#TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

By PeraclesPlease on Tue, 05/26/2020 - 8:16am |

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-shows-minneapolis-cop-with-knee-on-neck-of-motionless-moaning-man-he-later-died/

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Andrew Yang:

If a man casually snuffs out another man’s life on film he should be tried for murder.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) May 28, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 4:07pm

This is so unspeakably sad. If the pattern of past riots hold, residents of this area will suffer economically for decades as a result. https://t.co/JQ5GkL9BC1
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) May 28, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 5:28pm

In real life, almost nobody wants their town and their livelihoods burned down. It's not a polarized issue, even if social media promotes it as one. https://t.co/BwyabXr1zi
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

The people destroying businesses and causing harm are a small minority but they're being conflated with the protesters by both passionate advocates and opponents on social media..there's actually very little overlap.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

Edit to add two more tweets added to his thread

I really regret seeing media personalities and other people earning large salaries defending the destruction of communities out of some sense of moral outrage identity. That's self-serving. It isn't actually thinking about a compassionate response. And it's...
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

...failing to understand that, like in many similar circumstances in the US and across the world, a small minority of people exploit these situations to commit crimes for their own benefit, not to bring about any kind of political change.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 11:01pm

I’m always amazed how many people think police brutality is only something minorities should be concerned about. American police kill more white people alone in a year than European countries do over the course of decades.
— Thomas Chatterton Williams (@thomaschattwill) May 28, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 7:15pm

Street protests, fires, and looting in response to George Floyd’s death that the hands of police. @jessecordweber speaks with Criminal Defense Attorney @EsqPhil, Law Professor Kirk Burkhalter and Law & Crime's @BuckEsq about the case tomorrow at 2pm ET. https://t.co/qHT03sKkEv pic.twitter.com/vsJ8NY7G5A
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 8:28pm

Minnesota's Attorney General:

What we’re dealing with is not an isolated case. We’re dealing with a systemic problem...the state needs permanent, deep systemic change. pic.twitter.com/QMe1OKNRKm
— Attorney General Keith Ellison (@AGEllison) May 27, 2020

When George Floyd was tragically killed, National conversation focused on justice for him, systematic change. Focus must return to where it belongs; distracting conduct must cease; Police must restrain their response. Protesters need to center #JusticeForFloyd
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) May 28, 2020

This man doesn’t look like any civil rights protestor I have ever seen. Looks like a provocateur. Can anyone ID him? “Suspicious Man Breaks Window & Starts Minneapolis Riots” - YouTube https://t.co/e1lNAabWcb
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) May 28, 2020

Those are the three latest tweets, more at his feed.

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 9:33pm

These officers were said to be responding to a report of a forged check. And somehow that non-violent claim ended with a man begging to be allowed to breathe. https://t.co/F8cOffcPSa
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:56pm

Velshi: The Third Precinct Minneapolis Police Station is now on fire pic.twitter.com/rVrPf6ZOxr
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 29, 2020

Protesters gain access to a Minneapolis police precinct and set fires in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody. https://t.co/GdfSK4gpW6
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 11:35pm

BREAKING: Few quick bursts of gunfire coming from near 3rd Precinct @MinneapolisPD. My security team tells me it sounds like an assault rifle. No police in sight. Moving locations. #NBCNews
— Morgan Chesky (@BreakingChesky) May 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 12:00am

#TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

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