Martin Luther King Jr. was...
RADICAL.
ANTI-RACISM.
ANTI-POVERTY.
ANTI-OPPRESSION.
Today, 50 years after his assassination, let us never forget his work and honour his legacy!
✊🏾❤️#MLK50Forward#MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t benefit from such hagiography when he was alive. He was hated. America embraces black men when we don’t challenge the limited and skewed perceptions of us... Many may even come to embrace us in death in ways they’re unable and unwilling to in life...
@MLK50Memphis @fineassb_ The store is located at 1100 Springdale in North Memphis. Anwar CHASED and shot Dorian on Thursday. He thought he hit him, but didn’t call the police or go check and see if he shot him. Dorian’s body laid in the field for 2 days before he was discovered by anyone.
Dorian Harris, 17, was killed on Thursday for allegedly stealing a beer from Top Stop Shop on Springdale and Howell in Memphis, TN. Store owner, Anwar Ghazali, 28, allegedly chased after Harris and shot him. Victim's body wasn't found until Saturday. #MLK50
BREAKING: Blunt force trauma to the abdomen, lead to three-year-old Bella Edwards’ death, per OCME. Her stepfather is charged with murder.
https://t.co/J5zgXtGir4
"Whenever it’s a person killed by a police officer, especially if they happen to be black… they report negative information about the victim … That is a strategy to get people to not care." - @chrisstewartesq, attorney for Alton Sterling's family https://t.co/DwS1StmAru
Here’s what we know about the shooting at a high school in Benton, Kentucky:
- Two 15-year-old students killed
- 14 people were shot
- 19 people treated for injuries
- 15-year-old shooting suspect is a student at the school
- He was arrested on scene
https://t.co/j2ARx95H7S