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@Urban_Idealist_ The case was retried in 2012 & lest we forget the murder victim was a black #girl/ child. In the Bay Area I was alarmed when a black #woman was set on fire in Oakland tied to a chair alive...I was sad no one seemed to care, barely made the news. Maybe Sunny can discuss why?🤷🏻‍♀️

@Urban_Idealist_ Tyesha Edwards was a Black little girl. Retrial 👉🏼Still proclaiming his innocence, Myon Burrell was sentenced this morning to more than 50 years in prison for the killing of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards in South Minneapolis.
@TheView 1/
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@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView “Her mother told Hennepin County District Judge Charles Porter that the gunshots, the gang violence and the killings throughout the black community had to stop. “ 2/

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView “There has to be a change, and the change has to start with Tyesha,” said Linda Longino. “I want there to be a message that you will pay for what you do.” 3/#TyeshaEdwards

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView “I look at my children’s pictures, and how they change,” she said. “Tyesha’s picture never changes. She stays 11 years old forever.” 4/ #TyeshaEdwards

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView Sunny👉🏼“Prosecutor Mike Furnstahl said that though Burrell may have been young, he was making choices. There was #evidence, not introduced at trial, that Burrell was involved in five other shootings — including one that occurred two days after Tyesha’s death.” 5/ #TyeshaEdwards

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView “Burrell, 22, will be eligible for parole after 45 years. That’s longer than he would have served under his first conviction, which was overturned on appeal.” 🤷🏻‍♀️ #TyeshaEdwards @RahmaBeing 6/

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView @RahmaBeing “The judge acknowledged that, but said the situation called for it.

“The death of a truly innocent child must be marked by the greatest sentence the Legislature allows for a gang-related crime,” he said.” #TyeshaEdwards #EndGunViolence #GunReform 7/

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView @RahmaBeing For @TheView I am a POC, lived with gun violence in my community for years, a young 6 year-old child who’s father was threatened & was so traumatized she relieved herself (moved), other neighbors nearly escaped being murdered w/AK47s when the gang got the wrong address! 8/

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView @RahmaBeing I was present when another community member had to be disconnected from life support, after being brutally attacked by gang members, I witnessed two gang members being attacked as they were initiated (first hearing the screams then seeing them in front my home). 9/#TyeshaEdwards

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView @RahmaBeing Sunny, People of Color and poor White folks have a right to be safe, to not have their child shot at while having dinner, not killed like 11 year-old #TyeshaEdwards doing her homework! People shouldn’t have to live in fear, it’s a Human Right to live in PEACE! 10/ @amyklobuchar

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView @RahmaBeing @amyklobuchar Sunny, in case you are wondering I am a person that also shows up to ask for Deterrence Programs from Judges, DAs, legislators & complain about racial profiling. Helped start 4 school Family Centers, a pediatric clinic & teen clinic. @amyklobuchar is a good person, I checked! 🕊

@Urban_Idealist_ @TheView @RahmaBeing @amyklobuchar @threadreaderapp Unroll please 🙏🏼