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10 Apr, 3 tweets, 1 min read
Army Lt. Nazario was driving his new car home. He was pulled over, pepper sprayed, and arrested without explanation.

This is racism. It’s about the domination and humiliation of a Black man because he asked questions and “didn’t comply.”
Here is the full video. How many incidents have there been like this just in the last year?

We need to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act immediately—for starters.
Officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker of the @WindsorPD should be investigated and, if the video covers all the important facts, fired immediately.

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This is erasure.

SA is 64% Latino but 0 of 46 public high schools named for Latinos (0!). Great work @BekahMcneel! And thanks to @SAcurrent for running it.

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In five years, the @nytimes newsroom has hardly diversified. This is what failure looks like:

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