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Nov 10, 2019 6 tweets 2 min read
The U.S. Navy told Russell Dotson, a veteran with 22 years of service, that they’d pay for his kids’ college through the Post-9/11 GI Bill if he re-enlisted for another four years.

He did it without hesitation.

Then the Navy pulled its funding. bit.ly/2pP0iAZ The Dotsons are among many American military families facing huge, unexpected bills for college that they were promised would be paid by the government.

In Dotson’s case, the Navy says he’s just six days of service short of qualifying for the financial aid.
Sep 25, 2018 6 tweets 4 min read
Today would have marked the 21st birthday of #LaquanMcDonald.

Follow our live updates as more witness testimony is expected this morning in the defense of Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago cop on trial for murder in the then-teenager's death. bit.ly/2ONRh21 WATCH LIVE: Witness testimony continues in the defense of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is on trial for murder in the 2014 shooting death of #LaquanMcDonald. bit.ly/2N0dtV5