21 | September | 2016 | The Obama Diary

It's not the responsibility of marginalized people to change a system we did not create. #KeithLamontScott #TerenceCrutcher
— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) September 21, 2016

Kill a groundhog, suspended without pay.

Kill a black person, promoted.

America. https://t.co/39Aq2fyztZ
— deray (@deray) September 21, 2016

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Adam Rhew captured the picture that says so much

#Charlotte #cmpd pic.twitter.com/LJVfhRcgUc
— Adam Rhew (@AdamRhew) September 21, 2016

This photogragher deserves a Pulitzer for this shot. Contrast "to protect and serve" with the reader board on the bus. #KeithLamontScott pic.twitter.com/IVc5acioxJ
— Matthew Robinson 🇺🇦 (@Robinsonpost) September 21, 2016

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If you keep killing us, there won’t be any black people left to stand for the National Anthem — and I know how important that is to you.
— Saeed, Or The Other One (@theferocity) September 20, 2016

All I can think about tonight is #keithlamontscott's son, who arrived at the bus stop to find his father dead.
— Audrey Assad (@audreyassad) September 21, 2016

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Protests grow after police seeking suspect kill different man in Charlotte https://t.co/J7AresbOTC #KeithLamontScott
— NBCBLK (@NBCBLK) September 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/Kdizz_/status/778394716417163265

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About 99.9999% of the people who have told black people how they should protest have disappeared & been silent on #TerenceCruthcher
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) September 20, 2016

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https://twitter.com/the_adam_bomb1/status/778413766769795072

The last time someone was at risk of getting killed for reading or knowing how to read was during slavery. It's 2016 tho. #KeithLamontScott
— Steve 🏁 (@StephCurryGoat) September 21, 2016

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Who do we regard as criminal? The white woman? Or the black man? Constructions of criminality from long ago are at work. #TerenceCrutcher
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 20, 2016

4 guns + 4 tazers + 4 cans of mace + 4 bulletproof vests

vs

1 unarmed black man #TerenceCrutcher

(We scare y'all THAT much?)
— Trill Axelrod (@TheTrillAC) September 20, 2016

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Police in Charlotte tonight, photographed by @AdamRhew. Note the “NOT IN SERVICE” sign on the bus. Nothing to add. pic.twitter.com/KXF6ROcZux
— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) September 21, 2016

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https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/778420457888358400

The last time someone was at risk of getting killed for reading or knowing how to read was during slavery. It's 2016 tho. #KeithLamontScott
— Steve 🏁 (@StephCurryGoat) September 21, 2016

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Wonder how many people would say those few Eagles players are being disrespectful but the guy on his phone isn't. pic.twitter.com/DEH7l2YD6f
— ⓙⓐⓦⓝ (@jawnes12) September 20, 2016

The saddest part of this story is that #KeithLamontScott's son got off that school bus this evening only to find his father dead. I'm livid.
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) September 21, 2016

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When hands up isn't enough. RIP #TerenceCrutcher. https://t.co/rWELd9XaRX
— Andscape (@andscape) September 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo/status/778300949093679104

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"That looks like a bad dude."

That's what an officer said about unarmed #TerenceCrutcher before he was shot down.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

This is all a familiar narrative. Saying that black bodies were acting erratically and disobeying before "lynching" them.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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We've heard all of these phrases before: "I thought he had a gun." "He was reaching for a weapon." "Administrative leave."
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

I'm tired of it. Black people get demonized then victimized, then blamed for their own deaths. When will this stop?
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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They tasered #TerenceCrutcher, THEN shot him.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

And folks around this country wonder why we kneel or sit for the national anthem.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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We kneel/sit for the anthem because when black folks stand, police are shooting us down.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

Once again, blacks are forced to endure this trauma, then go operate in white spaces as if we are okay. We aren't.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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White people literally don't have to worry about violence on their bodies or minds when out in public. THAT is carefree.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

Police protect white people when they're breaking the law. They shoot blacks when we're innocent.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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And we have to live everyday with that realization...that if I encounter a police officer today, I might die.
— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016