I feel like anyone defending what happened in DC yesterday (looking at you GOP senators), is essentially supporting the notion that Trump's desire for a photo op outweighs the First Amendment rights of the protesters to peaceably assemble, and should be called out to defend that position.
This is horrible. Five of the officers are black, so bad pigs are in all colors.
These college students were stuck in traffic in Atlanta and 6 pigs suddenly came up and busted into their car, TASED them, and dragged them out, threw them to the ground, handcuffed them. The guy (driver) has a fractured wrist and has a gash so bad he required 24 stitches. The pigs lied about it all and the Atlanta Mayor ordered them fired.
Their body cams also led to the Atlanta police chief filing criminal charges against all of the pigs today.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/atlanta-po...ry?id=71023836
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...udent-violence
Just went out to get gas and one minute everything seemed quiet and normal, the next protesters are marching down my highway with sirens and lights in all directions. I started to record and went a bit further near the crowd, but kept my distance (With a mask on) and could not help but walk with them. It is one thing to watch what is going on, but being so close to it and hearing everyone's voice is hard to ignore. The rush that comes through your body and mind (Especially when you support the hell out of this movement) is almost impossible to not conjure.
Everything was peaceful and there were medics and a few hundred people blocking the intersection as usual. I have never seen so many cop cars and police in riot gear all in one place in my entire life. They had an entire line of about 40 cops and then another 60 in the adjacent parking lot. I live in Suffolk County on Long Island and the cops here for the most part can be very vindictive and very aggressive towards people of color (I have been victim of this many, many times) and from what I witnessed, they were wasting not time with busting out everything they have in their arsenal for a few hundred kids from the ages of 18 to 35. Mind you it was absolutely peaceful and they started to move in really, really fast as I was about to leave with cops forcibly trying to get people off the highway; this is real folks.
There are now helicopters flying over my home every 10 minutes or so. I will check out town tomorrow, but I felt so vulnerable out there as I was just reporting what was going on and staying out of the cops way, so I applaud the reporters and especially the independent reporters putting themselves in harms way along with the protesters. Shit is wild guys...
stealing the reaction gif as well!
They need to do them like they do civilians and throw 17 charges at them so at least two stick. Hopefully a second degree charge doesn't mean they're getting rid of the third degree one.
Chauvin charged with 2nd degree murder; Thao, Keung, and Lane charged with aiding 2nd-degree murder and aiding manslaughter
There is a sense of relief with these arrests and further charges. The AG's office has plenty of leverage to get Thao, Keung, and Lane to agree to plea deals in exchange for testifying against Chauvin. And speaking of Chauvin, the second-degree murder charge upped his bail to $1 million. It will be interesting to see if the police union is willing to cough up $100,000 to get him out on bond. Honestly, though, I think he is much better off in jail pending court.
In Minnesota, the only time someone can be held without bail is first-degree murder. In this case, there would need to be evidence that Chauvin planned to kill Floyd.
@Sarah K The third-degree murder charge and the voluntary manslaughter charges are still there. Here's the updated criminal complaint from Hennepin County:
https://www.documentcloud.org/docume...ml#document/p1
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www.8cantwait.org
Not sure if this has been posted and apologies if it has. Contact your mayor if your city isn't making all eight policies mandatory.
It took a whole world protesting for just this to happen.
We need to change the laws to see real change.
We need to change how police are hired, their mental health. They need to get evaluated, like teachers (they both get public pay) . Bad ones? See ya.
There needs to be a near complete overhaul.
Luke Martin, who did three prints for the last tour is selling these tees through Sunday night. Each shirt is $20, and 100% goes directly to Black Lives Matter.
Mississippi AG won't pursue 2015 case against white officer for killing black man
Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch dismissed with prejudice the manslaughter charge against officer Canyon Boykin for shooting and killing Ricky Ball in a traffic stop. The local prosecutor said that had he known this would be the outcome, he would not have transferred the case to the state. Boykin was fired in 2017 for multiple infractions. He sued the city and got an undisclosed settlement.
So....BLEXIT is a thing apparently, that's a truly sad thing to hear about during these times.
I know black folks aren't a monolith but jesus.....you'd think if there was one thing they agreed on it would be the predominant violence against black people from law enforcement.
People like Candace Owens baffle the hell out of me.