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sheshe2

(83,574 posts)
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 09:51 PM Jan 2015

It's Black and White

Mel Kabong
@eclecticbrotha

12 yr old Tamir Rice: dangerous adult w/a gun. 18 yr old male and his 13 yr old GF: just a couple of lovesick teens on a multi-state spree.
12:07 PM - 18 Jan 2015



Arapaho415 @arapaho415
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#TamirRice shot w/in 2sec of squad car arrival, raising doubts he was warned to raise hands 3x http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/us/in-tamir-rice-shooting-in-cleveland-many-errors-by-police-then-a-fatal-one.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 …
11:07 AM - 23 Jan 2015



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Harold W Nelson @HaroldWNelson
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George Zimmerman now has six mugshots. Trayvon Martin has an obituary. Never forget.
11:07 PM - 13 Jan 2015

http://theobamadiary.com/


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It's Black and White (Original Post) sheshe2 Jan 2015 OP
posted by Cha ... napkinz Jan 2015 #1
Ugly isn't it napkinz. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #3
an ugly truth napkinz Jan 2015 #4
I hate the double standard. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #7
posted by MrScorpio napkinz Jan 2015 #2
Oh those romantic fools. Baitball Blogger Jan 2015 #6
k&r uppityperson Jan 2015 #5
Thank you for this, she~ Stunning Tweet Pics of Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice Cha Jan 2015 #8
Their beautiful souls Cha. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #9
We Will Never Forget Any of Them.. Mahalo she~ Cha Jan 2015 #10
, blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #11
Thanks for these loving memorials. So young, it's all so wrong. appalachiablue Jan 2015 #12
K&R pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #13
K&R Solly Mack Jan 2015 #14
kick napkinz Jan 2015 #15

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
4. an ugly truth
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 11:22 PM
Jan 2015

the way the media portray these stories ... black teens as "thugs"; white teens as goofy or misguided kids


Cha

(296,671 posts)
8. Thank you for this, she~ Stunning Tweet Pics of Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 11:33 PM
Jan 2015

Harold W Nelson @HaroldWNelson
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George Zimmerman now has six mugshots. Trayvon Martin has an obituary. Never forget.
6:07 PM - 13 Jan 2015 1,310 Retweets 697 favorites



Arapaho415 @arapaho415
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#TamirRice shot w/in 2sec of squad car arrival, raising doubts he was warned to raise hands 3x
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/us/in-tamir-rice-shooting-in-cleveland-many-errors-by-police-then-a-fatal-one.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 …
6:07 AM - 23 Jan 2015 56 Retweets 9 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/23/a-tweet-or-two-216/


Dwayne David Paul @DwayneDavidPaul
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This was #EricGarner and his life mattered. This was #EricGarner and his death matters
10:18 AM - 3 Dec 2014 7,931 Retweets 5,992 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/12/04/this-is-what-two-americas-looks-like/





http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/22/ferguson-honors-michael-brown/

We Will Never Forget~

sheshe2

(83,574 posts)
9. Their beautiful souls Cha.
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 12:02 AM
Jan 2015

I cry for them.

The sweet children and Eric Garner and all the others that have been murdered.

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