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While national eyes are on @ColumbusPolice because of the horrific slaying of 16 year old #makhiabryant let me remind you of recent events that demonstrate their irredeemably tyrannical, racist and violent nature. 
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On Saturday night CPD went on a helicopter joy ride over Black neighborhoods and spelled CPD in cursive on their flight path. We and some city council members pushed last year to cut funding for these. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/police-helicopter-flight-pattern-to-be-discussed-by-columbus-city-council/">https://www.nbc4i.com/news/loca...
The night before, thousands of white Ohio State fans celebrated a practice football scrimmage by flipping and burning cars. Police did not come and no one was arrested.
The Monday before, Columbus Police shot and killed a Black man named Miles Jackson in the emergency room at St. Ann’s hospital after bringing him there for a suspected overdose. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/04/15/miles-jackson-what-we-know-st-anns-hospital-shooting-columbus-westerville-ohio-police/7234438002/">https://www.dispatch.com/story/new...
This is all in the last week. Last winter CPD killed Casey Goodson Jr who was walking into his home with Subway sandwiches for his family. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/12/us/casey-goodson-jr-what-we-know/index.html">https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp...
They killed Andre Hill just a few days later. He was in a garage of a friends house after dropping off Christmas presents. https://apnews.com/article/columbus-shootings-police-ohio-us-news-ba6c40a12e656837310d9fb31da678d8">https://apnews.com/article/c...
In the last 5 years CPD has killed more than 30 people, most of whom were Black. #TyreKing was 13. #JuliusTate was 16. #AbdirahmanSalad was 15. #HenryGreen and #DonnaDalton were 23. Each story is horrific and each life was so loved, precious and valued.
#makhiabryant was a 16 yr old girl who should have had a chance to grow & flourish. The enduring trauma being inflicted on Black families is profoundly evil and rooted in white supremacist repression. CPD is tyrannical & this system cannot simply be reformed. #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
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