The Homeless Are Dying In Record Numbers On The Streets Of #L.A. – https://t.co/tUiUKzKkyy
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) May 14, 2019
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The criminalization of poverty
Michael Thompson has served 25 years in prison for selling weed.
He's 68 years old.
His mother died while he was in prison.
His father died while he was in prison.
His only son died while he was in prison.And he has 40 years left in his sentence.#FreeMichaelThompson pic.twitter.com/oHq3cO5jER
— The Breakdown with Shaun King (@TheBreakdown) May 23, 2019
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"Studies find that prejudice against blacks is a strong predictor of whites’ support for capital punishment. If so many whites were not racially prejudiced, white support for the death penalty would be much lower, & so would public support more generally." https://t.co/wIuz4odIQV
— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) April 13, 2019
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"Nobody should lose their life because they can’t make a monetary payment."
Via @theappealhttps://t.co/HGnMPnpkd9
— Women's Prison Assoc (@WPA_NYC) May 9, 2019
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A Georgia man stole a can of beer. The judge ordered ankle monitoring. The company administering it charged him more than $1,000. He sold plasma, but fell behind on his payments & the judge jailed him for non-payment. We need to stop criminalizing poverty. https://t.co/KFYssDJvbW
— nyc law grrrl (@nyclawgrrrl) June 30, 2019
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In 1995, when Curtis Brooks was just 15-years-old, he was convicted of first-degree murder even though he didn't kill anyone. Why then was he sentenced to die in prison? https://t.co/dHc65qTCXD
— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 1, 2019
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Reality shows like ‘The First 48,’ ‘Live PD,’ and ‘Cops’ are interfering in legal cases, exploiting people of color, and threatening lives. They also distort how the public thinks about crime, in a harmful way. @theappeal https://t.co/KBXdsgrv76
— Equal Justice USA (@EJUSA) June 28, 2019
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A new report says LA DA Jackie Lacey is discriminatory & unjust in seeking the death penalty. Since she took office, 22 people from LA County have been sentenced to death, all of color & 8 represented by lawyers with serious misconduct claims against them. https://t.co/F4Ho9kNpoG
— The Appeal (@theappeal) June 19, 2019
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The criminalization of poverty in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has led to a staggering increase in incarcerated people, all at a huge cost for defendants and taxpayers alike. @Sentinel_Vaughn @theappeal https://t.co/psBAwoyTJy
— NACDL (@NACDL) June 15, 2019
The US government’s shocking campaign of politically motivated harassment and intimidation against Human Rights Defenders working to protect & save lives at the US-Mexico border.
"There's abuse in these facilities": @AOC says migrants are "drinking water out of the toilet" at a Customs and Border Protection facility in Clint, Texas https://t.co/ia3uVLoCsj pic.twitter.com/zMULqe4ARO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 2, 2019
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CBP is trying to refute the toilet drinking story by saying their toilets have sinks.
The sink in the cell we visited wasn’t functional. Guards told these women,Cuban refugees 🇨🇺, they could drink out of the bowl.
This account has been corroborated by other members of Congress. https://t.co/VT99UGZ6Ex
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 4, 2019
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⬇️ This. Corporate greed is at the heart of Trump's policy to cage children.
$250/day to house a migrant child at a standard HHS shelter.
$750/day charged by FOR PROFIT Caliburn International Corp. in Homestead.
Paid for by THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
https://t.co/p3yFVfrAby— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) June 30, 2019
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Takei said: “I know what concentration camps are. I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.”https://t.co/V3AlRMvGvW
— Venus Evans-Winters (@DrVEvansWinters) June 21, 2019
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Today Amnesty International has released a report detailing the US government's shocking campaign of politically motivated harassment and intimidation against Human Rights Defenders working to protect & save lives at the US-Mexico border.
Read it here: https://t.co/DxjDOJzCGL pic.twitter.com/wBbBNanmqB
— Amnesty International (@amnestyusa) July 2, 2019
“Don’t draw guns on us…the little kids are scared.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor in recent years has criticized the Supreme Court’s qualified immunity case law, describing it as "sanctioning a ‘shoot first, think later’ approach to policing” that hollows constitutional protection. @theappealhttps://t.co/TFPzRbNAw3
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) June 21, 2019
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Vallejo police fired 55 shots at #WillieMcCoy in 3.5 seconds. Report finds it 'reasonable.'
The 20 y/o California rapper’s family attorney says he was hit around 25 times. Police were responding to a call about a man slumped over, unresponsive, in his car.https://t.co/5NYutLwgB2— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) June 17, 2019
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New Data Shows Police Use More Force Against Black Citizens Even Though Whites Resist More. https://t.co/WV8MLKMoK1 @Slate @DPInfoCtr
— Robert Dunham (@RDunhamDPIC) June 14, 2019
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In the witness video, Officer Christopher Meyer yells "I'm gonna f***ing put a cap right in your f***ing head."
Regarding the leg sweep, Meyer wrote – "I made him spread his feet."
There is no mention of the pregnant mother & two daughters being held at gunpoint @ABC15 pic.twitter.com/V3921SVMFs— Zach Crenshaw (@ZachCrenshaw) June 15, 2019
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My cousin did not deserve this #phoenixpolicedepartment #PoliceBrutality waiting outside for his friend with his boyfriend near his car while black got him this 😡 thankful he got away with his life. we want #justice @JColeNC @Tip @JeffreeStar @kendricklamar pic.twitter.com/lXdMhCYK7j
— crissyjai (@ventingvxen) March 18, 2019
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"Don't draw guns on us…the little kids are scared." Emotional crowds confronted Phoenix officials during a community meeting after a video showed police officers drawing a gun on a family after their 4-year-old daughter allegedly stole a doll from a store https://t.co/zdUaBZZmro pic.twitter.com/cjV1Fm2lQ3
— CNN (@CNN) June 19, 2019
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This website is extremely interesting/horrifying for looking at police depts by county in California. https://t.co/zJcxMIiJEB Most jarring info from Merced County’s: pic.twitter.com/yROfWRyedk
— Kristin Lacey 🏳️🌈 (@kripster16) June 4, 2019
A shocking image of a drowned man and his daughter underscores the crisis at the US-Mexico border
A shocking image of a drowned man and his daughter underscores the crisis at the US-Mexico border https://t.co/nClIAsjKTB pic.twitter.com/Cajoo80yCM
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 26, 2019
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🚨 NEWS🚨 We got the government documents showing what detained children are being fed. Cold burritos, frozen sandwiches, and applesauce as a rare treat.
“Mothers would say, ‘my child can’t drink the water or eat the food, it makes them sick.’’
https://t.co/1669JTw9bB pic.twitter.com/xQ56D8KBK1— Polly Mosendz (@polly) June 28, 2019
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Frightening new report from the Dept of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General documenting conditions at SEVERAL facilities:
– adults held in standing-room conditions for a week
– kids were being held in closed cells
– single adults had not showered for nearly a month https://t.co/etA0jd8V3Y— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) June 26, 2019
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Takei said: “I know what concentration camps are. I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.”https://t.co/V3AlRMvGvW
— Venus Evans-Winters (@DrVEvansWinters) June 21, 2019
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BREAKING NEWS: Deputies are on scene by the river SE of the Anzalduas Park in Las Paloma Wildlife Management Area where Border Patrol agents located 4 deceased bodies. Bodies appear to be 2 infants, a toddler and 20yoa female. Deputies are awaiting FBI agents who will be leading. pic.twitter.com/2qPCYDjZBu
— Sheriff Eddie Guerra (@SheriffGuerra) June 24, 2019
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Transgender asylum seeker dies after six weeks in ICE custody – NBC News https://t.co/tZflBUYwhq
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 4, 2019
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Border Patrol acknowledges it confiscates medicine from almost everyone it detains and, according to doctors on the ground treating detainees, kids can go seven days without access to lifesaving drugs they need. https://t.co/MEp61RoJEz
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 6, 2019
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THREAD: Prosecutor Nate Walters asked #ScottWarren why he describes migrant deaths as “violent” during cross-examination this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/dLWcxfglPW
— No More Deaths (@NoMoreDeaths) June 7, 2019
Our country is failing trans women, and particularly trans women of color. We must do better.
Here's why #MuhlaysiaBooker was buried "as she lived" instead of how she was born, according to her mother. pic.twitter.com/UpHilLlxn7
— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 1, 2019
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Three Black trans women were murdered the same week the Trump administration rolled back protections for trans and non-binary people.
Muhlaysia Booker. Claire Legato. Michelle Simone. #SayHerNamehttps://t.co/ZZCtoYZEpa
— ACLU (@ACLU) May 24, 2019
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'She was murdered, just because.' Texas Senate honors Muhlaysia Booker, transgender woman killed in Dallas https://t.co/eoC85Jex8f
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) May 28, 2019
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Our country is failing trans women, and particularly trans women of color.
We must do better.#SayHerName #TransLivesMatter #WeWontBeErased pic.twitter.com/5RuyiOdq9i
— NYCLU (@NYCLU) May 24, 2019
This is another dark and evil policy strategy
.@CBSNews reports a 6th migrant child died in U.S. custody, this one back in Sept. 2018, but never reported publicly, would have been the first migrant child death.https://t.co/uFMZuXGxSv
— Trisha (@trishaanicole) May 22, 2019
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BREAKING: The Trump administration hid that a 10 year old child died in their custody at the border this past September – the first actual death.
This now makes 6 children who’ve died in their barbaric custody – after not having a single child die in custody the 10 years prior.
— Shaun King (@shaunking) May 22, 2019
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This is another dark and evil policy strategy from Trump. Please RT to educate America. We must not let this happen. ⬇️ https://t.co/APU7rQkAbX
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) May 20, 2019
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20,000 baby bottles, 3,000 boxes of baby wipes and 2,224,000 baby diapers—all ordered for a newly-erected tent city in Donna, Texas holding families and unaccompanied children seeking asylum. There are a lot of goddamn questions that Congress needs to ask. https://t.co/D0Ks88dIkh
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 3, 2019
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A Border Patrol agent faces civil rights charges for hitting a migrant with his truck. Prosecutors want to introduce his text messages filled with dehumanizing comments about migrants. His lawyer says texts are “part of the agency's culture.” https://t.co/A1sUNEABNM
— Bob Moore (@BobMooreNews) May 20, 2019
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No children had died in border patrol custody in the previous 10 years until December 2018. Five children have died in the last 6 months under Trump's family separation policy. https://t.co/DQPO0rOyGA pic.twitter.com/rCPYcruNBu
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 20, 2019
These experiences cause loss of life and generational trauma.
Surveillance video shows #Chicago police dragging (Black) female student down stairs, using stun gun – https://t.co/G1b0mNWrQL
New Footage Of Police Beating Female Student – https://t.co/1fptFxfpvO
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 16, 2019
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So it turns out the Chicago Police Department lied when they said two police officers didn't push & drag a 16-year-old girl down a set of stairs, punch her, tase her, then hold her down as they stomped on her chest.
Cause they did and there's video.https://t.co/8Y6xtv8ObB
— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 11, 2019
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Independent experts examined the house raided by Houston police, led by police officer Gerald Goines, during which Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle were killed. They found no evidence that the couple fired at the officers, as police have claimed. https://t.co/9Xv1wOiOus
— The Appeal (@theappeal) May 14, 2019
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#SandraBland speaks from the grave. This is gut-wrenching & further proves implicit/explicit biases and flat out anti-blackness endured by African Americans all life long. These experiences cause loss of life and generational trauma. It’s unacceptable. https://t.co/AuQmJIoS3A
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) May 7, 2019
Here’s what you need to know about the advancing laws that will restrict abortion access across the U.S.
GOP leaders have begun distancing themselves from new, far-reaching state abortion restrictions that don’t allow exceptions in the cases of rape or incest. https://t.co/Mrt28zdahC
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 17, 2019
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Hundreds of women in Georgia and Alabama are calling Planned Parenthood to ask whether abortion is still legal in their states. The group has gotten so many calls that it had to set up an automated phone line with more information, a spokeswoman says. https://t.co/KJJxpDYQae
— CNN (@CNN) May 17, 2019
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‘The state of Alabama ought to be ashamed of herself.’ — These Alabama state senators spoke up against the abortion ban pic.twitter.com/S5KT79DdRL
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 17, 2019
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Here's what you need to know about the advancing laws that will restrict abortion access across the U.S. pic.twitter.com/U13bMGc73n
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 16, 2019
We cannot become numb to these images. We cannot let this become the new normal.
An armed pro-Trump militia in New Mexico appears to be detaining migrants at the border and working with Border Patrol agents to coordinate their arrests. ACLU says these are kidnappings by vigilantes: https://t.co/gjGyvsGaV2
— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) April 18, 2019
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16-year-old unaccompanied immigrant boy dies in U.S. custody after becoming “noticeably ill” – BuzzFeed News https://t.co/htXRo1UUHn
— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 7, 2019
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ICE Going Against Its Own Rules to Block Immigrants from Meeting with Lawyers – DiversityInc https://t.co/O2CN6iheWZ
— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 11, 2019
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People laughing is not proof that something is a joke. White people laughed at lynchings. Reporters calling this a joke don't know what a joke is and are offering an opinion favorable to Trump. 'It was a joke' is Trump's favorite defense. https://t.co/89Em9wYP9x
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) May 9, 2019
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This barely made headlines yesterday…
Vulnerable children.
Being forced to sleep outside.
On the ground.
On top of rocks.
In the dirt.
In CBP custody.
We cannot become numb to these images. We cannot let this become the new normal. pic.twitter.com/TTwNPezQvb
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) May 15, 2019