Black people have been wondering why white people and other non-black people have been riled so much by George Floy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
Black people have been wondering why white people and other non-black people have been riled so much by George Floy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
America watched black men get shot and killed. America watched reporters get shot on camera. Twenty *white* chi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
America watched black men get shot and killed. America watched reporters get shot on camera. Twenty *white* chi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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We sanitize our language and imagery around gunshot victims. Not many Americans see the damage bullets do to a body… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
We sanitize our language and imagery around gunshot victims. Not many Americans see the damage bullets do to a body… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The white officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back--- also kicked Brooks as he lay dying on the ground. There… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
The white officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back--- also kicked Brooks as he lay dying on the ground. There… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The lynchings of black people were public entertainment. White folks even made photographs and postcards of lynch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
The lynchings of black people were public entertainment. White folks even made photographs and postcards of lynch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Perhaps now, what we finally see is a collective white shame and guilt about these cruelties. So white people, yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
Perhaps now, what we finally see is a collective white shame and guilt about these cruelties. So white people, yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In short, what Derek Chauvin and Garret Rolfe did to George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks was barbaric. Primitive. Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
In short, what Derek Chauvin and Garret Rolfe did to George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks was barbaric. Primitive. Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I will never forget that George Floyd called out for his late mother in the moments before he died. And the whole… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 18, 2020
I will never forget that George Floyd called out for his late mother in the moments before he died. And the whole… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
When I was 15, I was chased through a mall by police who were yelling “Stop thief!” I had thousands of dollars of s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
When I was 15, I was chased through a mall by police who were yelling “Stop thief!” I had thousands of dollars of s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
When I was 18, I was pulled over for drunk driving. When the Police Officer asked me to blow into the breathalyzer,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
When I was 18, I was pulled over for drunk driving. When the Police Officer asked me to blow into the breathalyzer,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The officer laughed then asked my friends to blow and when one of them came up sober enough to drive, he let me mov… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
The officer laughed then asked my friends to blow and when one of them came up sober enough to drive, he let me mov… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
When I was 19, I got angry at a girl for flirting with my sister’s boyfriend and drunkenly attacked her in the midd… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
When I was 19, I got angry at a girl for flirting with my sister’s boyfriend and drunkenly attacked her in the midd… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
When I was twenty, with all of my strength, I punched a guy in the face -- while we were both standing two feet fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
When I was twenty, with all of my strength, I punched a guy in the face -- while we were both standing two feet fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The cop pulled me aside and said, “You don’t punch people in front of cops,” then laughed and said that if I ever j… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
The cop pulled me aside and said, “You don’t punch people in front of cops,” then laughed and said that if I ever j… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Between the ages of 11 and 22, my friends and I were chased and/or admonished by police on several occasions for dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
Between the ages of 11 and 22, my friends and I were chased and/or admonished by police on several occasions for dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
If I had been shot in the back by police after the shoplifting incident - in which I knowingly and willfully and so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
If I had been shot in the back by police after the shoplifting incident - in which I knowingly and willfully and so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I’m asking the white people reading this to think about the crimes you’ve committed. (Note: You don't call them cri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
I’m asking the white people reading this to think about the crimes you’ve committed. (Note: You don't call them cri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Defunding the police is not about “living in a lawless society.” It’s about the fact that in this country, we’re no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
Defunding the police is not about “living in a lawless society.” It’s about the fact that in this country, we’re no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The system that lets me live and murders Rayshard Brooks is a broken system that must change. Stop defending it. De… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
The system that lets me live and murders Rayshard Brooks is a broken system that must change. Stop defending it. De… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@KristaVernoff The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as intended when it was created by racist white people… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Mani 🌸 (@imanialicia) June 15, 2020
@KristaVernoff The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as intended when it was created by racist white people… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
did you ever go into the office kitchen and find someone stole your coffee or popcorn? did you ever consider that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— wikipedia brown wants a refund on the police plz (@eveewing) June 11, 2020
did you ever go into the office kitchen and find someone stole your coffee or popcorn? did you ever consider that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"all this looting of Black businesses shows that we NEED the police now more than ever to defend us" police: https://t.co/G2KGttJLfB— wikipedia brown wants a refund on the police plz (@eveewing) June 11, 2020
"all this looting of Black businesses shows that we NEED the police now more than ever to defend us" police: https://t.co/G2KGttJLfB
you can't make this up https://t.co/jIpC0d8yaa— wikipedia brown wants a refund on the police plz (@eveewing) June 11, 2020
you can't make this up https://t.co/jIpC0d8yaa
I want my money back. that's all i'm saying. I want it back. I want a refund. is that clear? does that get through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— wikipedia brown wants a refund on the police plz (@eveewing) June 11, 2020
I want my money back. that's all i'm saying. I want it back. I want a refund. is that clear? does that get through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I WANT A REFUND twitter.com/eveewing/statu…— wikipedia brown wants a refund on the police plz (@eveewing) June 11, 2020
I WANT A REFUND twitter.com/eveewing/statu…
@eveewing @KenTremendous Also. They did this in a Black Congressman’s office. One who has a history of civil rights… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Hima (@HimaKS22) June 11, 2020
@eveewing @KenTremendous Also. They did this in a Black Congressman’s office. One who has a history of civil rights… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I WANT A REFUND twitter.com/Chicagoist/sta…— wikipedia brown wants a refund on the police plz (@eveewing) June 11, 2020
I WANT A REFUND twitter.com/Chicagoist/sta…
Howard says this is the 9th time his office has prosecuted a case against officers related to a homicide. Nine case… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 17, 2020
Howard says this is the 9th time his office has prosecuted a case against officers related to a homicide. Nine case… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Fulton County DA Paul Howard: For 41 minutes and 17 seconds Rayshard Brooks followed all instructions. He was also… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 17, 2020
Fulton County DA Paul Howard: For 41 minutes and 17 seconds Rayshard Brooks followed all instructions. He was also… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr. says one officer kicked Rayshard Brooks and another one stood o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 17, 2020
Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr. says one officer kicked Rayshard Brooks and another one stood o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The DA just said that the taser Rayshard Brooks took from the officers had been fired twice and was thus unusable. And the cops knew this.— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) June 17, 2020
The DA just said that the taser Rayshard Brooks took from the officers had been fired twice and was thus unusable. And the cops knew this.
Fulton County DA Paul Howard says former officer Garrett Rolfe is being charged with 11 charges including -- felony… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 17, 2020
Fulton County DA Paul Howard says former officer Garrett Rolfe is being charged with 11 charges including -- felony… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Guardian: Garrett Rolfe, the Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, was accused of coverin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2020
The Guardian: Garrett Rolfe, the Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, was accused of coverin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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