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27 Jun, 6 tweets, 2 min read
1. Just watched this moving short documentary about Ignacio Echeverría, a Spanish skateboarder, lawyer, and banker who lost his life in the 2017 London Bridge attack while fighting with one of the terrorists.

2. Ignacio had been out skating with friends that day and had his skateboard with him. He used it to hit one terrorist who was attacking a French woman (who survived) and then fought with another terrorist who was attacking a police officer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_E…
3. Ignacio was stabbed twice in the back by the second terrorist he fought with. He’d been separated from his friends but Dr. Jonathan Moses who was having dinner nearby at the time of the attack tried to save his life. Ignacio Echeverría was 39.

news.sky.com/story/i-cant-w…
4. Ignacio was one of 8 victims who died in the attack. Most victims were from other countries (France, Australia, Canada). He was the only one from Spain.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Lond…
5. Not mentioned in the film which is focused on his friends in the skateboard community is that Ignacio received Spain’s Order of Civil Merit Grand Cross.

bbc.com/news/world-eur…
6. The Order of Civil Merit is awarded for "the civic virtue of officers in the service of the Nation, as well as extraordinary service by Spanish and foreign citizens for the benefit of Spain.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_…

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28 Jun
1. Absolutely hilarious to see that of the 3 tweets I clicked on from people saying they would now boycott Toyota or encouraging others to do so, all were tweeting from their iPhones.

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27 Jun
Dear White People —

Please ignore the people of color claiming to speak on my behalf, claiming that I'm terrified of you (I’m not), claiming that I live in fear of you (I don’t), claiming that we have nothing in common (we do), and claiming that we can’t come together (we can).
These people who usurp authority to speak on behalf of entire racial and ethnic minority groups are speaking primarily for themselves and for people susceptible to their cult-like message.

They are conflict entrepreneurs who profit off of fomenting and fueling division that may lead to violence.

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1. While reading up on the driver who was just charged with 2nd-degree intentional murder for a crash in Uptown Minneapolis that killed a protester, I’ve been seeing mentions of a truck driver who drove through hundreds of protesters on I-35W on 5/31/20.
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3. I recently learned from a local that there was more to Bogdan Vechirko’s story than I’d seen in initial reports.

This thread will look at his story and how the media covered it. #ComplicateTheNarrative
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18 Jun
1. Wow, has this ever happened elsewhere?

50 officers, detectives and sergeants on the Portland Police Bureau’s Rapid Response Team voted to resign from the team last night. This will remain on the job. This is the team that handles crowd control at protests among other duties.
2. Acting Portland Police Chief Chris Davis speaking about the mass resignations at a Zoom press conference.

3. Full press conference on Portland Police Bureau mass resignations from Rapid Response Team.

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Yikes. This is one of the big stories in Minneapolis today.
2. Update:

Police have identified the victim as 36-year-old Adam Richard Johnson. No cause of death yet. Still asking the public for help in finding out what led up to his death.

3. Investigators still haven’t been able to locate all of Adam’s body parts. So far they’ve found pieces of him in 2 locations in Minneapolis.
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17 Jun
1. Watching the bandwagon effect in real time when you don't want to jump on the bandwagon is always interesting.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon…
2. We often feel pressure to jump on a bandwagon or at least comment on it.
3. Curious if people feel the pressure to jump on a bandwagon is mostly internal or external? Or both?
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