#ericgarner — Public Fediverse posts
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"I can't breathe" is a #slogan of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the United States. The phrase originates from the #lastWords of #EricGarner, who was killed in 2014 after being put in a #chokehold by a #NewYorkCityPolice officer. A number of other #BlackAmericans, such as #JavierAmbler, #ManuelEllis, #ElijahMcClain, and #GeorgeFloyd, have said the same phrase prior to dying during similar #lawenforcement encounters. According to a 2020 report by #TheNewYorkTimes.
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"I can't breathe" is a #slogan of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the United States. The phrase originates from the #lastWords of #EricGarner, who was killed in 2014 after being put in a #chokehold by a #NewYorkCityPolice officer. A number of other #BlackAmericans, such as #JavierAmbler, #ManuelEllis, #ElijahMcClain, and #GeorgeFloyd, have said the same phrase prior to dying during similar #lawenforcement encounters. According to a 2020 report by #TheNewYorkTimes.
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Via Brianna Tucker: “Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black people killed by police will attend President Biden’s #SOTU address as guests of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has ramped up a push for police reform since Tyre Nichols’s killing.” (gift article, no paywall) https://wapo.st/3Y5OyEV #Biden #StateOfTheUnionAddress #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #EricGarner #TamirRice #MikeBrown
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Black Twitter's Expected Demise Would Make It Harder To Publicize Police Brutality and Discuss Racism
#BlackTwitter
#policebrutality
#racism
#GeorgeFloyd
#LaquanMcDonald
#SandraBland
#BreonnaTaylor
#PhilandoCastile
#MikeBrown #Ferguson
#EricGarner #AltonSterling #TrayvonMartin #TwitterMigration #twitterexodus
#BlackLivesMatter #BLM