“what struck me most about those who rioted was how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneity, the restraint. they waited and waited for justice. and it didn’t come. no one talks about that...” - Toni Morrison
During the brutal regime of #LeopoldII in the Congo Free State, around 10 million died, at least half of the population, murder, disease and starvation. Failure to meet rubber quotas was punishable by death. And now the ‘great man’ statue of him is down. https://t.co/gIJbrIc1vV
— Prof Kate Williams (@KateWilliamsme) June 9, 2020
They’ve been petitioning to have that disgusting statue removed and the powers that be deliberately ignored them.
As Toni Morrison stated, “what struck me most about those who rioted was how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneity, the restraint. they waited and waited for justice. and it didn’t come. no one talks about that…”
It’s all “slavery was years ago, get over it, it’s history” till a statue of a slave owner goes in the river innit 😂😂😂
Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old Buffalo man shoved by two 30-something police officers, is a member of PUSH Buffalo, which focuses on affordable housing, and Western New York Peace Center, a human rights org. He is also part of the Catholic Worker Movement. https://t.co/XnOSkOpQyIpic.twitter.com/qYhvPRC51f
I’m not sure he’s thought this through. We go from‘It’s ok to kill old people with COVID, to ‘Its ok time kill old people by cracking their heads open on the pavement.’
Donald Trump is a liar, a bully, an abomination. He is the seven deadly sins assembled in one person. Look at how he lied about and victimized anew a 75-year-old gentleman who seems to be a warrior for decency, kindness, charity and justice. #Accountabilityhttps://t.co/L3UlkumcR7
After Bristol, London doesn't want to be next: Statues of slavers around London could be pulled down under mayor’s new diversity plan #slaveryarchivehttps://t.co/I2M0TshFQ7
— Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD (@analuciaraujo_) June 9, 2020
I’ve thought about the fascist perspective that the only government programs that should exist are not schools, or post offices or public works, or even protecting and serving people in a community. What a fascist sees as an acceptable program is the military to protect power and wealth and private police to do the bidding of those that want to force people into indenture and surround their holdings and protect them from any kind of vandalism. Trump has said conservatism means to protect and conserve their wealth. Rand Paul and his father are fascists under the name of libertarians and you can really see that perspective from them.
He was crucified on a city street by hatred. His mother called him to heaven before he died. He is being buried next to his mother and while their earthly bodies will rest together in their earthly graves, their souls are joined in heaven, now, singing God’s praises.
The president of America wants to maintain the status quo of police brutality and murder against minorities so badly that he is willing to say a 75 year old WHITE #BlackLivesMatter supporter smashed his head open against a kerb on purpose. https://t.co/xwSfojJNOh
Johnniqua Charles, 27, is the woman in the viral “Lose Yo Job” video, which has become both meme and protest anthem.
She told me she’s been struggling w/ homelessness and addiction, and the video going viral helped her reconnect with family and get help. https://t.co/cxUHpyDdd6
— julia reinstein 🚡 (@juliareinstein) June 8, 2020
4 out of the 7 largest voting precincts in city of Atlanta currently have 0 working machines. • Ralph Bunche • Central Park Rec Center • St Stephen Baptist Church • Louise Watley Southeast
Apparently the state didn’t send Pittman Park the official receipt paper that is needed to prove votes were cast in these 2 (should be 10) machines. Someone is “on the way” with it… Still waiting. #votersuppression yet again, @GovKemp@KeishaBottoms
“This is ridiculous,” says Anita Heard, a 80-year-old who was first in line to vote at 6 this morning and is still waiting to cast her ballot. “Of course,” she says when I ask her if she plans to stay. “I worked for 40 years — where else am I going?” #gapolpic.twitter.com/4Cd8nwagG9
Destroy all the statues.#Belgian city of Antwerp removes a statue of late King Leopold II – who is said to have reigned over the mass death of 10 million Congolese – after it was graffitied by anti-racism protesters.
Kentucky legend @RexChapman nails it: Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are “out of touch.” Whole interview is important and worth watching. https://t.co/MzWKHAgoKd
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 9, 2020
Brian Kemp and the GA secretary of state are again overseeing a dysfunctional and likely corrupted election. This is not an accident. This is intentional and Democrats need to be prepared for this on a national scale in November #GAprimarieshttps://t.co/ZlQwZ0NEx8
This past month has shown that you all know how to make your voices heard. Now it's time to speak out at the ballot box.
You can vote today in Georgia, North Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia & Nevada. Don't miss this chance to have a say in the future of your communities. https://t.co/4BtrWTZfVi
Senator Kamala Harris speaks to Chris Hayes about the Justice in Policing Bill.
He says that though activists have worked on this for some time, different attempts at police reform such as cams and training have failed to effect real change.
Senator Harris:
“What it does most specifically is it is completely and totally directed at one issue,
which is accountability and consequence when there is a violation of law, when the rules are broken.
So in addition to what you mentioned, our bill of Justice in Policing which is sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus of which I am a member, Senator Corey Booker and so many of our members are endorsing as co-sponsors; what it will do is things like change the national standard for use of force.
So currently in so many jurisdictions Chris, when there is excessive use of force, the question in a courtroom when we’re reviewing that, is to ask well was that use of force reasonable? Well, you know you can find a reason for just about anything. It’s not a fair standard. And it’s almost insurmountable when we’re talking about prosecution of excessive force. So we’re suggesting that it be changed to ask the question instead, not was that reasonable but was it necessary? We’re talking about doing ‘pattern and practice’ investigations. When I was Attorney General of California, I initiated pattern and practice investigations of law enforcement agencies that were accused of discrimination. So we want to strengthen that, put teeth in it, so that for example, the United States Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division will continue to do the work that was started under previous administrations that stopped under Donald Trump for most intent and purposes. But also that those folks in the Civil Rights Division will have subpoena power to be able to go after those police departments that have a pattern and practice of discrimination.”
Senator Harris:
“In addition, we are proposing that there needs to be independent investigations.
I will tell you as a former prosecutor, no matter how well-intentioned a DA or a States Attorney, the reality
is that there is at the very least a lack of appearance of absence of conflict, when that prosecutor is investigating a police officer from an agency they work with every day.
We need to have independent investigations.
And then another piece is transparency in terms of data.
Again when I was Attorney General, we opened up the California Department of Justice’s data,
which otherwise journalists had to claw out of us. We opened it up and I said look, we want to make sure that the public has information about deaths in custody, arrests rates based on demographic information.
So these are the kinds of thing that are in this package, and including our anti-lynching bill. And to your point about how far have we come the fact that we can’t, last week, get through an anti-lynching bill in this the year of our lord 2020, is ridiculous. So the obstacles are there to passing the legislation. But it’s good work. It’s not enough, it does not address what we need to address in terms of really dealing with what will truly create safety, and healthy communities in America. It’s a very specific focus, which is accountability and consequence in policing.”
Hayes:
“I’m sure you saw the Mayor in Washington DC obviously paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on 16th street.
Other protestors came and painted the phrase ‘Defund the Police’…the president clearly views it as politically advantageous, Joe Biden today coming out and saying “I do not support it”. What does that phrase mean to you, what is your reaction to it as a policy prescription?”
Senator Harris:
“So Chris we have to re-imagine safety and public safety in America.
You know the status quo has been to determine and create policy around the idea that more police equals more safety. And that’s just wrong. You know what creates greater safety? Funding our public schools so that currently two thirds of our teacher’s don’t have to come out of their own back pocket to pay for school supplies. What creates safety? Investing in the economic opportunities of communities. Creating jobs. What creates safe and healthy communities? Making sure that all people have access to healthcare, mental healthcare. And that it is within their reach – meaning it is affordable. These are the things that create safe communities and when in America today, many cities, one third of their budget goes to policing. We all have to step back and ask, is that the smartest and best way to actually achieve safety? Through health communities we have safe communities. And I also have to point something else out Chris. When you go to middle and upper middle class suburban communities, you don’t see the patrol car sitting out on the corner and patrolling the streets like you do in other neighborhoods. You don’t see the kind of police presence. But you know what you do see? You see well-funded schools. What you do see is families who have the ability to get through the end of the month and not worry about how they’re gonna put food on the table.
What you do see are the access to capital, and access to public health and to health care.”
Senator Harris:
“So we do need to re-imagine how we as a society are going to, in a smart way, achieve public safety.
We don’t want police officers to be dealing with the homeless issue. We don’t want police officers to be dealing with substance abuse and mental health. No. We should be putting those resources into our public health systems. We should be looking at our budgets. And asking are we getting the best return on our investment as tax payers? Much less what is morally right, and what is right in terms of actually having safe communities that thrive.
And part of what we have to do here is also look at the militarization of police departments,
and the kind of money that is going to that. And we need to demilitarize police departments. So there is a lot in conversation. But at its core, one of the issues that I think we should all agree on is that it is old thinking, it is out-dated, and is actually wrong and backward, to think that more police officers will create more safety.”
Hayes:
“Right now every state and locality…is going to have their local budget annihilated because of what’s happened in the economic downturn…there’ll be cutting…the Democrats want to give state and localities…and my understanding today is the republicans don’t want to do that!”
Senator Harris:
“You are absolutely correct Chris. You want to talk about which leaders are committed to safe and healthy communities – when you have a president of United States saying that he doesn’t want to give money to state and local governments. That is teachers, it’s first responders, it’s fire fighters, it’s mental health professionals, it’s public health professionals. So you know listen, as far as Donald Trump is concerned and what he says, you know he’s looking for a campaign slogan that might work for him, but the reality is the American people I think are smarter, to know that if we really want to address what is wrong with the way that we are using tax payer dollars, what is wrong with these systems, what is wrong with the criminal justice system, we will see, that most people would agree: Let’s invest in our teachers, let’s invest in our public health systems, let’s invest in the potential of communities. Part of what we are also seeing Chris, and I was out there marching, many of us have been, that there is a community of people who seemingly have nothing in common, who are coming together around these issues, knowing that these are issues that relate to all of us. And when we have good policing we all benefit.
When we have bad policing we are all hurt.”
Hayes:
“What do you make of…the sentiment of the nation at this moment?”
Senator Harris:
“I think that the nation is hurting and that we are really raw. America is raw right now and her wounds are exposed. The reality of it is the tragedy of the murder of George Floyd is just the latest in generations of this story. And finally everyone is getting to witness it because of the prevalence of smart phones! Communities, mothers have been crying over their dead children’s bodies for generations and no one would listen or they’d turn a blind eye. And now you cannot turn a blind eye, because it is right there in vivid details,
such as was the murder of George Floyd. And there’s a reckoning that is happening, where people have to come to terms with America’s history as it relates to policing, as it relates to racism. And what I find to be inspirational about this moment, when you look at the folks who are out there, folks are understanding this is about all of us. This is about all of us. Racism is bad for everyone, for everyone. And this gives me hope and there’s power in this movement and that can’t be denied.”
And now it turns out, according to the Daily Beast, that Trump is being fed this garbage conspiracy by a Kremlin-paid Sputnik reporter, who also writes for OANN. We are in the upside down. https://t.co/ivymp4V5yv
Kinda surreal when the President starts accusing your 75 yr old friend of being an agent of ANTIFA.
My friend Martin Gugino is an old man with cancer who is now in the hospital with brain damage after being pushed to the ground by a police officer he was trying to talk to.
This is no accident or malfunction…voting by mail would still be fraught with challenges ..because there has to be an efficient infrastructure to support it…with Kemp in charge of the election process it will never be equitable…
because just as today…he has decided..NO ONE WAS VOTING TODAY..
The black funeral service — the black church service in general — is such a testament to the ability of a people to craft beauty and meaning out of the theft of all that you are and have. #GeorgeFloydFuneral#achangeisgonnacome#BlaclLivesMatter
🚨We've issued a pre-litigation demand to officials in Cobb Cty Georgia calling for a voluntary extension of poll hours. No voter should be locked out because officials have failed to properly administer the election. @cobbcountygovt
Grief is a heavy burden to bear — and it's even harder with the eyes of the world watching. I know. But that burden is now a purpose — to change the world for the better in the name of George Floyd.
More than 750 musicians, labels and industry organizations have signed an open letter calling for the repeal of Section 50-A, a New York statute prevents the personnel histories of police officers from being made public. https://t.co/HJBfyFQB3U
BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump and Bill Barr attempted to place our military in all major cities across America but the Joint Chiefs of Staff refused, had a yelling match with @POTUS until Trump finally backed-down! So there it is… Trump and his @GOP tried to take America by force!
I live in GA-5. @repjohnlewis is my congressman. He has an opponent. The GA-5 district was did not appear on the ballot for me or my neighbors, GA-11 did. @GaSecofState
— Ida B. Wells’s Burner Account (@goldietaylor) June 9, 2020
Gov. Cuomo (D-NY) gets fired up over Trump’s Buffalo tweet: “How reckless, how irresponsible, how mean, how crude. If there was ever a reprehensible, dumb comment … and from the president of the United States.” pic.twitter.com/wHqlRTCPb8
Trump came very close last week to firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a dispute over the use of active-duty federal troops for protests, officials tell @glubold https://t.co/2nXn5uqcHq
Congratulations to @Yamiche Alcindor of The NewsHour/PBS, winner of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the #WHCA. To see more about the winning entry – and all of 2020 award winners – go to https://t.co/yE7xhy7CMI
It’s past time for all three police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor to be arrested. It’s been almost three months. There’s no reason for them to still be roaming free.
Voting machines down. Limited provisional ballots. Hours-long lines. #VoterSuppression is happening right now across Georgia, particularly in Black communities. We can't let this happen in November. Congress must immediately pass my VoteSafe Act.
Everyone talking about “how do we fix this?” They say “go out and vote?” What about asking if how we vote is also structurally racist? https://t.co/GFtq12eKKt
Took @MsLaToshaBrown 3hrs to vote today in GA. Then Brown drove over to predominantly white polling site in Atl suburbs
“I come over to this side of town, and white folks are strolling in. On my side of town, we brought stadium chairs.”https://t.co/lhIAaHrAlC W/@ZachMontellaro
"The White House is preparing a speech on race relations written by Stephen Miller, who crafted the Trump Administration’s immigration plan along the southern border with Mexico."
But I fail to understand why the voting process is so complex in the US. I’m in Canada and honestly, I’ve never waited in line for more than 5-10 minutes max to vote. They check your name, go behind the booth, mark your X and leave. Why is it so complex in the US?
The people in power have to WANT free and fair elections for all voters and they have to actively work to ensure this happens. This is not the case here in Georgia.
Everyone talking about “how do we fix this?” They say “go out and vote?” What about asking if how we vote is also structurally racist? https://t.co/GFtq12eKKt
This drone footage shows a long line of voters waiting to cast ballots in Atlanta on Tuesday. Georgia election officials, poll workers and voters have reported major trouble with voting in Atlanta and elsewhere.
Georgia voters: Thank you for your determination to cast your ballots today despite the failure of officials to provide enough polling places or machines. Your voice is more important than ever. If you run into problems, call @FairFightAction's hotline at 1-888-730-5816 for help.
Georgia voters: Thank you for your determination to cast your ballots today despite the failure of officials to provide enough polling places or machines. Your voice is more important than ever. If you run into problems, call @FairFightAction's hotline at 1-888-730-5816 for help.
There is still time to help Memphis, TN avoid a Georgia meltdown, but the national media won’t report on what is about to happen there. Help! They vote on a new voting system tomorrow, & Rs want the same type of system as GA (different vendor). @msnbc@CNN@JoyAnnReid@maddow ⬇️ https://t.co/Lr3HyGClcm
Campaign email to “Trump Army”.
“Trump is addicted to violence. He encourages and revels in police brutality and thuggery — the police officer who murdered George Floyd by crushing his neck was in the most basic way just following Trump’s orders.
As a function of his addiction to violence, Donald Trump uses stochastic terrorism to command his followers to attack various perceived enemies: nonwhite people, liberals and progressives, Latin American migrants and refugees, Muslims, Jews, so-called anarchists and antifa members and so on.
The most recent example: last week, Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign sent an email to supporters that referred to a “Trump army” which should not entirely be understood as a metaphor:
“The President wants YOU and every other member of our exclusive Trump Army
to have something to identify yourselves with, and to let everyone know that YOU
are the President’s first line of defense when it comes to fighting off the Liberal MOB.”
(https://www.salon.com/2020/06/07/former-harvard-psychiatrist-lance-dodes-trump-is-trying-to-turn-america-into-a-police-state/)
As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I filed an amendment to the annual defense bill last week to rename all bases named for Confederate generals. It's long past time to end the tribute to white supremacy on our military installations. https://t.co/eP6ktRWK8C
“Democrats’ sweeping new police reform bill, explained”
“The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 contains a number of measures that make it easier to prosecute police misconduct and demilitarize police departments around the country.”
“Among other measures, Democrats want to end qualified immunity and chokeholds.”
(https://www.vox.com/2020/6/8/21283841/democrats-police-reform-bill-explained-george-floyd)
The police are George Zimmermans with direct access to political machinery and billions of dollars, it would be nearly impossible to George Zimmerman any harder than the police do. Not even George Zimmerman George Zimmermans this hard
Florida creationist and Dinosaur Adventure Land owner Kent Hovind is suing the federal government for $536 million because they convicted him for tax evasion.
The President of the United States is quoting a ludicrous, offensive conspiracy theory propagated by a correspondent who also works for the Russian government’s Sputnik news agency. Every day, Putin gets a fresh return on his investment. https://t.co/ZGy7YoXhlU
🚨 Attention Dems 🚨 Re: What’s happening in Georgia is what happened in Texas for our primary, despite what the GOP claims, it’s NOT AN ACCIDENT! It is intentional and planned. If they are doing this for primaries, imagine what they will do in November? VOTE EARLY! VOTE EARLY!
— Not a real Superhero (@AnotherLibShill) June 9, 2020
FAUCI: “Where is it going to end? We’re still at the beginning of it.”
“Fauci said the way the outbreak has unfolded is his “worst nightmare.”
Meanwhile:
“Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the end of the pandemic is in sight,
and even as thousands of people die each week from the disease and tens of thousands or more new cases emerge, he spends little time discussing it publicly any more.”
(https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/dr-faucis-bleak-remarks-his-worst-nightmare-has-occurred-and-it-isnt-over-yet/)
Georgians are risking their health to cast a vote, only to be met with absurdly long lines, broken voting machines, and polling locations opening late.
It's #VoterSuppression in action, and it's unacceptable in a democracy.
The Obama Diary 
Bye
Thank you, Nerdy. ❤️
This 👏🏾 right 👏🏾 here!
They’ve been petitioning to have that disgusting statue removed and the powers that be deliberately ignored them.
As Toni Morrison stated, “what struck me most about those who rioted was how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneity, the restraint. they waited and waited for justice. and it didn’t come. no one talks about that…”
I’m not sure he’s thought this through. We go from‘It’s ok to kill old people with COVID, to ‘Its ok time kill old people by cracking their heads open on the pavement.’
Yikes. He’s such a fucking train wreck
That this has to even be a concern is so fucked up.
I’ve thought about the fascist perspective that the only government programs that should exist are not schools, or post offices or public works, or even protecting and serving people in a community. What a fascist sees as an acceptable program is the military to protect power and wealth and private police to do the bidding of those that want to force people into indenture and surround their holdings and protect them from any kind of vandalism. Trump has said conservatism means to protect and conserve their wealth. Rand Paul and his father are fascists under the name of libertarians and you can really see that perspective from them.
George Floyd.
Say his name.
He was crucified on a city street by hatred. His mother called him to heaven before he died. He is being buried next to his mother and while their earthly bodies will rest together in their earthly graves, their souls are joined in heaven, now, singing God’s praises.
George Floyd.
Say his name.
GEORGE FLOYD
GEORGE FLOYD 💔💔💔
thank you
George Floyd
George Floyd 💔
George Floyd 😔
Some good news today. 😁
What can we do about this….
we knew this would happen…This is the extreme
MORE…
TODville, Rocks!
Thank You, NW👒💁♀️🙇♀️🤗😍👏👏
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Senator Kamala Harris speaks to Chris Hayes about the Justice in Policing Bill.
He says that though activists have worked on this for some time, different attempts at police reform such as cams and training have failed to effect real change.
Senator Harris:
“What it does most specifically is it is completely and totally directed at one issue,
which is accountability and consequence when there is a violation of law, when the rules are broken.
So in addition to what you mentioned, our bill of Justice in Policing which is sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus of which I am a member, Senator Corey Booker and so many of our members are endorsing as co-sponsors; what it will do is things like change the national standard for use of force.
So currently in so many jurisdictions Chris, when there is excessive use of force, the question in a courtroom when we’re reviewing that, is to ask well was that use of force reasonable? Well, you know you can find a reason for just about anything. It’s not a fair standard. And it’s almost insurmountable when we’re talking about prosecution of excessive force. So we’re suggesting that it be changed to ask the question instead, not was that reasonable but was it necessary? We’re talking about doing ‘pattern and practice’ investigations. When I was Attorney General of California, I initiated pattern and practice investigations of law enforcement agencies that were accused of discrimination. So we want to strengthen that, put teeth in it, so that for example, the United States Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division will continue to do the work that was started under previous administrations that stopped under Donald Trump for most intent and purposes. But also that those folks in the Civil Rights Division will have subpoena power to be able to go after those police departments that have a pattern and practice of discrimination.”
Senator Harris:
“In addition, we are proposing that there needs to be independent investigations.
I will tell you as a former prosecutor, no matter how well-intentioned a DA or a States Attorney, the reality
is that there is at the very least a lack of appearance of absence of conflict, when that prosecutor is investigating a police officer from an agency they work with every day.
We need to have independent investigations.
And then another piece is transparency in terms of data.
Again when I was Attorney General, we opened up the California Department of Justice’s data,
which otherwise journalists had to claw out of us. We opened it up and I said look, we want to make sure that the public has information about deaths in custody, arrests rates based on demographic information.
So these are the kinds of thing that are in this package, and including our anti-lynching bill. And to your point about how far have we come the fact that we can’t, last week, get through an anti-lynching bill in this the year of our lord 2020, is ridiculous. So the obstacles are there to passing the legislation. But it’s good work. It’s not enough, it does not address what we need to address in terms of really dealing with what will truly create safety, and healthy communities in America. It’s a very specific focus, which is accountability and consequence in policing.”
Hayes:
“I’m sure you saw the Mayor in Washington DC obviously paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on 16th street.
Other protestors came and painted the phrase ‘Defund the Police’…the president clearly views it as politically advantageous, Joe Biden today coming out and saying “I do not support it”. What does that phrase mean to you, what is your reaction to it as a policy prescription?”
Senator Harris:
“So Chris we have to re-imagine safety and public safety in America.
You know the status quo has been to determine and create policy around the idea that more police equals more safety. And that’s just wrong. You know what creates greater safety? Funding our public schools so that currently two thirds of our teacher’s don’t have to come out of their own back pocket to pay for school supplies. What creates safety? Investing in the economic opportunities of communities. Creating jobs. What creates safe and healthy communities? Making sure that all people have access to healthcare, mental healthcare. And that it is within their reach – meaning it is affordable. These are the things that create safe communities and when in America today, many cities, one third of their budget goes to policing. We all have to step back and ask, is that the smartest and best way to actually achieve safety? Through health communities we have safe communities. And I also have to point something else out Chris. When you go to middle and upper middle class suburban communities, you don’t see the patrol car sitting out on the corner and patrolling the streets like you do in other neighborhoods. You don’t see the kind of police presence. But you know what you do see? You see well-funded schools. What you do see is families who have the ability to get through the end of the month and not worry about how they’re gonna put food on the table.
What you do see are the access to capital, and access to public health and to health care.”
Senator Harris:
“So we do need to re-imagine how we as a society are going to, in a smart way, achieve public safety.
We don’t want police officers to be dealing with the homeless issue. We don’t want police officers to be dealing with substance abuse and mental health. No. We should be putting those resources into our public health systems. We should be looking at our budgets. And asking are we getting the best return on our investment as tax payers? Much less what is morally right, and what is right in terms of actually having safe communities that thrive.
And part of what we have to do here is also look at the militarization of police departments,
and the kind of money that is going to that. And we need to demilitarize police departments. So there is a lot in conversation. But at its core, one of the issues that I think we should all agree on is that it is old thinking, it is out-dated, and is actually wrong and backward, to think that more police officers will create more safety.”
Hayes:
“Right now every state and locality…is going to have their local budget annihilated because of what’s happened in the economic downturn…there’ll be cutting…the Democrats want to give state and localities…and my understanding today is the republicans don’t want to do that!”
Senator Harris:
“You are absolutely correct Chris. You want to talk about which leaders are committed to safe and healthy communities – when you have a president of United States saying that he doesn’t want to give money to state and local governments. That is teachers, it’s first responders, it’s fire fighters, it’s mental health professionals, it’s public health professionals. So you know listen, as far as Donald Trump is concerned and what he says, you know he’s looking for a campaign slogan that might work for him, but the reality is the American people I think are smarter, to know that if we really want to address what is wrong with the way that we are using tax payer dollars, what is wrong with these systems, what is wrong with the criminal justice system, we will see, that most people would agree: Let’s invest in our teachers, let’s invest in our public health systems, let’s invest in the potential of communities. Part of what we are also seeing Chris, and I was out there marching, many of us have been, that there is a community of people who seemingly have nothing in common, who are coming together around these issues, knowing that these are issues that relate to all of us. And when we have good policing we all benefit.
When we have bad policing we are all hurt.”
Hayes:
“What do you make of…the sentiment of the nation at this moment?”
Senator Harris:
“I think that the nation is hurting and that we are really raw. America is raw right now and her wounds are exposed. The reality of it is the tragedy of the murder of George Floyd is just the latest in generations of this story. And finally everyone is getting to witness it because of the prevalence of smart phones! Communities, mothers have been crying over their dead children’s bodies for generations and no one would listen or they’d turn a blind eye. And now you cannot turn a blind eye, because it is right there in vivid details,
such as was the murder of George Floyd. And there’s a reckoning that is happening, where people have to come to terms with America’s history as it relates to policing, as it relates to racism. And what I find to be inspirational about this moment, when you look at the folks who are out there, folks are understanding this is about all of us. This is about all of us. Racism is bad for everyone, for everyone. And this gives me hope and there’s power in this movement and that can’t be denied.”
Wow!
The prevention of THIS sort of thing is what out taxpayer dollars should go for!! To assure that things like this will never happen again!
PS. PAPER BALLOTS DON’T BREAK DOWN!!
This is no accident or malfunction…voting by mail would still be fraught with challenges ..because there has to be an efficient infrastructure to support it…with Kemp in charge of the election process it will never be equitable…
because just as today…he has decided..NO ONE WAS VOTING TODAY..
🤬🤬🤬
Happy Birthday, Gabby Giffords. Many more. Here’s hoping that your amazing husband becomes my newest Senator ❤️
Instead of giving her an award for having to sustain the tide of Venom from Trump…they should have stood shoulder to shoulder with her…
There go those lies. No wonder they have such a dislike for truth.
A confessional
View at Medium.com
Sue the damn state of GA!! This is voter suppression and it’s BULLSHIT!
Sue the damn state of GA!! This is voter suppression and it’s BULLSHIT!
Tennessee
* sigh *
They’re so deep in that rabbit hole! (Am looking for cement to block ’em in 😷😂.)
BabyNames dot com is woke! 👶🏽
Republicans are cheating douchebags.
No & No to the No!
Yep
https://twitter.com/ajc/status/1270457252592455686?s=21
I’m just gonna drop this here. WTAF
They can blame jackass
Campaign email to “Trump Army”.
“Trump is addicted to violence. He encourages and revels in police brutality and thuggery — the police officer who murdered George Floyd by crushing his neck was in the most basic way just following Trump’s orders.
As a function of his addiction to violence, Donald Trump uses stochastic terrorism to command his followers to attack various perceived enemies: nonwhite people, liberals and progressives, Latin American migrants and refugees, Muslims, Jews, so-called anarchists and antifa members and so on.
The most recent example: last week, Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign sent an email to supporters that referred to a “Trump army” which should not entirely be understood as a metaphor:
“The President wants YOU and every other member of our exclusive Trump Army
to have something to identify yourselves with, and to let everyone know that YOU
are the President’s first line of defense when it comes to fighting off the Liberal MOB.”
(https://www.salon.com/2020/06/07/former-harvard-psychiatrist-lance-dodes-trump-is-trying-to-turn-america-into-a-police-state/)
“Trump’s ultimate desire, Dodes says, is to put his boot on the neck of everyone on the planet.”
Ahem…
“Democrats’ sweeping new police reform bill, explained”
“The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 contains a number of measures that make it easier to prosecute police misconduct and demilitarize police departments around the country.”
“Among other measures, Democrats want to end qualified immunity and chokeholds.”
(https://www.vox.com/2020/6/8/21283841/democrats-police-reform-bill-explained-george-floyd)
Hmm 🤔
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/where-is-your-control/
FAUCI: “Where is it going to end? We’re still at the beginning of it.”
“Fauci said the way the outbreak has unfolded is his “worst nightmare.”
Meanwhile:
“Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the end of the pandemic is in sight,
and even as thousands of people die each week from the disease and tens of thousands or more new cases emerge, he spends little time discussing it publicly any more.”
(https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/dr-faucis-bleak-remarks-his-worst-nightmare-has-occurred-and-it-isnt-over-yet/)
“Coronavirus Infections Are On The Rise In 21 U.S. States,
With Cases Spiking In California, Arizona And North Carolina”
(https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/08/coronavirus-infections-are-on-the-rise-in-21-us-states-with-cases-spiking-in-california-arizona-and-north-carolina/#159354066d5e)
President O retweeted this.