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Yasmine Bilkis Ibrahim

MinaBilkis

My Awoko daily news text came in “Mrs Bio writes that her husband is very angry at the death of 5yr old girl allegedly raped.”#Thread Who his anger epp? Channel

Amna A. Akbar

orangebegum

A few years ago @j_simonson, @sameer_ashar, and I wrote a series of blog posts about the need for left legalism & politics rooted in grassroots social movements @LPEblog @LPE_Project --

🌊Rₒ›99🌊🌈

R_naught

First I want to say, I am sorry. I have belonged to the Democrat Party all my life. But after decades, this is not the same party no more. I

Samantha Michaels

sjmichaels

For my latest piece, I investigated police unions and the infuriating history of how they became so powerful. Here are some things I learned. Thread.https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/08/police-unions-minneapolis/ Police unioniz

Reclaim the Block

reclaimtheblock

We received the news of Kenosha police’s shooting of Jacob Blake with grief and rage. Jacob Blake - and every other person harmed by law enforcement violence - should never

Tim Emry

emrylaw

So, I am watching the @CLTCityCouncil Safe Communities Committee meeting (Stuff about Police) and I have some thoughts. CC: @BraxtonWinston @cltuprising @queencitynerve First off, committee chair, @Larken makes clear he

Ward 7 Education

Ward7EdCouncil

As we all work to improve how systems honor the lives of Black ppl & all citizens, #W7EC appreciates @councilofdc assessing police presence in our schools. We’re concerned abt the

A.R. Buckle

JuliusGoat

We all know they’ll justify it with whatever reason is most convenient in the moment. If the next moment requires a justification that contradicts the earlier one, they’ll use it

Septima P. Snark

DrSubini

Thanks for everyone who attended #RILE202 conversation on education and abolition with @DrJonathanRosa, @profm_de_r, @karikokka, Dave Stovall & myself. I’m going to drop some resources that were mentioned or that

Jonathan Kay

jonkay

I share the disgust at scenes of police brutality and acts of murder (not too strong a word). But it isn't helpful to use "police officer" as a term of

ACLU

ACLU

The appalling new whistleblower complaint reporting the use of forced and coerced hysterectomies at Irwin County Detention Center is just the latest chapter in the chronicle of horrors that detained

Ben Bradley MP

BBradley_Mans

The comparisons with #Orwell & 1984 now too numerous to ignore. It's something of a parody of a prediction of course (you hope), but the early days of #IngSoc and

Bill Wolfe

WolfeNotes

This explains LOTS - why Jon Hurdle's NJ Spotlight reporting often sucks. He's on the Penn Payroll:"Reporting for this article was supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation"On

dr rachel jurinich mattson

captain_maybe

i'm tired after a long few days of action & grief here in minneapolis & i don't have time rn to sit down & write about this in the way

Brandon Hannibal Donkey

RealBrandonDonk

GUYS!I had the craziest dream (nightmare?) last night...1/? The police killed Harambe the Gorilla. Then the town I live in was hit by a huge fire and we were evacuated

Hayes Davenport

hayesdavenport

Yesterday's City Council motion to remove LAPD from non-violent calls is a huge victory, totally unprecedented.But it also raises some new issues. LA City Hall is *built* to slow down