If the United States is going to be a credible voice on human rights on the global stage, we must uphold international standards of human rights consistently. We must recognize that Palestinian rights matter. Palestinian lives matter. https://t.co/W3Ufy4ccL1
@POTUS the failure to meet the moment is shameful. We are not without the facts. How do you justify siding with oppression and human rights violations?
"To read the statements from @POTUS and @SecBlinken, General Austin, and leaders of both parties, you'd hardly know Palestinians existed at all...How many of my colleagues are willing to stand for Palestinian human rights as they do for Israelis?" @RashidaTlaib on the House floor
Many will tell you Israel has a right to defend itself, to safety and security, but are silent on whether Palestinians have those rights too.
Until we can defend the rights of Palestinians just as we do Israelis, we have no leg to stand on when it comes to justice or peace.
Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support for a strike killing 9 children, especially after his silence as Al-Aqsa was attacked.
But then to try that in Astoria? During Ramadan?! They will let you know.
The continued human rights abuse against Palestinian people by the Israeli government mirrors genocide and colonial practices. It is not antisemitic to condemn right-wing extremism.
Eisenhower once said: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
It's time to cut the Pentagon budget by 10% and invest in human needs.
@Drake has a video of inappropriate conduct with a CHILD. It's been out for years. @chrisdelia has accusations of inappropriate contact with children, pending whatever else may surface. How do we apply the same energy to @Drake situation? #meetoo
https://t.co/wEf35svKbe
Albuquerque, NM: pre-protest so not assigning a number, but a reminder of how insanely violent cops have been for years
[CW: death]
A call was made about a homeless guy at a bus stop. An entire police squad shows up and wastes him.
[@Imamofrebellion]
https://t.co/4zxVKXwmUR
@CPD25thDistrict With a grand total of 19,629 incidents, 2,570 were white. Blacks make up 14,527 of the remaining 17,509. The median percentage being 74.24 from 2015-present. An average of about 74%, year after year. From 18-19 use of force trended up. 3,260 to 3,537. #BLM#BlackLivesMatter
WATCH: Philonise Floyd full opening statement at House Judiciary Cmte. hearing on policing:
“George called for help, and he was ignored. Please listen to the call I’m making to you now, to the calls of our family, and the calls ringing out in the streets across the world.”
BREAKING: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is increasing charges against Derek Chauvin to 2nd degree murder in George Floyd’s case and also charging the other 3 officers, @amyklobuchar confirms. #GeorgeFloyd