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.@IMPD_Chief has identified the officer who shot and killed #SeanReed after a police chase, in keeping with what he says is a new, formalized transparency policy for releasing names after an assessment of whether they'd be endangered. 1/
A special prosecutor from Madison County is reviewing whether Dejoure Mercer's use of deadly force was appropriate.
Chief Taylor has also released the name of Steven Scott, the officer disciplined for a caught-on-tape comment that Reed would have "a closed casket." 2/2
Chief Taylor has also released the name of Steven Scott, the officer disciplined for a caught-on-tape comment that Reed would have "a closed casket." 2/2
IMPD also released both officers' personnel files. Only prior discipline for either was a reprimand to Scott over IMPD's moonlighting policy. Mercer was named district Officer of the Year a week before the Reed shooting; Scott has earned the Medal of Valor & 2 commendations.
Today we #ShutDownSTEM & #ShutDownAcademia. I'm going to spend most of today educating myself about the lived experiences of black people and listening to as much black music and comedy as I can, and I'm going to share it with all 301 of my twitter followers.
I'm going to start by reading through this document, completing as many of the action points that I can, and going through the resources linked to at its foot: docs.google.com/document/d/1Xa…
And while I do that I'll be relistening to RTJ4 by @runjewels. My favourite tracks so far are holy calamafuck, walking in the snow and pulling the pin (feat. INCREDIBLE lyrics by the legendary @mavisstaples)
A white man swinging an axe approached NYPD officers, watch how close he comes to cutting one of them. If this man was Black, this would have ended very differently.
This happened at Walmart in San Leandro, CA. They shot #SteveTaylor who had dropped his baseball bat, AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY & then stood over his body & SHOT HIM IN THE BACK AGAIN.
Would they have done this to a white man?
Would they have done this to a white man?
Please take a look at the double standard in this video.
A white man with a gun compared to a 14 year old Black kid with a cigar.
A white man with a gun compared to a 14 year old Black kid with a cigar.
Hundreds blocked traffic in Indianapolis to protest the police-involved shootings of 2 black men. Police say Dreasjon Reed (left) fled from them in a car & fired shots. Hours later, McHale Rose (right) was killed when he shot at police w/a rifle in an ambush attack, police say. 
Dreasjon Reed also recently posted a first-person video on his Facebook of what looks like him committing a drive-by shooting. The gun in this video appears to match the gun seen in his live stream during the fatal police chase yesterday. archive.vn/mgjVj
This local report details how McHale Rose allegedly called 9/11 to report a fake incident to lure Indianapolis police to an ambush. He allegedly shot at them w/a rifle but missed & was killed in the returning fire. BLM protesters are calling this a murder. wishtv.com/news/crime-wat…
#AhmaudArbery and #SeanReed should be alive today. They are not; they were hunted down, to their deaths.
PLEASE READ my full statement below:
PLEASE READ my full statement below:
The implication of these murders is clear: in the midst of a global pandemic claiming more lives than any other this century, many white people cannot imagine a greater threat than black Americans simply existing.
There are hordes of predominantly white protesters demanding states reopen—which poses a direct & serious threat to the black community. Make no mistake, these protestors, and the politicians who enable them, have calmly calculated that the “right” to re-open will ...
