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@sahrasulaiman
May 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Welp. We have the "I am not a racist and my entire life has been destroyed by how badly people have reacted to this silly tiff" phase behind us already. The morning shows apology tour must be next. #AmyCooper Image
The Amy Coopers of the world call the police knowing - hoping, even - that this could be the outcome.
washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05…
The juxtaposition of this sanitized, vectorless language with the voices of bystanders panicking while watching a man die before their eyes is too much. All for a "forgery in progress." ImageImage
The ability white people have to shape the narrative around who/what constitutes aggression and the tropes and structures they know they can tap into to justify their actions continues to pose one of the greatest threats to Black lives and to justice washingtonpost.com/national/this-…

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Mar 14
The drive-by shooting of Jermaine Petit by an LAPD sergeant was one of the more extraordinary cases I've written about. Between the recklessness of the sergeant and the extent to which the department tried to shield him from scrutiny...it was hard to wrap my head around it all 🧵 Image
Police first approached Petit after getting 911 calls about him going thru folks' trash. One caller said he thought Petit might have a gun. So the officers were confrontational with him, especially Daryl Glover Jr (seen at left)
Nelson Martinez quickly realized it wasn't a gun, said so to Glover, & de-escalated while continuing to follow Petit on foot. But then Sgt. Brett Hayhoe swooped in -gun already pointed out the window- & fired two shots at Petit *while steering w/ one hand*
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Sep 27, 2023
This (re the 110) is a bit oversimplified. The 110 was constructed as the Black pop. was experiencing rapid growth in South LA (which was still largely white then) and was spilling beyond the borders of redlined zones. It was more about containment/division than displacement. 1/
Where the East LA interchange was actively about "slum clearance" the 110 S. route was contentious b/c it was going to run thru white neighborhoods wherever it was put. Kenneth Hahn & protesters tried to push it much farther east to no avail. newspapers.com/image/68933525…
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But the original Figueroa Pkwy plans had it running through the middle of S. LA. And the 110 rte had the added benefit of running alongside redlined zones and containing the rapidly growing Black population to the Eastside.

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Feb 6, 2023
The LAPPL claims CM Soto-Martinez called for patrols to watch over his Lexus, but even Fox's own story has been corrected to note the CM doesn't own a Lexus & that it was a staffer who made the call about their personal vehicle. But why should police let facts get in the way...?
C'mon guys. FOX 11 saw the staffer who made the request, David Mai. When
What about the hypocrisy of targeting someone for a public smear campaign when the evidence indicates they are not the guilty party? Just asking for the public...
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Feb 5, 2023
On 1/18, Feezy filed a $10M tort claim vs. LASD for the NYE incident where dep. Justin Sabatine put a gun in his face & threatened to blow a hole in his chest. Audio of the threats quickly went viral. But the Sheriff did not respond for nearly a week 🧵: la.streetsblog.org/2023/02/03/any…
When they finally did, the statement was underwhelming, categorizing the threats to Feezy’s life as “unprofessional language” & the displaying/drawing of a weapon. It didn't mention the intimidation Feezy faced at the station or answer any ??s I asked.
LASD also released body cam footage of the incident. Though the detention lasted half an hour, the cam footage is just 4 min long, and only from Sabatine’s camera, which he did not turn on until a min. into the encounter, in violation of LASD policy.
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Oct 25, 2022
This man tells Tavis Smiley he has spent the week offering his "profound" apologies and that he's hoping to spark a healing "dialogue." Image
Now @kdeleon is just making sh*t up. He didn't suggest @mhdcd8 take LAX from CD11 to expand the Black middle class there. He didn't want assets taken from CD9 b/c it would likely result in KDL/CD14 losing assets.
Tavis Smiley: My point is that you're not in the room...you're not voting on the issues that matter to your constituents. So when you say that your constituents will be left w/out a voice if you aren't there... You ain't there now.

KDL: I'm trying allow some time to heal.
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Sep 1, 2022
LAPD's statement that they turned off 🚨/sirens to indicate "they would no longer be attempting to stop the vehicle" as they approached the intersection doesn't make a lot of sense. Nobody being pursued thinks, "phew!" while 🚓 is just 50ft behind you.
latimes.com/california/sto…
Sirens are as much a signal to the person being pursued as an indicator to other road users to stop/slow down/move right/get outta the way. This is the moment the signal was turned off. They're both speeding & the first vehicle is probably 3-4 car lengths from the intersection. Capt. Kelly Muniz says "...indicating they would no lonimage of the vehicle being pursued as it approaches the inte
Captured on a dashcam as the vehicle being pursued and LAPD speed toward them. LAPD has just turned off their lights in this image.
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