The more we know about the victims of the #Atlanta shootings, the more heartbreaking and enraging the story. There are so many people who are ancillary victims of this crime--the children, spouses and other family of the victims. What a terrible, horrible crime this was.
▪Xiaojie Tan, 49. Owner of Young's Spa. Mother.
▪Daoyou Feng, 44. Employee of Ms. Tan
▪Paul Michel, 54, mechanic employee of Ms. Tan
▪Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33. Newlywed mother of a baby. At Young's on a spa date.
▪Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz, 30. In ICU. Shot outside w/his child.
These are the names of the Cherokee County victims. The names of the four Asian women victims in #Atlanta have not yet been released pending notification of their families, said Deputy Chief of the Atlanta PD, Charles Hampton.
Let me reiterate that this is a devoloping story and I shall add more names as they become confirmed.

Remember that Richard Aaron Long bought his weapons that day and then killed 8 people and wounded one. This is also a #GunViolence story in addition to a #racism & #VAW story.

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19 Mar
The names of the Asian woman owner of one of the spas, two Asian women employees, a white woman customer, white male mechanic employee, all murdered, plus a Latinx man wounded and in ICU, have been released.

Atlanta spa shootings: Who are the victims? bbc.com/news/world-us-…
The 30yr old man who was wounded was shot outside one of the spas. He was with his 9yr old daughter. She was not physically harmed, but witnessed her father shot in the head. That the owner of one spa was shot suggests that the shooter knew at least that particular woman victim.
The woman client had gone with her husband for a massage. He was not physically harmed. She was 33 and had two children, including an 8mo old.
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#BREAKING
Deputy Chief of Atlanta PD Charles Hampton says in his press conference that some of the Korean victims' families in Korea have yet to be notified. He also confirms that Richard Aaron Long did frequent at least two of the three spas in the attacks.
Deputy Chief of Atlanta PD Charles Hampton says it is not known at this time whether the victims were known to the suspect, Richard Aaron Long. Hampton says that police had been called to the businesses prior, but does not give details.
Deputy Chief of Atlanta PD Charles Hampton says Richard Aaron Long bought the gun he used to kill 8 people and wound 1 was purchased the day of the killings.
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Short THREAD📌:

At our Saturday night bubble dinner, the three of us were talking about how much better things are from a purely psychological POV without Trump. The Wife was saying how different it was to not have to be in a state of rage all the time. Our friend agreed.
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The Wife had run into some neighbor friends, both women in their 40s, one white, one Black. They were talking about how much safer they felt now under Biden. He wasn't their first choice of candidate, but they were both feeling hopeful about the Biden-Harris administration.
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At dinner, I was saying how different it was to be reporting on policy that would help,not harm, people. And how I didn't feel the same stress, despite the #pandemic, because Trump wasn't always stirring the pot and inventing false narratives every day that had to be debunked.
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And I would argue that a former supporter of Bernie, who fought hard to pass this bill intact without Republicans screwing with it, should be supporting this legislation, not crying over the feelings of millionaire GOP legislators claiming it's too expensive. VERY dusappointing.
There is a lot of fear among some white liberals of losing their race status. The GOP is the party of protected whiteness. The Democrats are half BIPOC and fully diverse. The GOP--eternal elites--want to twist the narrative, but facts are facts. Racism =/= bipartisan.
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After hours of fielding racist comments on #HarryandMeghanonOprah, I will now be muting or blocking anyone sending me such missives. But I want to clarify some things, since some folks are spewing disinformation based on their racism and misogyny.
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The British Royal family--particularly Harry's immediate family of the Queen, Prince Phillip, Charles and William--all had the opportunity to embrace Meghan and give her full standing and love. They could have refused to repeat the harm they inflicted on Diana. They did not.
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Meghan Markle is a smart, accomplished, elegant, philanthropic activist for important causes. She is a feminist and anti-racist activist. She is an obviously warm and gentle person. She was demonized to the point of suicidal ideation while she was pregnant by Harry's family.
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