Trying to temper my anger about this @nytimes article about the NYPD shooting of Akai Gurley:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/nyregion/new-york-police-officer-fatally-shoots-brooklyn-man.html?referrer=&_r=0 …
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By writing Gurley "had done nothing to provoke a confrontation with the officers," the
@nytimes indicts Mike Brown.pic.twitter.com/wPmm1grUDX
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The
@nytimes can dignify and humanize Gurley only by criminalizing and dehumanizing Mike Brown. Shit's so fuct. -
The
@nytimes is saying that Mike Brown provoked Darren Wilson. What kind if fuckery is this? Especially ahead of indictment decision?! -
And then, getting back to the Gurley shooting, the
@nytimes says this killing is the result of "clumsiness."pic.twitter.com/UW8ZOH6FGn
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Clumsiness?! Me tripping over myself because I didn't tie my shoelaces? That shit's clumsy. Me shooting and killing someone? Nah.
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This is a whole new way to frame the systemic killing of black bodies: clumsiness. But this shit isn't an accident.
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In just a couple of paragraphs, the
@nytimes finds a way to criminalize Mike Brown AND to trivialize the systemic killing of black people. -
The
@nytimes is the newspaper of record. People read it and believe it. Given the article I'm tweeting about, that's terrifying.
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and of course, the killer's POV is given as fact...
@aurabogado@nytimes - 1 more reply
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@aurabogado@KatCapps@nytimes Reminds me of the Time magazine cover describing Ferguson as a "Tragedy." Should've been "Injustice," etc. -
@aurabogado@KatCapps@nytimes (Some parallels to how MSM frames murders of disabled/Autistic ppl, esp. kids, by parents and caregivers.
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@aurabogado@nytimes You seem confused. But I love your enthusiasm!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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