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Our country is imploding.
Been a long time coming. Too fast, yet slowly building.
You ever hit a crossroads where two divergent futures were laid out before you, & you had to make a choice, one that would have everlasting consequences?
We're here.
Choose, America.
#DemCast
Been a long time coming. Too fast, yet slowly building.
You ever hit a crossroads where two divergent futures were laid out before you, & you had to make a choice, one that would have everlasting consequences?
We're here.
Choose, America.
#DemCast
The police have already chosen their path. A product of over-militarization for decades, fueled by racism and authoritarianism, their chosen path includes violence and bloodshed, the arrest of reporters, lies and obfuscation, and the death of democracy. https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1266315061221613569?s=20
Josh Campbell, who is white, was asked--politely--by the police to move back or move out of the way when he was somewhere they didn't want him to be.
Omar Jimenez, who is black, was arrested instead.
But sure, the police are "just doing their jobs." https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1266323257520766976?s=20
Omar Jimenez, who is black, was arrested instead.
But sure, the police are "just doing their jobs." https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1266323257520766976?s=20
Even though @OmarJimenez & his crew have been released from custody, Gov has apologized..the fact remains that the LEO who murdered #GeorgeFloyd in front of a camera is STILL free.
Still facing no charges.
We have a darkened path before us, my friends. Choose #BlackLivesMatter
Still facing no charges.
We have a darkened path before us, my friends. Choose #BlackLivesMatter
The cops, gaslighting us, as if we didn't watch the whole thing *being filmed by the crew they couldn't identify.*
Ridiculous. https://twitter.com/MnDPS_MSP/status/1266338580596690949?s=20
Ridiculous. https://twitter.com/MnDPS_MSP/status/1266338580596690949?s=20
. @wkamaubell says things perfectly. Check his thread for more. https://twitter.com/wkamaubell/status/1266350907844780032?s=20
If peaceful protests are "unAmerican," what is left is revolutionary. https://twitter.com/PuffDomino/status/1266389766372757504?s=20
Time and past time it was done.
This one arrest is only a tiny bandage on the gaping wound festering in America. https://twitter.com/LouRaguse/status/1266416370855657474?s=20
This one arrest is only a tiny bandage on the gaping wound festering in America. https://twitter.com/LouRaguse/status/1266416370855657474?s=20
Tonight, at the White House: protesters play tug of war with the barricades and the Secret Service. The most confrontational protest there for years.
So far, no shots fired.
So far, no shots fired.
The police have chosen:
Militarization over de-escalation
Force over negotiation
Authoritarianism over democracy
What will YOU choose?
Militarization over de-escalationForce over negotiationAuthoritarianism over democracyWhat will YOU choose?
This litany is hard to read.
READ IT ANYWAY.
Black men and women and CHILDREN are under assault by this country's "police force." Have been for centuries.
When it comes to protesting out loud and up front, don't ask, "Why now?"
Ask: "Why NOT?" https://twitter.com/Brooke_AF/status/1266593862174285825?s=20
READ IT ANYWAY.
Black men and women and CHILDREN are under assault by this country's "police force." Have been for centuries.
When it comes to protesting out loud and up front, don't ask, "Why now?"
Ask: "Why NOT?" https://twitter.com/Brooke_AF/status/1266593862174285825?s=20
"Oooh, I'm getting shot!!"
"Who are they aiming that at?"
"At us! They're aiming at us!"
The police treat the press as an enemy in dictatorships.
"Who are they aiming that at?"
"At us! They're aiming at us!"
The police treat the press as an enemy in dictatorships.
Scene at the People's House: https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1266603558755012608?s=20
The National Guard is gone, State Police gone, Minneapolis police....all vanished. Curfew is not being enforced.
The streets belong to the protesters.
The streets belong to the protesters.
An explosion, earlier, in Atlanta: https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1266548364537024512?s=20
Standoff between police & protestors in DC, at the White House.... https://www.pscp.tv/jordylancaster/1ypKdQZPjaqGW?t=54m13s
Same time frame: at the WH, this reporter talks about tensions running very high just before he's attacked? Arrested? Can't tell except that, at the end of the video, his camera goes askew...and then black. https://www.pscp.tv/w/caCjrzFlUkV4cWVST3lOUXd8MWxER0xnelFSb3pLbeewYCveUnWg9mPKdYqk_9OZMcdFwRRw74gCwxRScTH2
Reporter @hunterw picks back up in a LiveFeed from the WH: https://www.pscp.tv/w/caCo9zFlUkV4cWVST3lOUXd8MUx5R0JOV2JyWm9HTgqIHc57MJhskHzAqIGdvrvhSFffRbwQjrSjy9Thj3p7
Our shĂŻtstain POTUS* is calling for "MAGA night" at the WH in order to show a force of strength to protesters...who he disdains (as always) as paid to protest.
Will his white nationalist pals show up to support him?
Sounds like Kristallnacht in the making.
Will his white nationalist pals show up to support him?
Sounds like Kristallnacht in the making.
WTF is going on in Georgia, that kids in riot gear with guns have been sent to confront protesters?
"Hitler Youth" is trending for this reason.
We need to know who, EXACTLY, deployed these children? And WHY?
"Hitler Youth" is trending for this reason.
We need to know who, EXACTLY, deployed these children? And WHY?
In the 1960s, it took images & newscast from events like Bloody Sunday (the March Across Pettus Bridge; peaceful people attacked with batons & dogs) to stir the conscience of this nation, to force even white people to pay attention.
#GeorgeFloyd's murder is the catalyst in 2020.
#GeorgeFloyd's murder is the catalyst in 2020.
Killer Mike has a desire for people in Atlanta not to burn down their own home, but to take this time to plot, plan, strategize, organize, & mobilize instead.
He's mad, and on fire: https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1266602023526506498?s=20
He's mad, and on fire: https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1266602023526506498?s=20
NYPD last evening.
@nickpwing says their budget this year...is SIX BILLION DOLLARS.
Is this necessary, to protect and serve? Or meant to send a message? https://twitter.com/natashalennard/status/1266527976121864192?s=20
@nickpwing says their budget this year...is SIX BILLION DOLLARS.
Is this necessary, to protect and serve? Or meant to send a message? https://twitter.com/natashalennard/status/1266527976121864192?s=20
BE mad as hell! We don't have to take it anymore!
Whites causing damage, setting fires literal & metaphorical during otherwise peaceful protests across the nation, mourning #GeorgeFloyd.
Many times, black and brown people tried to get whites to stop, to behave peacefully, to no avail.
This thread: https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/1266598693647638528?s=20
Many times, black and brown people tried to get whites to stop, to behave peacefully, to no avail.
This thread: https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/1266598693647638528?s=20
