Posts Tagged ‘#MikeBrown

09
Aug
20

Remembering Mike Brown

09
Aug
15

Rise And Shine

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President Barack Obama talks with paralympic athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 9, 2012. Broadcast of the gold medal ceremony for the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team plays on the TV in the background. Photo by Pete Souza

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DeRay McKesson: Ferguson And Beyond: How A New Civil Rights Movement Began – And Won’t End

Mike Brown should be alive today. He should be home from his first year at college, visiting friends and enjoying summer as he prepares to return to campus. The movement began one year ago as Brown’s body lay in the street of Canfield Drive here in Ferguson, Missouri, for four and a half hours. It began as the people of St Louis came out of their homes to mourn and to question, as the people were greeted by armed and aggressive officers. In the past year, the movement has focused primarily on police violence that can be seen and its impact, centered on broken bodies and death. But the police are violent in ways that cannot always be seen – the violence against the hearts, minds and souls of black folk. We must begin to address the sexual and emotional violence inflicted upon us by the police, too. We must begin to address the assaults on our self-worth and potential, too.

Naming this violence means one thing: the police and the state must change. It is not our job to shift the skin and identities into which we were born. It is up to systems of law enforcement, and the systems and structures that sustain its presence, to change. As much as this fight is about systems and structures, it is also a fight about hearts and minds. We will work hard to teach people that the safety of communities is not predicated on the presence of police – that safety is a more expansive notion than policing. Safety is strong schools, access to jobs, workforce development and access to healthcare, among many other things. The solution-work will likely fall into two separate but critically related areas: removing barriers, and building and rebuilding. There is much to be done to tear down systems and structures that oppress people, like mandatory minimum sentencing, broken-windows policing and police contracts that provide officers with protections that ensure they will never be held accountable for the crimes they commit.

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President Barack Obama talks on the phone with President François Hollande of France in the Oval Office, Aug. 9, 2014. Photo by Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama looks back towards a group of students before signing H.R. 1911, the “Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013,” in the Oval Office, Aug. 9, 2013. Photo by Pete Souza

Members of the audience listen as President Barack Obama delivers remarks on higher education and the economy at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Aug. 9, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Members of the audience listen as President Barack Obama delivers remarks on higher education and the economy at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Aug. 9, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama walks to the podium on the South Lawn of the White House to deliver a statement on Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014. Photo by Amanda Lucidon

President Barack Obama, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, second from left, and  governor Emilio Gonzalez, right, walk across the main courtyard at the the Cabanas Cultural Center during the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, August 10, 2009.  (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

President Barack Obama, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon, second from left, and governor Emilio Gonzalez, right, walk across the main courtyard at the the Cabanas Cultural Center during the North American Leaders’ Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Aug. 10, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza

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Paralympic swimmer Michael Prout watches as President Barack Obama signs a board for athletes during a visit to the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 9, 2012. Photo by Pete Souza

05
Mar
15

A Tweet Or Two

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https://twitter.com/GrooveSDC/status/573360295629889536

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Another reason I give libertarian dudebros the side eye. Their economic, social, cultural, and moral stances are sometimes vomit inducing. Rape is rape. Period

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https://twitter.com/palafo/status/573578408241790976

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https://twitter.com/ahmed/status/573477229436362752

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https://twitter.com/JuanMThompson/status/573189518691471360

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A fabulous example of the use of updog

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Oh, Canada

04
Mar
15

A Tweet Or Two

https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/573206217457188865

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https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/573194247584784384

https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/573289632617635841

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https://twitter.com/TheObamaCat/status/573272802184318976

https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/573220381915410432

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https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/573258383316426753

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https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/573269106838933504

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Another proof the Mayor doesn’t give a damn about the Black residents of Ferguson

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04
Mar
15

AG Holder on the DOJ’s Ferguson investigation findings

04
Mar
15

This Is The Damage That Occurs Due To Racism

When Black people tell society there are valid reasons why cops are not to be trusted, THIS is what we mean

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https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/573184373786206208

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https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/573193802749505536

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03
Mar
15

A Tweet Or Two

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https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/572739546653306880

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02
Mar
15

A Tweet Or Two

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Sending you positive thoughts, GB. TOD is wrapping its arms around you

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“Apology.” After blaming Tamir Rice, a 12 year old child for his own murder. No concrete action. BS

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https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/572521698236469248

https://twitter.com/michaelhayes/status/572495123109576704

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https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/572486615811137536

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Another day, another horrifying case of police brutality

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Yet, she’s alive. Look at that

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Telling how the article used disarm an officer instead of reaching/grabbing for his gun

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https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/572435915110518784

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Shame on the Democrats attending this farce

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https://twitter.com/ReutersOpinion/status/572502313291665408

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https://twitter.com/robertburnsAP/status/572443337367683072

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https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/572356927428157440

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Law and Order theme plays

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https://twitter.com/ajam/status/572178300212264961

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Fantastic authors. Get your reading on!

https://twitter.com/rjoseph7777/status/572233157468028929

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I believe this is what is called a Jedi Mind Trick Fail

https://twitter.com/cerebralcutlass/status/572465460777787393

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The Simpsons win again in the prediction business

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KILLER RABBITS!!! The DEA guy really needs to put down the bong

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Obama Derangement Syndrome on blast 😀

02
Mar
15

Chat On

09
Feb
15

A Tweet Or Two

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https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/564832896783904770

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