A great meeting with the @CDCgov GLOBE employee support group for LGBTQI+ employees. Simple things like using the correct name and pronouns in work settings makes a big difference. Public servants are people too. As I heard, they’re not just looking for visibility during Pride.
@awzurcher For more on the context behind the protests, the BBC’s Clive Myrie looks at the toxic mix of racism and police brutality across US history
Meanwhile, George Floyd continues to be remembered
Hundreds attended a memorial service for him on Thursday
https://t.co/TW9ZMGYuPZ
Have yet to see a single police department complain that they don’t have enough riot shields, tear gas, rubber bullets etc...but for 4 months we’ve heard doctors beg for basic supplies
Horrifying. You start with the tiny possibility that two officers may be walking over to deescalate the abusive one.
Instead, they join in beating a man trying to get out of traffic.
This isn’t a problem of bad apples or incidents. This is an institutional and systemic crisis.
have y’all ever heard anyone say it’s “just one bad doctor”???? naw. they lose their licenses, they get sued, they get thrown in JAIL for medical malpractice. why? bc there’s no room for mistakes or error in a profession that you swear to protect and help the people, PERIOD
All 50 states plus 18 countries participated in #BlackLivesMatter protests as of today making it the largest civil rights movement in world history wow
Civil liberties protect ourselves from governments using “crises” and “emergencies” as justification to dismantle our rights.
This is suspension of habeus corpus, it is unconstitutional, and it is deeply disturbing that both NYPD is seeking it and a judge rubber stamped it.