I’ve seen too many tweets from non-black people questioning why it’s #BlackLivesMatter
, not #/AllLivesMatter. I’ve made this thread to hopefully educate/spread awareness on the difference in treatment between black and non-black people when confronted by police.

Left: Ezell Ford was tackled to the ground and shot 3 times during an investigative stop by two LAPD officers. He did not resist arrest.
Right: Sebastian Arzadon is given water by a police officer after being arrested for committing a double homicide.
Right: Sebastian Arzadon is given water by a police officer after being arrested for committing a double homicide.
Left: Philando Castile was shot 7 times while reaching for his license after being pulled over by a police officer. His girlfriends 4 year old daughter was also in the car.
Right: Nathaniel Jouett is arrested after shooting 2 people and wounding 4 in a public library.
Right: Nathaniel Jouett is arrested after shooting 2 people and wounding 4 in a public library.
Left: Eric Garner was murdered by Daniel Pantaleo of the NYPD, by putting him in a chokehold. Garner was suspected of selling single cigarettes from packs.
Right: Allen Ivanov is placed in the back of a police car unharmed after shooting three people at a college party.
Right: Allen Ivanov is placed in the back of a police car unharmed after shooting three people at a college party.
Left: Donte Hamilton was asleep in a park when police officer Christopher Manney woke him to pat him down. After a slight confrontation Hamilton was shot 14 times.
Right: Nikolas Cruz is arrested after killing 17 people at Stoneman Douglas Highschool.
Right: Nikolas Cruz is arrested after killing 17 people at Stoneman Douglas Highschool.
Left: 12 year old Tamir Rice was playing with a toy Airsoft gun when he was shot and killed by police officer Timothy Lorhmann.
Right: Jarrod Ramos is arrested after killing 5 and injuring 2 employees of The Capital Gazette.
Right: Jarrod Ramos is arrested after killing 5 and injuring 2 employees of The Capital Gazette.
Left: Rekia Boyd was shot in the head by Dante Sharvin, an off-duty police officer over an argument about her friends noise level.
Right: Patrick Crusius is arrested after killing 23 people in a racially motivated domestic terrorist attack against Latinos in El Paso, Texas
Right: Patrick Crusius is arrested after killing 23 people in a racially motivated domestic terrorist attack against Latinos in El Paso, Texas
Left: Alton Sterling was shot dead at close range by two police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He had been selling CD’s, and was “not the one causing trouble”.
Right: Arcan Cerin is arrested after killing 5 people in Washington mall.
Right: Arcan Cerin is arrested after killing 5 people in Washington mall.
Left: Michael Brown was shot at 12 times, and hit 6 times, by police officer Darren Wilson.
Right: Dylann Roof is arrested for for killing 9 black people while at a prayer served in church.
Right: Dylann Roof is arrested for for killing 9 black people while at a prayer served in church.