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@sandylocks

Executive Director ; Professor of Law, Columbia and UCLA; Host

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    10 hours ago

    The originated in 2015. We did so to lift up all Black lives. We did so because the names we’ve mobilized around exclude the names of Black women. Black women are killed by police, too. You can support our work here:

    This image doesn't come close to representing every Black person who's been killed by the police since 2014, but it does give us a sense of which names we've collectively mobilized around. In order to achieve transformative change, we must lift up the WHOLE community.
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    6 hours ago

    These 9 Black women were all killed by police in Texas. Take some time to learn their stories today. Their lives mattered.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    I'll be on again tomorrow at around 9 AM EST. He's been invaluable to the discourse, and he's willing to .

    did nothing wrong. She was accused of no crime. Shortly after midnight on March 13th, police shot her dead in her Louisville apartment. Today would have been her 27th birthday.
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  4. 9 hours ago

    Protestors who have taken to the streets to do so as a clarion call, not just a hashtag -- a demand that the stories and perspectives of Black women are included in our demands for justice and accountability. For your birthday, we want justice.

    For your birthday, we want justice. We want the justice that will come not only when the officers who murdered you are arrested and convicted, but the justice that comes when Black women can sleep without fear that police will storm in and kill them.
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    10 hours ago

    This image doesn't come close to representing every Black person who's been killed by the police since 2014, but it does give us a sense of which names we've collectively mobilized around. In order to achieve transformative change, we must lift up the WHOLE community.

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  6. 11 hours ago

    This your state?

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  7. 13 hours ago

    Black women killed by police are no less grieved by their loved ones. Their lives are no less worthy of being celebrated and uplifted. They are not afterthoughts. Happy birthday, .

    Today, should be celebrating her 27th birthday. She would be celebrating if not for the Louisville police officers who stormed into her home and murdered her. We lift up Breonna's story and celebrate her life.
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    14 hours ago

    Today should have been 's 27th birthday. Demand justice for her.

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    14 hours ago

    Hey , instead of co-opting , how about you actually recognize the Black women who have been killed by police in New York, and adopt comprehensive proposals that center the concerns of Black women who are harassed, brutalized, and killed by police?

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    Jun 4

    Breonna Taylor Atatiana Jefferson Natasha McKenna Pamela Turner Sandra Bland Kayla Moore India Kager Rekia Boyd Aiyana Stanley-Jones Korryn Gaines Michelle Cusseaux Shantel Davis Bettie Jones Pearlie Golden Redel Jones Alexia Christian Miriam Carey Too many others.

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  11. Jun 4

    Private 'violence' against property rights--looting--has always been more problematic in American society than public violence against people. If you're clutching your pearls about smashed storefronts and unmoved by bashed heads, then you're truly embracing American values.

    I don’t know, I find this a lot more disturbing than looting
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  12. Jun 4

    And sit with what this tells us about the value of Black women's lives.

    The officers who pushed an elderly man to the ground in Buffalo a few hours ago have been (rightfully) suspended without pay. The officers who murdered THREE MONTHS AGO are still being paid by the . There can't be peace until there is justice.
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  13. Jun 4

    Bearing witness.

    Let this photo of NYPD violently arresting a national lawyers guild observer be seen by millions
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    Jun 4

    These 9 Black women were all killed by police in New York. Take some time to learn their stories today. Their lives mattered.

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  15. Jun 3

    We're live on YouTube now!

    Join our Special Blacklight Wednesday for real talk about the conditions of this horrific possibility. What's happening in Minnesota, Kentucky, across the nation and the world? And where do we go from here?
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    Jun 3

    We're live now! Join -

    Tonight! w/ & joined by special guest . RSVP: Will also be live-streamed at:
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  17. Jun 3

    Watch live on YouTube now:

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    Jun 3

    This starts in 1 hr, don't miss it, convened by the great

    Don't miss this incredible line up. Tonight at 8 ET!
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  19. Jun 3

    Our demands for justice and accountability MUST include the stories and perspectives of Black women and girls who are killed by the police. Learn their names. Remember their stories.

    Will you learn their names? Will you remember their stories?
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    Jun 3

    These 14 Black women were all killed by police in California. Take some time to learn their stories today. Their lives mattered.

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