The character assassination that occurs every single time a black man is murdered in America. It adds insult to the grief of black Americans and tells them that they are not safe. That they are not equal. 2/3
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Today is the day when we will start to see the inevitable list of reasons why the murder of #GeorgeFloyd was justified. The “he shouldn’t have complied”. The “he used drugs sometime in his life”. The “there was that one time he had some legal trouble”.
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Its going to keep happening until white Americans do the work to change systems of systemic racism and institutional bias. 3/3
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#GeorgeFloyd another Black man who died at the hands of white supremacy. A family is grieving. A community is grieving. I am grieving. My staff, a Black mother, a Black educator, young Latinx warrior women are grieving. This murder should never have happened.pic.twitter.com/AcZgVO5WkP
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I'm thankful Mayor Frey took action in firing all the officers involved, and an FBI investigation is underway - one that *should* lead to charges, trial, and conviction. No reinstatement. No back-pay. But now we must all act in preventing more senseless deaths.
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Our incumbent has been silent on police brutality of black men for too long. We need everyone to be
#antiracist because people are dying on the sidewalk, in the streets, and in their own homes at the hands of#whitesupremacy. We need tangible solutions and plans of action...Show this thread -
plans from community members, organizers, police chiefs, and especially elected officials; plans to tear down the systems that allow black men and women to be murdered in the streets on camera in 2020, or have the cops called on them in the park for doing the right thing...
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I want a conversation on how we create a new culture in our community. I want to hear from you, the constituents of
#TX31, on what you want to happen in our district, so you, your neighbors, and your families are not living in fear.Show this thread
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