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some #MorningHistory for you. the origins of amerikkkan policing is firmly rooted in a desire 2 control Black bodies. this account of Louisiana’s history of policing & the tale of Bras-Coupé shows how the creation & arming of cops is linked to portraying Black ppl as dangerous
The little-known, slavery-era story of one of the first documented police shootings of an American Black man and why police made him a criminal.
By @dd_writes
https://t.co/J7bPHGij1X
everyone, meet Aaron Hoffman. @PWCSheriffsOfc “human interaction specialist” by day. Proud Boy supporter threatening to murder governors, nurses, “mentally ill people”, state representatives, and encouraging others to join him by... well every other part of the day. watch out VA
i hope you all will join me in wishing a merry christmas to the prince william county sheriff's office's "human interaction specialist," deputy aaron hoffman. or, as he's known on parler, "wethepeoplewarrior."
(but actually don’t pitch it to them, the OP and anyone who has ever been a reformist has already done that shit for you so that you can skip right to defunding the police and abolition #YoureWelcome)
the idea of anti-bias trainings for police really brings to life assata’s assertion: “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has evr gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” srsly pitch it 2 a cop, they r complete asses abt it
“They didn’t lock [Officer] Sutton up, but they locked me up!”
UPDATE: Mother of #KaronHylton (Karen) released to swarm of hugs from crowd #DCProtests#DefendDC
This is crazy. MPD snatches and arrests mother of #KaronHylton who is grieving police killing of her son and has not gotten any answers.
This comes week after MPD let Proud Boys riot, run wild, and assault people in DC Streets. #DCProtests#DefendDC
Here's a Boston cop bragging & laughing about hitting protesters with his car before he realizes the cop he's bragging to has his bodycam on https://t.co/AyKgmWfiRf
#CalAndersonSweep - In my live stream earlier I said the only less than lethal munitions I witnessed was a flash bang. We are now reviewing the footage from team members GoPro’s and we see the use of Pepper Ball Launchers deployed as well. Video also shows an arrest.
"Let’s be honest: Crime coverage is terrible. It’s racist, classist, fear-based clickbait masking as journalism. And for decades, police have harmed Black and brown communities by manipulating the media with half-truths or outright lies." https://t.co/z175hNxU5O
Look who is racking up MORE overtime this morning...
#Coming in at Number 5 on the list is Kirk Del Po, a Detective Grade II. His base salary was $95,515 in FY2019. How much overtime did he make? $145,265. He went from a $96k a year job to a $241k job. #DefundDCPolice#DefundMD
Police overtime is a BIG deal in DC. You may have heard about @MayorBowser and @councilofdc robbing health care funds during a pandemic to pay a $43 million @DCPoliceDept overtime bill, but do you know how much overtime individual cops make? (1/11)
right like within the last 40 years the police have openly conspired to kill people for calling out police brutality, worked with the FBI to obliterate organizer networks AND THEY STILL DO THESE THINGS but yeah tweet #ACAB and you’re a monster 😒
that so many people think calls to defund or even abolish the police are unprecedented beyond-the-pale outer-limits inflammatory ultra-radical extremist slogans and literal violent attacks on police officers really underscores how much public memory has erased the '60-'70s
on top of @MayorBowser’s silence as white supremacists tore down memorials for Black DC residents murdered by @DCPoliceDept, she said nothing as they physically assaulted DC residents, stabbing at least 3 people, breaking a Black woman’s teeth, and leaving folks w/ concussions
We want everyone to memorialize the fact that DC’s @MayorBowser was silent as white nationalists destroyed art and signs including those on private buildings/ business #BlackLivesMatterPlaza all weekend. Tweet & tell her silence is consent. @CNN@TheRoot@MSNBC#BlackLivesMatter
Proof again that DC’s racist terror gang aka @DCPoliceDept has no problem brutalizing the community. If this is what they do when everyone is watching imagine what happens when the cameras aren’t filming #DefundMPD#StopMPDTerror#AbolishMPD
Cop Watch DC is enraged at Washington Metropolitan Police Dept.’s murder of #DeonKay last Wednesday. We are honoring Deon’s life with his family & community #EOR 2 share this fundraiser to support his loved ones. Deon should be here. Deon’s life mattered and still matters.
A young Black man life was suddenly taken way to soon. Join the family, friends and community of #DeonKay for a Vigil on September 5th, 2020. If you would like to donate cash app $chocolatedrip40 #Justice4Deon#BlackLivesMatter
RT If you are tired of negotiating whether a Black child deserved to be killed by police. If you are tired of paying the salary of our executioners. Regardless, what you see in the tapes, you know Black people deserve better than this #DefundPolice#RefundBlackCommunity#DeonKay