#StrikeForBlackLives

I commend the players on the @Bucks for standing up for what they believe in, coaches like @DocRivers, and the @NBA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 27, 2020

NBA players are courageously on strike (withholding labor), NOT boycotting (withholding their $ /purchase). The dif… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 27, 2020

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Why do the police decide that some threats must be extinguished, while other threats get defused? We know the answe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 27, 2020

Ariel Atkins delivers a message for the @WashMystics players. https://t.co/tz5ojpo30A

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.@E_Williams_1 of the @AtlantaDream reads a statement as a representative for all WNBA players. https://t.co/Gb0fhYM8T9

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.@Nnemkadi30 discusses the unity within the league and looking ahead. https://t.co/eeYqWDrzLy

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United. https://t.co/wRgXRHVUsA

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NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) August 27, 2020

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Inter Miami and Atlanta United stand together in solidarity as they boycott their match tonight. https://t.co/AuJDSbNvQ1

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ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 27, 2020

The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs and were the first t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 27, 2020

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“It is the young people leading the way and I applaud them.” @realchriswebber delivers a powerful message in supp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 26, 2020

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Today’s boycotts, anniversary of Kaepernick’s protest and it all hovering around the 15th anniversary of Hurricane… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Justin Tinsley (@JustinTinsley) August 26, 2020

On August 26, 2020, games and matches in four leagues were boycotted or postponed. NBA WNBA MLB MLS An unprecede… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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ESPN (@espn) August 27, 2020

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

This is the 44th consecutive day of #BlackLivesMatter protests. And today Stephen Jackson is helping lead a Black… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 11, 2020

Stunning #BlackLivesMatter bike protest going through South Brooklyn right now. The same part of Brooklyn where ra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 12, 2020

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The steps of the Minnesota State Capitol today. They haven’t stopped demanding justice for George Floyd. Let’s no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 12, 2020

Massive Black Lives Matter protest today in Brighton, England. The movement simply refuses to stop.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 11, 2020

Let’s Get To Work

I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change––and pulled to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 01, 2020

Waiting For Justice

“what struck me most about those who rioted was how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Shamari K. Reid (@shamarikreid) May 28, 2020

Protect Black Lives

White friends, not being racist is not enough. We need white accomplices. Racists should feel afraid, uncomfortable… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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christina anthony (@christinanthony) May 27, 2020

“You Matter. Your Lives Matter. Your Dreams Matter”

In our @MBK_Alliance town hall yesterday, I mentioned James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time. From 1962, it remains a s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 04, 2020

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Young Black men and women have always been at the forefront of progress. As @BarackObama said, "know that your live… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 03, 2020

"The way this young man died, watching the video, it made me so sad. It was so painful. It made me cry. I kept sayi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) June 04, 2020

“I Know You Know That Black Lives Matter”

"George Floyd's life mattered and Breonna Taylor's life mattered and Philando Castile's life mattered and Tamir Ric… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Omid Scobie (@scobie) June 04, 2020

👏"The. Only. Wrong. Thing. To. Say. Is. To. Say. Nothing" Brilliant & powerful speech by Meghan Markle. I love how… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) June 04, 2020

If You’re Not With/For Us, You’re Against Us

dear white ppl at protests: your job is NOT to be destructive. ur job is to protect, shield, and amplify if ur riot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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SAI ✰ (@bIackspicegurl) May 31, 2020

In this video, a black woman picks up a brick and returns it to a car with white people and admonishes them not to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 01, 2020

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What a moment on CNN. https://t.co/T9XMzXmlVb

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Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 31, 2020

The media won’t show these peaceful moments that took place in in Beverly Hills today, so we must. #LosAngelesriots https://t.co/GTGEvMhB1A

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Simar (@sahluwal) May 31, 2020

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Put this on the news. https://t.co/YfXB2x6bcz

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Frosty (@FrostyTheSkid) May 30, 2020

What the media won’t show in Minneapolis. Free food, water and resources. Community is a verb. https://t.co/piKlEqun0t

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zellie (@zellieimani) May 30, 2020

The Cops Have Always Been The Violent Ones

This boy had his hands up when an NYPD ofcr pulled his mask down and pepper sprayed him. ⁦@NYPDShea⁩? Mayor ⁦… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) May 31, 2020

Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Tanya Kerssen (@tkerssen) May 31, 2020

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notice how you don’t see any of this on the news. https://t.co/kaYiXVVagN

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𝐲𝐚𝐬 🐝BLM (@sottcalum) May 31, 2020

White people talking to white people. More of this please. If you’re white and you believe yourself not to be racis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 31, 2020

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Evergreen until it’s not. https://t.co/AG11URt6O2

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Issa Rae (@IssaRae) May 30, 2020

This is the moment Minneapolis Police fired on our CBS News crew with rubber bullets. As you can see, no protesters… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Michael George (@MikeGeorgeCBS) May 31, 2020

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I cannot believe what I just witnessed. They pulled up onto the square with a police siren on and did this.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) May 30, 2020

watching a stream of the union square protests to see this police officer throw up what looks to be a white power s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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kiki (@kikimurphy_) May 31, 2020

Traumatizing

I remember when Trayvon Martin was killed and my parents had a talk with me about how I had to be careful in the wo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Kaleb🤴🏿 (@yahomiekaleb) May 27, 2020

@yahomiekaleb @BlackSocialists I was 15 when Trayvon Martin (17) was murdered, 17 when Michael Brown (18) was shot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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godfuckingdammit (@fake_wesley) May 27, 2020

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I got pulled over yesterday and literally felt sick. There’s no way around the negative feeling..I hate the lights,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Victoria Monét (@VictoriaMonet) May 27, 2020

do you know how traumatizing it is growing up as a young black man in this country, when on a regular basis you see… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Asante Blackk (@AsanteBlackk) May 27, 2020

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do you know what goes on in my mind every time i’m driving and i see a police car? do you know that sigh of relief… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Asante Blackk (@AsanteBlackk) May 27, 2020

I can never fuck with the police. Idc if it’s good cops out there. I’m not about to give props to “good cops” for d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Keith Powers (@KeithTPowers) May 26, 2020

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When will the majority of protests & outrage be led by white people & police officers everywhere? These are your pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Janelle Monáe, Cindi Mayweather (@JanelleMonae) May 28, 2020