Thread by @ashleyrallison

10 WINS FOR CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2019:

We fought like hell this year… 2020 will be even harder so I’m acknowledging some of the good work accomplished this year.

10. The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to include an illegal citizenship question on the #2020Census.
washingtonpost.com/local/social-i…

9. Pantaleo was fired. Finally.

Of course, the Garner family’s fight for justice is far from over. They are calling for the passage of an Eric Garner Law that would make police chokeholds illegal.
cbsnews.com/news/nypd-offi…

8. A federal appeals court ruled that former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis can be sued for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
salon.com/2019/08/27/for…

7. @Nike removed its contract reductions for pregnant athletes in response to @AlysiaMontano , @karagoucher , @allysonfelix and others speaking out.

Shout-out to @TIMESUPNOW!
si.com/olympics/2019/…

6. Alabama’s near-total abortion ban was blocked by a federal judge.
With this federal court ruling, it became official: none of the state abortion bans passed earlier in 2019 went into effect.

Great work, @ACLU!
theguardian.com/world/2019/oct…

5. A federal judge in Virginia ruled that a school board’s trans bathroom ban discriminated against former student, Gavin Grimm.
theguardian.com/law/2019/aug/0…

4. @cyntoia_brown was finally freed and returned home after serving 15 years of a life sentence.
npr.org/2019/08/07/749…

3. Amber Guyger was found guilty for the murder of Botham Jean. A step forward in the fight for police accountability, Botham Jean's family's lawyer called it a "victory for Black people in America."
abcnews.go.com/US/amber-guyge…

2. The newly-elected Kentucky governor, @GovAndyBeshear, restored voting rights to more than 140,000 Kentuckians.

https://twitter.com/theappeal/status/1205227566568620032

1. IMPEACHMENT