Congress was moments away from passing a bipartisan funding agreement that would have helped our farmers, seniors, families, and small businesses – almost everybody.
Then, a billionaire & Trump said, “Nope, shut the government down.”
10 ways they just screwed you 🧵👇
The cops crossed paths with him right after one of the murders but left him alone because they were looking for a black man, despite every surviving victim describing him as the whitest white man to ever white man, which he himself mocked them for in a letter.
Marcellus Williams, a Black man, was executed on September 24, despite credible evidence that called his conviction into question and widespread support for clemency. Governor Mike Parson refused to grant it.
Today, Parson commuted the sentence of Eric DeValkenaere, a white Kansas City police officer convicted of murdering Cameron Lamb, a Black man, after unlawfully entering his property without a warrant. DeValkenaere walked free.
A Black man with overwhelming evidence of innocence: Executed.
A white officer guilty of killing a Black man: Released.
This is more than a miscarriage of justice—this is systemic racism in action.
#MarcellusWilliams
#CameronLamb
#RacialInjustice
#BlackLivesMatter