Say their names:
Eric Garner • Amadou Diallo • John Crawford III • Travon Martin • Michael Brown • Breonna Taylor • George Floyd • Ahmaud Arbery • Sean Bell • Kendrec McDade"
There is a fantastic 1-3/4 hour face-to-face interview with Samantha Francine about her life and the events that led up to the protest where this picture was taken. She is truly an inspiration.
1/ The US has been exceptionally cruel towards immigrants/refugees/asylum seekers, including torture, 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 & other 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 against 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. Many know the 0-tolerance child separation policy, still happening today, its cruel intentions & consequences. …
2/ Many don't know of substantially larger number of family separations, >8800+ in 2020 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 as a result of 159,000+ expulsions/deportations this year, including U.S. residents via ICE raids, +more in other 3 years of the Trump admin, the lengthy & squalid incarceration,…
3/ …torture, prolonged exposure to noxious gasses, forced sterilizations, children held in secret detention facilities, & prison conditions & expulsions leading to deliberate & unnecessary deaths, all with 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘁𝘆, all new to the Trump admin. …
1/ Some of us suspected that Trump would use 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘀 to enable those 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 so that they can be free to 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄 and 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 at Trump's request.
2/ We suspected Trump may threaten those who are not loyal, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀. If we allow these pardons to stand, it will send a message that the President, and those loyal to him, are 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄. We cannot allow that precedent to be set.
3/ We must not allow pardons to stop us from investigating, prosecuting, and holding accountable those involved. This includes 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.
00:57 @MilesTaylorUSA "At the border he wanted to restart zero tolerance & separate families; to go further & have a policy of ripping children away from parents to show they shouldn't come in the first place."
2/ Cruelty is the point:
16:38 @MilesTaylorUSA "The Pres would say "We've got to go back to family separation". It was a deliberate policy of "just rip every kid from every parent and keep the kid away from you." For the Pres, cruelty was the point."
3/ Cruelty is the point:
24:40 @MilesTaylorUSA "The POTUS told us to maim, tear gas & injure innocent unarmed civilians coming towards US border. That visceral sickening approach "I want to hurt these people to deter them" was his mindset. The maiming."
Any doubt Trump's racism is galvanizing white supremacy groups? The debate makes that clear. Asked if he would disavow white supremacy, Trump's response: "Proud Boys, stand back & stand by." Proud Boys heard it loud & clear. Proud Boys won the debate. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
Racism has directly effected Trump's policies over the past 4 years, Alicia Menendez reminds us: "Deeply, deeply disturbing. Given a chance to disavow white supremacists, even if he had, those remarks would have rung hollow...
Legalism is not a precedent for moralism or righteousness. We all know someone who would use the premise of law and order and legalism to commit unspeakable acts.
@BotheredBoy tells us this story of Sophie Scholl.
Sophie Scholl was arrested by citizen's arrest at age 21, along with others, by Jakob Schmid for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets at the University of Munich. After a show trial, they were beheaded 4 days later.
Jakob Schmid got a cash reward and promotion, and hundreds of students cheered for him at a thank-you ceremony. While Jakob Schmid did what was legal, and appealed he just "did his duty", he went on American trial years later, and served 5 years at a labor camp.
0:53 "Federal agents kidnapping people away in unmarked vans, to instances of police brutality, one of if not the worst president in American history, just unparalleled economic inequality, a bungled pandemic response, wildfires, death, murder, kids in cages.
Like it is a goddamn [ __ ] show. But that doesn't mean America is a lost cause. Because the fact that these stories are being reported, and that there are people who are very bothered by this, and protesting in the street - especially for issues like Black Lives Matter -