Thread by @sandela

1/ Since #CdnMedia has 0 shame & continues to ask boring, obvious, useless Qs, & since I'm scheduling this tweet at midnight both delirious & exhuasted from the past 2 wks & since I have nothing to lose b/c I have no desire to be a journalist

#BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice

https://twitter.com/CBCTheNational/status/1270839385404080135

2/ I present to you (FOR FREE):
Questions the #CdnMedia can ask instead of "DoEs RaCism exist???" that acknowledge that racism **DOES INDEED** exist (BUCKLE IN):

3/ Instead of “Hey @rcmpgrcpolice RCMP, does racism exist?”

Try: "Hey RCMP. Can you point to me when exactly in your history, you departed from your literal original purpose of terrorizing Black & Indigenous communities, and if you have not done this, can you justify why?"

4/ Instead of “Hey @JustinTrudeau , what do you think of American racism aka Trump?”

Try: Hey JT. How do you justify spending $11M per day on the RCMP and allocating $19M over FIVE YEARS on Black mental health?..of which, since 2018, you’ve only spent $375,000????

5/ Hey @JustinTrudeau, why do you spend the same money on policing in one day as you do on Black mental health support in a whole TWO YEARS?

6/ Hey @JustinTrudeau, why are you constantly protesting yourself? If Black communities are asking you to take action, and you say you support them by going out and taking a knee, what other supports are you making?

7/ Hey JT, u say progress has been made w/ Black Cdns. You were criticized for Blackface & for failing to recognize the UN decade of African descent until it was half way over. Can u point out progress u made? Pls refer to programs u actually implemented, not budget allocations.

8/ Hey @JustinTrudeau, many Black people have cannabis convictions & you refuse to give us amnesty, even tho u legalized cannabis & former cops are benefitting from their new cannabis businesses. How can you say you support the Black community w/out taking this step?

9/ Hey @JustinTrudeau, in Sept 2018, you announced you were committing to Trump’s war on drugs. Do you see the anti-Blackness behind Trump’s focus on this now? Are you still supporting this? We are journalists so we don't forget this crucial info

10/ Hey @JustinTrudeau, how can Black ppl truly trust you when you put anti-Black Bill Blair in charge of public safety after he notoriously oversaw programs targeting Black communities in Toronto (TAVIS)???

11/ Oh, hi, @TorontoPolice. You and your homies claim you can’t be racist because you were led by a Black man. However, Toronto Black ppl are still 20 times more likely to die at hands of police than non Black ppl. How sway? Please explain. Diversity reforms seem to not work??

12/ Hello @TorontoPolice. Why do ppl w/ mental health crises keep dying when you respond to 911 calls, even tho you say you implemented most recommendations of the Iacobucci report?

Hi cdn police. Why you so bad at investigating crimes w/ victims from certain communities? #MMIW

13/ Dear police, why were so many of you so ready to set up cannabis businesses immediately after it became legalized, after y’all targeted Black ppl for so long, incarcerating many of them, despite similar rates of use in other communities???

14/ Hey city councillor, MPP, MLA, MP! Activists have shared many examples of how the safety & security apparatus we rely on is shit. Did you...not know? Why haven’t you addressed this yet? when will you address this? Can you respond?

15/ Why do you need more $$$ & weaponry every yr when crime rates have reduced over time, & you are having no impact on homicide rates? This seems weird, dudes. What will you do with a tank? Why do you use chemical weapons? Why do you call lethal weapons non-lethal? That’s weird.

16/ Why do you always attack people demanding justice (Montreal last week, G20, Oka, BLMTO, FTAA, Maple Spring, etc.) and protect white supremacists?
Why you have white supremacists in your ranks?

17/ Why don't journalists in Canada have the same access to accountability info as journalists in the US? Why don't you give us info when we ask? Hmmmm?

okay, I'm done.