Qasim Rashid, Esq.Apr 10, 2023

In Texas, Daniel Perry—a white man—posted "he might kill a few people," drove his car past a red light & into a previously peaceful BLM march, shot & killed a protestor, was duly charged, unanimously convicted—& TX Gov Abbott is pardoning him.😳

Texas is announcing to the world that in their view, murdering people for exercising their First Amendment right to peacefully protesting racism is OK.

This isn't democracy. It's fascism. This sets a literally deadly precedent for the future.

Show threadbirdpoofApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid
I don't know how we can save TX. GOP have "fixed" the system so much and for so long that they guarantee their power over the state no matter what happens in elections.
Show threadWhiteLadySpeaksSpanishApr 10, 2023
@birdpoof @QasimRashid Texas voted for Abbott
Show threadbirdpoofApr 10, 2023
@rebeccabguinn @QasimRashid
But did they? I mean, a huge percent did, sure, but how did the 2021 GOP gerrymandering factor in.
Show threadWhiteLadySpeaksSpanish
@birdpoof @QasimRashid gerrymandering wouldn’t effect a state wide election, voter suppression, but the vote was overwhelmingly for Abbott so voter suppression is probably not to be blamed for that number spread.
Apr 11, 2023 at 1:52amWeb