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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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Certains sont surpris que les 5 policiers ayant tué Tyre Nichols soient noirs.
Ce n'est pas surprenant. La police tue plus de 1000 personnes chaque année. Evidemment, certains meurtriers sont noirs.
Explications —ïž
Ce n'est pas surprenant. La police tue plus de 1000 personnes chaque année. Evidemment, certains meurtriers sont noirs.
Explications —ïž
Les policiers sont socialisĂ©s dans la mĂȘme sociĂ©tĂ© âraciste et sexiste â et intĂ©riorisent ces prĂ©jugĂ©s. Noirs ou Blancs, ils ont tous appris qu'un dĂ©linquant-type est un homme, noir, jeune, de zones urbaines ghettoisĂ©es...
C'est un stéréotype *construit*.
C'est un stéréotype *construit*.
Ces stéréotypes entraßnent des interactions plus nombreuses et plus violentes avec les citoyens noirs.
DĂšs l'Ă©cole, oĂč les procĂ©dures disciplinaires sont plus sĂ©vĂšres Ă l'encontre des enfants noirs, et jusque dans la justice, les enfants noirs sont plus sĂ©vĂšrement punis.
DĂšs l'Ă©cole, oĂč les procĂ©dures disciplinaires sont plus sĂ©vĂšres Ă l'encontre des enfants noirs, et jusque dans la justice, les enfants noirs sont plus sĂ©vĂšrement punis.
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.
A thread:đ
Police have shot and killed at least 5,400 people since 2015.
A thread:đ
#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
As more Americans grapple with fundamental questions about race and the police, Fault Lines digs into our archives to share 12 episodes on the crisis in US policing.
From violence and impunity, to militarization and surveillance, a thread of documentaries about the police âŹïž
From violence and impunity, to militarization and surveillance, a thread of documentaries about the police âŹïž
In Ferguson, protests in 2014 and their disproportionate, heavy-handed police reaction showed that the killing of #MichaelBrown sparked something biggerâexposing tensions that had been bubbling beneath the surface for years.
Months after the Ferguson unrest, we returned to investigate why the relationship between police and local black communities is fraught with distrust.
For many, #MichaelBrown was a symbol for an entire system unfairly tilted against black communities.
For many, #MichaelBrown was a symbol for an entire system unfairly tilted against black communities.
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)
Say every one of their namesâThen #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 neededâA 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 neededâA Thread
#GEORGEFLOYD, 46 â911 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 firedâ1 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 firedâ1 charged.
#AHMAUDARBERY, 25âJogging, 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 bystanderâPending.
2 men charged with murder & aggravated assault. Videotaper claims bystanderâPending.
Protests in Washington, D.C. this weekend were mostly calm during the day where moments of silence, marching, kneeling & speeches on police reform, race and inequality dominated.
But at night, a far different contingent emerged.
A thread of what @JackRodgersCNS & I witnessed:
But at night, a far different contingent emerged.
A thread of what @JackRodgersCNS & I witnessed:
What I witnessed regularly were moments like this one where a protestor would get close to the line, loudly yell, curse or gesticulate but mostly, ask police how they justify behavior that gets people like George Floyd killed.
(Photos by me unless otherwise indicated)
(Photos by me unless otherwise indicated)
It was moments like this that I saw repeatedly.
And for perspective: there were literally thousands more instances of this below in the streets of Washington, D.C. this weekend than there were burning trashcans or shattered windows.
And for perspective: there were literally thousands more instances of this below in the streets of Washington, D.C. this weekend than there were burning trashcans or shattered windows.
A THREAD on this tweet released by DOJ yesterday. I presume they think it shows an AG hard at work. But on a day when the country was fracturing amid protests over racism & police violence, the photo is a reminder of the absence of civil rts leadership in this DOJ. By contrast..
In 2014 while protests continued in Ferguson after #MikeBrown, an unarmed teenager was killed by police ofcr Darren Wilson, then Attorney General Eric Holder visited Ferguson, meeting with community groups and local law enforcement to signal the deptâs engagement.
Similarly, in 2015 Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited #Baltimore to meet with the family of #FreddieGray, community groups, civic leaders and local law enforcement.
You want to know why Black people are angry...
We canât be handcuffed and put in the police car unless we are dead (#GeorgeFloyd)
We canât go bird watching in Central Park (#ChristianCooper)
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât be handcuffed and put in the police car unless we are dead (#GeorgeFloyd)
We canât go bird watching in Central Park (#ChristianCooper)
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât 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 canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canât sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We canât play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canât go to church (#Charleston9).
We canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canât sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We canât play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canât 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
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
1) I have privilege as a White person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it...
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
2)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 CD's (#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 CD's (#AltonSterling).
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
3) 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 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).
On Friday, my CEO mentioned #AhmaudArbrey by name in her weekly all-company video message. It meant the world to me. Has your workplace acknowledged Ahmaud? Hereâs why so few will & why they should reconsider that silence./1
78% of Black professionals say theyâve experienced discrimination and/or fear that they or their loved ones will. Yet 38% feel that their workplaces deem it unacceptable to speak about these experiences./2 hbr.org/2017/07/peopleâŠ
This isnât what âbring your whole self to workâ should look like. The lack of acknowledgement can feel deafening and contributes to low satisfaction & engagement and low commitment to the organization./3
#BEingBlack in AmeriKKKa
We canât go jogging:
#AmaudArbery
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes:
#BothamJean and #AtatianaJefferson
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash #JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride
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We canât go jogging:
#AmaudArbery
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes:
#BothamJean and #AtatianaJefferson
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash #JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride
1/7
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 canât walk home from the store:
#TrayvonMartin
#BeingBlack
2/7
#StephonClark
We can't leave a party to get to safety:
#JordanEdwards
We can't play loud music:
#JordanDavis
We canât walk home from the store:
#TrayvonMartin
#BeingBlack
2/7
We canât sell CD's:
#AltonSterling
We canât sleep:
#AiyanaJones
We canât walk down the street:
#MikeBrown
Our children canât play with toys: #TamirRice
We canât go to church:
#Charleston9
We canât party on New Years:
#OscarGrant
#BeingBlack
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#AltonSterling
We canât sleep:
#AiyanaJones
We canât walk down the street:
#MikeBrown
Our children canât play with toys: #TamirRice
We canât go to church:
#Charleston9
We canât party on New Years:
#OscarGrant
#BeingBlack
3/7
If you are a Christian that means you're a person of freedom & justice. I want to see other ppl fighting for the justice of unarmed black men being hunted down and slaughtered.
(I donât know who created this, but I'd like to credit the original author if anyone knows.)
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(I donât know who created this, but I'd like to credit the original author if anyone knows.)
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This next part is not my post and the person who posted it was not tagged:
Black people are so tired. đ
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).
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Black people are so tired. đ
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).
(2/9)
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #Renisha McBride).
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 canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
(3/9)
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 canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
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Black people are so tired. đ And tired of being victim-blamed for our own murders.
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson)
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean 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 play loud music (#JordanDavis).
We canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
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 canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canât sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We canât play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canât go to church (#Charleston9).
We canât walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We canât play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canât go to church (#Charleston9).
We canât walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
A Tweetstorm!
Black people are so tired. đ. I am soooo tired.
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
Black people are so tired. đ. I am soooo tired.
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
2/ 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 canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canât sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis).
We canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canât sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
3/ We canât play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canât go to church (#Charleston9).
We canât walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
We canât hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
We canât party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
We canât go to church (#Charleston9).
We canât walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
We canât hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
We canât party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
Black people are so tired. đ
A Roll Call Repost
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #Renisha McBride).
1/7
A Roll Call Repost
We canât go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We canât relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #Renisha McBride).
1/7
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 canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canât sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
2/7
We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis).
We canât sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We canât sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We canât walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
2/7
We canât play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We canât go to church (#Charleston9).
We canât walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
We canât hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
We canât party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
3/7
We canât go to church (#Charleston9).
We canât walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
We canât hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
We canât party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
3/7
I am stunned and saddened by the sudden death of #ElijahCummings. What a powerhou5se, what a leader. He never stopped fighting for the most vulnerable, the most marginalized, the most needy.
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washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10âŠ
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washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10âŠ
In the 17yrs I wrote for the Baltimore Sun, #ElijahCummings was a headline-maker. I shall never forget him at #FreddieGray's funeral excoriating the press: "Did you see him?" Cummings thundered over and over, asking why no one noticed Gray in life, but flocked to his funeral.
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#ElijahCummings led everywhere. He fought every day of his life for someone. We were fortunate beyond measure that he chose to fight for us as a nation, particularly these last few years, demanding we be empathetic. #RestInPower. We will not forget: #TheGentlemanWillNotYield
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Remember in *2015* when former Baltimore cop & blackface performer Bobby Berger sold 600 tickets at $45 each for a fundraiser for the officers charged in #FreddieGray's death, before backlash caused the venue to pull out? [Archive pic of Berger from 1982] baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/âŠ
Berger, known for impersonating 1920s-40s blackface performer Al Jolson, was fired by BPD in the '80s after off-duty performances drew the ire of the NAACP. He said he organized the 2015 fundraiser bc he knew how it felt to be suddenly w/o a BPD paycheck. baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/âŠ
Berger was ordered by BPD to stop blackface performances in early '80s, sued w/ backing of @ACLU saying order violated free speech, lost, was fired, won on appeal, was rehired, & got $108K+ in back pay, legal fees & compensation for *humiliation & stress* baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/âŠ
On 4/18 at 4pm in @UMBCLibrary, @BmoreDoc of @MorganStateU, @seemadiyer of @EubieBee, as well as Felipe Filomeno and @PNicoleking of @UMBC sit on our panel about Redevelopment and Justice in #Baltimore. #humforum18 ow.ly/cZej30ii1PD
.@AmyBhatt is introducing our panelists: @BmoreDoc, Felipe Filomeno, @PNicoleking, and @seemadiyer #humforum18
Lawrence Brown (@BmoreDoc) is a Professor at @MorganStateU. He starts us off by placing gentrification in historical context: forced displacement of indigenous tribes and Africans. #humforum18
Tonight, two Baltimore police officers were found guilty of robbery, racketeering & conspiracy in a major corruption case. #GTTFtrial
The #GTTF (Gun Trace Task Force) was a Baltimore PD unit charged with getting illegal guns off the streets. 8 officers on the force were indicted in the trial.
The convicted #GTTF officers abused their power to carry out robberies. Federal prosecutors say the men stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and drugs, and regularly violated the rights of citizens. baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/âŠ
