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The Counter

TheCounter

THREAD // As protests raged in response to George Floyd’s murder, Michael Thompson was no different from many Americans: He wanted to gather with others to demand respect for Black

Beth Shelburne

bshelburne

I've been thinking about the callous response from @ALCorrections over @TheJusticeDept suing Alabama. To view the prisons as anything outside a bloody shameful horror, one must willfully other the victims.

Brett L. Tolman

tolmanbrett

Thread: Regardless of where you stand on the Death Penalty, let me tell you why @KimKardashian is right on this case and why @realDonaldTrump should commute Bernard’s sentence to life

Rebecca Kavanagh

DrRJKavanagh

James Eric Swinton was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2005 on a minor drug charge under North Carolina's racist habitual offender laws.He was just re-sentenced to time-served and

micah

micahherskind

loving reminder that there are many resources already out there on abolition, many of which address the common (and less common!) questions you might have when learning about abolition short

El Norte Recuerda

Vanessid

I recently completed a two-year project on mass incarceration and poetry, and the biggest thing I had to confront throughout the project is my own hypocrisy, my whiteness, my class

Scoopty

ScooptyWhooop

Reminder that Kanye got in the office w/ Trump and asked for prison reform, tax breaks to bring factory jobs back to america, more mental health institutions, more art programs,

Z

TheZWidler

We need to talk about how Covid-19 has been disproportionately impacting and destroying the lives of prisoners. A thread... The U.S. currently incarcerates more of its population than any other

Chidi Odinkalu

ChidiOdinkalu

#Nigeria has long history of criminalising protest. @policeNG shot & killed about 400 protesting victims of the Bakolori water project in Sokoto in Apr 1980. Then Sokoto State govt claimed

Annie Atkins

AnnieAtkins

Can I just say that no amount of movie-making money thrown at a Photoshop job on a family photo prop is a guarantee that it will work! (A thread).https://twitter.com/rosstmiller/status/1253641031842779136 I’ve

Fifty Shades of Whey

davenewworld_2

QAnon wants to talk about pedophiles in politics? Okay let’s talk. (thread) Republican Tim Nolan, former judge & chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Kentucky, pled guilty to 19

George Hale | جورج هيل

georgehale

The vans carrying media witnesses drove by a small crowd of demonstrators moments ago. Unless there's some new obstacle or delay, the next stop is likely the federal execution chamber.

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7thletterja

Ok, let me tell you the story. A Thread. A few years ago I had reason to have a series of conversations with a self-proclaimed gunman who is now in

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebonyteach

Anyone writing about how mental health is used as a double-edged sword against Black communities?We disproportionately suffer from mental health issues &. can't access health care. OTOH, a common defense

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DrOlufunmilayo

Potiphar wife seduced Joseph daily. She asked him for sex and he turned her down.What did she do?She cried to her husband Potiphar and lied Joseph tried to rape her.Joseph

Books to Prisoners (Seattle)

B2PSeattle

COVID--and the response from carceral facilities--is hurting incarcerated people in so many ways beyond the illness itself, e.g., access to libraries & education was virtually eliminated in many facilities.Also, request

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