Car attacks on protesters

Trump has been inciting violence against peaceful protesters and his supporters have been listening https://t.co/fQolgCgDgi
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) July 8, 2020

It’s not a coincidence that this keeps happening. https://t.co/UkBwoJwBCB
— Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) July 8, 2020

In the wake of an alleged assault of a black man by a group of white men in Bloomington, Indiana, and after several protesters were struck in an alleged car attack, demonstrators marched on the police station and Justice Center. https://t.co/21DvU6MUhE pic.twitter.com/g50XcMzjTu
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 8, 2020

A man was radicalized online and crashed a vehicle full of guns through the gates of Justin Trudeau's home.

This ideology has been linked to other arrests for terrorist activities.

The US President hasn't denounced the attack, the ideology, and no one even expects him to. https://t.co/GLQ25LBrIo
— FallOfContext (@ContextFall) July 4, 2020

ok while we're here let's talk about how the passive voice makes it sound like the protesters are magnetizing cars into themselves https://t.co/OjIXYaY9Rx
— lil egusi vert 🇳🇬 (@yedoyeOT) July 10, 2020

Trump attacks Black Lives Matter

Can anyone doubt he is a racist anymore? It’s so obvious.

Fact-checking Trump’s references to the anti-police chant ‘pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon’

I asked. @jonkarl asked. Why is Pres Trump saying the words Black Lives Matter are a symbol of hate?@PressSec said Trump meant the organization of Black Lives Matter is a symbol of hate. But the president did not make that distinction and instead denounced the phrase.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 1, 2020

President Trump calls Black Lives Matter a "symbol of hate" as he digs in on race https://t.co/PtArJP2KvG pic.twitter.com/PneEI4pD8F
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 1, 2020

Trump, who is defending Confederate monuments as a matter of “heritage,” is now describing the words “Black Lives Matter” as a “symbol of hate.” pic.twitter.com/rxkFAnomGZ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 1, 2020

Has there been an example of BLM protesters using the "pigs in a blanket" chant since 2015? That's the only example I can find.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 1, 2020

On Monday, President Trump went after attempts to strip the names of racists from buildings.

On Tuesday, it was a federal housing rule meant to combat racial segregation.

By Wednesday, Trump was calling the words "Black Lives Matter" a "symbol of hate." https://t.co/zstMwYj1hp
— CNN (@CNN) July 1, 2020

Renaming things is not enough

Businesses and governments are trying to avoid making real changes that would make things fair for African Americans and Native Americans by doing superficial things like changing names and taking down statues. Animated TV shows won’t have white actors voice black characters, The Redskins and Indians may change their names, and the NFL will play “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before games. Mississippi will take the Confederate flag out of the state flag.

These are changes that should be made but they are nowhere near enough. The NFL only has two black GMs and three black coaches. Colin Kaepernick still is not on an NFL roster. There is rampant inequality in income, assets, health care and education. That’s where the changes need to be made. The people with the assets figure throwing them a bone will be enough. It’s not.

Trump is a racist and still objects to renaming military bases named after Confederates. Sad!

Instead of pledging to sing Lift Every Voice and Sing before every game in Week 1, a more significant gesture would be NFL owners breaking up with Donald Trump. My latest column for @TheAtlantic https://t.co/vU9RmuTXxC
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) July 3, 2020

We be asking for justice and they be doing shit like renaming food Martin Luther King crabs.
— Khadi Don (@KhadiDon) July 3, 2020

This is a terrific tweet and comments mocking the renaming ideas. Make sure to see the great comment by my neighbor (Dread MD).

A brief history of the word "redskin" and how it became a source of controversy https://t.co/G5Ho5qFdFD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020

George Floyd was murdered on camera while his killer smirked with his hands in his pockets and snuffed the life out of him. Black people have seen zero relative improvement in household wealth disparities with whites in the last 30+ years. Statues are not the point.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 5, 2020

Trump retweets another terrible video

This is disgusting.

Donald Trump this morning proudly retweeted the video of “Ken and Karen” pointing their guns at black people in St. Louis. Trump never misses an opportunity to fan the flames of white resentment and racial unrest. pic.twitter.com/zdSi7GReAX
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 29, 2020

St. Louis couple points guns at peaceful crowd of protesters calling for mayor to resign https://t.co/UvLAr4PTMI
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 29, 2020

Garibaldi had his redshirts; Mussolini his blackshirts; Godwin's Law Violation his brownshirts.

Trump has his pinkshirts, who are just as important in his coalition as working-class guys wearing MAGA hats and sitting in diners. pic.twitter.com/TuKNqNlaHp
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 29, 2020

By retweeting this, is the president saying it’s okay to confront unarmed protesters by pointing guns at them? https://t.co/PgUNoPPnDA
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 29, 2020

Another Republican placing a very heavy bet this is 1968. https://t.co/7Ga91Gcguj
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 29, 2020

Everybody who said, during the primaries, that racism and Trump's populism is the product of economic anxiety, I want you to take a good look at the St. Louis gun-toting couple, their mansion, and then shut up forever and ever and ever and ever you're stupid and wrong forever. pic.twitter.com/BQEAeeQqjK
— JRehling (@JRehling) June 29, 2020

At least 70 people have died in custody after saying “I Can’t Breathe”

Over the past decade, The New York Times found, at least 70 people have died in law enforcement custody after saying the same words — “I can’t breathe” https://t.co/bdaYzT1PxN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 29, 2020

Phony conspiracy theory about Black Lives Matter

This is why Facebook is dangerous. They let this happen.

Facebook’s @nick_clegg tells @brianstelter that fact-checked content like this is “massively downgraded” in news feed. Then why on Earth was this lie the #3 post on Facebook on Friday? https://t.co/5008R4E6ZL
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 28, 2020

Don’t forget about Breonna Taylor

No police officers have been arrested for her murder. We cannot forget about her and her killers must be held accountable.

#BreonnaTaylor’s killers have still not been arrested.

We had to fight to get her name said. Fight to get her family heard. Fight to get the activists heard.

And we’ll keep fighting. #SayHerName
— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) June 18, 2020

Breonna Taylor's family is demanding answers about her death from the City of Louisville, Kentucky, an attorney for her family says in a letter.

It ends by saying Taylor's mother, Tamika, "deserves the truth" and that "the city deserves the truth." https://t.co/ti1N0EyISR
— CNN (@CNN) June 16, 2020

It has been 96 days since Breonna Taylor was killed. Her killers have not been arrested. If the system will continue to protect her killers, then we must change the system.
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) June 17, 2020

Breonna Taylor’s police report said she had “no injuries” when she in fact had 8 gunshot wounds. And the 3 cops responsible still walk free. WT fucking F?
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 17, 2020

For 21 days, protesters in Louisville have gathered in the name of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville Police. https://t.co/Cdpx0g35cA
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 18, 2020

Additional videos of racist police brutality

This is why most Black folks aren't happy to just "reform" the police. How do you reform a group that thinks the solution to someone asleep in their car is killing them? & this is more than 2 weeks AFTER #GeorgeFloyd & worldwide protests. #DefundThePolice https://t.co/sRd0DXgDsE
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) June 13, 2020

How are people supposed to trust a police force whose leadership sees this video and says we don't have a problem here. https://t.co/okorJPf648
— Bruce Anderson (@bruceanderson) June 12, 2020

'I can't breathe,' Oklahoma man, Derrick Scott, 42, tells police before dying. 'I don't care,' officer responds.https://t.co/D95XOgxzqg
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 11, 2020

Newly released body camera footage from an arrest in Oklahoma City last year shows a suspect saying “I can’t breathe,” and an officer responding "I don't care," before the man died at a hospital. https://t.co/Z23DuHXH4u
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 11, 2020

Heavily armed, violent mass murderers like Dylann Roof are somehow arrested without incident.

Innocent, unarmed African-Americans are repeatedly killed during police encounters.

Why? pic.twitter.com/a9mxH05CjM
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) June 10, 2020

“He had committed no crime. What he needed what a helping hand—but he got was a deadly knee,” Ben Crump, the attorney for Timothy Coffman’s family. https://t.co/ppNzkgPmkT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 19, 2020

Police spending grows as cities have become far safer

In Boston, Los Angeles and Milwaukee, about one in every 10 dollars of local government spending goes to the police. In Minneapolis, it’s about one in every 20 dollars.

Police spending has grown over the past 40 years, even as cities have become far safer https://t.co/XUosJIXcf0
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) June 13, 2020

Trump attacks Seattle and distorts what is happening there

I've seen people say, "but what if it were a right-wing thing?!?"

We ran that experiment when the heavily armed Bundy gang took over a federal wildlife refuge. They were allowed to occupy it for six weeks until the last militants surrendered on their own. https://t.co/onaCXxneoJ
— David Burbach (@dburbach) June 13, 2020

Seattle protesters struggle to determine what’s next for "autonomous zone" as Trump lobs threats https://t.co/E0GhJDnqJ5
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 13, 2020

Black-owned businesses have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus crisis https://t.co/DkSuDCDO1E via @BW
— Bloomberg (@business) June 12, 2020

"The Seattle Police Department walked back its claim, widely repeated in the news media, that denizens of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone are extorting businesses…The claim seems to have gained traction after it was published in conservative blog…" https://t.co/ZDbSNQzg6J
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 13, 2020

I’ve been standing at 23 & Rainier for 1+ hour as the march passes. Still no end in sight. Miles and miles of people. Historic. #blmseattle #seattleprotests pic.twitter.com/rk6uLEzDp7
— Liz Jones (@KUOWLiz) June 12, 2020

"I want to assure the President, Seattle is fine," says Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan after protesters carved an "autonomous zone" in her city. "I'm not sure what he's so afraid of, and what he is depicting to the nation, just isn't true." pic.twitter.com/xvI1w46exh
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) June 13, 2020

THREAD: The President of the United States said today that "domestic terrorists have taken over Seattle," the 18th largest city in the nation. This is totally untethered from reality. But nobody cared, because it's "Trump being Trump." Well, I care. Let's take a close look. (1/8) pic.twitter.com/EYRSWyOP43
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) June 12, 2020

Seattle mayor tells President Trump to "go back to your bunker" after he criticizes her handling of protests https://t.co/vp5P0YH37T pic.twitter.com/wjtwQ6UFfc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 12, 2020

>> @ByMikeBaker in Seattle: "There was no violence or looting, and the city’s fire chief wandered around the area talking with protesters about their needs and a collaborative path forward" https://t.co/U5NvHg8ano
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 11, 2020

I took a look at the local coverage of what's happening in Seattle.

The contrast with Fox News's coverage of it is hilarious.

It's "children made chalk drawings" versus "Seattle under siege."

Fox News, of course, is what set off Trump's latest threat.https://t.co/9EEOXeLfLQ pic.twitter.com/wDgEkcsLz2
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 11, 2020

This is some hysteria from the NYPD sergeants union about peaceful protests in Seattle.

Not a good look.

Helps to explain so many incidents of cops abusing peaceful protesters. https://t.co/gm51v1yLlh
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) June 11, 2020