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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 6 May 2018
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    Surrounded by police on all sides, tracked by a helicopter, a group of young Black women come face the face w/ death as they leave an @Airbnb. white woman called the police on them, accusing them of robbery, after they didn’t wave at her #ThisIsAmerica https://m.facebook.com/directedbykells/posts/10160498802675121 …

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      1. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 6 May 2018
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        Four brilliant Black women checked out of their @Airbnb. A white woman outside waved at them and they didn't wave back. So she called the police. Then helicopters & a slew of police cars swarmed the area. I've spoken to these sisters - who are shaken up, but pressing on.pic.twitter.com/dpZRUljycI

        Surrounded by police & helicopters for airBNB'ing while Black
        When they checked out of their airBNB, a white woman they didn't know waved at them. They didn't wave back - so she called the police. Then helicopters & squad cars came in droves.
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      2. myfam1st76 ⚖️ ☀️ 🌷‏ @leelr76 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @shaunking @Airbnb

        Are they going to press charges on the women who called the police?

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      2. LindsayWesker‏ @LindsayWesker 6 May 2018
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        I'm still getting over the group of happy, laughing, black wine connoisseurs who were thrown off the Napa Valley railroad for being too noisy. And then there was the former Obama staffer last week! Seems like most of white America needs to go on a course about racial profiling.

        5 replies 37 retweets 333 likes
      3. Robert Wisdom‏Verified account @RobertRayWisdom 6 May 2018
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        And the two young Native Americans on their college tour had police called on them cause they ‘didn’t fit in ..’ , and didn’t answer a white woman’s questions thoroughly enough ...

        2 replies 11 retweets 112 likes
      4. LindsayWesker‏ @LindsayWesker 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @RobertRayWisdom @shaunking @Airbnb

        That story from Colorado is almost as appalling and mind-blowing as the one about the Trump supporters at a rally in Arizona who told some Native Americans to "go home". Duh! Who are the illegal immigrants?

        0 replies 7 retweets 87 likes
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      2. LTJ‏ @lakenya_johnson 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @shaunking @Airbnb

        This practice of “calling the police on blacks while...” is beginning to feel like a form of forced segregation. The premise being that if we (blacks or other people of color) are made to feel uncomfortable enough, we will remain in our communities. #ThisIsAmerica

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      3. Joy316‏ @joy31608 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @lakenya_johnson @shaunking @Airbnb

        #LifeThreateningWhileBlack Walking, Running, Jay Walking, Standing, Reading, Driving, Going to school, Running out of gas, A flat tire, Playing at the park. swimming, complaining about poor service, golfing, playing tennis, licensed gun owner, carrying a cellphone, earphones etc,

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      2. Louise Mercer‏ @wintergreens22 6 May 2018
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        I think we need to start naming the callers to 911. There has to be accountability in these crazy calls alleging wrongdoing based on nothing but racism.

        24 replies 149 retweets 1,122 likes
      3. Louise Mercer‏ @wintergreens22 6 May 2018
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        And police need to be trained to recognize the possibility that a call is a nonsense call rather than presuming guilt before they even get there.

        10 replies 56 retweets 594 likes
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      2. Ryan Ellis‏ @mr1derful01 6 May 2018
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        Don’t blame the police here blame the resident. Know, talk and connect to your neighbors.

        12 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. Neil Boddie‏ @acobra163 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @mr1derful01 @shaunking @Airbnb

        No you don't get away with that. The police response was extreme and the women were detained far too long. Guilty until they prove their innocence. Who hasn't heard of Airbnb?

        4 replies 11 retweets 254 likes
      4. Ryan Ellis‏ @mr1derful01 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @acobra163 @shaunking @Airbnb

        They revived a call from a supossed “witness” to a crime. It our duty to be honest not fearful residents. I blame the caller. If I’m ID’d as a suspect I would expect to be detained and not arrested as well.

        5 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      5. Ryan Ellis‏ @mr1derful01 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @mr1derful01 @acobra163 and

        Blame the neighbor and their biases and FALSE information.

        2 replies 0 retweets 26 likes
      6. Kim Kacer‏ @KimKacer 6 May 2018
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        Replying to @mr1derful01 @acobra163 and

        MOSTLY, sure. But police were being willfully dense as #$%^& too. So plenty blame to "go around". Except the women who were just minding their business & were accosted by police b/c they didn't notice &/or respond 2 some paranoid stupid wht housewife w/ too much time on her hands

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      7. Ryan Ellis‏ @mr1derful01 6 May 2018
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        It’s a crime in progress. Emergency call. Emergency response. False reporting of a crime is a crime.

        5 replies 3 retweets 66 likes
      8. Ryan Ellis‏ @mr1derful01 6 May 2018
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        I’m not validating any action. Just arguing we as individuals, neighbors and citizens HAVE to hold ourselves accountable. This should have never happened. No call should have been made.

        1 reply 1 retweet 18 likes
      9. Boom T'Chaka Laka™‏ @Arnold_PalmHer 6 May 2018
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        You’re definitely validating..

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