every woman has the right to make her own choices about reproductive health.

We need an immediate investigation.https://t.co/iFxekBUkQX
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) September 29, 2020

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If there were mass hysterectomies at an ICE detention facility, then the United Nations must conduct an independent investigation against the United States for crimes against humanity. The doctors who performed the hysterectomies must be brought before The Hague and stand trial.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 14, 2020

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Detained migrants reported lack of COVID-19 protection, medical neglect, abuse, being sprayed with poisonous levels of chemical disinfectant & now mass hysterectomies. This is genocide. ICE is operating concentration camps. We need to #AbolishICE now. https://t.co/R4Ug9JzUbx
— SBCC (@SBCCoalition) September 16, 2020

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NEW: ICE deported a crucial witness in an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault and harassment at an El Paso immigrant detention center, according to the witness’ lawyers.

With @ProPublica: https://t.co/63mFRBkJbD
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 15, 2020

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This is tampering w/ a witness. Under federal law using physical force (in this case deportation) to withhold testimony &/or cause them to be absent from an official proceeding is punishable by up to 30 years. W/o physical force, corruptly impeding a proceeding is up to 20 years. https://t.co/7YOgoU62NM
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) September 16, 2020

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in 2020, immigrant women are having their reproductive organs removed without their full consent
The U.S. has a long, dark history of inflicting these forced operations on the most vulnerable groups of people, in jails, prisons and detention centers.https://t.co/AAUIpaHWC0
— Carlos F. de Cossio (@CarlosFdeCossio) September 30, 2020

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October 7, 2020 by V Leigh

Police Violence

Warning: graphic video ⚠️

Prescott Valley, Arizona police body-cam video shows K-9 released on man complying with orders https://t.co/AvzJKZCtEq pic.twitter.com/ySQwS1TzcW
— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) September 20, 2020

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NEW: Police dogs bite thousands of Americans each year, inflicting serious injuries. Occasionally, they kill people.

The dogs are bred and trained to capture people. And there is little oversight of how police depts. use them. https://t.co/KfwHCwXLEg
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) October 2, 2020

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Police in Montgomery, AL set a police dog loose on Joseph Pettaway, who later bled to death from a laceration. At the scene, one officer said “Fuck yea” when another asked him if the dog had bitten Pettaway—now the family is fighting for bodycam footage.https://t.co/Zm0HIvVdtw
— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) October 2, 2020

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#BREAKING @LAStatePolice Trooper indicted in Baton Rouge district court over a 2018 shooting. @WBRZ https://t.co/Mna0LYuy53
— Chris Nakamoto WBRZ (@ChrisNakamoto) October 1, 2020

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Stephen F. Austin State University police burst into Black student’s dorm with guns drawn after her white roommates made false claims, family says https://t.co/oMLlFcv68F
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 29, 2020

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A Kentucky State Police ballistics report does not support Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s assertion that Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot a Louisville police officer the night she was killed.

New from @adwolfson: https://t.co/AlHwJvs7Lk
— Tessa Duvall (@TessaDuvall) September 27, 2020

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SAY HIS NAME: Jonathan Price!!!! https://t.co/cduaiVRngd
— Tay Anderson (@TayAndersonCO) October 5, 2020

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October 7, 2020 by V Leigh

Fatal police shootings haven’t dropped.

In the years since 12 year old Tamir Rice was killed in a park with a toy gun, fatal police shootings haven’t dropped. At all. This is unfathomable. https://t.co/tc1gxwZpCy pic.twitter.com/ZND9gkZ2jk
— Patrick Sharkey (@patrick_sharkey) September 17, 2020

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Jesus. Louisville officials said the cops who raided Taylor’s home were not wearing body cameras. They lied. At least one was. There’s also a ton of footage from the aftermath of the raid. And it’s damning. https://t.co/vrB1gDVNbr
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) September 27, 2020

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Salt Lake City police released body camera footage Monday of an officer shooting a 13-year-old boy with autism on September 4. “I don’t feel good,” he can be heard saying. “Tell my mom I love her.” https://t.co/2RI2Heggll
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) September 22, 2020

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Washington, D.C. police are more likely to arrest Black people for marijuana-related offenses, according to a Washington Post analysis. https://t.co/fyFxlkkguH
— Colorlines (@Colorlines) September 17, 2020

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“Autism is not a crime”#KobeHeisler‘s father, Jason Heisler, spoke at a protest on August 31 where community gathered to remember Kobe a year after he was killed by police. [VIDEOS]https://t.co/yOmapPS2Rl
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) September 12, 2020

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Rochester, New York, police commanders urged city officials to hold off on releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude’s March suffocation death because they feared violent blowback, emails show. The video was made public by Prude’s family on Sept. 4. https://t.co/qHWHZAP739
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2020

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September 24, 2020 by V Leigh

No direct charges in the murder of Breonna Taylor

BREAKING: No officers charged directly in Breonna Taylor’s death; 1 faces 3 counts over shooting into neighboring apartments. https://t.co/mxOfXTwkDI
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 23, 2020

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Breonna Taylor was murdered in her own home by police.

This isn’t justice or accountability. This is a broken system. https://t.co/ZBwa8BDxo1
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) September 23, 2020

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On @msnbc @BLACKALLIANCE1 gets it right: “the ‘castle doctrine’ and ‘no knock warrants’ cannot co-exist.” He’s right. Certainly not for Black people. #BreonnaTaylor
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 23, 2020

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Gov. Andy Beshear called on Attorney General Daniel Cameron to publish evidence gathered during the Breonna Taylor investigation. “Everyone can and should be informed. And those that are currently feeling frustration, feeling hurt, they deserve to know more.” pic.twitter.com/cESj4qSk01
— Lexington Herald-Leader (@heraldleader) September 23, 2020

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Protesters have organized a full front line now as they move through the streets #Louisville #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/WHmiwVM2DU
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 23, 2020

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Wow.

We are seeing live photos of protesters crying in the street learning of the charges, lack of charges against the three @LMPD officers involved in the raid that killed #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/3kFtiegs6A
— Marvis Herring (@Marvis_WLKY) September 23, 2020

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NAACP | Share Your Story – Breonna Taylor https://t.co/qBbLTybgw7
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) September 23, 2020

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What Today Means For Breonna Taylorhttps://t.co/Ed55shoYuC
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) September 23, 2020

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Praying for Breonna’s mother and family. Because they knew and loved her before her name became a hashtag.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) September 23, 2020

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Racism is a public health threat

The way the police punish survivors of domestic violence instead of supporting them.

Reforms do not solve the root causes of harm

The top 1% of Americans

Lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by the Trump administration.

Hate in America

The U.S. has a long, dark history of inflicting these forced operations on the most vulnerable groups of people, in jails, prisons and detention centers.

Police Violence

Fatal police shootings haven’t dropped.

No direct charges in the murder of Breonna Taylor