First of all, no. Not true. Black organizers continue to be erased, and not just individuals, but organizations, even massive coalitions like the ⊠@Mvmnt4BlkLivesâ©.
Stop this madness.
#DefundThePolice https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adams-defund-the-police-young-white-affluent-people-2021-4">https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adam...
Stop this madness.
#DefundThePolice https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adams-defund-the-police-young-white-affluent-people-2021-4">https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adam...
Iâm certainly not an âaffluentâ white youth. And I helped organize #OccupyCityHall last year, along w/ a collective of Black organizers, @FreeBlkRadicals.
Read about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/nyregion/occupy-city-hall-nyc.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/2...
Read about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/nyregion/occupy-city-hall-nyc.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/2...
Iâm Black, have Black parents, grew up in Black communities, went to majority Black schools, organize w/ predominately Black NYers, a founding member of a Black caucus in @nycDSA, and Iâm a leader in the movement to #DefundNYPD.
And here, from *Black* woman organizer @AkofenaBK: https://twitter.com/akofenabk/status/1387373715671994368">https://twitter.com/akofenabk...
Perhaps @CityAndStateNY, @Gothamist, and @THECITYNY will correct this misinformation coming from @ericadamsfornyc.
Would love to bring Black #DefundThePolice activists to @PIX11News too.
We are *always* ready.
Maybe even the @breakfastclubam.
Would love to bring Black #DefundThePolice activists to @PIX11News too.
We are *always* ready.
Maybe even the @breakfastclubam.
*And* another one.
Not sure where Mr. Adams is consuming his newsâ because as @malik_nyc is noting here, Black youth were deep in the streets last summer with one, clear demand: #DefundThePolice https://twitter.com/malik_nyc/status/1387242157212409857">https://twitter.com/malik_nyc...
Not sure where Mr. Adams is consuming his newsâ because as @malik_nyc is noting here, Black youth were deep in the streets last summer with one, clear demand: #DefundThePolice https://twitter.com/malik_nyc/status/1387242157212409857">https://twitter.com/malik_nyc...
And then thereâs folx like @AnthoninePierre: https://twitter.com/anthoninepierre/status/1387749422910656513">https://twitter.com/anthonine...
Oh, and @changethenypd: https://twitter.com/JooHyun_Kang/status/1387531346332065797?s=20">https://twitter.com/JooHyun_K...