Watching @NY1 tonight & my partner sees story of #sandyguardiola tonight at McCarren Park vigil. They were friends in social work school & she didn't know Sandy had been shot in her own home by police. Processing the shock of this life lost in 2017. #JusticeForSandyG
"Sandy was a survivor," she remembers. She'd defeated cancer & lost her mother as she began social work grad program. She'd retired as correctional officer & wanted to make a difference in ppl's lives as parole officer. #JusticeForSandyG#sandyguardiola#SayHerName
In April 2017 #sandyguardiola moved from NYC to Canandaigua bc she wanted "peace & quiet." In October 2017 we now see she was shot by police unlawfully entering her home. She was recovering from chemo treatment. #JusticeForSandyG#SayHerName
Family of #sandyguardiola say she'd been harassed by police, was on authorized leave, was transferring to another dept & police had no reason to enter. They killed her w 3 shots in her own home. #justiceforsandyg#SayHerNametiny.cc/buherz
Stories of #sandyguardiola & #brionnataylor so tragically similar: uniformed public servants shot by police in their own homes. Both families need & deserve justice. How many more stories are there? Arrest the murderers. #JusticeForSandyG#SayHerName
My partner describes #sandyguardiola: "a fellow social worker, a mother, a fighter, a guiding light, a mentor, a force for good." Rest in power, #SandyG. You deserved a long life with your family & helping those who needed you. #JusticeforSandyG#sayhername
*correction: she was recovering from an auto accident. Immaterial from the fact of police unlawfully entering her apartment, but wanted to note my error.
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I read this yesterday. I keep wanting to scream. This is an important piece. But it is nowhere damning enough. A few thoughts: 1/ theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
First, it is surprising to notice someone who ran relentless cover for the Biden withdrawal last August seems to feel bad about it now & is made out to be someone of conscience here. It's puzzling, but not the point of the piece. 2/
Also, let it be known that Mission Essential Personnel has told more lies about our #AfghanAllies than the Taliban. This was systemic betrayal of loyal Afghans. They fired our friends for "security reasons" time & again. It seems directed at SIV denial.
Rush Limbaugh's legacy of stoking hate, bigotry, insults & lies will sadly live on. Remembering today the bile he spewed at veterans. Like when he called veterans wounded in Iraq "phony soldiers" for speaking up about the lies that started the war: abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2…
On transgender military service, Rush Limbaugh offered this "support" for the troops: "So the Trannies Could Now Get Into The Military Along With Everybody Else. Of Course, What Could Go Wrong?" mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/…
At one point, women veterans demanded Rush Limbaugh be taken off of Armed Forces Network because of the misogynist hatred he spewed. He was never taken off the programming. stripes.com/blogs/stripes-…
A few years ago @CapitolPolice arrested more than 150 peaceful protesters, many of them sexual assault survivors, using their 1st amendment right to protest the Kavanaugh nomination. I haven't been able to find one report or photo of any marauders or looters arrested today.
When disability rights protesters peacefully objected to cuts in Medicaid, more than 180 were arrested. @CapitolPolice took down people with physical disabilities. I have not yet found even one marauder or looter handled like these disabled heroes were.
When disabled people peacefully protested the harm legislators wanted to inflict upon them - @CapitolPolice literally flipped people out of their wheelchairs. I've seen no such aggression toward those who looted our Capitol today.
I don't wish COVID-19 or any illness on anyone. But like countless others, I'm enraged it took this long for the WH to put on masks. To treat this as the crisis it is. 210k dead. Mourning families. Unpayable medical debts. Lost jobs & businesses. This global tragedy is unending.
Seeing discussions of helicopter vs. ground travel from WH to Walter Reed - which is well and interesting - got me thinking of March-May in NYC when ambulances were constant, EMS & ER staff were overwhelmed & hospitals had morgue trailers filling with our neighbors & loved ones.
Wishing New Yorkers had options then - or that other Americans have options now. In early months, folks were told to stay home unless they couldn't breathe. Hospital hall space was taken up with critical patients, many of whom died from lack of staffing & equipment.
That "308,000 deaths in the military" number is very specific, so I did a simple search. Appears that 308,000 is the number of civilian casualties in Iraq. Real numbers, real lives - zero context here in #Debates2020. statista.com/chart/20699/es…
More than 20k people died of COVID-19 in my city. Healthcare workers had no PPE. NYC begged for supplies & equipment as morgue trailers filled. Deceased people were carried away in rental vans. We were failed by our federal govt profoundly. politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
NYC saved lives by limiting social contact and mandating masks. We do not want to go back to the mass-death we experienced in terrifying early months of this pandemic. This isn't a game, this isn't a political football. Americans are dying. #Debates2020