WARNING: VERY DISTURBING
The legal lynching of #PhilandoCastile. Video just released today.
An abomination. This officer is a murderer. Philando obeyed the law. pic.twitter.com/JNXA1XTlVk
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 20, 2017
WARNING: VERY DISTURBING
The legal lynching of #PhilandoCastile. Video just released today.
An abomination. This officer is a murderer. Philando obeyed the law. pic.twitter.com/JNXA1XTlVk
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 20, 2017
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https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/879327930068946944
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/879355344413216771
This is what we’re always up against, folks. Jurors like this one across the country.
https://twitter.com/DanaBennis/status/878288428240162817
https://twitter.com/nawalabu_72/status/878291251912597504
I don’t believe Yanez was afraid.
@TheJusticeDept What are you going to do about the shooting death of #PhilandoCastile?
https://twitter.com/HLS_CJPP/status/878284466623578112
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/878289825656217600
https://twitter.com/Delo_Taylor/status/878286106491572229
https://twitter.com/CFPetrella/status/876868444335091717
https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/877158621431386114
A disgrace before God Almighty that racist bigoted jury let this killer cop walk free. They are monsters wreaking havoc across America.
https://twitter.com/Fusion/status/877877596687552512
Absolutely heartbreaking *tears*
https://twitter.com/MadisonSiriusXM/status/877884338511237120
https://twitter.com/chaysejoi_/status/877704370350981121
https://twitter.com/justicedems/status/877722285007884288
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/877874854510313472
OMG! So heartbreaking. 😢😢😢😢
https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/877722236244774912
OMG. Lord help us.
KING: We’re losing the battle against police brutality in America
Shaun King
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, June 21, 2017, 2:05 PM
It’s hard for me to write this, but we must be honest about our status in the fight against police brutality in America. We are losing. I have two primary metrics for that conclusion. First, 2017 is on pace to be the deadliest year ever measured for the number of people killed by police in our country. We can never claim to be winning the battle against police brutality if American police are killing more and more people. Period. Secondly, even the most egregious officers, in the most heinous cases of police violence, with the most overwhelming evidence, are still beating the charges against them.
I can get granular about it. I monitor nearly 50 different metrics regarding police brutality and injustice in America. All of them matter — from the introduction of new policies in local police departments, to the election of district attorneys who are willing to aggressively prosecute police. The battle to reduce police violence in America is a complicated one. But at the end of the day, if more people are being killed by police this year than any other year and the most rotten apples among America’s police still aren’t being held accountable, then we are losing.
I am losing. This isn’t me pointing the fingers at activists or organizations. I am right in the middle of this fight. I’ve marched. I’ve protested. I’ve organized. I’ve taught. I’ve petitioned. I’ve donated. I’ve lobbied. I’ve voted. I’ve campaigned. I’ve presented. I’ve written. I’ve tweeted. I’ve Facebooked. I’ve strategized. I’ve televised. I’ve radioed. For three straight years, I’ve thrown everything I’ve known to throw at the problem of police brutality in America, and by all measures, the problem is now worse than it was before I did any of those things.
We are losing. We are being outspent, out-organized, and out-maneuvered by an unjust system that is so deeply entrenched and so well fortified with the principles of white supremacy, racism and classism that in spite of all of our collective efforts, injustice marches on. It isn’t skipping a beat.
…The odds of an officer being convicted for murder in a police shooting is approaching lottery ticket levels. It’s that bad.
I did not say all of this to lament or wallow in self-pity — never that. I said all of that to say that we need a change of direction. I wouldn’t even go so far as to say that anything we’ve done is wrong. We should protest. We should petition and march and vote. We should do all of those things, but they just aren’t enough to make a systemic shift in the problem. Maybe if we weren’t doing all of those things the problem would’ve spiraled even farther out of control — we’ll never know — but what I do know if that families who deserve justice don’t have it and the threat of police brutality is more problematic than ever.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-losing-battle-police-brutality-america-article-1.3266056
South Carolina State Trooper Shoots Black Man After Asking For His License
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/877559200460787713
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/877553680714694656
https://twitter.com/webster/status/877251443056619522
My God! 😢😢😢
The way they do our lives….
Kill your loved ones in front of you and then handcuff you.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/877549791898722304
Maybe black people should start causing hung juries everywhere? If we don’t receive justice no one receives justice! #PhilandoCastile
https://twitter.com/ClintSmithIII/status/877301076004921348
https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/877310384700633089
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/877274805900390401
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/877351161837137927
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/877348767720022017
https://twitter.com/webster/status/877277772330266625