In her letter, Mayor Durkan takes particular issue with Councilwoman Sawant allegedly leading protesters to her house for a speech. For background, Mayor Durkan is part of Washington's Address Confidentiality Program due to her work as a United States Attorney. 1/4
Y’all are doing everything EXCEPT getting the cops to stop killing bLACK people. I love murals, voice actors, and capital letters as much as anyone else, but I can’t enjoy it if cops are still killing bLACK people. A nice dinner in a burning house is not a meal I want to eat.
100s of riots cops are threatening 1000s of arrests and charging towards protesters and the #OccupyCityHall camp. All this is under the @NYCMayor and @NYCSpeakerCoJo watch, and at their house of power.
We need more than just firings and arrests of police officers in high-profile incidents of police brutality — we need a total transformation of our criminal justice system.
Councilmember Juarez: you can't tax your way out of a recession.
Umm... yes, taxing big business & the wealthy is **exactly** what'll address the massive recession crisis, to fund green, public-sector jobs building housing.
Q: are politicians going to stand with our movement?
i agree. #AmerigoVespucci i also prefer the terms Novus Mondus or , "The Indies." jk i just think ol george is a genocidal maniac and "americas"'s history is way older than we think or assume it is
As protesters started marching, this vehicle just sped through the crowd almost hitting several marchers. Oregon License# 403HQM Chevy Cruise. No one hurt at this time. #PortlandProtests#PDXprotests#BlackLivesMatter
Tonight Detroit police drove into a group of protesters, then, when they were stopped in the middle of the group, they hit the gas.
🎥: @DJEazyTwist
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elijah mcclain, 23 yo, assaulted and killed by police in aurora, colorado in AUGUST 24, 2019. that’s almost 10 MONTHS AGO, we just learning about his case this past weeks
lynchings: in less than one month, six black people [5 black men, 1 black trans woman] have been found hanging from trees, coast to coast. authorities call suicide, while the fbi runs round the track with nascar. https://t.co/ETon1HrxsS
breonna taylor, 26 years old, at this point, the entire country should know her story. 106 days later, only one of her killers has lost his job. the other two are still employed by the louisville police department.