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This episode is about two worlds that exists in America.
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This episode is about accomplishments and exit of President Trump. His legacy is officially etched in stone. We discuss the resilence of the institutions that he challenged.
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This episode is about the breach of the Capitol. We discuss the issue of domestic terrorism and the true ideology of White Supremacy.
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This episode provides shines a spotlight on grassroots movements. Georgia elections and the pro-Trump breaching the Capitol building during the Electoral vote counting.
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This episode provides a review of the big events that happened during 2020.
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This episode shines a light on the COVID-19 vaccine along with health inequalities. We explore the story of Elaine Riddick and the eugenics sterilization programs.
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This episode shines a light on the most impressive long lasting legacy of the Black Panther Party. We also dive into the open letter from chapters of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for accountability at the global level.
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As another Black has been shot, we ponder how we can start addressing these issues. We tell the story of Mamie Carthan.
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Legal oppression is the historic foundation of racial disparities. We explore this topic along with statistics that provide leading and lagging indicators. We tell the story of Elmore Bolling's lynching.
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Health inequity is a black and white issue driven by systemic racism. Research show that blacks have more issues with wellness than their white counterparts. We discuss the historic reasons why Black people mistrust the research and healthcare systems. We explore the story of Henrietta Lacks and her contribution to the world.
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The constitution gives the US President the ability to pardon. This power has had a long standing negative impact on us. We take a look at Trump and confederates being pardoned.
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Presidential election is complete. Now it is time for us to organize and prepare for the next 2-8 years. Black women have been the foundation of many wins.
We start with the story of Stacy Abrams.
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We explore what happens after you cast your ballot and election day concludes. Why does the popular vote not elect the president? Electoral college impact on the election? Have you heard of the Safe Harbor deadline? Learn how the Joint Session of Congress declares the results. Inauguration day is an expression of our democracy.
We start with the story of Thomas Mundy Peterson, the first African American to vote.
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We explore the fact that All Black Lives Matter. Why is the African Diaspora disconnected from Africa? Take a deep dive into the #EndSARS movement and the impact of colonialism in Nigeria. The confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice, while these institutions erode in front of us. These topics and many more are discussed in this episode.
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Do Black Men protect Black Women? The Contract With Black America takes a wrong step as Ice Cube visits with the Trump. The story of James Armistead Lafayette unfolds. American Revolution was about economic freedom during a British financial crisis. These topics and many more are discussed in this episode.
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Many immigrants have found ways to codify themselves into American myth. In this episode, we explore the impact of Christopher Columbus on Italian Americans and the World. Also, we look into Willie Lynch, the name that sparked fear in many Native Black Americans. Both stories give a voice to those that have not been heard.
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On this episode: Devon addresses how white folk flip the narrative so they don't have to deal with the truth.
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Show Notes
~~~ Intro ~~~ ~~~ In The News ~~~
Trump nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday
- Roe v. Wade, the court’s landmark decision recognizing a right to choose abortion
- 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ~ dissent suggesting that states could pass so-called reasons bans, outlawing abortion for reasons of race, sex or disability selection
- A law professor at the University of Notre Dame ~ “value of human life from conception to natural death.”
- Court already had a majority ready to reverse Roe
- Feminism | Religion | Impacting her decision
- Go Vote.
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Horrible game of Tug War ~ Nobody’s Winning
- Breonna deserves better
- Man, 26, who is accused of shooting two Louisville officers during protests over the Breonna Taylor case is held on $1million bail after pleading not guilty ~ Larynzno D. Johnson, 26, was held on $1million bail arrested in 2-3 days
- Ahmaud Arbery 2/23 - Mar 7 / 21 arrests
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BLM organizer plows her car into crowd of Trump supporters in California and injures two - before she is arrested and charged with attempted murder
Ari Weil ( @ariweil )
- PhD student @UChicagoPolSci
- National attention - Heather Heyer in Charlottesville \
- Domestic terrorism
- Vehicle rammings gained popularity on the far-right as a violent anti-protest
- Floyd's May 25 killing - 9/5
- 104 incidents (96 by civilians and 8 by police).
- 39 charged. 43 cases malicious intent.
- 6 state tried to pass bills to protect the drivers
- Memes also dehumanize the protesters. Calling protesters
- “animals” and “speed bumps”
- "an attitude adjustment”
- "there were protesters blocking the fucking road, they deserved to be hit, anybody would"
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“White Fragility” - Flippin the narrative
- Robin Diangelo ~ “Challenge to our very identities as good, moral people”
- Trump calls the Kenosha Violence “Domestic Terrorism” “Anti American”
- “the committing of terrorist acts in the perpetrator's own country against their fellow citizens”
- Far right militancy
- a loose-knit group of anti-government activists
- Antifa, Boogaloo Bois, Proud Boys and others on the far left and far right
- White Supremacists / White Nationalist agenda
- DHS says white extremists pose the nation's most 'persistent and lethal' threat
- White genocide theory
- Non-white folk and their anti-racist allies pose an existential threat to western civilization.
- Russia a friend ~ elections | foreign relations
- Protestors are “thugs” and “agitators and anarchists”
- Stop all diversity (anti-racism) training ~ anti-racism training, calling it “a sickness”
Trump Taxes (NYT)
- $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency first year in the White House, he paid another $750.
- no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years ~ Reported losing money
- decade-long audit battle $72.9m tax refund that he claimed | Owe $100m
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On this episode: Devon addresses the supreme court and justice for 'colored' people.
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~~~ Intro ~~~
~~~ In The News ~~~
Jury decline to charge cops for the death of Breonna Taylor Boyfriend shot at the cops 2 administrative duty | 1 fired charged with wanton endangerment officer hankinson did not shot taylor 2 Officers Shot in Louisville Protests Over Breonna Taylor Charging Decision ... Bureau building, and the authorities declared the gathering a riot 9pm curfew | Invited to church Kentucky's only Black female legislator, State Rep. Attica Scott, arrested on felony rioting charge at Breonna Taylor protest. Scott has sponsored "Breonna's Law", which is legislation that will regulate how search warrants are carried out and will mandate the use of body cameras during searches.
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Seattle ~ Video police officer rolling bicycle over head of a protestor
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Trump - “No transfer - Just a continuation” Peaceful transition of power - 1792 Unsolicited ballots Court Orders Census Counting To Continue Through Oct. 31; Appeal Expected
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RBG - Lie in state at the state capitol
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A partisan fight ensures Stimulus package vs supreme court 6:3 majority of conservatives, there is virtually no urgency to vote for him again Many people feel that the only thing that Trump has gotten right is adding conservatives to the Supreme court Political Death - Confirming a new Justice before the election
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Why is this important to us? Judical Supremecy
Institutionalized White Supremacy | black inferiority | Colored inferiority
1776 ~ Declaration of Independence The Court’s have never acknowledged, apologized, corrected or repair their historical errors against We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
State Battle - North vs South
1857 - Dred Scott vs. John Sanford Black Americans “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” Chief Justice Roger B. Taney African Americans were not and could not be citizens Founders' words in the Declaration of Independence, “all men were created equal,” were never intended to apply to blacks
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments
SECTION 1 All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Jim Crow, after the end of Reconstruction (1863-77)
1896 - Homer Plessy v. John Ferguson Plessy was light-skinned—“fair-skinned enough to cause confusion,” June 7, 1892 - boarded a train Louisiana White Car | Conductor removed him May 18, 1896 - “equal but separate” the theory that segregation is not per se discrimination assumption everything is equal Worst Decision - Never Overruled (de facto overruled) Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954, to declare that school segregation violated the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Judicial Supremacy is a problem Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution and establish its meaning for federal, state and local government alike Not given by Constitution constructed over time by political and legal actors throughout the system, from presidents and lawmakers to the judges and justices themselves No atonement for us at for their historical errors
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On this episode: Devon talks about the impact of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Show Notes
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Intro
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In The News
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National Voter Registration Day
- 4th Tuesday September
- Ignoring of Black men
COVID-19
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200K US /
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CDC guidance continues to change
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No approved vaccine
Breonna Taylor
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Judgment ~ 12 million
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Boyfriend plea deal
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Main Topic
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RBG "The Notorious R.B.G." - Supreme Court
- Legacy
- an advocate for gender equality and women's rights, winning many arguments before the
- Ledbetter vs. Goodyear (2007)
- discriminatory pay
- discrimination often occurs in small increments over large periods of time
- Obama - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
- "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
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- Supreme Court Impact
- Trump has secured a senate majority and has not pick anyone
Follow the Money - Charitable Black Donations
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Follow the money
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Wealth building
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Fair shot - undercapitalized
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Crabs in a barrel
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Solution - working together / cooperative economics
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On this episode: Devon addresses the concept of defunding the police.
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~~~ Intro ~~~
~~~ In The News ~~~
Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, NJ 9/11 memorial We will never defund you.
August - Austin City Council slash the police department's budget by $150 million with immediate cuts totaling $21.5 million
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) "Warning!!! Austin Police Defunded Enter at Your Own Risk "Limited Support Next 20 Miles”
DPD - defunding 7 million in overtime pay
Governor Abbott not happy
The fear is abolishing "don't keep us safe. That's not their role ... they protect property," early policing in the US was in the form of volunteer slave patrols Black people 13 percent of the US ~ 40 percent federal and state prisons
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Defunding supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support
~~~~~~~ History of Police ~~~~~~~
Boston created a night watch in 1636, New York in 1658 and Philadelphia in 1700
Philadelphia created the first day watch in 1833 and New York instituted a day watch in 1844 as a supplement to its new municipal police force
The first publicly funded, organized police force with officers on duty full-time was created in Boston in 1838
New York City in 1845, Albany, NY and Chicago in 1851, New Orleans and Cincinnati in 1853, Philadelphia in 1855, and Newark, NJ and Baltimore in 1857
they were publicly supported and bureaucratic in form; police officers were fulltime employees, not community volunteers or case-by-case fee retainers; departments had permanent and fixed rules and procedures, and employment as a police officers was continuous; police departments were accountable to a central governmental authority
creation of police forces were centered not on the protection of shipping interests but on the preservation of the slavery system
“Slave Patrol” - to chase down, apprehend, and return to their owners, runaway slaves; to provide a form of organized terror to deter slave revolts; and, to maintain a form of discipline for slave-workers who were subject to summary justice, outside of the law, if they violated any plantation rules
the first formal slave patrol had been created in the Carolina colonies in 1704
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wilmington, NC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “We are just gonna go out and start slaughtering them fucking ni—–s. I can’t wait. God, I can’t wait”
Officers
Piner a civil war is needed to Wipe ‘en off the Fucking map. That’ll put ‘em back about four or five generations
"she needed a bullet in her head right then"
Chief Donny Williams - First day on the job
3 officers - late 1990 - Fired Officers James Gilmore and Kevin Piner and Corporal Jesse Moore
Systemic Racism
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1898 Prior - Blacks Thrive
1898 Nov 10 - mob of white supremacists armed with rifles and pistols Coup D’Etat - removal of an existing government from power, usually through violent means Alfred M Waddell
Wilmington Morning Star 11/11 Headline - Bloody Conflict With Negroes Blacks Provoke Trouble White men forced to tae up arms for preservation of law and order
1899 - Jim Crow laws
Jr Married - Book Keeper Accountant Elizabeth - Never married
“If the lions do not write their own history, then the hunters will get all the credit.”
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On this episode: Devon addresses the concept of #nohashtag occurring when violence happens in the our community.
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Show Notes
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Intro
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In The News
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Catching Up
September 11
danielprude
Protests, but lasers
From Chicago
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Main Topic
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local power and to intervene when violence was inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes
Another little girl - Subaru SUV at the stop light on Union Avenue at West 47th
Over 40 juveniles
1 of 53 shot Holiday Weekend
5 under 10
Postal worker shot - 24 years old 91st & Ellis
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Why is Chicago so Violent?
Calvin Green CVS ℅ 92 - 934th Murdered
80s Black P Stone Nation Jeff Fort
Crack Epidemics
Jamaican Posses on the East Coast or the Crips and the Bloods on the West Coast, to gain a foothold in the city. gs
Mid - 90s GD Larry Hoover
Gang - When you lose the leadership, it turns into chaos… What we’re dealing with now is basically the fallout of gang disorganization
The Fracturing of Gangs and Violence in Chicago: A Research-Based Reorientation of Violence Prevention and Intervention Policy January 2019
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On this episode: This is an informed barbershop conversation about becoming a #hashtag.
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Intro
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Welcome to
Endangered Species Unapologetically
Why the name?
Think about this as the slightly more informed South Side of Chicago barbershop
Eshu - Orisha! Trickster God ~ Tha Gatekeeper ~ Yoruba
Who am I?
mrdevonmorris
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Main Topic
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Is it a few Bad Apples or a systemic problem with the entire orchard?
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Andy Lopez walking through a vacant lot carrying a airsoft gun
- 13yo Prince in Santa Rosa, CA
- October 22, 2013 - Shot - No indictments - 3m settlement
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andylopez
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Eric Garner had just broken up a fight - selling a few loosy
- 43-44yo King in Staten Island, NY
- July 17, 2014 - Suffication - No indictments - 5.5m settlement
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ICan’tBeathe
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Mike Brown was unarmed. Some say he assaulted a police officer and reached for the officer's handgun.
- 18yo Prince, in Ferguson, Missouri
- August 9, 2014 - 12 shoots fired / 6 hit him - No indictments - Settled
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HandsUpDon'tShoot
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Ezell Ford was detained for walking in his neighborhood. Mental Health Issues
- 25yo Prince in South L.A
- August 11, 2014 - Shot - No Indictments - 1.5m
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EzellFord
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Michelle Cusseaux was changing the lock on her home's door when police arrived to take her to a mental health facility. Understand her family and mental health workers called for police assistance
- 50yo Queen in Phoenix, AZ
- August 9, 2014 - Shot - No indictments - lawsuit???
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MichelleCusseaux #SayHerName
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Tanisha Anderson was having a bad mental health episode, and her brother called 911
- 37yo Queen in Cleveland, OH
- November 12, 2014 - Restrained - 10 day suspension - lawsuit???
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TanishaAnderson #SayHerName
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Tamir Rice was playing in a park with fake gun
- 12yo Prince in Cleveland, OH
- November 22, 2014 - Shot - No charges - 6m
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TamirRice
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Natasha McKenna was having a schizophrenic episode when she was tazed
- 37yo Queen in Fairfax, Va
- February 8, 2015 - Cardiac arrest; Excited delirium - No charges
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NatashaMcKenna #SayHerName
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Sandra Bland stop for a pretextual traffic stop
- 28yo Waller County, Texas
- July13, 2015 - Asphyxiation (ruled suicide) - No charges - 1.6m
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SandraBland #SayHerName
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Walter Scott was going to an auto-parts store.
- 55yo King in North Charleston, SC
- Quintonio LeGrier
- April 4, 2015 - Shot in the park - Verdict 20 years
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WalterScott
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Bettie Jones answered the door to let Chicago police officers in to help her upstairs neighbor, who had called 911 to resolve a domestic dispute.
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- 55yo Queen in Chicago, IL
- Quintonio LeGrier
- December 26, 2015 - Shot on a traffic stop - Fired (8y) - 16m
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BettieJones #SayHerName
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Philando Castile was driving home from dinner with his girlfriend.
- 32yo King in Minneapolis, MN
- July 6, 2017 - Shot on a traffic stop - Verdict Not Guilty
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PhilandoCastile
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Botham Jean was eating ice cream in his living room
- 26yo King in Dallas, TX
- September 6, 2018 - Shot by off-duty officer - Guilty Verdict - ???
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BothamJean
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Atatiana Jefferson was babysitting her nephew at home
- 28yo Queen in Fort Worth, TX
- October 12, 2019 - Shot on a “Welfare Check” - Murder Charge - ???
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AtatianaJefferson #SayHerName
- Eric Reason was pulling into a parking spot at a local chicken and fish shop.
- 38yo King in Richmond, VA
- November 10, 2019 - Shot by off-duty officer -
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EricReason #”Cheddaman”
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Dominique Clayton was sleeping in her bed.
- 32yo Queen in Oxford, Mississippi
- May 19, 2019 - Shot in the back of the head - Former officer charged
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DominiqueClayton #SayHerName
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Breonna Taylor was also asleep in her bed. No Knock Warrant
- 26yo Queen in Louisville, KY
- March 13, 2020 - Shot | Residential search - No Indictment
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BreonnaTaylor #SayHerName
- Attorney General Daniel Cameron | 1st Black
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George Floyd was at the grocery store.
- 46yo King in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- May 25, 2020 - Restrained - Fired / Jail - ???
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846 #GeorgeFloyd
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Daniel Prude was naked, face covered and restained. Mental Health Issues
- 43yo King in Rochester, NY
- March 23, 2020 - Shot - Investigating ~ 7 police officers suspended by mayor warren - ???
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DanielPrude
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Jason Blake at a party with family, probably had some communication issues
- 29yo King in Kenosha, WI
- August 24, 2020 - Shot 7 times - paralyzed
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jasonblake
I don’t want to be a #hashtag
But I rather be a #hashtag than whitewashed or forgotten by history.
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