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@UR_Ninja
Mar 9, 2023 • 37 tweets • 22 min read • Read on X
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Around 200 some people are at the King Center in Atlanta for a rally against police brutality & #CopCity ~ stay tuned twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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LIVE NOW - rally against police brutality and the #copcity project in Atlanta at the King Center
Speaker now saying the "Black misleadership class" started "selling out Black people" in the 1960s with the help of corporations - we are live in Atlanta twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Speaker is saying that local authorities are sharing techniques with Israelis who use them to effect genocide on Palestinians, and the police that would be brought into #CopCity are the 'outside agitators'
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Current speaker is Jasmine Burnett, organizing director of Community Movement Builders. Next is Tortuguita's mother - twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Moments ago speaking - Jasmine Burnett, organizing director of Community Movement Builders #copcity protest in Atlanta
Now the mother of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita, is speaking at a rally against #CopCity twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Live now - rally against #CopCity in Atlanta near the ML King Center - tune in
Morehouse students are speaking now - they worked with Spellman College students to pressure Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens & oppose the #CopCity project - LIVE NOW twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
College students are speaking on how they say Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has let down the community - live now twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Live now - "#StopCopCity" Rally at King Center in Atlanta twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Native speakers "we are coming back" for things "taken from our ancestors .. being together in community .. love each other and look out for one another"
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LIVE NOW - Speaker - "these council members are shook" when "they look at what we can do" .. "they will never take East Atlanta" and do what they want with it twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Tune in now >>>
We are live in Atlanta right now - light rain currently - a march from the King center area is starting soon - tune in twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
March leaving the MLK Park to the Atlanta Police Foundation now - tune in twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
March in Atlanta is now on the move towards Atlanta Police Foundation twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Hundreds of people are marching towards the #Atlanta Police Foundation now - POC/Indigenous led march continues twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Projector is throwing images on a building - march is heading towards Atlanta Police Foundation now #CopCity
People are on the streets in Atlanta - light rain - heading towards Atlanta Police Foundation twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
LIVE NOW - @ Atlanta Police Foundation building which is boarded up - police heavily armed w rifles
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LIVE NOW - March is @ Atlanta Police Foundation building which is boarded up - police heavily armed w rifles twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Earlier - 100s marching towards Atlanta Police Foundation - live now from the building twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… #CopCity
LIVE NOW - March of 100s in the rain has stopped at boarded-up Atlanta Police Foundation - #CopCity
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Speaker is linking the killing of Tyre Nichols to the training provided in Atlanta - live now twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Protesters opposed to #CopCity project speaking in front of the boarded up Atlanta Police Foundation - live now - more police have just emerged from the building twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Live now - more police just emerged from the Atlanta Police Foundation building - speakers are talking about global imperialism, roots of 'thin blue line' - tune in twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Live now - protesters opposing #copcity at Atlanta Police Foundation twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Police with rifles and riot gear line the boarded facade of the Atlanta Police Foundation building - we are live now as protesters speak against the #CopCity project
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. @kamaufranklin talking about how "language of segregationists" used by #atlanta mayor Andre Dickens
to discredit opposition to #CopCity project #atlantaprotest - live now twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@kamaufranklin LIVE NOW - @kamaufranklin talking about how "language of segregationists" used by #atlanta mayor Andre Dickens to discredit opposition to #CopCity project #atlantaprotest - wraps up speeches twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@kamaufranklin Recently on this stream was the mother of this man from Columbus unicornriot.ninja/2020/columbus-…
@kamaufranklin Hearing now from Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin - rally is over twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@kamaufranklin We are tracking the police actions a little longer then going down - thank you all for tuning in tonight - > support our work at unicornriot.ninja/donate <
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A paid parking lot used by some #StopCopCity protesters appears to have two immobilization boots applied to every single vehicle that paid to park in the lot.
A rented white van full of cops parked right outside the lot can be heard laughing as people continue to arrive to discover the boots on their vehicle.
An employee of Empire Parking Services collecting boot fees, when asked if police asked EPS to target out-of-town vehicles driven by protesters and media, said “ask the police.” Yellow boots placed on the tires and rim of a parked compactYellow boots placed on the tires and rim of a parked compact

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Dec 17
NEW: Groundbreaking for a Minneapolis Youth-Serving Community Staple

For nearly three decades, the educational nonprofit WE WIN Institute has been nomadic, serving youth in Minneapolis out of rented spaces. But that era is coming to a close — on November 19, 2024, WE WIN held a groundbreaking event for their new building in Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood. Unicorn Riot was there to document the historic occasion and interview board members, organization partners and a former student-turned-staff. 🧵
Founded in 1996 by award-winning educator Titilayo Bediako, WE WIN Institute has served thousands of youth in Minneapolis with in-school, after school, summer school, tutoring and more. WE WIN recently broke ground on a new building they can call home. unicornriot.ninja/2024/groundbre…
Known locally for its vivacious Kwanzaa Celebrations, large urban garden, Harvest Fest, and back-to-school and Black-authored book give-away events, WE WIN has also offered parent groups, tutoring, entrepreneurial programming, a litany of arts related programming, as well as cooking, gardening and mentoring.

UR interviewed WE WIN's founder and Ex. Director Titi Bediako during Juneteenth celebrations in North Minneapolis in 2020. WE WIN handed out 500 books by Black authors for free to the community.
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Oct 23
🧵: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Kerkhoff (now Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens) oversaw the failed prosecution of over 200 Trump inauguration protesters on felony conspiracy riot charges, with demonstrators and journalists facing ~80yrs for being around when others broke windows.
The #J20 case collapsed when it came to light that Kerkhoff, working with her star witness DC Police Detective Greggory Pemberton (also a police union official), had *altered and deleted exculpatory evidence* and lied about it to the court repeatedly:

unicornriot.ninja/2018/prosecuto…
The hidden evidence was portions of an undercover video taken by an operative of right-wing disinformation group Project Veritas during a planning meeting for Trump inauguration protests, which Kerkhoff said implicated all protesters present that day in a violent conspiracy.
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Aug 21
A march of several dozen Palestine protesters is moving near the Morton Salt Shed (@saltshedchicago) which is a heavily secured location where Democratic delegates are partying on night 2 of the #DNC - an entry point to the convention is also nearby
A small group of masked protesters stand in an intersection holding a banner that reads “Israel Bombs Illinois Pays” in red and green text on a white banner - bike cops are seen speeding past behind them. In the background a banner on a post reads “Democrats Deliver”
A small crowd of protesters marches through the street at night holding the aforementioned banner past The Salt Shed - a large building about a block long with an an industrial style roof that reads “MORTON SALT” in big letters
The venue is hosting a large party hosted by the Pritzkers with John Legend reportedly performing tonight per corporate media reports - protesters chant “if we don’t get no justice, you don’t get no peace” as CPD on bikes form up to separate them from #DNC partygoers


About a dozen DNC delegates or attendees with suits and lanyards or other nice dress standing in front of an building
A bunch of cops and/or event security standing around in a street. One female officer shown from behind has a leashed dog and.m a back uniform patch reading “USCG K-9”
A line of bike cops formed up against protesters holding a banner in an intersection
Protesters seen from behind holding up a cloth banner with Chicago cops holding bikes lined up facing them - the Salt Shed’s lit up sign visible across the street
A noise demo outside a DNC event at the Salt Shed where John Legend is performing as part of convention programming tonight - 10 Illinois State Police just turned up


Diverse group of protesters march with megaphones and Covid masks holding a banner reading “War Criminals Not Welcome in Chicago” as bike police in the street get pretty darn close to the group
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A protester wearing a balaclava holds a banner in front of a Chicago cop with a bike helmet and vest on - tent style canopy over DNC entrance and “democrats deliver” sign in background
10 or so Illinois State Troopers with Dudley Do-Right style hats standing in middle of the street in front of the Salt Shed
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Jul 12
Nyah Mway, a 13-year-old refugee, was killed by police in Utica, NY the day after he graduated from middle school.

Learn more here: unicornriot.ninja/2024/protests-…
On the evening of June 28, Mway and his friend were stopped by three police officers from the Utica Police Department and two Oneida County Deputy Sheriffs on their walk home from a Bible study class and a graduation party.
Body camera footage was released by UPD, but only from three of the officers who were on the scene. The footage shows a pedestrian stop, otherwise known as a stop-and-frisk — a controversial tactic of interrogating and searching someone based solely on “reasonable suspicion.”
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Jun 29
A year ago French police killed Nahel Merzouk, 17, during a traffic stop, leading to a week of mass revolt.

A pattern of deadly traffic stops in France show that police in the U.S. aren’t the only authority figures who regularly kill Black motorists.🧵

unicornriot.ninja/2023/french-po…
The two French police officers who killed Nahel Merzouk on June 27, 2023 initially stated that they were in danger of being run over and fired in self-defense. However, video footage from witnesses shows a different version of the story. Both officers were standing to the side of the car as it started moving again and one of them fired the shots. The car continued to move for about 50 meters and then crashed into a pole. The driver was killed instantly, one of the two other passengers escaped and the third was arrested.

The arrested passenger in the car says one officer urged the other to shoot Nahel at point-blank range. The youth alleged that “the first officer asked Nahel to roll down the window. He told him ‘turn off the engine or I will shoot you’. And he hit him with the gun. Then the second officer arrived and stood in front of the windshield at Nahel’s height. From there, the first officer standing at the level of the window put a gun to his temple and said “don’t move or I’ll put a bullet in your head.”

He went on to report that the second officer told him “shoot him,” and when a frightened Nahel let his foot off the pedal, which was an automatic and not in a parked position, it started moving and the officer in front of the vehicle fired point blank.

Full story from 2023: unicornriot.ninja/2023/french-po…Monument at the traffic pole where Nahel Merzouk’s car crashed after he was fatally shot by French police on June 27, 2023, in La Defense, Paris. A sign reads “How many Nahels have not been filmed?” Photo taken July 2, 2023, contributed by Yegor Halva.
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The unit was the subject of 17 judicial investigations for “violence, racist remarks, unlawful arrests, extortion of dealers” and more. He was also a member of the BRAV-M (Motorized Brigades for the Repression of Violent Action), a unit decried for its violence during the Yellow Vests movement, which he joined shortly after its creation on October 1, 2020.

Full story - French Police Kill Teen During Traffic Stop, Leading to Mass Revolt: unicornriot.ninja/2023/french-po…Florian Menesplier poses for a picture while serving in Afghanistan. Menesplier went on to be a French police officer and killed teenager Nahel Merzouk in the summer of 2023.
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Jun 14
🔎 New investigation 🔎
Cobwebs Spy Software Locks Onto Protesters:
Israeli Social Media Mining Contract with Homeland Security Revealed
Israeli Firm “Cobwebs” Linked to 2020 Protests, Provides Monitoring Services to Homeland Security for Tracking Dissenters
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unicornriot.ninja/2024/cobwebs-s…
Last year, Unicorn Riot reported how Cobwebs, a privately owned Israeli spyware firm, helped the Department of Homeland Security monitor the online presences of Americans—including protesters and journalists.
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