Dear @Indians, your fans are *constantly* displaying their entitlement to appropriate and disrespect Native American culture, including by lobbing racist taunts at Natives who protest your organization's name. Are you saying that you finally understand why this is a problem?
Maybe let's rethink having immense, unaccountable power over the flow of information in the hands of one person who got into college through privilege and left after learning nothing more than how to exploit the system to make lots of money
#breakupbigtech
Civil rights leaders went into a call with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg tonight with low expectations. They were not disappointed. Mark didn't comprehend/accept history of voter suppression and that Trump's tweets could stoke violence against demonstrators. More to come
This is an attack on local authority and local democracy. I would encourage my fellow elected officials to join me in rejecting this authoritarian overreach. #NoToOccupation https://t.co/gaUjFKPqcv
Here's a thread of Ohio unions that have released statements on the killing of #GeorgeFloyd and the subsequent protests. Let us know if there are more to add
Tom Balanoff, Pres. of @SEIULocal1 (a multi-state local with members in Ohio)
https://t.co/Omrh6ZWoVs
For anyone doubting that the government is the one inciting violence and causing the "emergencies" downtown you need to watch this (This video is not mine, but I did attend)
31 May 2020 - Columbus, OH - George Floyd / BLM protest https://t.co/AZdeAbbF5d
Grace and I just drove to Euclid to deliver some graduation presents to her cousins. Exits blocked off by state troopers from Rt. 2's western terminus (Clifton Blvd.) to E. 55th street.
This is causing far more confusion, disruption + annoyance than any protests ever would.
More peaceful protestors and journalists have been jailed in the past week than all the bankers who were jailed for fraud during the financial collapse.
.@RoeDentalLab is one of the two companies the state of Ohio announced on April 24 it is partnering with to dramatically increase COVID-19 testing capacity
@TheCityClub "Most of you here have the power and have the ability to do way more than what you’re doing." --Baxter Hill of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1966.
7/7
I gotta be honest the worst looting I've ever seen take place happened a few weeks ago when corporations collected over 500 billion dollars in stimulus money while everyone else was left with a $1200 dollar check and having to decide if they pay for food or rent..
Cleveland mayor & Ohio governor confirm on record that a small group of individuals caused problems
Yet Cleveland police just sprayed fire onto the crowd
https://t.co/aQ8MRcY9ys