#Violence

Just watched video of Gov Wike's rescue of Joy Nunieh from armed policemen who falsely imprisoned her at her PH home this morning. Reminds me of another great rescue... That
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Suburbs get a tiny fraction of the attention that major cities do, but they're really becoming the hub of civil rights conflict in Americahttps://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1381482394700574720 The primary reason is the process
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I'm going to post the circumstances of every unarmed black person killed by cops in 2019. Ready? (thread) 1. Michael Dean. Shot on a traffic stop. Refused to take keys
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I'm 45 years old, and I can't think of a time when bigots of all kinds felt more emboldened to speak their minds. I've never been more aware of how
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Anyone remember Larry Krasner’s quote about the “coach” getting to “pick the team?” I do. THREAD: One of the first things Krasner did as DA was to fire 31 dedicated
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1. Within 48 hours Tajikistan secured a decisive 1st round "military" victory against Kyrgyzstan. And the Kyrgyz likely do not want to start a 2nd round. An inept new Kyrgyz
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Reading a book is time consuming, who has time for it anyway? Let me help you out LeBron, here’s a thread about Malcolm’s life and his evolution with some clarification
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To recap the #RNCConvention:1. Trump did not inherit a stagnant economy.Growth = slower than Obama's last 3 years, even before corona2. Biden is not proposing tax hikes on anyone earning
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DES RELIGIONS La RELIGION est une déification de la culture/ traditions de peuples ( sémites et indo-européens) qui utilisent des MYTHES allégoriques pour promouvoir leurs traditions.Toutes les religions sont des
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CW: TransphobiaSomething that basically everyone who’s spent any time on far-right social media is aware of is that transphobia is one of the biggest narratives pushed by the far right.
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(THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE MEGA THREAD)First part can be accessed here:https://twitter.com/B33Mello/status/1371197704555073536 25/There is a reason why government condemns & forbids certain behaviors & actions but reserves the
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5 REASONS TO OPPOSE THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT TO #SCOTUS. A thread. Judge Barrett has ruled against sexual violence survivors multiple times. Judge Barrett has a record
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Today I was live on @AJStream sharing a panel to discuss the #COVID19 "exception" in Haiti and the slow vaccine rollout. I want to talk a bit more about this:
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Hey #PDX. Do you wonder about @TeressaLRaiford and the #writeincampaign? Why isn't she campaigning more? Why is she not getting involved in politics? *Correct me if I am wrong
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These “woke” accounts citing & siding w/ govt propaganda (yes, Chinese propaganda is ALSO govt propaganda) in order to dismiss what’s happening in East Turkistan/Xinjiang (to Uyghurs) are really showing
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On this day in 1937, the Basque market town of Gernika was bombed in the most emblematic episode of the Spanish Civil War, immortalised by Picasso's Guernica. A thread below
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