VIDEO: ⚠️ Employees at a Circle K store in Phoenix called police about a white guy causing problems. When police arrived, the white guy accused an innocent Black guy across the street of causing the problem. Police then ran off and violently arrested the Black guy, Tyron McAlpin.
What happened next is disgusting, disgraceful, and criminal. Tyron McAlpin is deaf and could not hear or understand the police commands, but the officers brutally attacked him anyway.
My younger brother is deaf, and this story makes me angry and fearful. I worry about my brother’s safety when he interacts with police.
I’ve been saying for years that the whole “law enforcement” model of policing (aggressively ordering commands and demanding immediate compliance in non-threatening situations) is broken and needs to be replaced with a public safety-focused approach to protect our communities.
But Trump wants to bring back stop and frisk policies and give police immunity from prosecution. It’s time to stop this madness.
This might be a good time to bring up Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban that reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire - mass shooting deaths jumped 239%.
Why TF would anyone need an AK-47.
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Two of our elementary schools were just evacuated due to threats.
Both of our colleges have gone virtual this week due to threats.
The city just canceled our annual CultureFest because of threats.
None of this was happening before Trump and Vance opened their mouths.
Rob Rue, the Mayor of Springfield, Ohio, on the bomb threats that City Hall and two elementary schools received:
“All these federal politicians that have negatively spun our city, they need to know they're hurting our city, and it was their words that did it.”
Trump stoked anti AAPI hate during Covid. He knew what his followers would do hearing “China virus” and “kung flu” Even after vicious attacks upon innocent elderly people, he continued his hateful rhetoric. People were injured, some killed.
Same playbook, different target.
These the types of people we need to champion, make go viral, set up go fund me’s for. They deserve all the things. This is so sad but I’m so happy they have him.
Big Mama Thornton performing "Hound Dog". She released the song first in 1953 before Elvis Presley (1956), his biggest worldwide rock and roll hit record.
Thornton was a blues singer who helped shape the sound of Rock&Roll. She released the song “Hound Dog” in 1953 and it sold two million records and went #1 on the R&B charts.
Unfortunately Thornton only received about $500 from those profits.
So glad that Frankie Beverly got to feel all the love across the country on his farewell tour this year. Rest easy, legend! Your music will continue to bring together families for generations to come! (Video: IG/frankiebeverlyandmaze).