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"He called for the execution of Black children. He never apologized. He never will."
#CentralPark5
#WhenTheySeeUs
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"Black children must be allowed to be children ...
.. regarded as children, protected as children,
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Okay—adding to the resources for all who are looking to #dothework to be anti-racists.
I’ve suggested all of these before—but not in this current context. In medicine, we know that background knowledge serves as the foundation for foreground.
This is no different. 👉🏽
Okay—adding to the resources for all who are looking to #dothework to be anti-racists.
I’ve suggested all of these before—but not in this current context. In medicine, we know that background knowledge serves as the foundation for foreground.
This is no different. 👉🏽
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This series is absolutely essential to anyone wanting to #dothework of wondering how we got where we are. @SceneOnRadio Seeing White is nothing short of brilliant.
I’ve listened to it 3 full times. 👉🏽
This series is absolutely essential to anyone wanting to #dothework of wondering how we got where we are. @SceneOnRadio Seeing White is nothing short of brilliant.
I’ve listened to it 3 full times. 👉🏽
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This eye opening documentary by @ava on @netflix is a perfect companion to @SceneOnRadio’s Seeing White.
It will hurt your heart and open your eyes about the atrocities of revised US slavery (aka mass incarceration.) It is a must for those who are serious about allyship.👉🏽
This eye opening documentary by @ava on @netflix is a perfect companion to @SceneOnRadio’s Seeing White.
It will hurt your heart and open your eyes about the atrocities of revised US slavery (aka mass incarceration.) It is a must for those who are serious about allyship.👉🏽
@realDonaldTrump This is Queens New York circa 1976. This is where Trump grew up, these were his neighbors. This is the neighborhood that molded him and created the vile, repugnant, racist in the White House.
@realDonaldTrump New York, where countless Black people have been murdered in acts of senseless, racist, violence, is where Trump lived, worked and played.
He called for 5 Black teens to be put to death over a rape they didn’t commit, but never said a word about the unjust murder of Blacks.
He called for 5 Black teens to be put to death over a rape they didn’t commit, but never said a word about the unjust murder of Blacks.
@realDonaldTrump Michael Griffin was murdered by racist white boys in Trump’s native queens three years before the #CentralPark5 were erroneously convicted.
Trump never said a damn thing.
nytimes.com/1986/12/21/nyr…
Trump never said a damn thing.
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Linda Fairstein is trapped in a dilemma. If the men known as #CentralPark5 are innocent, then the police may have coerced them to “confess.” She refuses to accept the latter, so she’s stuck insisting that these men are guilty of something. 1/
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In her WSJ op-ed, she finally admits, “Mr. Reyes’s confession, DNA match and claim that he acted alone required that the rape charges against the five be vacated. I agreed with that decision and still do.” 2/
But there were other assaults that night and Fairstein still insists "there was certainly more than enough evidence to support those convictions of first-degree assault, robbery, riot and other charges." 3/
I watched @netflix's powerful,celebrated and acclaimed film titled @WhenTheySeeUs which is based on a true story. It was brilliant and captivating.I have no doubt that it will win awards,including an Oscar. It was an emotional roller-coaster: frightening,moving and troubling.1/
..I was shocked about the injustice that the American justice system meted out to the five innocent, young black boys that were falsely accused of the most brutal and vicious gang rape, framed up and jailed by those that manipulated the system and abused their power in 1989...2/
..The whole thing was simply harrowing and heartbreaking and the series took us through the whole ordeal as if we were actually there with the victims and sharing in their trauma and pain.What those boys were subjected to,including:
a)false confessions that were procured by..3/
a)false confessions that were procured by..3/
I watched @ava #whentheyseeus Sunday. My friend #Justice4Jeremy was gunned down Monday evening. Immediately following his murder @ProvoPolice & local media released Jeremy’s criminal history most of which was dismissed with prejudice! They’ve yet to release killers name 1/T
I’ve been told by law enforcement offers to let the @ProvoPolice & @UtahCoAttorneys do their job. If “we” rush them they’ll do a bad job. Meanwhile Jeremy’s neighbor the man who killed him is being treated like a hero. The female aggressor is being protected. #justice4Jeremy 2/T
Meanwhile the story keeps changing. First he was over the woman he was fighting. Now he was kicking her in the head? She was treated for “minor” injuries and released. Who is she? The women we think it is has disappeared from social media. She was a bully. #Justice4jeremy 3/T
(1) I finally got to watch #WhenTheySeeUs, but the news interrupted: a "#terror attack foiled in #TimesSquare." A disturbing headline, but if you look beneath the surface, a very different story emerges, along w/ disturbing parallels to the #CentralPark5 nytimes.com/2019/06/07/nyr…
(2) The first thing that got my attention was prosecutor’s admission that “despite his intentions, he posed no immediate threat.” A man wanted to attack Times Square, but there was no threat? That didn’t make sense. How could such a major attack not be a threat?
(3) Looking at the facts laid out in the criminal complaint, things get a bit clearer. As paragraph 3 says that in "the course of an investigation...[the defendant] bought and received two firearms with obliterated serial numbers from undercover law enforcement officers."
Let's just say it - if LeBron James was white, President Trump never would have questioned his intelligence or his charity work. How do I know? Let's check the history...
In the 1970s, Trump was sued for not renting to African Americans at his properties... salon.com/2011/04/28/don…
Trump still thinks five young Black men are guilty of a crime DNA evidence has absolved them of. #CentralPark5 nbcnews.com/politics/2016-…
If you were irked by Trump/Hitler comparisons, READ THIS and then let’s talk.
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Self-avowed Nazis aren’t just favorably comparing Trump to Hitler, they see Trump as their Hitler-Messiah ™
This isn’t a fluke. They aren’t flocking to Trump because they are stupid.
