David 🖖🏳️‍🌈

KC_born Missouri Politics progressive_queer_nerd space_loving_wizard he/him/his intersectional_feminist BLM trans_rights=human_rights anti-colonizer anti-racist

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@jk_rowling @Alt_RightBot

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Here is a sheriff and a county commissioner caught in secret tape discussing “hanging Black people by a creek” and digging holes to bury journalists after hiring hit men who would “cut no mercy.” Because it’s America, the sheriff is investigating whoever recorded the tape.

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@AmmonCrossette @Alt_RightBot

[Tara Raghuveer @taraghuveer]

Ralph's story would not have made national news if not for the original reporting by @KCDefender, a Black news outlet that has, time and again, covered stories that are otherwise ignored or mishandled by mainstream outlets. Support their journalism: https://t.co/11OfdHhBF7

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@TIME @TIME why haven't you retracted this headline?

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@Coral12271 @TIME Agreed that it's indefensible.

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@TIME @TIME DELETE THIS TWEET, YOU ARE ACTIVELY PUSHING A WHYTE SUPREMACY NARRATIVE. THE VICTIM DID NOT ENTER.

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@Coral12271 @TIME He rang the doorbell. That's it. No breaking, no fight, no yelling. Just rang the door bell and waited.
He got shot through the front glass door without warning. The shooter then walked outside and shot him in the head. That's okay? To shoot someone for ringing a bell?

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@MoeFiore @MollyTeachesFCS @DBryte @GRicekcstar It is a crime to shoot someone in the US. The shooter was detained for 2 hours and released. It took 4 days for them to decide to bring charges. The problem is this isn't due process, it's been a delay and stall process by the police.

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@MamaDelilahRoo @GRicekcstar Missouri doesn't have an attempted murder charge. This is the equivalent by the States standards.

[Jenay @JustJenay_KC]

The Northland is my home. It’s home to black people, brown people, immigrants & more. Today people across KC came to the furthest north corner for Ralph & his family. The work is not done in 1 really. It’s done by building relationships across KC to create the city we all deserve

[Kemp Strickler @kstric]

This is horrific! This was not “Stand Your Ground”. This was attempted murder all because this black honor student accidentally went to the wrong house.

And #moleg wants to make it easier and cheaper for anyone to get guns.

[David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud]

Ralph Yarl, age 16, knocked on the wrong door in Missouri and was shot.

He went to the door at the wrong home to pick up his younger twin brother and that’s when he was shot, according to police.

CBS affiliate KCTV reports: “The correct address Yarl was attempting to go to was a block away. According to the victim’s Aunt, Faith Spoonmore, the homeowner opened his door and then opened fire on Yarl. The man, whose identity has not been released yet, allegedly took a second shot at Yarl, hitting him in the head again.”

According to KSHB TV: “Yarl was shot by a homeowner after mistakenly arriving at the wrong address — 1100 block of Northeast 115th Street instead of 1100 block of Northeast 115th Terrace.”

The shooting happened April 13th.

The shooter was held by police for 24 hours, pending investigation, but then released.

“I want everyone to know that I am listening,” Kansas City police chief Stacy Graves said at a news conference at Kansas City police headquarters downtown, “and I understand the concern we are receiving from the community.”

“Yarl is the utmost example of how you want a young man to carry himself in this world,” said one of the teen’s longtime teachers to the Kansas City Star. Meara Mitchell, a teacher of Yarl’s for several years, called his shooting “incomprehensible.” She described him Sunday as a “stellar human-being” with a “quiet fortitude.”

KCTV 5 adds: “Yarl is a section leader in his school’s marching band and is said to be a top-base clarinet player in the state of Missouri.”

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Biden's new Title IX Policies do NOT protect all trans athletes from discrimination.

Public comment is open NOW.

I urge my followers to submit a comment. It's SUPER easy. Demand Biden adjust the rule to protect athletes right to play at ALL levels. 🧵

https://t.co/zK3hrVNZJA

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@Jojobeansrock @saularm653 @piper4missouri

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@TheComelyAlpaca I can absolutely let you have ours. 🤭

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

The anti-trans bills passing across the nation are written by a far right coalition of hyper Christian fundamentalists.

They close emails sometimes with “under his wings.”

Great reporting by Anya at Vice.

https://t.co/RHdpO4r54J

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@LetsSummonDmins People are stupid though.... ❤️‍🩹

[David 🖖🏳️‍🌈 @Wizardof42]

@EricTheHed @KevINmidMO @yupster @GovParsonMO This seriously approaches chatGPT levels of writing a narrative as if public schools were this crazy US experiment and not over 80 years old with numerous other countries creating the same systems of education for their population successfully. How much of a cut are you getting?