#Policing

Visvajit Sriramrajan

vsvjt

Black lives being endangered constantly isn't at all a new phenomenon. It's deep-rooted in the American and Canadian psyches, serving as the very backbone for these countries' development. With everything

Leonydus Johnson (leave/me/alone)

LeonydusJohnson

For every 10,000 black people arrested for violent crime, 3 are killedFor every 10,000 white people arrested for violent crime, 4 are killedI'm going to keep tweeting this until someone

Twitch

Twitch

Death of Black people at the hands of police has been an ever present issue in American history. The events surrounding this recent trial are a grim reminder of how

A Windward Maroon

andraydomise

Apparently there are still people, with opinions and online, who still think that "systemic racism," or "institutional racism" means people within those systems and institutions are racist.The definitions have been

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

There's something very misleading about this graphic that is very important to black lives and shows the importance of black media and journalists.Thread:https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1273257724311199744 Most of the reports you read

Kenan Malik

kenanmalik

New CNN/ Savanta ComRes poll on different perceptions of racism from black and white Britons: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/06/europe/britain-racism-cnn-poll-gbr-intl/ 1/ This, incidentally, doesn’t necessarily contradict the f

Nicolas Le Roux

le_roux_nicolas

Yann, I know you mean well. I saw many people act like you just did in good faith, and get defensive when people pointed that this was not the proper

Michael Rosen

MLInnovations

[Thread] With the conviction of Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd, we have seen a police officer held to account. Sadly, police killings of unarmed people, particularly the shooting deaths

Alex Krasodomski

akrasodomski

1/ Hey, I'm back. As we gear up for the latest on Online Harms, I've been speaking to criminologists. I've pulled together a paper to discuss, the idea being: we

Big Daddy Gersh

__gershom

I came online yesterday to tweet about the #SARSMUSTENDNOW protest in calabar & how well it went but I was overwhelmed by the news coming from Lagos & it just

Party for Socialism and Liberation

pslweb

PSL STATEMENT on the defeat of Donald TrumpMore than 70 million people voted to oust Donald Trump. This was not a vote for Joe Biden, a truly uninspiring candidate who

Singsong Spoonie Raptor

SingsongRaptor

One of the biggest roadblocks to Black and indigenous ppl, disabled ppl and queer ppl getting decent healthcare is healthcare providers' absolute refusal to believe, acknowledge and incorporate financial limitations

Renee Bracey Sherman

RBraceySherman

I see a lot of people sharing this thread and while I understand what it's trying to do, it's not quite accurate. Abortion bans in the US (and around the

Michael B. Jordan

michaelb4jordan

Hollywood has a history of racism … Excluding Black talent, silencing Black voices, derailing Black careers, and propping up policing and injustices… Hollywood, break the pattern it’s about that time

Nicholas Nehamas 🏝

NickNehamas

BREAKING: Fort Lauderdale police officers thought their body cameras were off when they laughed and joked about shooting protesters with rubber bullets. “Did you see me f**k up those motherf****rs?”

Barbara Clabots

Women_and_Fish

Here’s another solid piece on the link between tear gas and reproductive health.This is *so* important. Of course there is limited research on it, it’s not ethical to expose people