Laura Kirk

W&M’23 she/her

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

Finally, as a grad of Keene Mill Elementary and West Springfield High school, I cant begin to describe how amazing it was to see administrators and teachers from both of those schools, in addition to the teachers from many other schools who joined us. Thank you!

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

So grateful to the Springfield community for making yesterday an incredible success. We can not let yesterday be the end of our activism. Keep speaking up. See this list of action resources, including actions specific to Fairfax County, to keep fighting: https://t.co/XDLeww5vIw

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

We also can’t thank enough the local representatives who came out to join us, including @KathyKLTran @EFillerCorn @JamesWalkinshaw and @LJ4fcps. We are so grateful for your support, and for you being dedicated to using your jobs to fight for justice.

[Sean Perryman @SeanPerrymanVA]

Today @FairfaxNAACP invited @McKay4Chairman, the chief of police, and the entire Board of Supervisors to a virtual town hall next week on Tuesday, June 16th at 7 pm. At that town hall, we will discuss our policy recommendations to ensure transparency and accountability locally.

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

TODAY IS THE DAY. Here are some more details to keep in mind. The first image has important day-of reminders. Please read if you are participating and share with people you know are coming as well.

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

FAIRFAX COUNTY / SPRINGFIELD: solidarity demonstration on june 10th. bring signs, we’ll have extra. social distancing. drive by and honk if you can’t join! SPREAD THE WORD! more info at insta @ fcsolidarity

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

FAIRFAX COUNTY / SPRINGFIELD: solidarity demonstration on june 10th. bring signs, we’ll have extra. social distancing. drive by and honk if you can’t join! SPREAD THE WORD! more info at insta @ fcsolidarity

[Trevor Timm @trevortimm]

this thread is over 260 tweets long, filled almost exclusively with videos of unprovoked violence by police on peaceful protesters

[ACLU @ACLU]

The First Amendment doesn't allow you to fire tear gas at protesters for a photo-op.

It doesn't allow you to spy on protesters.

It doesn't allow you to attack journalists.

It doesn't allow you to punish critics.

[Emily @emnort11]

@LaurakKirk The vibes

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

FAIRFAX COUNTY / SPRINGFIELD: solidarity demonstration on june 10th. bring signs, we’ll have extra. social distancing. drive by and honk if you can’t join! SPREAD THE WORD! more info at insta @ fcsolidarity

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

THIS is terror. This is instigating violence. This is the collapse of law and order. This is the failure of american democracy. Trump saying he ‘stands with peaceful protestors’ is sickening.

[nikki mccann ramírez @NikkiMcR]

I put the videos of police clearing out Lafayette Square and Trump’s photo op side by side.

[Congressmember Bass @RepKarenBass]

Found one.

[Carlos Maza @gaywonk]

Surreal watching news anchors grapple, in real time, with the reality that police departments have become terrorist organizations.

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

Here’s the account from facebook. So deeply disturbing.

[Laura Kirk @LaurakKirk]

Clergy were apparently passing out supplies and providing medical care from the patio of St. John’s all day. At about 6:15, after a day of peace, they were driven off their own porch with tear gas, concussion grenades, and rubber bullets. All for a PHOTO OP.

[Martin Luther King III @OfficialMLK3]

As my father explained during his lifetime, a riot is the language of the unheard.

[Alejandro Alvarez @aletweetsnews]

While thousands of U.S. troops are being airlifted to the Middle East, the anti-war crowd is mobilizing stateside.

A long march has walked from the White House to the Trump Hotel down Pennsylvania Avenue, calling for the complete withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.