On Eric Garner: "...time has passed but in crucial ways our context has scarcely changed at all." http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/doing-the-right-thing-eric-garner via @GeeDee215

Feds investigating White Mpls cop for possible civil rights violations, after a video surfaced that showed him kneeling on a Black man’s neck & ignoring the man’s protests that he couldn’t breathe. George Floyd later died. https://m.startribune.com/man-dies-in-mpls-after-video-shows-officer-kneeling-on-neck/570763352/ Clear statement from the Mayor:

Saw the headline, thought, good on MN’s bishops for getting a statement out there fairly quickly. Read the statement & am just dismayed: “If there was misconduct, hopefully justice will be done.” Thought the Church is against the death penalty...Weak. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/minnesota-bishops-death-of-black-man-in-police-custody-a-tragedy-41023/

Seeing this thread + the pics from friends still in Mpls on F’book + feeling the weight of being a Black mom in this country. America takes so much out of Black folk who just want to exist, let alone dare hope for a better world. https://twitter.com/cljmitchell/status/1265474339564138497?s=21 https://twitter.com/cljmitchell/status/1265474339564138497