Samira Asma-Sadeque

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journalist & poet. ✍🏽 NYT , Washington Post, The Guardian etc. Poetry on HBO, AllArts TV, Button Poetry etc. Writing about New York at OptOut News. Soft as a bird but pls don’t piss me off

Wage theft victims get a tiny bit of justice. The battle over bail reform rages on. A looming disaster in Chinatown and much more in this week’s OptOut New York newsletter by @samideque

https://originals.optout.news/little-victories-big-woes/?utm_source=optout

Little victories, big woes:🗽‘Growing up’ in Rikers🗽More housing blues🗽Wage theft & scams

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.

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Today for @[email protected], @[email protected] and I panned out to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and the Watson hotel to help @[email protected] report on the move of migrant men to accommodate families still arriving from TX. Some refused to go, claiming the facility lacked privacy.

More below...! https://twitter.com/nytmetro/status/1620203237562372102

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JournAlvarez/status/1620219984273375233

NYT Metro on Twitter

“The Adams administration started moving single migrant men into a cruise terminal in Brooklyn as New York City struggled to cope with the influx of newcomers. Some refused to go, claiming the facility was cold, unsafe and lacked privacy. https://t.co/7fxa4G91xU”

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If I could stay in this room, just us two, while we wait for the others - well, that’s my version of heaven💛

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kimrubio21/status/1619911283570257920

Kimberly Mata-Rubio on Twitter

“If I could stay in this room, just us two, while we wait for the others - well, that’s my version of heaven💛”

Twitter

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I have been taught to yell “stop resisting” and “drop your weapon” after firing a gun, because bystanders will remember you said it and their memory will automatically reverse the order of the events to make it make sense. Their testimony will support yours, because of this.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KatieSponsler/status/1619341593827487744

Katie Sponsler on Twitter

“I have been taught to yell “stop resisting” and “drop your weapon” after firing a gun, because bystanders will remember you said it and their memory will automatically reverse the order of the events to make it make sense. Their testimony will support yours, because of this.”

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a lot of female friendship is just sending “your feelings are VALID💜💓❤️” texts back n forth to each other until the inevitable day when one of them blocks the other
this has probably been said in some capacity or the other but if you still need to watch a graphic video of a Black murder to “feel aware” then you’re not watching it to change your mind about police reform, you’re watching it to see violence on a Black body.

LMAOOO

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Not saying toxic masculinity makes people extremely stupid but the consistent overlap of both does pose some questions.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/taliaotg/status/1619086745940664328

Talia Jane ❤️‍🔥 on Twitter

“Not saying toxic masculinity makes people extremely stupid but the consistent overlap of both does pose some questions.”

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just a man against the sunset. on a skateboard. doing crazy good flips (is that what they’re called?). Flying across the ground. May heaven have all the right ground for him to rest this way 🛹 🕊️

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The only video of Tyre Nichols we should all be watching.

Rest in Paradise 🕊️

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ib2_real/status/1619126273196064768

Isaac G. Bryan on Twitter

“The only video of Tyre Nichols we should all be watching. Rest in Paradise 🕊️ https://t.co/8fIFtOxGdg”

Twitter

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🧾As Tyre Nichols' family, Memphis citizens, the Black community & nation cope with his tragic murder, footage of the horrific death will be released soon. NABJ extends condolences to the family & offers this guidance to newsrooms, members & colleagues: http://bit.ly/NABJGuidance

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NABJ/status/1619039714560073728

NABJ Offers Guidance on Coverage of the Tyre Nichols Murder Footage

Today, and this weekend, the news cycle will be traumatic. As his family, Memphis citizens, the Black community, and the nation continue to cope with the […]