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#TyreNichols should still be alive.
#BreonnaTaylor should be alive.
#GeorgeFloyd should be alive.
#DuanteWright should be alive.
#FantaBility should be alive.
#TamirRice should be alive.
#LaquanMcDonald should be alive.
#SandraBland should be alive.
#SayTheirNames
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#BreonnaTaylor should be alive.
#GeorgeFloyd should be alive.
#DuanteWright should be alive.
#FantaBility should be alive.
#TamirRice should be alive.
#LaquanMcDonald should be alive.
#SandraBland should be alive.
#SayTheirNames
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#AtatianaJefferson should still be alive.
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#FreddieGray should be alive.
#BothamJean should be alive.
#PhilandoCastille should be alive.
#MichaelBrown should be alive.
#EricGarner should be alive.
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#SayTheirNames
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#StephonClark should be alive.
#FreddieGray should be alive.
#BothamJean should be alive.
#PhilandoCastille should be alive.
#MichaelBrown should be alive.
#EricGarner should be alive.
#AltonSterling should be alive.
#SayTheirNames
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All these people in mental health crises I reported on should still be alive today. They or their families called police for help.
#MichelleCusseaux
#TanishaAnderson
#JanishaFonville
#MaKiaBryant
#WalterWallace
#DanielPrude
#AaronLynch
#PorterBurks
#SayTheirNames
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#MichelleCusseaux
#TanishaAnderson
#JanishaFonville
#MaKiaBryant
#WalterWallace
#DanielPrude
#AaronLynch
#PorterBurks
#SayTheirNames
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PHOTO THREAD: This afternoon I filmed/photoed at the funeral of #DuanteWright.
Hundreds attended as his family celebrated his life, mourned his death, and called for change.
Hundreds attended as his family celebrated his life, mourned his death, and called for change.
Congresswoman @IlhanMN presented Duante Wright's mother with the American flag that flew at the Capitol in her son's honor.
@GovTimWalz read a resolution honoring Wright and presented her with it as well.
Senator @amyklobuchar discussed national legislation for police reform.
@GovTimWalz read a resolution honoring Wright and presented her with it as well.
Senator @amyklobuchar discussed national legislation for police reform.
Armed security inside and outside the #DuanteWrightfuneral was provided by community organizations like the the Minnesota Freedom Fighters and Black Panther Party rather than the police.
Antifa is recruiting Boston students, calling on college-aged activists to wear black bloc for Sunday's "direct action" march on the Mass. Ave Bridge.
Seen on the Boston University and Boston College subreddits:
Seen on the Boston University and Boston College subreddits:
A large crowd of Black Lives Matter-Antifa activists gathered on MIT's campus, demanding the "defunding, demilitarization, disarmament...and immediate disbandment of all police departments in the Greater #Boston area, followed by the rest of Massachusetts..."
"The liberation of all oppressed peoples necessitates the destruction of the political-economic systems of capitalism and imperialism as well as patriarchy."
For the 4th night in a row, protesters furious at Officer Kim Potter’s killing of unarmed 20-year-old #DaunteWright have moved to surround the Brooklyn Center police station.
The LEOs seen so far on our stream spraying chemicals through the fence are Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies in riot gear.
Many are asking what they can do right now in response to the police killing of #DuanteWright. First, these are deeply systemic problems. No single thing will fix it, but there is good work happening that's pushing in the right direction. Some suggestions in this Thread. 1/
Ultimately we are talking about undoing white supremacy, which is a political, social, and personal transformation. When it comes to more immediate solutions, there are a few basic categories: 2/
Increase police oversight and transparency; reduce the number of things that are crimes triggering police interaction (changing laws and changing how prosecutors apply those laws); shift responsibility for certain situations like mental health crisis to non-police response; 3/
Thread su #Minneapolis e #DaunteWright: questo studio su 100 milioni di fermi della polizia mostra che: i neri vengono fermati il 20% di piĂą dei bianchi (in proporzione)/1
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Capita spesso di venire fermati per controlli o infrazioni minori del codice della strada (un fanalino che non funziona) e poi incriminati, perquisiti, per altro. I bianchi vengono perquisiti 1,5-2 volte di meno dei neri/2 #Minneapolisprotests #DuanteWright #blacklivesmatter
I fermi casuali in seguito a una infrazione stradale proseguono troppo spesso con le perquisizioni. Se si limitassero a fare la multa, ci sarebbero meno incidenti. Alcuni Stati hanno emanato regole in questo senso/3 #Minneapolisprotests #DuanteWright #blacklivesmatter
#DuanteWright had a learning disability so severe he dropped out of high school. His dad says he was planning to get his GED.
More than half of people killed by police have some kind of disability. I've reported so many stories about this.
More than half of people killed by police have some kind of disability. I've reported so many stories about this.
Half of People Killed by Police Have a Disability: Report
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“Police have become the default responders to mental health calls,” write the authors, historian David Perry and disability expert Lawrence Carter-Long. They propose that “people with disabilities” are presumed to be “dangerous to themselves and others” in police interactions.
We’ve watched the emotional testimony in the #Chauvintrial with sadness & anger. We know it’s been hard to watch for many people. As important as justice is, it is difficult to relive events like these—especially w/the police shooting of #DuanteWright in MN this weekend.
In a recent interview, Dr. @CornelWest said of the Chauvin trial: “Black humanity is on trial; you can’t prove your humanity to somebody. It’s not a logical deduction. It’s a moral perception and a spiritual communion.”
White supremacy has worked so hard for so long to dehumanize Black people, Native Americans, Hispanic and Latinx communities, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and poor people of every color in order to justify our exclusion and violence against us.
BREAKING: Officials in Brooklyn Center say they will immediately release police body camera footage from yesterday's deadly encounter between officers & 20yo #DuanteWright @FOX9
RIGHT NOW:Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon now playing the body cam footage on @FOX9
BROOKLYN CENTER: Body cam footgage has just been released capturing an "accidental discharge" or "negligent discharge." Female officer apparently wanted to draw and deploy her taser, instead pulled out her handgun & fired a single shot. #DaunteWright
Latest #BLM violence near Minneapolis sparked by police shooting of #DaunteWright. He was wanted on a warrant when he attempted to flee by car. He was shot & drove a distance before crashing into others. His FB is filled w/him flashing gang signs, using drugs & showing off cash.
The claim from #DuanteWright's mother & #BLM activists that he was killed by police over air fresheners is unsubstantiated. There was a warrant for his arrest. He resisted arrest & got back in the vehicle & tried to speed off. He nearly killed others during the failed escape.
Update: #DaunteWright was in the process of getting arrested by @BPPD for a weapons charge & escaping police before he was killed yesterday, sparking #BLM race rioting & looting. The criminal complaint says he had an illegal Ruger .45 pistol. He skipped his court date this month.
LIVE: Cops at the Brooklyn Center, MN police department just declared an unlawful assembly where protesters outraged by tonight's police shooting of Duante Wright have been gathering
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10 minute dispersal order given by riot police
Brooklyn Center police officers in riot gear stand outside the police station amongst debris thrown at them by the crowd
