Jun 12, 2020
scurrythe idea that (in their mind) Dorner, Johnson, and Long (as former military) defended America from terror by killing police is powerful
when are they gonna get statues?
Jun 12, 2020·3 replies
flackojodyeHow convenient
https://twitter.com/enews/status/1271428155799212033Racist ass ABC
They don’t deserve praise or a pat on the back for doing this and they’re most likely only doing it cause of the current climate.... It should’ve happened a long time ago....
But isn’t it a good thing that they’re doing it? Would you have rather them continued casting white guys?
Jun 12, 2020so whats with this whole CHAZ place?
Jun 12, 2020·1 replyDirtyThey don’t deserve praise or a pat on the back for doing this and they’re most likely only doing it cause of the current climate.... It should’ve happened a long time ago....
But isn’t it a good thing that they’re doing it? Would you have rather them continued casting white guys?
I think everyone's just tired of superficial responses like this to issues that run deeper than casting a black dude on a show.
- Jun 12, 2020·8 replies
Really
These are all tactics to distract us or soften us up.
Jun 12, 2020·1 replyhttps://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1271262070961516544AP3Really
These are all tactics to distract us or soften us up.
racism is over
- Jun 12, 2020·1 replySeafarer
racism is over
Smh they trying everything but not listening
- Jun 12, 2020Dirty
They don’t deserve praise or a pat on the back for doing this and they’re most likely only doing it cause of the current climate.... It should’ve happened a long time ago....
But isn’t it a good thing that they’re doing it? Would you have rather them continued casting white guys?
You answered your own question
Jun 12, 2020·5 repliesMy dad was charged with a crime he didn’t commit when he was 16. Got sentenced for a year and spent his 18th birthday in Rikers. Even though he was a minor they didn’t seal his record, making it nearly impossible to get any actual employment. He managed to get a job at a furniture store and in a few years time managed to own a couple stores in the Bronx for himself. However, he was still in trouble. He immigrated from Colombia when he was 8 and because of his record he was ineligible for citizenship. He still payed all his taxes, did his civic duties, and everything a regular US citizen would do, but couldn’t vote or exercise any basic right. He was forced to serve as a witness in 2005 for a criminal case cause they threatened him with deportation. The judge on the case was the same one who sentenced him to a year in Rikers. The man who marked my dad for life as a a permanent illegal called him an “outstanding citizen”. My parents went through immigration lawyers to find out what they could do. Unfortunately the only real way for my dad to be considered for citizenship was for him to leave the country, return, and be detained in the process by ICE, an incredibly risky move. In the end he died at the age of 39 of lymphoma, as a convicted criminal in the eyes of the state for something he never did. Even though my father was white passing they saw his last name and his country of origin and decided to condemn a minor for the rest of his life, the fact that he succeeded in despite of it is remarkably rare, and something not many former convicts are privy to.
The justice system is evil. The prison system is evil. Anyone who condemned my father is going to hell.
Jun 12, 2020AP3Smh they trying everything but not listening
- Jun 12, 2020https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1271262070961516544AP3
Really
These are all tactics to distract us or soften us up.
better late than never but why don't they do the s*** we ask for instead of the random, bare minimum anti racist alternatives
lover ✨Jun 12, 2020https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1271262070961516544AP3Really
These are all tactics to distract us or soften us up.
I guess I’m dumb because it never even crossed my mind they were supposed to blend in with skin lol
- Jun 12, 2020Izzy
My dad was charged with a crime he didn’t commit when he was 16. Got sentenced for a year and spent his 18th birthday in Rikers. Even though he was a minor they didn’t seal his record, making it nearly impossible to get any actual employment. He managed to get a job at a furniture store and in a few years time managed to own a couple stores in the Bronx for himself. However, he was still in trouble. He immigrated from Colombia when he was 8 and because of his record he was ineligible for citizenship. He still payed all his taxes, did his civic duties, and everything a regular US citizen would do, but couldn’t vote or exercise any basic right. He was forced to serve as a witness in 2005 for a criminal case cause they threatened him with deportation. The judge on the case was the same one who sentenced him to a year in Rikers. The man who marked my dad for life as a a permanent illegal called him an “outstanding citizen”. My parents went through immigration lawyers to find out what they could do. Unfortunately the only real way for my dad to be considered for citizenship was for him to leave the country, return, and be detained in the process by ICE, an incredibly risky move. In the end he died at the age of 39 of lymphoma, as a convicted criminal in the eyes of the state for something he never did. Even though my father was white passing they saw his last name and his country of origin and decided to condemn a minor for the rest of his life, the fact that he succeeded in despite of it is remarkably rare, and something not many former convicts are privy to.
The justice system is evil. The prison system is evil. Anyone who condemned my father is going to hell.
WOW, I appreciate you opening up and telling your fathers story. It’s so sad man yeah this country really is f***ed up. R.I.P.
Jun 12, 2020IzzyMy dad was charged with a crime he didn’t commit when he was 16. Got sentenced for a year and spent his 18th birthday in Rikers. Even though he was a minor they didn’t seal his record, making it nearly impossible to get any actual employment. He managed to get a job at a furniture store and in a few years time managed to own a couple stores in the Bronx for himself. However, he was still in trouble. He immigrated from Colombia when he was 8 and because of his record he was ineligible for citizenship. He still payed all his taxes, did his civic duties, and everything a regular US citizen would do, but couldn’t vote or exercise any basic right. He was forced to serve as a witness in 2005 for a criminal case cause they threatened him with deportation. The judge on the case was the same one who sentenced him to a year in Rikers. The man who marked my dad for life as a a permanent illegal called him an “outstanding citizen”. My parents went through immigration lawyers to find out what they could do. Unfortunately the only real way for my dad to be considered for citizenship was for him to leave the country, return, and be detained in the process by ICE, an incredibly risky move. In the end he died at the age of 39 of lymphoma, as a convicted criminal in the eyes of the state for something he never did. Even though my father was white passing they saw his last name and his country of origin and decided to condemn a minor for the rest of his life, the fact that he succeeded in despite of it is remarkably rare, and something not many former convicts are privy to.
The justice system is evil. The prison system is evil. Anyone who condemned my father is going to hell.
Damn R.I.P. it’s so unfair that your father like many others became a victim of our justice system through no fault of his own. This is why reform is needed
Tadow 🥀Jun 12, 2020·1 replyIzzyMy dad was charged with a crime he didn’t commit when he was 16. Got sentenced for a year and spent his 18th birthday in Rikers. Even though he was a minor they didn’t seal his record, making it nearly impossible to get any actual employment. He managed to get a job at a furniture store and in a few years time managed to own a couple stores in the Bronx for himself. However, he was still in trouble. He immigrated from Colombia when he was 8 and because of his record he was ineligible for citizenship. He still payed all his taxes, did his civic duties, and everything a regular US citizen would do, but couldn’t vote or exercise any basic right. He was forced to serve as a witness in 2005 for a criminal case cause they threatened him with deportation. The judge on the case was the same one who sentenced him to a year in Rikers. The man who marked my dad for life as a a permanent illegal called him an “outstanding citizen”. My parents went through immigration lawyers to find out what they could do. Unfortunately the only real way for my dad to be considered for citizenship was for him to leave the country, return, and be detained in the process by ICE, an incredibly risky move. In the end he died at the age of 39 of lymphoma, as a convicted criminal in the eyes of the state for something he never did. Even though my father was white passing they saw his last name and his country of origin and decided to condemn a minor for the rest of his life, the fact that he succeeded in despite of it is remarkably rare, and something not many former convicts are privy to.
The justice system is evil. The prison system is evil. Anyone who condemned my father is going to hell.
F*** man, this hurt to read. S*** like this is exactly why the entire system needs to be dismantled & rebuilt from the ground up.
Hope you & your family are doing well.
- Jun 12, 2020Tadow
F*** man, this hurt to read. S*** like this is exactly why the entire system needs to be dismantled & rebuilt from the ground up.
Hope you & your family are doing well.
We are, and thats thanks to my dad leaving us some money so we end up just fine.
- lover ✨Jun 12, 2020
I finally watched When They See Us this week and holy s***
I had teary eyes through the whole damn thing basically
Jun 12, 2020
GLITZZZTrying to find some concrete sources but apparently there was a black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California last night/early this morning.
https://mynewsla.com/crime/2020/06/11/body-found-hanging-from-tree-in-square-outside-palmdale-city-hall/
There trying to say it was a suicide. But I bet you it wasn't. There's tons of racist out there. And the sherrifs are pieces of s***.
Jun 12, 2020·edited!https://youtu.be/3tR6mKcBbT4scurryDamn near cried 3/4 seperate times during this. . .
Ngl it made me soft too a couple of times throughout.
Dave the GOAT. Just watched the whole thing.
Jun 12, 2020https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1271262070961516544AP3Really
These are all tactics to distract us or soften us up.
That Patrick meme posted earlier super relevant
- Jun 12, 2020·editedJaeRell
I think everyone's just tired of superficial responses like this to issues that run deeper than casting a black dude on a show.
That’s fair. But they still had to cast someone for the show lol
The show is unrelated to the current climate. Would you have preferred they continued that cycle of only white men?
I mean it’s possible this situation DID make them realize they’ve only been casting white males for it. It’s also possible they just don’t wanna face any backlash over casting another white male for it, given the climate right now.
But isn’t it a good thing that they did cast black male? Even if they are only doing it cause of the things going on? Isn’t that the point of these protests? To make changes and stuff? Obviously this show is completely unrelated to police brutality but the point is the same.
- Jun 12, 2020
POLICE REFORM!
We do not give a f*** about the color of a damn band-aid my nigga. As long as it stops the spread of the color red leaking out of our bodies
- Jun 12, 2020
They about to change the color of hydrogen peroxide next
- Jun 12, 2020
While they're at it. Change the color of Mucinex from blue to something else
Jun 12, 2020IzzyMy dad was charged with a crime he didn’t commit when he was 16. Got sentenced for a year and spent his 18th birthday in Rikers. Even though he was a minor they didn’t seal his record, making it nearly impossible to get any actual employment. He managed to get a job at a furniture store and in a few years time managed to own a couple stores in the Bronx for himself. However, he was still in trouble. He immigrated from Colombia when he was 8 and because of his record he was ineligible for citizenship. He still payed all his taxes, did his civic duties, and everything a regular US citizen would do, but couldn’t vote or exercise any basic right. He was forced to serve as a witness in 2005 for a criminal case cause they threatened him with deportation. The judge on the case was the same one who sentenced him to a year in Rikers. The man who marked my dad for life as a a permanent illegal called him an “outstanding citizen”. My parents went through immigration lawyers to find out what they could do. Unfortunately the only real way for my dad to be considered for citizenship was for him to leave the country, return, and be detained in the process by ICE, an incredibly risky move. In the end he died at the age of 39 of lymphoma, as a convicted criminal in the eyes of the state for something he never did. Even though my father was white passing they saw his last name and his country of origin and decided to condemn a minor for the rest of his life, the fact that he succeeded in despite of it is remarkably rare, and something not many former convicts are privy to.
The justice system is evil. The prison system is evil. Anyone who condemned my father is going to hell.
I’m sorry to hear that brother. My father is in a similar situation so I know how it is. Sorry you had to go through this 🙏🏻