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Please follow and amplify the #JoshuaBrown hashtag.
This courageous witness was found shot to death after testifying against former police officer Amber Guyger for murdering #BothamJean.

Please learn about this story and share it.

dallasnews.com/news/crime/201…

#BlackLivesMatter
UPDATE: This #JoshuaBrown story gets more troubling as I learn more:

"Merritt wrote in a Facebook post Saturday night that the medical examiner told him Brown was shot in the mouth and chest."

cnn.com/2019/10/05/us/…
Remember that we still do not have an official report on where #JoshuaBrown was shot.

Did I miss a statement or press conference from Dallas PD after the murder of Joshua Brown, a key witness against Amber Guyger? His testimony was just on national TV:

heavy.com/news/2019/10/j…

The silence is deafening.
#JoshuaBrown #Justice4JoshuaBrown #BlackLivesMatter
A statement from a Dallas County judge:



#JoshuaBrown
nypost.com/2019/10/07/sla…

#JoshuaBrown
UPDATE: The highly respected NAACP Legal Defense Fund (founded by Thurgood Marshall) calls for an independent investigation into the murder of #JoshuaBrown. He testified against Amber Guyger at her trial for murdering #BothamJean

@NAACP_LDF @Sifill_LDF

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Tananarive Due
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Please don’t expect the people who have sacrificed and fought white supremacy for generations to do your work now that it has come to your attention.
First, retire the sentence “This is not our country.” Read the history books. Watch some documentaries.

Of course we can be better, but not if we can’t acknowledge what we have been. This history is tied to the guns. How Tr*mp rose to power. Why so many are complicit.
White supremacy only felt like it had “gone underground” to people it wasn’t affecting.
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On my way back from a great visit to the science fiction collection at Cushing Library @tamulibraries @TAMU - one of the largest in the country. Fantastic exhibition is called "The Stars are Our: Infinite Diversities in Science Fiction & Fantasy" - A quick thread on what I saw
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Tananarive Due
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Y’ALL I CO-EXEC PRODUCED A HORROR DOCUMENTARY COMING OUT ON @shudder!!!
I was so excited I forgot to say it’s a BLACK HORROR doc - but I’m on my phone at Starbucks and can’t wait to tweet more about this when I get home!!!
Me, after months of waiting, when I saw the @shudder announcement drop on my phone while I was at the grocery store

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Big Boss
@escapedmatrix
#JoshuaBrown was shot in his mouth & chest. He was exiting his car at his apt when he was ambushed & shot at close range. His mother asked @MeritLaw to help find out who murdered her son. She suspects foul play. He had no known enemies. We need answers.
Joshua Brown testified against Amber Guyger, the Dallas cop who gunned down Botham Jean in his own apartment. #JoshuaBrown
Too many black people think just because BLM exists, that's a pass for them to sit on their ass and do nothing. First, stop killing each other.

Next, understand we must continue to take to the streets, become public officials, educate, empower, and be a voice for the voiceless.
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elisabeth epps is tired.
@elisabeth
Judge Kemp is on the bench in Dallas. Yesterday Amber Guyger was convicted of first degree murder for killing Botham Jean. After the verdict they went immediately to sentencing phase. Today the sentencing hearing continues. Jury is back in the courtroom.
So far we learned: Botham was perfect (not that he needed to be, but he happened to be). Amber, meanwhile, if her texts and social media are to be believed, is a racist violent white supremacist cop who “jokes” about pepper spraying and even killing civilians. So, there’s that.
Amber Guyger’s mother Karen is on the stand; testifying for defense to start sentencing hearing for the day.

Wonder if she regrets that racist “All Lives Matter” shirt yet, or naw. Looks like killer cop Guyger got her racism honest.

White supremacy starts at home.

#BothamJean
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Texas Tribune
@TexasTribune
1/ Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger entered Botham Jean’s apartment and then shot and killed him.

She thought she was in her home. She wasn’t.

Now, the jury in her murder trial will consider a "stand your ground" type law in deliberations.

bit.ly/2ntPE13
2/ In Texas, the law is called the Castle Doctrine. It says if you’re in your “castle” — home, car or business — any deadly force used is presumed to be reasonable.

bit.ly/2ntPE13
3/ The person can claim self-defense for the following reasons: bit.ly/2ntPE13
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Brandon Friedman
@BFriedmanDC
1. The uncensored 911 call from former @DallasPD officer Amber Guyger has just been released. The call takes place immediately after she shot unarmed Botham Jean in his own apartment.

A few immediate thoughts come to mind.
2. It's heartwrenching to listen to. A lot of folks are going to key on Guyger's seeming concern for her own job. Wouldn't focus on that too much. Poorly trained people under extreme duress say weird stuff. She clearly regrets shooting Jean. However . . . .
3. What's most clear to me is that Guyger had no business being a police officer. She sounds completely overwhelmed by events. Absolutely untrained and unprepared. You simply cannot be the type of person making this call while also being a cop.
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Shaun King
@shaunking
Let me better explain this to you.

Hours after a stranger shot #BothamJean IN HIS APARTMENT, police got a search warrant to search HIS APARTMENT.

They began their investigation into HIS MURDER by searching through HIS belongings.
American Police are fundamentally INCAPABLE of policing and investigating themselves.
In his 26 years on earth, Botham Jean NEVER had a single ticket, a single arrest, a single conviction, or even a single behavioral note in college.

Not one. Ever.

How dare police and the media attempt to insult his character and integrity today.
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Julie Laumann 🌎
@Otpor17
“If you have burglaries that are not solved, if you see anybody black walking through our streets and they have somewhat of a record, arrest them so we can pin them for all the burglaries”

Police chief told cops to frame random black people to boost stats
miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…
“You’re not supposed to be here. This is a good neighborhood"

White woman calls cops on black man for listening to yoga CD in his car rawstory.com/?p=1313687
University of Louisville announced that the school's football stadium will no longer carry the Papa John's name after founder John Schnatter admitted to using the n-word during a conference call wlky.com/article/ap-pap…
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