Van Jones just dropped a gem: “Biden views Trump as a disruption of the status quo. Bernie views Trump as a result of the status quo.” Most important distinction.
R.M. Tedder
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R.M. Tedder
@RossTedder
Pro-Black | Political Organizer/Consultant | He/Him | Views my Own | Only Bein’ Real Gon’ Heal | CED @apapgh_
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined December 2019
- Folks are laughing but this is clearly to make an example out of him. As a Black person, seeing another Black person chained up with a literal muzzle over their face should never be funny. Not to mention how egregious it is that the same judge is being allowed to hear this case.The man who attacked a Las Vegas judge last week is back in court, in front of the same judge reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/s…
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextDeobra Redden was back in front of Judge Mary Kay Holthus to complete the sentencing that was already underway when he attacked her. He will be tried under a different judge for attacking Holthus at a later time. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/m… - Pittsburgh police killed a man for stealing and then RETURNING a bicycle that was for sale for ***USD 50***. The owner of the bicycle confirmed its lack of value. She said "he could have had it for free." But now, he is dead because someone called the police. THIS is why we say-
- The African American urge to run 2 miles away after a friend tells a funny joke
- “I don’t care if you’re Black, White, purple or green”- A White man about to say the most racially charged shit you’ve ever heard
- Everyone “has anxiety” but not everyone has an anxiety disorder. It’s never as simple as “just getting over it.” It’s incredibly harmful to say things like that to your friends with GAD, and we should all be aware that something that seems small and mundane to you may be-
- Replying to @RossTedderY’all be forgetting that we were still in literal chains 2-4 generations ago.
- That edited ass pic
- Black people make up 12% of the population of Pennsylvania yet are 46% of the prison population statewide. For every 100,000 Black people in PA, over 3,000 are incarcerated. Madness.
- Replying to @boofitbruhNot defending him, just saying he can be transported to jail/legal proceedings in a normal fashion, instead of chaining him up like a bad dog.
- “Most livable city” where police shoot rubber bullets at protestors for being in a park after TELLING us to go there.
- 1/2 George Floyd was murdered one year ago today. The man who did it is behind bars; the system that enabled it is still functioning exactly as it was intended, moving right on to its next target without any hesitation.
