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"Nemo est supra legem." Peace does not visit the guilty, but I do. Civil Rights. Police Misconduct. Atty. Writer. 🚩 No lists pls. (31)
Jun 12, 2023 14 tweets 5 min read
Here we go again...

Lexington MS Police Department arrested civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson. It did so just days after Jefferson met with the Justice Dept. to share complaints that LPD was terrorizing the black community.

/1 ... Image 2/ Here, Jefferson filmed a traffic stop from her car on a public street. That "apparently incensed the ... officer. He asked for her ID, which she gave him." Jefferson refused his direction to get out of her car. He then pulled her out and arrested her. mississippitoday.org/2023/06/11/lex…
Jun 9, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
🚨Trump prison exposure under DOJ's FLA. Links in comments. #JustTheFacts Image INDICTMENT: int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
Apr 30, 2023 15 tweets 2 min read
REASON 115 - WHY I DON'T GA🤬 IF YOU'RE RACIST. I'm all done centering YOU in a discussion about ME.

White cop to black cop, on black cop's return from desk duty: "so the master let you back in the field today?"

🛑: what he MEANT is HIS problem. What he DID is mine. Stop engaging us on the front end in discussions about whether we think someone is racist.
Apr 30, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
Three yrs ago last month, Det Myles Cosgrove shot & killed #BreonnaTaylor. LMPD fired him.

Last week, Carroll County Sheriff's Dept (CCSD) gave him a new gun & badge.

Think you know how bad this story is? Think again ... 🧵⬇️ Image
Apr 27, 2023 25 tweets 7 min read
A Master Class in Karma.

We know EMMETT TILL's story, but what ever happened to ROY BRYANT, CAROL BRYANT, & J.W. MILAM - the monsters most involved w/Till's unspeakable murder?

Karma, that's what happened. Karma. Let's take a tour.

#EmmettTill #Karma #CarolynBryantDonham Image A quick thumbnail: Carolyn falsely accused Till of catcalling. Roy & JW then kidnapped him, beat him (so badly his eye popped from its socket), killed him, anchored him w/barbed wire to a 75lb gin fan, & scuttled him in the Tallahatchie. Image
Apr 23, 2023 21 tweets 9 min read
🛑STOP the re-hiring of MYLES COSGROVE, the cop who killed BREONNA TAYLOR 🧵

Last Thursday, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Dept hired MYLES COSGROVE, the former Louisville Metro Police Department detective who shot and killed BREONNA TAYLOR.

wlky.com/article/hired-… Image 2. On March 13, 2020, Myles Cosgrove and six LMPD agents performed a no-knock raid at 3003 Springfield Drive No. 4 - home of Jefferson resident Breonna Taylor.
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May 29, 2022 26 tweets 4 min read
Dear sweet Jesus. Sharing from friend:

In case anyone wants a recap of what happened Tuesday in regards to the police response. Here is the failure we know so far, with more to come out: 1/The armed school officer watched him enter the building, didn't stop him, and just sat and waited for backup.