The cop in Kentucky who fired pepper balls at David McAtee and caused his death will avoid jail time. Katie Crews was sentenced to 2 years of probation and community service. They gave her a sweetheart deal.
We have 2 justice systems.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1620203291589353474
The #1 way cops are equipped to repress protest movements and perform no-knock raids on private homes is the BILLIONS of $ in military weaponry from the federal govt.
This is the militarization of the police, and it’s made an already violent institution even more dangerous.
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AWKWORDrap/status/1409178429380087809
“The #1 way cops are equipped to repress protest movements and perform no-knock raids on private homes is the BILLIONS of $ in military weaponry from the federal govt. This is the militarization of the police, and it’s made an already violent institution even more dangerous. 🧵”
I send my condolences to all of the families who are feeling the pain that I am feeling. I can't sit back and watch Ulster county act like my daughter's never happened like my daughter is not dead they can't sit back and just ignore me because they tried to sweep it under the rug
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MonicaGoods/status/1620192469160972290
“I send my condolences to all of the families who are feeling the pain that I am feeling. I can't sit back and watch Ulster county act like my daughter's never happened like my daughter is not dead they can't sit back and just ignore me because they tried to sweep it under the rug”
We are dedicating these actions to Ivory Nicole Smith, a beloved black trans woman community organizer in San Francisco, who was found dead last week. She was 27 years old.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tsukuru_agender/status/1620154392128389120
Please spread the word to your trans/non-binary, gender non-conforming siblings and allies!
A weekend of protests on March 31st and April 1st in Washington, DC. Details TBD.
(March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility, but we are re-branding it as Trans Day of Vengeance.)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tsukuru_agender/status/1620154383865630720
12/3/22: Deputy Andrew Lawson of Brevard Co, FL "jokingly" pulled trigger of his gun when pointing it at his roommate's head, killing 23-y/o fellow cop Austin Walsh. Then he fired a second time. Still joking or an accident? Charged with manslaughter 12/22.
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/12/04/brevard-deputy-dies-in-off-duty-incident
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/IncarcerNation/status/1620170273462059008
🧵 THREAD: Joe and Kamala aren't the only members of the Biden administration who enable and empower racist cops.
Here's a brief look at Pete Buttigieg's similarly terrible track record on policing - it's even worse than you might think. 1/13
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WaitingOnBiden/status/1620119859618258945
Allowed hate to spread... 🤔 https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1619370356069761024
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/aRtHuRoftheLeFt/status/1619698596164825089
just fyi Cuba and Venezuela have restored the eyesight of over 4 million of the poorest people across the world as part of their Operation Miracle program
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1620124605724893185
This is Detective Preston Hemphill, he's named in the affidavit as having deployed his taser & he's also the person recorded as saying "I hope they stomp his ass."
Hemphill is one of the officers that initiated the stop of Tyre Nichols, & drew his weapon upon exiting his vehicle.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ChudsOfTikTok/status/1619913891584294912
“This is Detective Preston Hemphill, he's named in the affidavit as having deployed his taser & he's also the person recorded as saying "I hope they stomp his ass." Hemphill is one of the officers that initiated the stop of Tyre Nichols, & drew his weapon upon exiting his vehicle.”
