A Tweet Or Two

Obama taking steps to fund affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods: hill.cm/YaHMsGv http://t.co/kKEevs5ule

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The Hill (@thehill) June 11, 2015

Home equity rises to highest level in nearly 10 yrs. Recovering all decimated by the Bush Repub housing bubble & collapse #obamasfault

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Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) June 11, 2015

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Surprise! @FLOTUS is guest-editing our July/August #MoreImpact issue. Here’s a sneak peek: more.com/michelleobama http://t.co/GkK1CvyskY

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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 11, 2015

Our beloved First Lady is guest editor of July-Aug issue of More magazine & she's remarkable. more.com http://t.co/edKUfGJbMy

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meta (@metaquest) June 11, 2015

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Michelle Obama: First lady and magazine editor @RebeccaRKaplan cbsn.ws/1I3OyGn http://t.co/Do2t19IFsm

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CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) June 11, 2015

WILL be buying the First Lady's issue of More Magazine! "Mrs. Obama — who has been on More’s cover twice... fb.me/7dIVRIc0Z

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  (@afrobella) June 11, 2015

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Kentucky Governor Raises Minimum Wage With Executive Order nyti.ms/1KRQdlo

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NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 09, 2015

Republican senator criticizes Obamacare on the grounds that Obamacare subsidies are awesome vox.com/2015/6/8/87483… via @sarahkliff

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Eric Schultz (@Schultz44) June 08, 2015

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Poor child. The consequences of horrific police brutality

Girl officer forced to the ground in pool party video is having a hard time eating & sleeping, her attorney said: wapo.st/1GbIIEN

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Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) June 10, 2015

@ElaheIzadi her body is still in fight-or-flight. you don't eat or sleep in that state. poor thing. PTSD seems inevitable here. so sad.

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Cynthia Rose (@PurpleMonarch79) June 11, 2015

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Vile, disgusting, racist scumbag

This is #KarenFitzgibbons. She is an Elementary School Teacher. And she wants to bring back Segregation. #McKinney http://t.co/ZixAZ7N2c9

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D (@Delo_Taylor) June 11, 2015

This is one of the public school to prison pipeline train conductors http://t.co/6Dd6mfvENs

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No Relation (@TheCosby) June 11, 2015

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Teacher deleted post regarding #McKinneyPolice in which she said she "was almost to the point of wanting" segregation http://t.co/uAHqYPaWi1

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Adam Young (@AYoungReporter) June 11, 2015

The thought of this vile person teaching impressionable, innocent 4th graders makes me nauseous. #KarenFitzgibbons twitter.com/ShaunKing/stat…

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I'm sure #KarenFitzgibbons can find a teaching job where her opinions will fit in at a school in 1859.

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  (@JRehling) June 11, 2015

Twitter & Facebook: Nicely weeding out racists, homophobes, and any other general, horrible people. Thank You. #KarenFitzgibbons

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Jennifer Spiecker (@jen_spiecker) June 11, 2015

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How many black students have been singled out in #KarenFitzgibbons classroom and now have discipline records because of her beliefs?

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Krissy (@__Krisssyy) June 11, 2015

Teachers like #KarenFitzgibbons is why black children suffer in the education system. I can't imagine how she treats her black students.

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はるか (@melaninbarbie) June 11, 2015

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The racist been fired. Life comes at you fast

BREAKING: #KarenFitzgibbons, the teacher who defended #McKinney police with these words, has been fired. http://t.co/wk7hnxEUkY

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TRiLL CLiNTON (@iMadeSmartCool) June 11, 2015

#KarenFitzgibbons got fired. Segregate that. http://t.co/uIKAmFhEd5

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Dominator (@DuckFom) June 11, 2015

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Why is it so hard for families of color to get justice when a loved one is murdered? Must read by @edwin_d_rios: motherjones.com/politics/2015/…

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 09, 2015

One of most corrosive things to relationship between minorities and police: unsolved murder motherjones.com/politics/2015/… http://t.co/9PKV9TjcBl

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 09, 2015

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Only 9 Days in 2015 When The Police Haven't Killed Someone. America. http://t.co/yhTU4tcPxc

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deray mckesson (@deray) June 11, 2015

Police investigating photo of officers “laughing after a Muslim mother’s hijab was ripped off” bzfd.it/1IJQZUe http://t.co/Ybpsaa7x9Q

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  (@BuzzFeed) June 11, 2015

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Damn. Of course, when police brutality of minorities in England is taken into account, British and American cops have a lot to answer for

American police fatally shoot 2 ppl a day British police have fatally shot 2 ppl in 3 years wapo.st/1IwMqcX http://t.co/Gn2zj86zHS

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 11, 2015

One reason: fewer guns in hands of cops and fewer guns in hands of citizens wapo.st/1IwMqcX http://t.co/6MC6gT9Q9f

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 11, 2015

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"A boy was accused of taking a backpack. The courts took t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ his life." newyorker.com/magazine/2014/…

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Jamiles Lartey (@JamilesLartey) June 08, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kalief Browder's suffering: "It was done by our servants, and it was done in our name." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) June 08, 2015

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The abject horror and tragedy of #KaliefBrowder death has to be communicated constantly. latimes.com/nation/la-na-n… http://t.co/jij3nJvTsF

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Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) June 08, 2015

The cop who killed Kimani Gray, received a Cop of the Year award after the young boy's death. #MckinneyPolice http://t.co/exszlzYdQe

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zellie (@zellieimani) June 07, 2015

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A Tweet Or Two

Our deepest gratitude for everyone's kindness & compassion. Your love & admiration for Beau has touched us beyond measure. -The Biden Family

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Vice President Biden (@VP) June 08, 2015

Michelle Obama delivers emotional commencement address at Chicago high school huff.to/1QosVKN http://t.co/7ACXcUMamu

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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) June 10, 2015

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JUST IN: Pres. Obama authorizes deployment of up to 450 more U.S. military personnel to fight ISIS in Iraq http://t.co/8D3MBSIAaA

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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 10, 2015

Americans have written 20,000 letters to @POTUS thanking him for the ACA since mid-2013 → go.wh.gov/ACA-History

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Keith Maley (@Maley44) June 09, 2015

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Since 2013, we've seen the largest decline in America's uninsured rate in decades → go.wh.gov/ACA-History #ACAWorks http://t.co/DHFZ9yDkic

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 10, 2015

Most disingenuous thing ever: Taking Obamacare away from people proves Obamcare is bad for people http://t.co/PcUtxAaexP

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Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) June 08, 2015

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Thank you, President Obama for being a leader on important issues

Chipotle says it will offer paid vacation and sick pay to all employees, including part-time: abcn.ws/1Qj7UkF http://t.co/j3nLtxQuoY

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ABC News (@ABC) June 08, 2015

Breaking News: E.P.A. Says It Will Set Rules for Airplane Emissions nyti.ms/1HrKqUL

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The New York Times (@nytimes) June 10, 2015

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20 metro DEM areas with most jobs from exports. Pass #TPA and #TAA and join 21st C global trade @HouseDemocrats http://t.co/Mfpu5mmPGw

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meta (@metaquest) June 10, 2015

Michelle Obama (@FLOTUS) to slain student Hadiya Pendleton's classmates: "They don’t believe you are real" bloom.bg/1MI9oPR

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Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) June 10, 2015

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Not surprising. Impotent white tears. *rolls eyes*

Sources on the ground say McKinney police dept is getting angry, n-word filled phone calls for not "standing up for" Eric Casebolt.

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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 10, 2015

Meanwhile a Houston iHeartradio host, Michael Berry, called the black pool party kids "jungle animals" - msnbc.com/msnbc/conserva… #McKinney

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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 10, 2015

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Farai Chideya (@farai) draws eerie comparisons of the deaths of Ota Benga & Kalief Browder. farai.com/kill-yourself-… http://t.co/ElW9Z7skYD

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Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 09, 2015

Texas inmate who spent more than a decade on death row freed: cbsn.ws/1IBXB73 http://t.co/itknkqc7YI

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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 09, 2015

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“Administrative leave” is code for, let’s wait until it all dies down

one of the women who started the fight at #McKinney has been put on"admin leave" from employer crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/teen-w… http://t.co/4HJefQ47MM

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maryteatowel (@maryteatowel) June 10, 2015

No coincidence that the racist White lady cited section 8 housing in a town that was sued over racist housing discrimination. #McKinney

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 08, 2015

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.@bankofamerica Is this your employee Tracey Carver-Allbritton attacking a child & using racial slurs?#McKinneyPolice http://t.co/VUTNFBJ1XU

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  (@DallasforChange) June 08, 2015

Tracey Carver-Allbritton, woman who assaulted the teenagers & used racial slurs. Works at @bankofamerica. #McKinney http://t.co/OZLzJU6x5M

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Kiaira (@BlvckConscious) June 08, 2015

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McKinney, Texas City At Center Of Pool Party Video Controversy, Was Sued Over Housing Discrimination ibtimes.com/mckinney-north… h/t @htowngenie

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 08, 2015

According to Fox News, what Josh Duggar did was bad, but not quite as egregious as black kids having a pool party in Texas.

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Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 09, 2015

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But of course; harm Black children, get to wiggle out of the hands of justice and keep your pension

Police says criminal investigation into Eric Casebolt's action will take time; resignation means internal investigation over @ZahidArabFox4

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  (@NewsBreaker) June 09, 2015

#McKinneyPD Chief confirms Casebolt will keep his pension and benefits. He also says there were complaints in his file, but no details.

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Mireya CBS11 (@cbsmireya) June 09, 2015

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Bravo, Kyemah!

This is for always being labeled as, "ugly" or "angry". Thank God, stereotypes are just opinions. - Kyemah McEntyre✊🏾 http://t.co/UXTLyVSF9f

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KYEMAH MCENTYRE (@KyeTheCreator) June 07, 2015

This girl’s gorgeous handmade prom dress just broke the internet bzfd.it/1MlsgDr http://t.co/3KzGbAypaE

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  (@BuzzFeed) June 09, 2015

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Black People Are Not Safe Around Cops. There Is Something Foul In America

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David Mack: Texas Police Officer Suspended After Pulling Weapon On Teens During Pool Party

The lies

Officers were called to the a local community pool around 7:15 p.m. local time to respond to a “disturbance involving multiple juveniles at the location, who do not live in the area or have permission to be there, refusing to leave,” the McKinney Police Department said in a post on its Facebook page. Other calls also advised that the teens were “actively fighting,” police said. “First responding officers encountered a large crowd that refused to comply with police commands. Nine additional units responded to the scene. Officers were eventually able to gain control of the situation,” police said.

Then the truth emerged

However, video later emerged of one officer aggressively handcuffing and detaining teens who described themselves as bystanders, before wrestling a girl in a bathing suit to the ground and drawing his weapon on others who came to her aid. Brooks, the 15-year-old who shot the YouTube video, told BuzzFeed News many students had arrived at the end-of-school celebration at the pool on guest passes. “I think a bunch of white parents were angry that a bunch of black kids who don’t live in the neighborhood were in the pool,” said Brooks, who is white. Grace Stone, a white 14-year-old, told BuzzFeed News that when she and her friends objected to the racist comments about public housing an adult woman then became violent. When police arrived on scene, teens began fleeing. That’s when Brooks began his recording. “Everyone who was getting put on the ground was black, Mexican, Arabic,” he said. “[The cop] didn’t even look at me. It was kind of like I was invisible.”

More here

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McKinney, Texas. 7/6/15. There were "too many black" kids at a party. Officers arrive. America. [TW] http://t.co/jiE3fLW5I7

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deray mckesson (@deray) June 07, 2015

Texas Police Officer Suspended After Pulling Weapon On Teens During Pool Party buzzfeed.com/davidmack/texa… http://t.co/4tTsOYj9ey

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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 07, 2015

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So this whole incident started because of white adults yelling racist comments at black kids buzzfeed.com/davidmack/texa…

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DarkSkintDostoyevsky (@daniecal) June 07, 2015

When the cop grabbed the girl, swung her around ny her braids & her friends ran up to help her, THAT COP PULLED HIS GUN ON THE BOYS.

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Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) June 07, 2015

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I await the excuses for why this officer had to throw a 14 year old girl to the ground and pull a gun on bystanders. buzzfeed.com/davidmack/texa…

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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 07, 2015

As always, I can’t imagine this happening to a group of white teenagers.

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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 07, 2015

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The white parents and white people who do this to Black children, who do this to Black people – picking up the phone and calling the cops because a Black person or Black people are in the neighborhood. Who look at a Black body and see a threat instead of a child or a human being, YOU are complicit. If the cop had killed a child today, YOU are complicit. Shame on YOU.

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For all white people who think the polices actions were justified at the pool party read this http://t.co/fzbJzs9Ewy

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Miranda Killgallen (@WillBrianna) June 07, 2015

Black people are not safe around cops and that is horrific. #McKinney buzzfeed.com/davidmack/texa… youtube.com/watch?v=R46-XT… http://t.co/DwkM4WWdd8

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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) June 07, 2015

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the problem is us white folks. WE'RE THE FUCKING PROBLEM twitter.com/ZahidArabFox4/…

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SheriffFruitfly (@sherifffruitfly) June 07, 2015

FYI, the White people who can never find anything wrong with police brutality aimed at Black people want police to do exactly that.

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 07, 2015

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.@sherifffruitfly Yup. Police harass and attack black people because too damn many white people want them to.

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Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) June 07, 2015

@jbouie White people know you can get black people arrested very easily.

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Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) June 07, 2015

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Blackness isn't criminal. Please teach your children this important lesson, so maybe our great-grandchildren stand a chance.

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Feminista Furiosa (@FeministaJones) June 07, 2015

Maybe people will remember this video the next time they wanna ask a Black girl/woman why she didn't just call the police when...

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Feminista Furiosa (@FeministaJones) June 07, 2015

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Yesterday was all praise for Serena. A black excellence highlight. Today we are reminded, again, of the reality. It's traumatic

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Dee (@DeeRene_) June 07, 2015

Non-Black parents cannot afford to be reactive or passive about race. You MUST teach your children that Blackness isn't a crime. EARLY.

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Feminista Furiosa (@FeministaJones) June 07, 2015

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"Why did you run?!" "Well, officer, you barrel rolled in here like it was Dessert Storm, and I'm human, so I was scared."

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Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) June 07, 2015

Per @buzzfeednews, the white 15 YO who shot the video says the incident began when white adults denigrated black kids who came to the party

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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 07, 2015

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The adults who allegedly told these kids they don’t belong are as much of the problem as the cop who assaulted them. bzfd.it/1Jx2DBU

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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 07, 2015

Are we still doing this in 2015? "Well my loved ones wouldn't be foolish enough to..." to what? Go to a pool party & expect 2 leave alive?

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Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) June 07, 2015

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Pulled his gun on them for naturally reacting to seeing their friend a young girl roughly handled, #merica. twitter.com/reagangomez/st…

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JerRie (@rieVAMPED) June 07, 2015

My dad, a fireman, once told me "Show me a cop or a gym coach and I'll show you an aggression disorder." twitter.com/dyrbert/status…

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Peretz (@Rex4711) June 07, 2015

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I shouldn’t be relieved that this ended in “just” a body slam to a child that’s probably less than 100lbs, and not in gunfire.

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love supreme queen. (@indiaEss) June 07, 2015

McKinney Police Department Internal Affairs 2200 Taylor Burke Drive McKinney, TX 75071 ia@mckinneytexas.org

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Miss Skelt (@tweetmsskelt) June 07, 2015

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A good cop would have checked that bad cop for his conduct and immediately stopped the harassment. Anything less makes you one of them.

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Boo Radley (@ClauGasol) June 07, 2015

Places black children can't go: 1.) the park 2.) a pool party 3.) to their father's house 4.) to the store 5.) home 6.) to sleep

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Shakima (@miesh_b) June 07, 2015

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The more I think about it, while America en masse has not experienced war on home turf, Black people can't say the same at all.

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Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) June 07, 2015

Our churches have been bombed. Our neighborhoods have gone up in flames, across this country.

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Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) June 07, 2015

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That piece of shit barrel rolled, like he was under enemy fire, surrounded by a bunch of unarmed kids in bathing suits

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DarkSkintDostoyevsky (@daniecal) June 07, 2015

I mean cops beating Black teens at swimming pools. That's Jim Crow

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W.E.B.B.I.E DuBois (@fivefifths) June 07, 2015

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IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY EVERY FUCKING THING, DON'T BE A COP OR IN ANY POSITION OF AUTHORITY

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Thotye (@MissZindzi) June 07, 2015

"Everyone was breaking the law but you got caught!" A cop said this to a young black boy who he ran after while passing white children.

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Counting Down (@HerSoulWrites) June 07, 2015

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1 of those boys is going to say to his mama "All I wanted to do was help her and they almost killed me!" and it will stay with him for life

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Feminista Furiosa (@FeministaJones) June 07, 2015

Anytime you think Black folk are too sensitive, stop and really consider what we have to deal with daily. Then multiply it by gender for BW.

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Elon James White (@elonjames) June 07, 2015

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The saddest truth about the #MckinneyTX police brutality incident is GRATITUDE that no CHILD was KILLED. @JoyAnnReid

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  (@Only4RM) June 07, 2015

White people think OTT police action vs black kids doing nothing wrong was justified, film at 11 twitter.com/zahidarabfox4/…

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Danielle (@abradacabla) June 07, 2015

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Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I refuse to be afraid of children. Tell them to quiet down. Demand to talk to a parent. Be an adult.

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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 07, 2015

That video of the cop assault on black teens in TX illustrates perfectly how easily a racist rogue cop overpowers any calmer fellow officers

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Joey (@60th_Street) June 07, 2015

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and how they do absolutely nothing to stop him. making them complicit in his brutality regardless of their initial handling of the situation

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Joey (@60th_Street) June 07, 2015

the instinct was to protect him, not the children. one cop escalated this entire situation and all the other cops let it happen.

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Joey (@60th_Street) June 07, 2015

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The police force seems to be staffed almost entirely of folk who were bullies in high school and thought, "How could I get paid to do this?"

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Dejected June (@dyrbert) June 07, 2015

Imagine you're just living your life as you. But you're constantly reminded that uncontrollable aspects of "you" are deemed criminal.

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Elon James White (@elonjames) June 07, 2015

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#FACT: The *reason* given for needing police at the scene is that there were "too many" BLACK kids at the pool. twitter.com/KansasNickole/…

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  (@Only4RM) June 07, 2015

Just finished a shootout, killing nine vs. swimming while Black. http://t.co/PSWg83aaWw

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Rusty Redenbacher (@rustymk2) June 07, 2015

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Bikers got to text & soothe their nerves after killing 9 ppl. Black kids thrown to the ground for carrying deadly towels.

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The Yellow Bandit (@SimplyCecilia) June 07, 2015

Focus of concern at the 3:11 mark when the officer briefly pulls gun out & points it at people youtu.be/R46-XTqXkzE http://t.co/nSrEAU0Ov5

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Zahid Arab (@ZahidArabFox4) June 07, 2015

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I can't tell you how many Black families tell me they contained their loved ones emergent psychiatric illness for fear of calling the cops.

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 07, 2015

They'll force a floridly psychotic person into their own car rather than enlist local authorities who they don't trust not to kill them.

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 07, 2015

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Meanwhile, there are certain White folk who call the cops the minute they see a Black person simply walking down their street.

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 07, 2015

*TW* In 1964 they were pouring battery acid on us, in 2015 police are called when there's "too many" of us #McKinney http://t.co/CXAPhQzQi6

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  (@nealcarter) June 07, 2015