Yesterday's protests in Los Angeles and Minneapolis make it clear that people are rightfully hurting over George Floyd's death. We need swift accountability.
The officer who killed George Floyd must be arrested for murder and every officer involved must be held accountable.
This will guide our reporting in MN. “While the situation on the ground in Minneapolis is fluid, and there has been violence, it is most accurate at this time to describe what is happening there as "protests"--not riots.”
🔥 Don Lemon essentially said the last fucking person we want to hear from on George Floyd's murder is Donald "very fine people on both sides" Trump.https://t.co/DptjUyEyZm
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌸 (@AynRandPaulRyan) May 28, 2020
I love Don Lemon. Speaking of hearing from people have anyone heard from Senator Tim Scott better known as Uncle Tom Scott. He was so offended by the joke of Joe Biden last week, is he offended by the murder of George Floyd, by the Minnesota police?
In this clip, Don Lemon says that Donald Trump has "contributed to the environment" that allowed for George Floyd's death and says that no one wants to hear from him because he said there were "very fine people" marching at Charlottesville, which is, has, and always will be a lie pic.twitter.com/LpegNa3bH7
Meta, thank you for posting this! I got so caught up in it, mostly about sugar in an omelette, topped w/ ice cream? Wot?!! As an aside I’m a huge fan of Chef Jose, & know his work. 💞 Still want to know what Kamala did w/ her tofu! 😂
If that were the case with previous presidents, tRump would have been UNDER the jail given his penchant for throwing stones at others. He can dish it, but his childish sensitivities can’t take criticism.
I will be so glad when he loses the shroud of the presidency and the protection he currently receives from his corrupt DOJ and GOP sycophants in the House, Senate, and SC.
It’s my thought that he relishes this chaos, sadness and injustice and all that brings. Notice the Republicans have nothing to say. About any deaths. George Floyd’s death or the over 100,000 that have died from COVID. These people sow death and destruction and sit back and watch it burn… and throw more tinder on the flames…they are all watching and all to blame. Putin included
Given the pandemic, the quarantine, the economic collapse, and the deep pain and anger surrounding the race-centered deaths, I feel that our country and the world are exploding at so many points.
There is only one safe place I need to be and it is right here.
Didn’t realize there’s also protests in Louisville, Kentucky, tonight – along with both Minneapolis and St. Paul and perhaps others. Oh God I hope nobody gets killed.
Add Columbus Ohio. Protesters have been downtown since the afternoon. They are still here and facing off with the police. The people do not seem to be planning to leave anytime soon.
I am worried about my youngest daughter, her husband, their kids and his parents. They are staying inside their home after having cleaned out their garage to get the car inside and off the street. They put their outdoor things away too. My daughter’s family lives just a few blocks from downtown St Paul and her in-laws live in a condo close to Minneapolis.
People have been protesting in downtown Columbus Ohio.
It started out peaceful. Police was present in large numbers and seem to have cutoff one side of the city just near the city center (and location of the Ohio State House).
Some protesters have now moved to the other side of the very center of the city which had less police.
According to some reports and live feeds, some of the protesters have now broken the windows into the Ohio State House and moved in. It is close to 1.00 a.m. and protesters and police are still on the streets in a stand off
3/3 "God bless each and every one of you, and the blessed memory of the one you lost. This nation grieves with you. Take some solace from the fact we all grieve with you." @JoeBiden
“6th and Jefferson in Louisville. This is a line of white people forming a barrier between black protestors and the police. This is love. This is what you do with your privilege.” – KY NOW#NoJusticeNoPeace#SayHerName#BreonnaTaylor
It would be great if folks were as zealous about evoking my father to eradicate racism as they are about evoking him to criticize how people respond to racism. https://t.co/GORByOXvk4
White folks you all need to fix this; saying why are they protesting and rioting in the face of that white knee on that black neck for no reason other than just because he can is ENOUGH
Video shows a suspicious white man breaking windows at the Minneapolis Auto Zone and then walking away from the scene. This looks like an effort to instigate trouble in order to blame the protesters for the consequences.
I don't want to hear white people's takes on rioting in response to #GeorgeFloyd 's murder. And murder it was. Ya'll storm the capital w/ guns because someone asked you to wear a mask, and riot in the streets when your fave team wins or loses. We've been stolen, 1/
— Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) May 28, 2020
We have in this country's history fed you, including literally, wet nursed you without choice, raised and picked crops, wiped your noses and asses, cleaned your homes, worked in factories, managed to educate ourselves when we couldn't attend "your" schools, 3/
— Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) May 28, 2020
effectively lynched at the hands of the police, by a man with an expression that said "who's gonna stop me" and the cocksure smirk that no consequence would follow…if you can't understand that every year we've been here, we've known this violence and it continues even now…
— Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) May 28, 2020
at "his" gym ( well not anymore). Every damn day we are at risk of one of you being the cause of our lives, our children's lives ending violently and too soon. You all need to fix this and stop pretending that you don't benefit from this rigged system. 7/7
— Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) May 28, 2020
Overall, the US has averaged 55,641 pneumonia/flu deaths between 2014-2018. Through 5 months in 2020, the p/f provisional deaths are 97,676!!! We've nearly doubled the number in less than half a year.
BREAKING NOW: Protesters have broken into the Ohio Statehouse. Crowds gathered Thursday night to protest police brutality after the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody. Peaceful protests in Columbus escalated around 9:45 p.m.https://t.co/4BBObYsoS5
Now seems like an important time to remind everyone of 1990 interview with Playboy where Donald Trump praised China for killing hundreds of civilians and injuring thousands in response to Tiananmen Square protest pic.twitter.com/n4gBh8HhA0
It would be great if folks were as zealous about evoking my father to eradicate racism as they are about evoking him to criticize how people respond to racism. https://t.co/GORByOXvk4
A CNN reporter & his production team were arrested this morning in Minneapolis for doing their jobs, despite identifying themselves – a clear violation of their First Amendment rights. The authorities in Minnesota, incl. the Governor, must release the 3 CNN employees immediately.
The reporter who was arrested, @OmarJimenez, is black. He was on air & displaying his CNN press ID when police approached. Moments later police approached his white CNN colleague @joshscampbell & told him he was ok where he was.
The CNN reporter who was arrested is a person of color. They did it while he was on air. It was white cops arresting him. And on top of all of this, Trump is stoking fires across the country. During a pandemic. And George Floyd’s murderers are still free. This is Trump’s America.
Nope. They aren’t robots. They are people CHOOSING to do these things at the behest of other people in power. They lack honor, moral compass, respect for the constitution, and accountability, but robots, they most certainly, are not.
— Dudette 👑🖖🏾🐳 #BidenHarris2024🐝 (@Dudette9t9) May 29, 2020
Oh.. so it is possible to arrest someone and put them in jail with the low bar of probable cause… Minneapolis prosecutors made it seem like they can’t arrest and jail people unless they are totally totally totally certain a crime was committed.. good to know…
— Days Are Getting Longer (@_SpringSprings_) May 29, 2020
Also how is a suspect in a high profile case just allowed to up and leave the state?! Anyone still questioning whether there’s a second set of rules for whites is a fool.
Wait, hold up. So… all of that business about the police, protecting his home and family and everything, and in the midst of everything, that f**ker skipped town?! Instead of arresting and charging him, they provided cover for him to go on the run?! pic.twitter.com/Dhk5FjgISK
— Mama's Always on Stage (@Paula_Galloway) May 29, 2020
Save your breath calling on Trump to lead or grow. He isn’t president to save lives or solve crises. He’s president to protect white supremacy while dismantling government as an impediment to corruption, profit, and power.
This is profound: “If anything, the creators and perpetrators of a system that thoughtlessly erases black lives should be the ones having to prove their humanity to us.”
@WhiteHouse since you are inciting violence on the people, I hereby exercise my rights to block you until 12.01 p.m. Wed January 20, 2021, when @JoeBiden is sworn into office as #46.
For the record, Individual 1 is an evil, corrupt, greedy, incompetent scumbag & traitor to US
.@realdonaldtrump-YOU WANNA TYPE IN CAPS? 103,330 DEAD AMERICANS. UNDER YOUR FAILED LEADERSHIP. THAT’S WORTHY OF CAPS. AMERICANS ARE DYING, AND YOU’RE TWEETING LIKE YOU’RE ON DRUGS. SHAME ON YOU. AND SHAME ON EVERYONE SUPPORTING YOU. YOU ALL WILL BE A STAIN ON OUR NATION FOREVER.
I will not lift the President’s tweet. I will not give him that amplification. But he is calling for violence against American citizens during a moment of pain for so many. I’m furious, and you should be too.
The Obama Diary 
Thank you NW. Good evening Todville.
thanks NW for being on fire.
Obrigada, NW👒💁♀️🤗😍🙏💪🙏
Good Evening, TODville Community.
Don Lemon takes down trump every night.
I love Don Lemon. Speaking of hearing from people have anyone heard from Senator Tim Scott better known as Uncle Tom Scott. He was so offended by the joke of Joe Biden last week, is he offended by the murder of George Floyd, by the Minnesota police?
You already know the answer to your questions.
Maybe he is only offended by words, not matters of life and death.
Lives, any lives, are not important to these monsters. We have the power to fix this ugly
Insanity.
https://twitter.com/Kris_Sacrebleu/status/1266123415984865281?s=20
No sanctity or respect for life…the Trump Killing Party.
Food break:
Delightful.
(Keepin’ it respectful and dignified o’er here. She’s so, so, SOOOO…….. everything good.)
Meta, thank you for posting this! I got so caught up in it, mostly about sugar in an omelette, topped w/ ice cream? Wot?!! As an aside I’m a huge fan of Chef Jose, & know his work. 💞 Still want to know what Kamala did w/ her tofu! 😂
MORE OF THIS, PLEASE.
I love him so much.
Frustration and justified anger.
The whole damn thread
wants to make criticizing him a federal crime.
Dictator.
If that were the case with previous presidents, tRump would have been UNDER the jail given his penchant for throwing stones at others. He can dish it, but his childish sensitivities can’t take criticism.
I will be so glad when he loses the shroud of the presidency and the protection he currently receives from his corrupt DOJ and GOP sycophants in the House, Senate, and SC.
The police station in Minneapolis is now in flames
I am seeing that. It seem that so much is on the precipice
Hang in there, GCL!
Thank you so much. Let us all try to do our best to get through these times.
Yes!
https://twitter.com/MDNidhi/status/1265905476367196160
Imagine how THRILLED Putin is. IS HE INVOLVED?
It’s my thought that he relishes this chaos, sadness and injustice and all that brings. Notice the Republicans have nothing to say. About any deaths. George Floyd’s death or the over 100,000 that have died from COVID. These people sow death and destruction and sit back and watch it burn… and throw more tinder on the flames…they are all watching and all to blame. Putin included
Hello family,
I do not know how each one of you is holding up.
Given the pandemic, the quarantine, the economic collapse, and the deep pain and anger surrounding the race-centered deaths, I feel that our country and the world are exploding at so many points.
There is only one safe place I need to be and it is right here.
I do not know what else to do.
I have no more words.
and the racist incompetent corrupt lying scumbag and his collaborators are in charge
We’re all together here, for sure – and thank you Nerdy. And I can only guess, but I think we’re all feeling what you are feeling, GCL!
Didn’t realize there’s also protests in Louisville, Kentucky, tonight – along with both Minneapolis and St. Paul and perhaps others. Oh God I hope nobody gets killed.
Protests Must Be Peaceful.
Add Columbus Ohio. Protesters have been downtown since the afternoon. They are still here and facing off with the police. The people do not seem to be planning to leave anytime soon.
Not surprised.
I am worried about my youngest daughter, her husband, their kids and his parents. They are staying inside their home after having cleaned out their garage to get the car inside and off the street. They put their outdoor things away too. My daughter’s family lives just a few blocks from downtown St Paul and her in-laws live in a condo close to Minneapolis.
Troubling time – hoping all will be okay! Sending you hugs, too. ❤
Justice needs to reign down…
People have been protesting in downtown Columbus Ohio.
It started out peaceful. Police was present in large numbers and seem to have cutoff one side of the city just near the city center (and location of the Ohio State House).
Some protesters have now moved to the other side of the very center of the city which had less police.
According to some reports and live feeds, some of the protesters have now broken the windows into the Ohio State House and moved in. It is close to 1.00 a.m. and protesters and police are still on the streets in a stand off
I do not know what is going to happen next.
Thank you. Love James Baldwin.
I wish we have a competent and empathetic president in charge.
VP Joe is still so many months away.
You know that the traitor-in-chief is going to use this moment for politics and throw more gasoline onto an already raging fire.
cue his tiny murderous, forever- incitement-generating fingers and mouth.
As I predicted less than an hour ago, the murderous, forever-incitement-generating fingers have weighed in
Columbus Ohio, protest still going.
A few live feeds show some people with what appears to be merchandise from the down-town stores.
My “hood” is within the proximity – a few minutes drive.
The majority of the protesters have not done damage.
In a purple-red state such as OH, you worry about the republicans trying to use this against Democrats during this election.
As I predicted less than an hour ago, the murderous, forever-incitement-generating fingers have weighed in.
There is nothing good that can come from that evil imbecile
White folks you all need to fix this; saying why are they protesting and rioting in the face of that white knee on that black neck for no reason other than just because he can is ENOUGH
https://twitter.com/ericloechle/status/1266271084749283335?s=20
A reminder…
https://twitter.com/meenaharris/status/1266282359705354240?s=21
Damn! Read the whole thread…
I share this theory…
https://twitter.com/meenaharris/status/1266267010125586432?s=20
As do I
https://twitter.com/ProfessorCrunk/status/1266097987740147713?s=20
https://twitter.com/WhiskersCrowley/status/1266180913064443906?s=20
This bullshit right here. One address white protesters and the other black. Just completely racist, fascist and insane.
https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1266216971353427968?s=20
This is Trump’s idea of freedom of the press.
GM Meta….i read that there were white reporters on the scene from CNN..they were not arrested….
i wonder who made this decision to arrest a reporter and the film crew?…waiting for the other shoe to drop
I hope we find out. I’m thinking the police are just wilding now that Trump has given them the go ahead. They are HIS thugs.
The producer and the cameraman ended up being arrested as well…supposedly because they didn’t move when told to.
Minneapolis State Patrol just arrested a CNN crew on live TV for nothing! In-freaking- credible!
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1266321587776651265?s=21
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1266322847024263169?s=21
Just saying what was observed
https://twitter.com/gypsyeyedbeauty/status/1266162964727562240?s=21
Y’all! Never doubt people on Twitter WILL find yo ass.
Read this thread. I’d laugh if this situation weren’t so real.
The real
Exactly.
Morning everyone
https://twitter.com/revengedja/status/1266150192312651781?s=21
Thread
https://twitter.com/johnmotter/status/1266250188496048138?s=21
New post.