This tweet presents every line as if it were the same kind of fact. That is a rhetorical trick, not an argument.
Rebuttal claims have to survive video, autopsies, and court records.
Circumstance claims only have to be sad.
Outcome claims only have to restate the ending. “Didn’t make it to the altar” and “couldn’t finish the ice cream” can be true in full and still say nothing about whether someone whistled, trespassed, woke up, or had a replica gun.
“Didn’t call the police to die” is tautological. Nobody calls 911 in order to be shot, so the line proves nothing about the shooting.
Putting those true but empty lines beside the contested ones is how mourning gets used to skirt accountability for established, verifiable fact. The list is racially selected, then written as if race itself settled each case. That injects emotion into what should be a rational finding and treats matching sentence structure as if it were evidence. Ignoring a public record because it does not fit a racial narrative is delusional.
Nolan Wells didn't drown. Emmett didn't whistle. Philando didn't reach for a gun. Trayvon didn't harass. Sonya Massey didn't call the police to die. Ahmaud didn't trespass. Breonna never woke up. Sean Bell didn't make it to the altar. George and Eric couldn't breathe. Rekia didn't pose a threat. Laquan was walking away. Kendrick did not roll himself up. Mike Brown was only jaywalking. Sandra Bland did not commit suicide. Botham Jean couldnt enjoy his ice cream. Tamir Rice didn't have a gun.