The cops killed #MaKhiaBryant, #AndrewBrown, #DaunteWright & #GeorgeFloyd. Anti-Black media played a role in creating the conditions for these murders.

Here's how newsrooms can stop this ongoing harm now: [A Thread] Begin your reporting and storytelling by starting with the information and care needs of those directly impacted by these deaths and the systemic racism they reflect. (2/10)

#OTD Fred Hampton was murdered by the US government

Two weeks ahead, the @chicagotribune published "No Quarter for Wild Beasts." (This is a thread y'all.)

(1/5) The Tribune called the Panthers “murderous fanatics, who have been persuaded that they have a right to shoot and kill policemen” and said the Black Panthers “should be kept under constant surveillance.”

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