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This is the argument police depts. nationally are relying on as demands to #DefundPolice mount: That cutting police depts. is a racial justice issues because it will disproportionately impact officers of color. #AbolishPolice #DefendBlackLife msn.com/en-us/news/us/…
It's the exact argument #LoriLightfoot made shamefully in the NYT weeks ago, insisting that jobs in the police dept. were one of the only paths to middle-classness for Black and brown Chicagoans. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice #DefendBlackLife nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Forget the fact that this logic (which acknowledges that lower ranking and rookie officers are disproportionately Black and brown) is already admitting the structural racism inherent within police depts. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice #DefendBlackLife
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Breonna Taylor would have turned 27 today.

"She always said that she would be a legend," said her friend Erinicka Hunter. "I just never imagined it would be like this."

Happy Birthday, Breonna. We remember you!

#JusticeforBreonnaTaylor #SayHerName

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Happy Birthday, Breonna. Many people are fighting for you!

Louisville Metro Police barged into Breonna’s home and murdered her as she slept in March. No one has been fired. No one has been charged.
#JusticeforBreonnaTaylor #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter 

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The no-knock warrant for Breonna Taylor's home was illegal. Louisville Metro Police barged into her home and murdered her as she slept in March. No one has been fired. No one has been charged. #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor #DefendBlackLife

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The no-knock warrant for Breonna Taylor's home was illegal. Louisville Metro Police barged into her home and murdered her as she slept in March. No one has been fired. No one has been charged. #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor #DefendBlackLife
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Breonna Taylor was an EMT & first responder.

On March 13,Louisville Metro Police sprayed her home w/20 rounds, shooting Breonna 8 times.

Breonna survived frontlines of a pandemic that disproportionately affects Black people only to be murdered in her bed justiceforbreonna.org
“Police executed a warrant, looking for drugs they never found, reportedly trafficked by a person who did not live with Breonna or in her complex-and whom they already had in custody.”

#JusticeforBreonnaTaylor
#DefendBlackLife
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Today the racist in chief ordered the police to shoot tear gas and rubber bullets at peaceful protestors in Washington, DC who have been tirelessly protesting the murder of George Floyd and demanding justice for black lives. 1/
The police stormed the crowd on horseback to clear the streets for his photo-op so this pathetic man could leave his bunker to walk across the street and pose in front of a historic church holding a bible. 2/
The bishop of this church just went on national television to denounce him and his abuse of sacred symbols as a backdrop for his message, since it is antithetical to the teachings of Jesus Christ. 3/
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