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African American Policy Forum
@AAPolicyForum
The intersectional think tank behind #SayHerName, #BlackGirlsMatter and #TruthBeTold. Led by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks). Support our work: aapf.org/donate
NYC & Los Angeles
Joined June 2009
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    Trump is fighting harder to stop the count than he did to stop the spread of COVID.
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    In the span of a few days, both Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch were found hanging from trees in Southern California cities about 50 miles apart. There must be full and immediate investigations into their deaths.
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    BREAKING: A member of the Breonna Taylor grand jury just filed a motion asking a judge to release the full proceedings of the grand jury. This is more evidence that AG Cameron's public statement contradict both the facts and what was presented to the grand jury.
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    Less than two months ago, Garrett Rolfe, the officer who killed Rayshard Brooks, took a 9-hour de-escalation course. #DefundThePolice
    Tim Scott: Rayshard Brooks shooting shows de-escalation training is "so important" hill.cm/EIilY7R
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    “Everything that you fought for was not for yourself, it was for those who came after you.” -Chadwick Boseman giving the 2018 commencement address at Howard University
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    In a recent dissent, Amy Coney Barrett wrote that the right to vote and serve on juries belonged "only to virtuous citizens." Her opinion also suggests that all civic rights are subject to virtue-based exceptions.
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    Today is a good day to think about empathy: who receives it, and who is always denied it.
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    Det. Brett Hankinson: -Murdered Breonna Taylor -Has been accused of sexually assaulting two women -Sued multiple times for excessive force -Sits on the Louisville Police Merit Board (which reviews police disciplinary appeals) -Is still being paid by @LMPD -Has not been arrested
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    This is the joy that so triggered Peggy Noonan that she wrote a column about how Senator Harris comes off as “insubstantial, frivolous.” Black joy is something they feel the need to attack.
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    What if we told you that every city and state has organizers and leaders like Stacey Abrams, you just haven’t been listening to them?
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    Brett Hankinson, one of the officers who murdered #BreonnaTaylor and who's been accused of sexually assaulting two women, is a member of the Louisville Police Merit Board, which reviews police officer disciplinary appeals. The officers who murdered Breonna must be arrested *NOW*
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    Priscilla Slater died in police custody on Wednesday. Harper Woods Police Department are refusing to provide her family with full information. Call or email the Harper Woods Police Department to demand justice. #SayHerName Phone: 313-343-2530 Email: [email protected]
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    Black and Latino voters in Philly, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Phoenix just ended Trump’s presidency. Don’t ever forget it.
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    Black and Latino voters in Detroit, Milwaukee, Atlanta, and Phoenix will deliver this election to Joe Biden.