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We applaud Judge Timothy Walmsley for sentencing the men who chased and lynched Ahmaud Arbery to a life sentence w/o the possibility of parole. They deserve the maximum penalty for their heinous crime.
We hope this brings some closure to the Arbery family. #BlackLivesMatter
BREAKING: Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of #AhmaudArbery.
The McMichaels do not have possibility of parole, while Bryan is eligible in 30 years.
Valentina Orellana Peralta and Daniel Elena Lopez should be alive today. It is common sense to not shoot recklessly in a department store especially if the suspect is no longer a threat. The cop who killed them was trigger-happy and negligent. He should be fired and prosecuted.
I'm glad that there will be some measure of accountability for the murder of Daunte Wright. This is the second conviction of a police officer accused of murder in Minnesota history. The first officer? Derek Chauvin who killed George Floyd 10 miles from where Wright was killed.
Breaking: Kimberly Potter, the former police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright in a traffic stop, was found guilty of first and second degree manslaughter on.wsj.com/3mp3xsP
Nonetheless, justice would be George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and Ahmaud Arbery being alive today. There is still a lot of work to do to reform our racist criminal justice system in America and make clear that #BlackLivesMatter.
We are not convinced by Kim Potter’s testimony that she thought her weapon was a taser. A 26 year veteran of the police force would know the difference between a taser and a glock. Driving while black should not be a death sentence. Hopefully the jurors hold Potter accountable.
Jurors are deliberating in the trial of Kim Potter, the former police officer who testified she mistook her gun for a Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. Follow live updates:
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This is accountability. Justice would be Ahmaud Arbery being alive today.
I am relieved that the jury held them accountable for this modern-day lynching.
We must continue the fight to dismantle white supremacy, including in our justice system. #BlackLivesMatter
"I never thought this day would come, but God is good," Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said after the verdict. "Thank you — thank you for those who marched, those who prayed." nyti.ms/3DPyIE5
Ahmaud Arbery was chased and lynched by three white men.
This week, a nearly all-white jury will reach a verdict in the murder trial.
Throughout history, white juries have rarely convicted white men guilty of racial terrorism. @CdaJustice hopes history does not repeat itself.
I am outraged by the verdict in the Rittenhouse trial. This sends a message that if you're white in America it is okay to cross state lines with an assault weapon, intimidate people, and murder them.
The justice system in America imprisons Julius Jones and lets Kyle walk free.
Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted of all charges in his homicide trial cnn.it/3oHvjAZ
We're delighted to hear that Julius Jones’ life has been spared. But it was cruel for Gov. Stitt to make Jones wait until hrs before he was scheduled to be executed. This is the state playing games with a Black man's life. The fight continues until the death penalty is abolished.
Breaking News: Hours before his scheduled execution, the death-row inmate Julius Jones had his sentence commuted by Oklahoma’s governor. nyti.ms/3CusCaZ
Larry Krasner has been an ardent opponent of mass incarceration during his tenure as Philadelphia’s District Attorney. Additionally, he has ended cash bail for most offenses and advocated for police accountability.
We are delighted to see him emerge victorious last night.
Despite lethal injection often causing a slow and painful death the state of Oklahoma executed John Marion Grant using the method on Thursday. He vomited and convulsed a dozen times after getting injected.
We urge @GovStitt to spare Julius Jones’ life. He was wrongly convicted.
John Marion Grant was executed at 4:21 p.m. after convulsing two dozen times and vomiting, witnesses say. It was the first in Oklahoma, one of the country’s leading death penalty states, in over six years. nbcnews.to/3mqC4HK
If you live in Minneapolis, MN vote #YesOn2 this Tuesday so that mental health and substance abuse professionals can respond to some 911 calls instead of the police. We stand with @BlackVisionsMN, @reclaimtheblock, and @TwinCitiesDSA in calling for a Department of Public Safety.
"In Minneapolis, the long-overdue first step towards real change begins with voting yes on Question 2 to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a comprehensive Department of Public Safety."
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Julius Jones is a Black man on death row in Oklahoma despite overwhelming evidence proving his innocence. The fact a police officer used a racial slur during his arrest, and the state called for an almost exclusively white jury makes clear race was a factor in his prosecution.
Julius Jones was a boy when he was falsely accused and sent to face execution. His clemency hearing is tomorrow. As a pastor, I urge @GovStitt to be moved by compassion to free Julius Jones from unjust imprisonment.
The @CdaJustice Caucus is calling for #justiceforjulius. If you want to help, click the link below to send an email to the Governor of Oklahoma and the Pardon & Parole Board so that he is set free.
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89% of people on Rikers Island are there because they cannot afford bail (90% of whom are Black and Brown) and have not even been convicted of a crime. People are denied access to food, medical care, and basic hygiene. I call on @NYCMayor to #DecarcerateNow.
Yesterday, we toured Rikers Island with @RepMaloney and @RepRitchie. We saw first-hand the horrific conditions that individuals incarcerated on Rikers Island are living under and the support staff and corrections officers are working under. (1/3)
The system is still broken. It’s our job to fix it.
But I hope you all get some rest tonight, and find peace.
Reminder that Legal Injection is not a JUST way of execution.
There shouldn’t be “executions” in the prison system period.
We must change the language with how we view the system.
We must no longer use words such as prisoners.
We must humanize the incarcerated, because they are people too. Always have, always will.
While we watch a very enjoyable NCAA tournament, let us not forget that many universities use companies who are involved with prison labor.
In some states, prisons are not required to pay the incarcerated at all for their labor.
Pay the incarcerated the minimum wage.