kristina canady

smile creator | diplomat’s wife | Comet’s 🐶 mom | 🇺🇸🇱🇨 | #uva alum💙🧡💙

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@CollinRugg … what did the son do to deserve this!?! Also, when you discipline your kids when they are small, you won’t have to beat them when the get older … why is she pulling him up by his hair!?! He isn’t a dog …

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@AP Girl …

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@AllyMcFlyster @notcapnamerica Exactly!! What the hell is she doing?!! Pack those boxes, got to USPS and get people their tracking numbers !! Get to work

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@notcapnamerica These celebrities are not meant to run businesses… because the lack of customer service is insane!

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@hullnewsphotog @CAgovernor @TexasGOP When this redistributing backfires on Texas GOP ….

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@Sunshine_Leti I’ve heard this so many times when I worked in retail 😂 retail managers are ruthless - they have goals to hit.

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@KillaKreww He forgot the kids he has with MARIAH CAREY?!? Are you serious nick !?! 😒😂

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@SymoneDSanders They just look like clowns ‼️

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

President Trump announces the National Garden of American Heroes will have the following statues of African American icons:

- Harriet Tubman
- Rosa Parks
- Billie Holiday
- Aretha Franklin
- Coretta Scott King
- Frederick Douglass
- Jackie Robinson
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Muhammad Ali
- Kobe Bryant

[Victor Blackwell CNN @VictorBlackwell]

Kiah would have been a great guest on my show. I wish we would’ve had the chance.

[The Melanin Project @TheMelaninPRJCT]

The Orangeburg Massacre occurred on February 8, 1968, at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, culminating a series of protests led by students from South Carolina State College and Claflin University against the racial segregation practices at the local All-Star Bowling Lane. Over several days, these students sought to desegregate the facility as part of broader civil rights activism.

On the night of the incident, a group of Black students convened on campus around a bonfire for warmth. The process escalated dramatically when local law enforcement, including patrolmen from the South Carolina Highway Patrol, intervened. Following the throwing of an object that struck an officer, a patrolman discharged a warning shot. Unfortunately, this warning was misinterpreted as an aggressive act, leading to a disproportionate response where officers opened fire on the assembled crowd.

The tragic result was the death of three individuals: Samuel Hammond Jr., Henry Smith, and Delano Middleton, the latter of whom was a high school student present at the scene but not involved in the protests. Additionally, twenty-eight individuals sustained injuries, many of whom were shot in the back, reinforcing evidence of a deadly miscalculation by law enforcement targeting those who were disengaging from the conflict.

The Orangeburg Massacre stands as one of the more violent episodes within the civil rights movement, yet it remains under-discussed relative to later events such as the Kent State shootings. In the aftermath, nine patrolmen faced charges for deprivation of rights under color of law but were acquitted, highlighting significant systemic issues. Civil rights activist Cleveland Sellers, who was present, was convicted on unrelated charges stemming from prior protests and was subsequently pardoned.

This incident underscored critical themes of police brutality and systemic racial injustice, contributing to the eventual desegregation of remaining whites-only establishments within Orangeburg. Apologies have since been issued by state officials, notably a formal acknowledgment from Governor Jim Hodges in 2001.

Currently, the Orangeburg Massacre is commemorated each year at South Carolina State University, which has established various memorials to honor the victims. The event serves as a stark reminder of the extreme racial tensions and the complexities of civil rights activism during that era, illustrating the perilous trajectory that peaceful dissent can take due to aggressive policing, while highlighting the enduring quest for justice in racial violence cases.

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

Black History Month … celebrating the value that black Americans bring to our country!

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

You heard the man. Let’s spread that #MUSTAAAAAARD #HEINZ

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

Why are people yelling at the nominees during confirmation hearings? Even if you are unhappy about the nominee, please show some respect.

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@Preacher_XRP Oh no! There are so many bugs out there! Hope your dog didn’t get into this and you were able to dump and clean before he got some.

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

So what’s in the new CR?

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@jamesjonesesq Not a damn thing …. You get two cleanings a year … which is basically intense brushing and flosing but have to pay extra for fluoride 🥴🥴🥴

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@acebenji Amen ‼️🫶🏽

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@soulljahhh @MailOnline Omg I died 😂😂😂

[kristina canady @CanTinaTheFirst]

@AlexUlrichh 😂😂😂