PolicingDFW: The Struggle for Peace

People are dying. Mothers are crying. Some brothers are bleeding. The others are lying.

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"We're not fighting against the individual and the badge. We're fighting against a culture of policing."
-Dominique R. Alexander, activist
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"I was thinking of times were I could’ve gotten shot before because I was walking through somebody’s yard or something. And they would’ve been justified in killing me."
Student activist, Isaiah King talks about the dangers Black men face b/c of harsh stereotypes.
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"I think when a lot of people see police agencies and police officers, they kind of lump everyone in a police career together, not necessarily the experiences that they’ve had or that that agency has presented to them."
-Kevin Crawford, UNT PD

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"My main goal is first of all, can we live? I want to be able to live."
-Lelani Russell, social activist

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Botham Jean was shot & killed in his own apt after Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer, says she mistook Jean for an intruder in her apt.
Here's a story map of Jean's murder and the events & trial that followed: https://t.co/wMYoNeuKfN
Credit: @GavinDunawayUNT
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Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed in her Ft Worth home after a concerned neighbor called police to perform a welfare check.
Here's a story map timeline detailing the events after her death: https://t.co/YZBDUHyZtc

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Credit: @RogerAnconaUNT

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"We don’t take the time to actually say ‘look we’re going back and forth on this platform, let's meet, let’s talk, let’s figure this out. Instead, it becomes words on a page, words on a screen, on a phone that divide us."

-Neil Foote, UNT lecturer #riseofsocialmedia
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Trayvon Martin
Sandra Bland
Eric Garner
Philando Castile
Botham Jean
Atatiana Jefferson
Michael Brown
Tamir Rice
Freddie Gray
Alton Sterling
Keith Lamont Scott
Stephon Clark
Maurice Granton

So many lives.
So many lies.
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A 2018 study found that black boys have lower rates of upward mobility than white boys who grow up in families with comparable income. Here's what 2 men have to say about their experience w racial inequality #policingdfw

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UNT Prof Randy Loftis says he wonders if a 'quiet sit down' [discussion] about police brutality is possible in a social media environment filled w 'instantaneous rage.'
Click the link in our bio Sun to see what else he says and hear 2 officers take on it as well #policingdfw

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Activism: "The policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change." -Oxford
DFW Activist and McKinney City Councilman La'Shadion Shemwell shares an experience of racial profiling by police. Check bio Monday for full story #policingdfw