Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.
One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.
Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)
i am tired of "this is not who we are" rhetoric.
the same america that pillaged and slaughtered indigenous folx for land, that enslaved millions, that created internment camps, is the SAME america storming the capitol building today.
The Republican Party has nurtured this for years- aided by every member of the opposition party who expected the "fever to break" and every member of the media who treated the GOP as having good faith.
a republican ........ didn’t realize ...... a problem ..... was a problem ..... until they were ........ personally affected .......... by it? ..........stunned.