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Mckayla Wilkes for Congress
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Sandra Bland. Tamir Rice. Philando Castile. Freddie Gray. Mike Brown. Terence Crutcher. Alton Sterling. Jamar Clark. Eric Garner. Jordan Edwards. Laquan McDonald. Walter Scott. Botham Jean... and many more.

We cannot bring them back.

But we can act to ensure no more join them:
We need to *fundamentally* change the way police interact with members of the community. How do we do this?

✔️Demilitarizing & disarming police forces
✔️Civilian police review boards
✔️Prohibiting use of stop-and-frisk programs
✔️Prohibiting quota-based tickets/arrests...
✔️Removing police presence from schools
✔️Establishing independent reporting mechanisms for civilian complaints (including domestic abuse charges)
✔️Requiring dash & body cameras to record the entirety of police shifts and that footage be made available to the public upon request
Demilitarizing & disarming police forces is not a new idea. Countries like the U.K. have already started moving in this direction.

Here's the bottom line: officers carrying lethal firearms with them at all times makes us *less* safe.
This is not an exhaustive list. I'm calling on every presidential candidate to release a Police Reform Plan. Not one that tinkers around the edges. Something real.

Don't just say the words #BlackLivesMatter.

Show us you mean them.
cc: @Blklivesmatter @DMVBlackLives @samswey @deray @shaunking @BYP_100 @BlackYouthProj @MillionHoodies @ColorOfChange @Mvmnt4BlkLives @aliciagarza @opalayo @OsopePatrisse @StopCopTerrorDC @SURJ_DC @drmistercody
@Blklivesmatter @DMVBlackLives @samswey @deray @shaunking @BYP_100 @BlackYouthProj @MillionHoodies @ColorOfChange @Mvmnt4BlkLives @aliciagarza @opalayo @OsopePatrisse @StopCopTerrorDC @SURJ_DC @drmistercody My full Policing Platform can be found here ⬇️

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1/5 Thread: KAMALA

Alright, there’s a lot going on here. I thought I would share my personal feelings about this, if anyone is interested.

Let me start by saying I have problems w/ her record as a prosecutor and her current stances on various issues. My #1 candidate is Bernie.
2/5 KAMALA

The birtherism is obviously racist garbage.

I’ve seen posts about her not being eligible to be President, about secretly being an “anchor baby,” etc.

A lot of it is incoherent and clearly only happening because she’s Black.
3/5 KAMALA

Now let’s get into the nuance.

When it comes to her confrontation of Biden about his work with segregationists to oppose busing, I support her decision.

(Don’t come @ me w/ “he didn’t oppose busing, he supported states’ rights.” That’s weak and you know it.)
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Mckayla Wilkes for Congress
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1/7 Reparations have been taboo in mainstream politics for so long that I think many people genuinely don't understand why they're needed.

So, to those asking in good faith, I want to break down why reparations for descendants of slaves are a moral obligation.
2/7 The institution of slavery in the United States evolved after the Civil War, taking on new manifestations of white supremacy.

In the Jim Crow era, the economic and social oppression of Black people was legally institutionalized.
3/7 One example:

In the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Black Wall Street was destroyed. Hundreds of people were killed. Over $32 million in property was destroyed.

As a group, Black people were not allowed to accumulate wealth.

We were not allowed to be successful.
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Mckayla Wilkes
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1/10 Many Congressional candidates steer clear of foreign policy. But talking about the role we’ve played in world affairs, and how it needs to change, is incredibly important. Particularly in MD-05: a suburb of D.C. nestled in the shadow of the military-industrial complex.
2/10 The issues which have defined U.S. foreign policy in my lifetime have played a role in shaping who I am. As I’ve said, my Aunt Sharon was killed in 9/11 while working in the Pentagon. I currently work as an Administrative Assistant in the Pentagon myself.
3/10 After nearly two decades of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans are beginning to fully grasp the severe consequences of the foreign policy status quo. I’m running to join the movement which seeks to put an end to the interventionism and imperialism we’ve engaged in.
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Botham Jean's neighbor Joshua Brown who testified against Amber Guyger was shot dead. Brown stood up at a time when others wouldn't say what they knew.

This entire situation, from the murder, to the hugs. To the lack of justice, now this -- disgusting!

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Joshua Brown 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.
Did the judge in Botham Jean's case hug Joshua Brown in that courtroom, before he was suspiciously gunned down? A black "woman of power" hugged a white killer, while black male activists were fighting for justice. Let this sink in, then value us alive.
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You can watch coverage of the sentencing of #AmberGuyger LIVE here:
Lord... welp, let's hope sentencing goes well. (Her demeanor is more serious now. haha)
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It's underway. Her mother just got on the stand.
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Epstein’s reps hired pathologist Michael Baden to conduct an independent autopsy. Baden investigated JFK's death for House Select Committee on Assassinations, performed autopsy on Michael Jackson (request of Jackson family), and testified at OJ's trial.

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Other investigations/autopsies he's involved in: MLK Jr., Tsar Nicholas, Michael Brown, John Belushi, Liz McPherson, Kathleen Savio, Eric Garner, Medgar Evers, Marlon Brando's son Christian, Claus Von Bulow. Refused by Poland to conduct autopsies on Mr. Kurtyka and Mr. Gosiewski.
Baden is the author of "Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner," in which he argues that the JFK's official autopsy failed to disclose crucial evidence.

Quote from book: "Where bungled autopsies are concerned, President Kennedy's is the exemplar."
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Eric Garner was strangled to death. On camera. He was pleading for his life "I can't breathe" and they continued strangling him.

Eric Garner is dead. The cameraman is in jail and officer who killed him is still working for the PD.

DEMAND JUSTICE FOR #EricGarner

#FirePanteleo
Ramsey Orta was a close friend of Eric Garner and the camera man who filmed the police brutality and the murder of Eric Garner.

He says he was imprisoned for it out of revenge.
There is a demonstration going on to demand the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo.

TODAY at 6pm. One Police Plaza. Manhattan.

If you live in New York, PLEASE SHOW UP TO THIS.
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I’m back to watching Ava DuVernay’s 13th.

Brace yourself for lots of swearing at Nixon. And whiteness in general.
Also, fuck Reagan.
I don’t think that I ever realized that a Koch was a mayor of NY.

JFC
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Hello, world. I'm proud to share my first full story for @nytimesarts. It's about a project by artist Michael Rakowitz that honors Tamir Rice, and also about the complexity of telling a story that's not your own.
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I had so many conversations about this project, and there's so much that didn't make it into the piece. But I hope and think it gets at a small piece of a much larger issue we need to grapple with.
OK, OK, some more thoughts, prompted by @TylerGreenDC. I've been fascinated by this project since it was first announced three years ago because it seemed to marry the conceptual underpinnings of contemporary art with real-world political issues. That's rare.
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