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It might be unpopular but it’s also true that the EXACT same nuance is required to understand why the Black American voting majority enthusiastically supported both the “crime bill” in 1994 AND Bill & Hillary Clinton from the 90s until now. 
Feels like I’ve mentioned this blindspot umpteen times before, but here it goes again for the nosebleed seats. People need to understand that “defund the police” rhetoric on the far left inevitably catalyzes White fearmongering about Black “lawlessness” on the far right. 🙃
In other words, the folk whose main goal is perpetuating fuckery of the Democratic party’s agenda and its marginalized base want nothing more than to paint BIPOC communities as resistant to law & order while simultaneously aiding & abetting White supremacist domestic terrorism.
Why does using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter remain one of the most important and subversive acts you can openly perform on social media?
Because all of the moments in this horrific collection happened even though they knew we were watching.
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Because all of the moments in this horrific collection happened even though they knew we were watching.
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#BlackLivesMatter because even though they knew we were watching, they still didn't care. They didn't give a fuck. They don't give a fuck.
There are examples here of such blatant police state, anti-American, anti-Constitution overreach and abuse it caused me to vomit.
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There are examples here of such blatant police state, anti-American, anti-Constitution overreach and abuse it caused me to vomit.
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#BlackLivesMatter because these few examples are not even a drop in the bucket (that is really a vast ocean) of other examines caught on video-and the countless thousands, nay millions, of other historical police injustices that were never recorded or witnessed.
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Blake’s three young children were in the car at the time #police shot seven rounds into it. 'They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever.
by @AlanRMacLeod
bit.ly/31oIQmz #JakeBlake #KenoshaUprising #kenoshariots #KenoshaProtests #PoliceReformNow
by @AlanRMacLeod
bit.ly/31oIQmz #JakeBlake #KenoshaUprising #kenoshariots #KenoshaProtests #PoliceReformNow
MintPress brings you a stunning collection of photos by photographer Emma Fiala from Minneapolis, the epicenter of the #GeorgeFloydprotest .
#GeorgeFloydFuneral
#GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceBrutality
#PoliceViolence #PoliceReformNow
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#GeorgeFloydFuneral
#GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceBrutality
#PoliceViolence #PoliceReformNow
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Minneapolis police officers line up next to the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct as protesters shout over barricades on May 27.
#GeorgeFloydFuneral #GeorgeFloydprotest #GeorgeFloydMurder #GeorgeFloyd #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
#GeorgeFloydFuneral #GeorgeFloydprotest #GeorgeFloydMurder #GeorgeFloyd #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
A young community member encourages protesters to chant during a justice for George Floyd march through downtown Saint Paul on June 5.
#GeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloydFuneral #TuesdayThoughts #tuesdayvibes #BlackLivesMattters #GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
#GeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloydFuneral #TuesdayThoughts #tuesdayvibes #BlackLivesMattters #GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
Historically, it has been law enforcement that has escalated race riots rather than protestors, the latest unrest has been no exception.
By: @AlanRMacLeod
#GeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloydprotest
#GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceReformNow
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By: @AlanRMacLeod
#GeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloydprotest
#GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceReformNow
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My collection of police excessive force, and right wing violence and instigation of riots, fires and property damage #PoliceViolence #ExcessiveForce #minneapolisriots #ThreePercent #boogaloobois #AntiFascist #FakeAntifa #protest #TrumpIncitesViolence
#PoliceViolence https://t.co/136mMw4Qpz
Who is protesting and why?
The protestors want civil rights through peaceful protest. Party crashers from multiple sides cannot be labeled as one.
These guys are NOT here for #BlackLivesMatter
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The protestors want civil rights through peaceful protest. Party crashers from multiple sides cannot be labeled as one.
These guys are NOT here for #BlackLivesMatter
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Racially motivated extremists are a national security threat.—FBI
What is done to prevent law enforcement from being infiltrated?
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What is done to prevent law enforcement from being infiltrated?
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Trump blames the media and far-left, but that doesn’t make sense.
Remember the radicalized US military MAGA member who was caught plotting in March to blow up the media and kill Dem. leaders?
March was like B.C., so it’s hard to remember.
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Remember the radicalized US military MAGA member who was caught plotting in March to blow up the media and kill Dem. leaders?
March was like B.C., so it’s hard to remember.
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Over the past 3 decades, U.S. cities have allocated larger and larger shares of their budgets towards law enforcement.
Today, the U.S. collectively spends $100 billion a year on policing, $80 billion on incarceration #PoliceReformNow #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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Today, the U.S. collectively spends $100 billion a year on policing, $80 billion on incarceration #PoliceReformNow #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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The report also provides an overview of police budgets across several major American cities. Oakland allocated the highest share of its general fund to policing in 2017 at 41% and $242.5 million. Chicago was close behind with 39.6% ($1.46 billion).
Minneapolis set aside 35.8% ($163.2 billion). New York had the highest police budget in FY 2017 at $4.89 billion, though this only equates to 8.2% of the city’s general fund. Spending per person on policing comes to $772 in Baltimore, $581 in NY, $537 in Chicago and $381 in LA.
