two minors. just this month. TWO. IN A COUPLE WEEKS. adam toledo was 13 and makiyah bryant was 15. i just wanna know what people’s excuses are for them. they were literal CHILDREN
Columbus police killed a Black teenage girl after a call about someone with a knife.
Family identify her as #MakhiaBryant.
They told @thedailybeast she called 911 when adults began an altercation at her foster home, and was trying to defend herself. Police shot at her 4 times.
More than 30 South Korean college students shaved their heads in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul to protest Japan's decision to release water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, Hyun Yi reports https://t.co/Hkn896PUkz 1/4
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: "I would not call today's verdict justice, however—because justice implies restoration. But it is accountability." https://t.co/6nN46Fosol
.@SpeakerPelosi speaking at presser with CBC: Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice...Because of you and because of thousands, millions of people around the world who came out for justice, your name will always be synonymous for justice.
Live as the verdict was read and people erupted into cheers and started sobbing when the jury announced Derek Chauvin was guilty of murdering George Floyd
We must ensure police are not the only resort for addressing harm.
We must remove police from low-level enforcement of offenses that shouldn’t be criminalized.
We must divert funding from policing and towards community-based services.
We deserve to be truly safe.