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#TyreNichols should still be alive.
#BreonnaTaylor should be alive.
#GeorgeFloyd should be alive.
#DuanteWright should be alive.
#FantaBility should be alive.
#TamirRice should be alive.
#LaquanMcDonald should be alive.
#SandraBland should be alive.
#SayTheirNames
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#BreonnaTaylor should be alive.
#GeorgeFloyd should be alive.
#DuanteWright should be alive.
#FantaBility should be alive.
#TamirRice should be alive.
#LaquanMcDonald should be alive.
#SandraBland should be alive.
#SayTheirNames
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#AtatianaJefferson should still be alive.
#StephonClark should be alive.
#FreddieGray should be alive.
#BothamJean should be alive.
#PhilandoCastille should be alive.
#MichaelBrown should be alive.
#EricGarner should be alive.
#AltonSterling should be alive.
#SayTheirNames
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#StephonClark should be alive.
#FreddieGray should be alive.
#BothamJean should be alive.
#PhilandoCastille should be alive.
#MichaelBrown should be alive.
#EricGarner should be alive.
#AltonSterling should be alive.
#SayTheirNames
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All these people in mental health crises I reported on should still be alive today. They or their families called police for help.
#MichelleCusseaux
#TanishaAnderson
#JanishaFonville
#MaKiaBryant
#WalterWallace
#DanielPrude
#AaronLynch
#PorterBurks
#SayTheirNames
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#MichelleCusseaux
#TanishaAnderson
#JanishaFonville
#MaKiaBryant
#WalterWallace
#DanielPrude
#AaronLynch
#PorterBurks
#SayTheirNames
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RETWEETā¼ļøIn 1955 the mother of Emmett Till made the choice to have an open casket after her sons brutal murder. She said āthe people should see what I have seenā Iāve made that choice for Dante š @endqiny citylimits.org/2022/05/19/opiā¦ š§µ
What has changed? Acknowledge that racism in still an issue, it exists all around us. Itās sometimes hidden in shadows, behind smiles, behind fake actions behind court benches and even behind badges. In 1871 Congress passed the KKK act, allowing people to sue government officials
Who violated their civil rights after black propel were freed from slavery because many of those officials were actually KKK members. In 1967 the Supreme Court (Pierson v Ray) gutted that right by creating qualified immunity and in 1982 further gutted it (Harlow v Fitzgerald) by
NEW: The nationās top federal prosecutors have become more white under President Donald Trump than under his three predecessors, the @AP found in an analysis of demographic data that goes back to the Clinton admin. (from @JZBleiberg, @JimMustian and me) bit.ly/34wI6w2 
Our findings reveal a persistent lack of diversity in the ranks of U.S. attorneys has reached a nadir in the Trump administration. White men lead 79 of the 93 U.S. attorneyās offices in a country where they make up less than a third of the population. bit.ly/34wI6w2
Nine current U.S. attorneys are women. Just two are Black, and two are Latinx. A few are Asian. That means Trump has left white men overwhelmingly in charge at a time of national demonstrations over racial inequality and the fairness of the criminal justice system.
Criminal charges in U.S. police killings are rare. 110 nonfederal police officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter for shooting someone on duty since 2005, reports @washingtonpost.
Police have shot and killed at least 5,400 people since 2015.
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Police have shot and killed at least 5,400 people since 2015.
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#BreonnaTaylor, a 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by Louisville police during a "no-knock" raid at her home while she slept.
Criminal charges: 1 officer charged with wanton endangerment for shooting neighbor's apartment. Two officers not charged.
Settlement: $12 million
Criminal charges: 1 officer charged with wanton endangerment for shooting neighbor's apartment. Two officers not charged.
Settlement: $12 million
#MichaelBrown, a Black teen killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.
Criminal charges: None
Settlement: $1.5 million
Criminal charges: None
Settlement: $1.5 million
Getting into a car is not a capital crime.
The police cannot continue to act as judge, jury, and executioner.
#BlackLivesMatter
#JacobBlake
The police cannot continue to act as judge, jury, and executioner.
#BlackLivesMatter
#JacobBlake
Passing a counterfeit bill is not a capital crime.
The police cannot continue to act as judge, jury, and executioner.
#BlackLivesMatter
#GeorgeFloyd
The police cannot continue to act as judge, jury, and executioner.
#BlackLivesMatter
#GeorgeFloyd
Sleeping in your home is not a capital crime.
The police cannot continue to act as judge, jury, and executioner.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BreonnaTaylor
The police cannot continue to act as judge, jury, and executioner.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BreonnaTaylor
Wow. #DemConvention
#SayTheirNames #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #ericgarner #sandrabland at a major party convention is truly remarkable and important. #DemConvention
So important and devastating and powerful:
WATCH LIVE:
LDF President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF and singer and actress Audra McDonald host an important dialogue at @BLKTheatreUnite's inaugural event "Activating Black Artists and Allies for Racial Justice."
LDF President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF and singer and actress Audra McDonald host an important dialogue at @BLKTheatreUnite's inaugural event "Activating Black Artists and Allies for Racial Justice."
"The reason why it's important is because...we have convinced ourselves that they donāt see or they didn't hear us. And I want people to understand that they do see...they do know. It is a choice not to be responsive to it."
-@Sifill_LDF on the killing of unarmed Black people
-@Sifill_LDF on the killing of unarmed Black people
"We have to be brave enough to confront that there is deep, deep cruelty and inequality. That it is deliberate. That it is structural."
-LDF Pres. & Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF
-LDF Pres. & Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF
Do Not Keep Silent. POWERFUL from @iammelvinmyles @rabbispen @StephenSimmons5 #JuneteenthDay
on my blog. Please read & share ravjill.com/silence-2/
on my blog. Please read & share ravjill.com/silence-2/
#BlackLivesMatter #IWasNotSilenced #SayTheirNames #GeorgeFloydMurder #BREONNATAYLOR #TamirRice #EricGarner #SandraBland AND what about the hangings? #Investigate
Correction: Video was created by Springdale Baptist Church @TheSpringBC #IWasNotSilenced ravjill.com/silence-2/
People love evidence. If thereās no evidence then they donāt believe you. First of all, I have witnesses to his abuse & theyāve known him longer than I but I do have a few recordings that fuck me up every time I listen to them but letās do this #RamseyOrta #DomesticViolence
The one time I kept asking him to stop yelling at me and calling me a bitch and he just kept defending it saying itās just āhis languageā. You can also hear his deafening silence when I tell him Iām tired of wondering what heās going to think of to do to me next
Remember that time we got into an arguement where I confronted him about kidnapping my son and giving my address to people who wanted to harm me. This is part 1 of that conversation.
1/In sanctuary for #GeorgeFloyd #Houston funeral due to start in about an hour. Family and friends are wearing black and white, filing past the open, gold-plated casket. Everyone wearing masks. @AP and @HoustonChron posting photo.
2/Family and guests taking seats #GeorgeFloyd #Houston funeral. @JJWatt and @channingtatum spotted. @tylerperry Jamie Fox and @FloydMayweather expected.
1/ Thread: How we got here (in brief).
2014: #MichaelBrown killing sparks #Ferguson unrest, #EricGarner killing triggers #BlackLivesMatter #icantbreathe protests. #HowWeGotHere
2014: #MichaelBrown killing sparks #Ferguson unrest, #EricGarner killing triggers #BlackLivesMatter #icantbreathe protests. #HowWeGotHere
2/ 2015: President #Obama's post-Ferguson task force releases a report on 21st Century Policing outlined specific improvements that can make policing more just, safe, effective and constitutional ā and work better for everyone. nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opiā¦ #policereform #HowWeGotHere
3/ Fall 2016: Colin Kaepernick kneels for 1st time, #Trump says he should find another country. nfl.com/news/donald-trā¦ #KaepernickKnee #HowWeGotHere
To the Trauma and Medical community,
First, Iād like to thank the @SoMe4Trauma team for graciously hosting this discussion on #racism and #AntiBlackRacism in medicine and the role trauma plays.
#SoMe4Trauma
First, Iād like to thank the @SoMe4Trauma team for graciously hosting this discussion on #racism and #AntiBlackRacism in medicine and the role trauma plays.
#SoMe4Trauma
The recent #GeorgeFloydMurder in Mnpls, MN has galvanized the world to protest in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Cause of death: "asphyxiation from sustained pressure" when his neck and back were compressed by Minneapolis police officersā
cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/ā¦
Cause of death: "asphyxiation from sustained pressure" when his neck and back were compressed by Minneapolis police officersā
cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/ā¦
It didnāt have to take a second autopsy to confirm what the entire world saw on that video. A video I, and many Black parents, still canāt bear to watch.
But the fact that a second autopsy was performed at the request of Mr. Floydās family is pertinent to this discussion.
But the fact that a second autopsy was performed at the request of Mr. Floydās family is pertinent to this discussion.
I'm tellin' you man, black folks, black Muslims, Arabs, Desis, Mexicans, etc., are out in the streets dancing to a tune so loud, they don't even know what key it's in. Because of this, many are unwilling and unable to acknowledge the main reason why
the death of #GeorgeFloyd has gone global, has gone viral, is because Chuck authorized it to go viral. The liberal wing of Chuck has authorized outrage over the death of a black man even though we've been dying at the hands of white cops and black hoodlums for decades!
The question I have is why did not white liberals authorize riots and protests when they killed #CliffordGlover, #ClaudeReese, #RandyEvans, #YvonneSmallwood, #AmadouDiallo, #SeanBell, #OscarGrant, #TrayvonMartin, #JordanDavis, #JonathanFerrell, #AiyanaJones,
THREAD on #BLM
Tho I'm Latina, I know I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can relax in my own home (#BothemSean & #AtatianaJefferson)
Tho I'm Latina, I know I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can relax in my own home (#BothemSean & #AtatianaJefferson)
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)
I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)
I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown)
I can play like a child (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
I can play like a child (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
Both #EricGarner and #GeorgeFloyd died from the use of approved neck/carotid restraints.
Would you consider death from being restrained a never event as defined by @CMSGov?
#MedTwitter #BlackMedTwitter #MedEd #SoMe4Surgery @Me4Trauma @ACSTrauma
cms.gov/newsroom/fact-ā¦
Would you consider death from being restrained a never event as defined by @CMSGov?
#MedTwitter #BlackMedTwitter #MedEd #SoMe4Surgery @Me4Trauma @ACSTrauma
cms.gov/newsroom/fact-ā¦
Should deadly force be an option if your intent is to restrain?
āNever events,ā like surgery on the wrong body part or mismatched blood transfusion, cause serious injury or death to beneficiaries,ā -CMS
Neck restraints and carotid restraints have caused the deaths of unarmed Black men.
Whereās the oversight?
Neck restraints and carotid restraints have caused the deaths of unarmed Black men.
Whereās the oversight?
Say every one of their namesāThen #SayTheirNames again.
It matters.
Beloved children, spouses, mothers, fathers, friends, co-workers, neighbors.
Denial of racism IS racism
Silence IS compliance
#BlackLivesMatter
#GeorgeFloyd
#BlackOutTuesday, no commentary neededāA Thread
It matters.
Beloved children, spouses, mothers, fathers, friends, co-workers, neighbors.
Denial of racism IS racism
Silence IS compliance
#BlackLivesMatter
#GeorgeFloyd
#BlackOutTuesday, no commentary neededāA Thread
#GEORGEFLOYD, 46 ā911 call from a grocery worker claiming an attempted forgery.
Responding LEO w/17 previous infractions held him down for 9 minutes by the neck as 2 LEOs assisted & 1 did nothing.
His life drained out of him as he said #ICantBreathe
4 Officers firedā1 charged.
Responding LEO w/17 previous infractions held him down for 9 minutes by the neck as 2 LEOs assisted & 1 did nothing.
His life drained out of him as he said #ICantBreathe
4 Officers firedā1 charged.
#AHMAUDARBERY, 25āJogging, hunted down & shot by 2 men while a 3rd videotaped the murder. They claimed they suspected him of a burglary. Homeowner of house being built states nothing was taken.
2 men charged with murder & aggravated assault. Videotaper claims bystanderāPending.
2 men charged with murder & aggravated assault. Videotaper claims bystanderāPending.
I was asked to write this and I was emotional and angry. Tired, really. But I wanted to share my thought process when writing these 750+ words about the proximity of premature death/racism in Dallas and in this country. THREAD. dmagazine.com/frontburner/20ā¦
Iām an artist & MC. I always think about ideas in song lyrics. No other song title conveys proximity to premature death better than 2Pacās āDeath Around The Cornerā(especially since his best work, ME AGAINST THE WORLD, released when he was in prison):
I decided to start with Tupacās words because, in his lyrics, he located how CLOSE death was in his lived experience. Racism has a way of making that easy for you. He understood a radical political framework, predicted his premature death in this country and was killed at 25.
1/ How to address the socio-economic racial divide fastest?
Last year when I interviewed @SpikeLeeJoint I was given a whopping 5 minutes so I askedĀ where would American society be if every Black American family got 40 acres and a mule after emancipation?
Last year when I interviewed @SpikeLeeJoint I was given a whopping 5 minutes so I askedĀ where would American society be if every Black American family got 40 acres and a mule after emancipation?
2/ Side note: more on whatĀ 40 acres and a muleĀ refers to here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_acrā¦
Today that was would be worth ~ $5 Trillion
yesmagazine.org/issue/make-rigā¦
But back to the point I want to make...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_acrā¦
Today that was would be worth ~ $5 Trillion
yesmagazine.org/issue/make-rigā¦
But back to the point I want to make...
3/ #GeorgeFloyd was killed for writing a bad check; #EricGarner selling cigarettes.
America's foundation was rooted in
a) French Enlightment,
b) rejecting British monarchy,
c) but its bedrock is Slavery (aka ownership in all that entails).
So sure, while...
America's foundation was rooted in
a) French Enlightment,
b) rejecting British monarchy,
c) but its bedrock is Slavery (aka ownership in all that entails).
So sure, while...
You want to know why Black people are angry...
We canāt be handcuffed and put in the police car unless we are dead (#GeorgeFloyd)
We canāt go bird watching in Central Park (#ChristianCooper)
We canāt go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canāt be handcuffed and put in the police car unless we are dead (#GeorgeFloyd)
We canāt go bird watching in Central Park (#ChristianCooper)
We canāt go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canāt relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
We can't have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
We can't have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis)
We canāt sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canāt sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canāt walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We canāt play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canāt go to church (#Charleston9).
We canāt sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canāt sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canāt walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We canāt play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canāt go to church (#Charleston9).
I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without pausing, & without thinking twice:
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean & #AtatianaJefferson)
#BlackLivesMatter
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean & #AtatianaJefferson)
#BlackLivesMatter
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown)
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
#BlackLivesMatter
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
#BlackLivesMatter
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)
#BlackLivesMatter
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)
#BlackLivesMatter
On #restraints.
If youāve ever tried to order restraints on a combative or agitated patient in the hospital, youād be met with multiple orders to sign, calls to house supervisors to get approval, maybe even hunting for keys to get to them.
If youāve ever tried to order restraints on a combative or agitated patient in the hospital, youād be met with multiple orders to sign, calls to house supervisors to get approval, maybe even hunting for keys to get to them.
And these are wrist restraints and mittens.
Why?
Because they pose a risk to patient safety.
crisisprevention.com/CPI/media/Mediā¦
Why?
Because they pose a risk to patient safety.
crisisprevention.com/CPI/media/Mediā¦
So we have oversight by the Joint Commission and strict guidelines on how we use restraints to physically restrain patients. For their safety and the safety of our staff.
I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go birding #ChristianCooper
I can go jogging #AmaudArbery
I can relax in the comfort of my own home #BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson
#BlackLivesMatter
I can go birding #ChristianCooper
I can go jogging #AmaudArbery
I can relax in the comfort of my own home #BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson
#BlackLivesMatter
I can ask for help after being in a car crash #JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride
I can have a cellphone #StephonClark
I can leave a party to get to safety #JordanEdwards
I can play loud music #JordanDavis
I can sell CDs #AltonSterling
I can sleep #AiyanaJones
I can have a cellphone #StephonClark
I can leave a party to get to safety #JordanEdwards
I can play loud music #JordanDavis
I can sell CDs #AltonSterling
I can sleep #AiyanaJones
I can walk from the corner store #MikeBrown
I can play cops and robbers #TamirRice
I can go to church #Charleston9
I can walk home with Skittles #TrayvonMartin
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party #SeanBell
I can party on New Years #OscarGrant
I can play cops and robbers #TamirRice
I can go to church #Charleston9
I can walk home with Skittles #TrayvonMartin
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party #SeanBell
I can party on New Years #OscarGrant
On May 25, #GeorgeFloyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer. Chauvin kneeled on Floydās neck for seven minutes, suffocating him as Floyd pleaded repeatedly that he couldnāt breathe. Justice has not yet been achieved.
We have a national crisis of white supremacist violence against Black people in the USA. In the past decade alone, we witnessed the deaths of thousands of Black people at the hands of police. #BreonnaTaylor #EricGarner #SandraBland #TamirRice are just some of those weāve lost.
At Indivisible, we believe Black Lives Matter without qualifications, asterisks, or add-ons. We also believe in the right for communities to protest and protect themselves against state-sanctioned violence. Period.
I'm seeing a lot of white friends post about a desire to learn more about racism but many are unsure where to begin. We can't bring back #GeorgeFloyd but we can learn how to be anti-racists and teach kids how to, too. #sschat #EduColor @Spencer_Fdn @BeaconPressBks @Tolerance_org
Look at whom you follow on @Twitter. Are you following people and orgs that can educate you about race, like @DrIbram @nhannahjones @ProfJeffries @imaniperry @LoriTharps @JasonReynolds83 @facinghistory & @Tolerance_org @AntiracismCtr @WesleyLowery @jabariasim @TWW_podblog ...
Look at your book list. Do you and your children read books by a diverse group of authors? For kids, All-American Boys by @KielyBrendan & @JasonReynolds83 is a great way to spark conversation with your child. #weneeddiversebooks
