You cannot reform a system that not only would lie on a child, but kill a child.
— Shay Stewart Bouley (@blackgirlinmain) April 15, 2021
The Adam Toledo was so horrifying that Chicago boarded up municipal buildings before the video was released. That tells you all you need to know.
— roxane gay (@rgay) April 15, 2021
You cannot reform the police. They are poisoned fruit from a poisoned tree. That police think shooting a child is b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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roxane gay (@rgay) April 15, 2021And the mayor calling for peace and calm? There is no peace or calm in the face of this crime. There isn’t. The pol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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roxane gay (@rgay) April 15, 2021After chasing him, the police officer says, "Show me your fkin hands."
— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) April 15, 2021
Adam Toledo turns around w/ his hands up, and the officer shoots him.
After he shoots him, the officer says, "Look at me, look at me. You alright?"
Adam Toledo died. He was 13.
You cannot reform this. https://t.co/VtVfq1UQyI
The prosecutor did not “make an error.” He lied.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 16, 2021
He lied about the police killing a child.
Ending this isn’t just about consequences for who pulls the trigger. It’s about admitting to and confronting an entire system that exists to protect, defend, and cover up state violence. https://t.co/pKkb8PMchR
The executive officer of internal affairs in the Norfolk Police Dept. donated $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse with a message:
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 16, 2021
“Every rank & file police officer supports you. Don’t be discouraged by actions of the political class of law enforcement leadership.” https://t.co/VVuiAfG3iX
Norfolk Police Department announces this officer “has been reassigned to another division pending the results of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 16, 2021— Lesley-Ann Brandt (@LesleyAnnBrandt) April 13, 2021
400 hundred CONVICTIONS. He is twenty-five. There is no reforming this. https://t.co/BiP9OGhdAS
— Vackie Joyner-Kersee (@themelaniedione) April 19, 2021
The Obama Diary 
There are no good cops.
There are no good cops.
THERE ARE NO GOOD COPS!!!!!!! 25 years old and doing this evil? THERE ARE NO GOOD COPS!!!!
No one questioned this! OMG!
“VP Harris talks infrastructure at bus manufacturers:
Yesterday: “Vice President Kamala Harris is in High Point, North Carolina, where she is touring Thomas Built Buses, a manufacturer of electric school buses, as part of a nationwide tour of Biden administration officials to promote the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan.”
Chauvin convicted in all three counts. It’s a start…
GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES.
Finally. A modicum of justice.
AG Merrick Garland,
“played a major role in the investigation and prosecution that brought McVeigh and his co-conspirator Terry Nichols to justice” said in his speech at the Oklahoma City memorial yesterday
“At the time, we did not know exactly how many people had died,” Garland said. “But we did know that the children’s center, which had been at the front of the building, was gone. Then and there, we made a vow.
We promised that we would find the perpetrators, that we would bring them to justice, and that we would do so in a way that honored the Constitution.”
(https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/attorney-general-garland-remembers-okc-bombing-points-threat/story?id=77165953)
“ABC News chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas speaks exclusively with Attorney General Merrick Garland about domestic extremism threats in the U.S. and about combating racism.”
AG Garland yesterday:
“So all of us in our family feel an obligation to public service and try to protect other people the way the country protected us. That’s the job of the Justice Department – to ensure equal justice under the law for all American citizens.”
“I think all Americans should listen deeper,” the attorney general added. “We’re one country. We’re obligated to each other. We’re obligated to protect each other.”
Guilty on all charges:
The world can respect America on this outcome.
Guilty!
I pray those two children are getting the care and love they need. Can’t imagine how they live through ongoing trauma from that murder and everything that’s happened since.
This!
VP and POTUS on the phone with the Floyd Family.
This perp walk isn’t exactly satisfying until sentencing, but it’ll do for now.
No bail while waiting for sentencing. Good!
A message from President Obama on the verdict.
SOON – President Biden, VP Harris deliver remarks on Derek Chauvin guilty verdict
https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-3
Strong Statement from PA US Sen Bob Casey
For Nerdy Wonka!
President Uncle Joe
MVP
Now do the other three criminals.
Meanwhile…
Excuse the colorful language.
Think about that.
The President is speaking.
We need these two civil champions confirmed and the George Floyd Act passed.
🙏🏾
Black Lives Matter
Vice Presdent Harris just now:
“A measure of justice is not the same as equal justice.”
“We still must reform the system.”
A message from My Reverend Senator
Hours after the Chauvin verdict. It just never fucking stops.
Amazing Grace
She called the police for help and they killed her.
The corrupt thugs tried to normalize a public lynching. But for that girl who had the courage to record it, today would have never seen the day.
Oh wow! Free lunch for all students for 2021-2022 school year! 👏🏾
Just wait for the rethugs votes for Vanita Gupta.
She’s awesome! Rethugs suck.
Yup, that rapid ‘can’t believe my own eyes’ blinking.
3 more…
What you can do…
Yay Vanita!
I am with her.
He put his whole weight behind the BLM campaign and forced F1 and Mercedes to act.
Bakari Sellers taking ‘journos’ to task for being police peons.
Yes! Right on re: journos.
LOVE This!
Wishing much love to Mr. George Floyd’s family…and now a little peace of mind for the long journey.
And for every family who has ever lost a loved one by police or by the gun. We must bring on fhe George Floyd Justice in Policing Act without delay. (H120)
But we do have an American King…the almighty gun.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters:
“joins The ReidOut to talk about the Chauvin guilty verdict and the censure vote against her”.
“My colleagues stood with me and they voted to table the motion that was put up to censure me because the Republicans love to use me as a target. They raise money on my backs.”
Remarks by Vice President Harris
on the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial for the Death of George Floyd
(excerpt)
“Today, we feel a sigh of relief. Still, it cannot take away the pain.
A measure of justice isn’t the same as equal justice. This verdict brings us a step closer. And, the fact is, we still have work to do.
We still must reform the system. Last summer, together with Senator Cory Booker and Representative Karen Bass, I introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This bill would hold law enforcement accountable and help build trust between law enforcement and our communities. This bill is part of George Floyd’s legacy.
The President and I will continue to urge the Senate to pass this legislation — not as a panacea for every problem, but as a start.
This work is long overdue. America has a long history of systemic racism. Black Americans — and Black men,
in particular — have been treated, throughout the course of our history, as less than human.
Black men are fathers and brothers and sons and uncles and grandfathers and friends and neighbors.
Their lives must be valued in our education system, in our healthcare system, in our housing system, in our economic system, in our criminal justice system, in our nation. Full stop.
Because of smartphones, so many Americans have now seen the racial injustice that Black Americans have known for generations — the racial injustice that we have fought for generations; that my parents protested in the 1960s; that millions of us, Americans of every race, protested last summer.
Here’s the truth about racial injustice: It is not just a Black America problem or a people of color problem. It is a problem for every American. It is keeping us from fulfilling the promise of liberty and justice for all, and it is holding our nation back from realizing our full potential.
We are all a part of George Floyd’s legacy, and our job now is to honor it and to honor him.”
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/)
‘Today, we are able to breathe again’:
“Floyd’s family members celebrate verdict, vow to fight on for racial justice”
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/george-floyd-family-verdict/2021/04/20/3610bc68-a219-11eb-a7ee-949c574a09ac_story.html)
Philonise Floyd: “Justice for George means freedom for all.”
H.R.7120 – George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
“This bill addresses a wide range of policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. It includes measures to increase accountability for law enforcement misconduct, to enhance transparency and data collection, and to eliminate discriminatory policing practices.
The bill facilitates federal enforcement of constitutional violations (e.g., excessive use of force) by state and local law enforcement. Among other things, it does the following:
lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to knowing or reckless—to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution,
limits qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer or state correctional officer, and
authorizes the Department of Justice to issue subpoenas in investigations of police departments for a pattern or practice of discrimination.
The bill also creates a national registry—the National Police Misconduct Registry—to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct.
It establishes a framework to prohibit racial profiling at the federal, state, and local levels.
The bill establishes new requirements for law enforcement officers and agencies, including to report data on use-of-force incidents, to obtain training on implicit bias and racial profiling, and to wear body cameras.”
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Sponsored by Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA-37)
Introduced 06/08/2020.
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7120)
Minnesota AG Ellison News Conference.
“Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) and the prosecution team in the Derek Chauvin trial spoke to reporters after a jury found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty in the death of George Floyd.”
(https://www.c-span.org/video/?511112-1/minnesota-attorney-general-ellison-holds-news-conference)
AG Ellison:
“Over the last year, the family of George Floyd had to relive again and again the worst day of their lives when they lost their brother, their father, their friend. I’m profoundly grateful to them for giving us the time we needed to prosecute this case. They have shown the world what grace and class and courage really look like. Although a verdict alone cannot in their pain, I hope it’s another step on the long path toward healing for them. There’s no replacing your beloved Perry– or Floyd, as his friends called him. But he is the one who sparked a worldwide movement, and that’s important.
We owe our thanks to the men and women of the jury who gave many hours of their time and attention to carefully listening to the evidence, weighing the facts, rendering a verdict. They are regular people from all walks of life. A lot like that bouquet of humanity on that corner on May 25 and in that courtroom. They answered the call and they served in a landmark trial. They now deserve to return to their lives. If they ask you to respect their privacy, we ask you to honor that request.”
“We put everything we had into this prosecution. We presented the best case that we could, and the jury heard us. And we’re grateful for that. We had the sole burden of proof in the case. And history shows that winning cases like these can be difficult. I’m proud of every hour, every minute, and every ounce of effort we put in this case.”
AG Ellison:
“Here we are in 2021 still addressing the same problem. Since Dr. Clark testified, we have seen Rodney King, Abner Louima, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Laquan McDonald, Stephon Clark, Atatiana Jefferson, Anton Black, Breonna Taylor, and now Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo. This has to end. We need true justice. That’s not one case. That is a social transformation that says that nobody’s beneath the law, and no one is above it.
This verdict reminds us that we must make enduring systemic societal change.”
Love Stacey! Schooled him right to his BS!
4 astronauts are heading to the International Space Station early Friday morning.
“If it’s not legislative change it will only be temporary”
“Rev. Al Sharpton talks with Rachel Maddow about how the size and diversity of the support that has coalesced around the call for accountability for George Floyd’s murder has made him hopeful for the passage of the federal George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.”
Rev. Sharpton:
“And I think today we won a round, but the fight is not over.
We must pass the George Floyd federal bill so we will not have to do it state by state.
There’s a win in Minnesota tonight, but the law hasn’t changed. And there’s no federal law. And if we ought to really have change we must change the laws of policing. Not anti-police. The policemen that testified at this trial showed the policemen understanding that bad police must be subject to the law, not above the law.”
“There is a new reality tonight. People feel that this can happen and people are going to in my opinion, continue now to pressure the Senate.”
“I remember Rachel, last August Martin Luther King III and I called a march around the George Floyd bill and John Lewis bill in Washington. In the middle of the pandemic, the height of the pandemic.
Over 200,000 people came and a third of them white.
And when we saw that crowd, when we saw the makeup of that crowd, intergenerational, interracial –
and it was happening all over the world, we knew the possibility was there like it was in the `60s a generation ahead of us, to really make change. But if it’s not legislative change, it will only be temporary.”
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