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  1. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IRZWiqBHYaY

  2. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=C9rrlPkd3VQ

  3. 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) wapo.st/3Y5OyEV #Biden #StateOfTheUnionAddress #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #EricGarner #TamirRice #MikeBrown