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Walmart literally saw a successful small Black business and thought they could get away with stealing their flavor and re-branding it for Juneteenth.
Anyways, Creamalicious is available at Target.
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Now that’s how you celebrate MLK Day 🤭
BREAKING: Protesters have shut down a main road to the Atlanta airport to demand an end of all US monetary and military support to Israel, an end to Israeli occupation, and an end to Cop City and the Georgia International Law Enforcement exchange.
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This is Preston Hemphill. Detective Hemphill is named in the affidavit as having deployed his taser. He’s 26, born in July 1996. He needs to be charged accordingly for his part of contributing to Tyre Nichols being murdered. Notice the Apple Watch in both pictures..same band.
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Retired Memphis Police Officer Mark Lesure, who was outspoken against MPD after the murder of Tyre Nichols in national media outlets, was allegedly found murdered in his front yard this morning. 2 days after the City of Memphis filed a motion to dismiss the Tyre Nichols lawsuit.
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Memphis Police pepper sprayed, tazed, and beat Tyre Nichols, a 29 year old Black man, during a traffic stop & he died from his injuries.
@ShelbyCountyDA
hasn’t released the body cam footage & it’s been over a week. We're not backing down, do the right thing!
Updated graphic 👇🏽
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@420bandobaaby
@WhatsSleepTho
@TheLateSh0w
And you know how much white People care about dogs compared to black people
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They gon ask them to apologize too?
An organization honoring children lost to gun violence will gather at the FedExForum Thursday, and they’re calling for Ja Morant to apologize to the youth for his recent actions.
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@DaricCott
Not exactly, while that was a factor, Reagan mainly pushed for an end to free college because of the protests in Cali to teach African American studies when he was Governor then pushed for it throughout the US. I did some in depth research on it for op-Ed’s about Student Debt
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Canvassed for the amazing
@malcolmkenyatta
today, rooting for him to win the primary on Tuesday in PA!
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Not having enough ballots in Hinds County, the Blackest county in Mississippi, knowing this was a huge turnout election is blatant voter suppression. And y’all use paper ballots, so you have to have enough! This some bs.
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Memphis Arkansas bridge has been shut down on both sides for several hours now
#ShutItDownForPalestine
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News Article:
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A 19 year old Black man was killed yesterday by MPD and the
#Memphis
Police Department are on mute. This is ridiculous, the Police keep killing young Black folks and there’s no accountability. His mom put out this statement below.
We needs answers and action asap.
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“If I were you, it would trouble my spirit until my dying day. Some of you are young, you’ve got a long time to be haunted by your complicity in that death.”
Barbara A. giving comments on why we need to
#StopCopCity
and how the City Council is responsible for Tort’s murder.
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“Today on what would be Breonna Taylor and Tyre Nichols 30th birthdays, instead of celebrating their life and honoring their memory today, we’re here asking you to not spend more money on a playground for police and invest in our communities.”
#StopCopCity
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Currently
@SenatorHagerty
is arguing that eliminating the filibuster will end democracy as we know it. While Black and Brown minority voters in Tennessee are literally being erased in the proposed re-districting maps, which wouldn’t occur if we passed the Voting Rights Act.
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Update on the
#Montgomery
Melee. The 4 warrants are for the white folks. No Black people are in jail, do not donate to the GoFundMe’s going around.
And if y’all know Reggie tell him to hit me up so we can get him a lawyer.
Montgomery, Alabama authorities address the brawl:
- The captain of the riverboat remained away from the dock for 40-45 minutes because the private boat was blocking
- The owners of the boat confronted the co-captain of the riverboat, were obscene and aggressive. “He was doing
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Bank of America gives money to the Atlanta Police Foundation that’s funding police terror of Black & Brown communities. As they make performative posts about honoring MLK Jr. and his legacy, we shut down the BOA headquarters today in solidarity with the
#StopCopCity
movement.
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@RONSHIRLEYII
@_MrsLockhart
@Brieyonce
@CedricJay1107
Plus considering women were seen as property to their husbands and expected to have sex and children whenever they wanted. Abortion wasn’t an option, regardless if they could afford that many kids or not.
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The officers who murdered Tyre Nichols have been fired. But
@ShelbyCountyDA
Steve Mulroy still hasn’t said anything. What are you going to do about these murders??
#JusticeForTyre
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Can we normalize running for Congress in your 30’s instead of your 60’s & 70’s?
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When we shut down an intersection for 12 hours for
#TyreNichols
the ONLY elected official who showed up was
@Justinjpearson
. That’s the kind of leader we should be electing. Ones who do the work when national news isn’t around.
🗣️Vote
#JustinforJustice
on August 3rd
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Ooh let’s. Because when I, a Black woman, along with other
@BLMLouisville
organzers asked the name be changed we were ignored. I guess we don’t have enough clout to be taken seriously.
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Memphis Police pepper sprayed, tazed, and beat Tyre Nichols, a 29 year old Black man, during a traffic stop. Tyre later died from his injuries. Memphis Police and DA Steve Mulroy have yet to release the body cam footage.We’re not backing down, do the right thing
@ShelbyCountyDA
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“Some of us mite go to jail for this, but some of y’all mite go to hell for this”
Matthew Johnson talks about how
#StopCopCity
protestors are being targeted for simple things like buying supplies for a welcome table and the City council are all complicit in this sham process.
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@TheTNHoller
@MEM_PoliceDept
@MayorMemphis
@SteveMulroy901
@1cjdcop
Y’all could have actually given me credit instead of stealing info from my tweets.
I posted about this over 4 hours ago. Respect Black women and our labor.
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“I’m a Georgia state student who does not want cop city…The world knows we don’t need cop city here or anywhere!”
You did amazing
@geexella
!!
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A Memphis police officer killed a man yesterday.
It was so bad that the MPD officer was relieved of duty while they investigate. But the police put out a sketchy statement that doesn’t even explain how the man died. Just he was stopped, arrested, then later died. Wtf??!!
#acab
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Update:
The officers who murdered Tyre Nichols have been fired. But
@ShelbyCountyDA
Steve Mulroy still hasn’t said anything. What are you going to do about these murders??
#JusticeForTyre
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After organizing for 3 months and being banned from even attending the meetings, the Tyre Nichols Driving Equality Ordinance passed today in the City Council.
The most common Pretextual stops are no longer prohibited to be used by the Memphis Police. This is a huge win 🥹
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@RONSHIRLEYII
@_MrsLockhart
@Brieyonce
@CedricJay1107
If you have Netflix I suggest watching Call the midwife. It’s my favorite show about women & childbirth bc it chronologically takes u through the advancement of reproductive care from mainly midwifery to the options now. Women literally were in poverty & suffering.
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The TN GOP aren't the only ones trying to disrupt democracy, your local Democrat leaders are too. Young Black organizers are being targeted locally & statewide for standing on the side of justice & community.
Tell Chairman Jones to rescind the ban: Martavius.Jones
@memphistn
.gov
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Memphis stands in solidarity with folks in Atlanta. 🗣️Cop City will never be built.
#StopCopCity
#FedUpFedsOut
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@604William
@420bandobaaby
@WhatsSleepTho
@TheLateSh0w
I was just tryna become twitter famous 🤷🏽♀️ but ur welcome
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Young Democrats of America Black Caucus just elected their first Black Woman Chair, me 🥰
#LFG
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Here is
@repgillespie
on video promising to sit down and meet with the Wells family multiple times before pushing HB 1931 through. Like we said, he lied to their faces.
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He just told me a few months ago a woman couldn’t be mayor because she’d get dragged behind a building and raped..the misogyny has always been rampant with Judge Joe Brown.
Here he is saying he wishes he had an hot “granddaughter” to take care of him in his old age
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Here’s an update on the
#riverboatbrawl
in
#montgomery
..if a legal fund is needed I’ll share the link asap 🏊🏽♀️🏊🏽♀️
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I’m so proud of
@malcolmkenyatta
, such an amazing leader and inspiration. Please know your run made an impact on young Black leaders such as myself.
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This is what actual leadership looks like.
@brotherjones_
and
@Justinjpearson
continue to speak up for the people and took over the well during session today. There’s no business as usual as y’all continue to ignore constituents, disrupt that shit.
⚡️🔥 HAPPENING NOW: Democrats
@brotherjones_
@Justinjpearson
@VoteGloriaJ
have taken over the well and disrupted session.
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Chairman Jones was on CNN crying saying “We have to do something” after watching the video of Tyre Nichols being murdered.
But when organizers advocate for police reform through the Memphis City Council he silences them w/ meeting bans. Guess the tears were just theatrics. 🙃
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The city attorney just said there are 8 more officers who will be charged in the murder of Tyre. That’s a total of 13 officers involved in the murder of Tyre Nichols. 13??!!! This shit is outrageous.
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aka “as Tennesseans begin to speak out against our fascism we have to further militarize police to combat it instead of actually listening to them”
#StopCopCity
As Americans face rising crime nationwide, Tennessee is equipping law enforcement with the tools needed to keep every community safe.
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“There is NOTHING that you could accuse black people of, that people will not believe, even absent of evidence”
-
@RealDLHughley
#WhenTheySeeUs
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Rep. Charlie Baum of Murfreesboro has introduced a bill that would prohibit a clerk of court from accepting a cash bail deposit presented by a charitable bail organization on behalf of a defendant. It’s crazy how we’re literally CRIMINALIZING mutual aid.
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Tyre Nichols is the 4th person to be killed by Memphis police in the last month…
Memphis police and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have launched investigations into the action of officers involved in a traffic stop arrest of a man who later died and plan to take “immediate and appropriate action” against them.
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I won the election for President of Shelby County Young Democrats. So I’ll be going by President Amber for the next two years. 😎😜
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Why tf is Rep. Joe Towns yelling at our State reps like he’s their daddy? This is y’all old ass reps problem now, you think because you older that you run something. I’m grateful for reps like
@brotherjones_
and
@Justinjpearson
who actually stand up for their constituents.
Significant confrontation here from Democratic leadership,
@brotherjones_
and
@Justinjpearson
and Leader Karen Camper.
House galleries are now being cleared.
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If you haven’t realized it yet, the republican majority in Tennessee only expels Black folks. The KKK was founded here. The confederacy thrived here. Now they’ve expelled the two youngest state reps. Two Black men. Ain’t nothing but white supremacy all up in that.
#TenneseeThree
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The
#SchoolBoard5
tried to attend the Memphis school board retreat today and were denied entry again. The security stated that we were banned, which is illegal for a public body to do. This is unconstitutional and we will be filing a lawsuit on Monday.
WATCH — MEMPHIS: “Our 1st amendment rights have been violated.”
With
@Justinjpearson
looking on, public school advocates were blocked by
@MSCSK12
’s board from another superintendent search meeting, with armed cops— after an unjustified ban.
A lawsuit is coming.
@MemphisForAll
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“I’m looking at every Black member of this council. Anybody that will vote yes for this project, that doesn’t unequivocally oppose this project in every form, is an enemy to Black people. You are an enemy to your people” -
@RaffiReign
Talk about it Raffi!
#StopCopCity
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He definitely lied. He called the Wells Family yesterday and told them not to come to the Capitol today because the bill wouldn’t be heard until next week. And he NEVER sat down with them to discuss the bill as he promised.
JUST NOW: “HE DID LIE!”
@RepChrisTodd
& the
@TNGOP
CUT OFF
@Justinjpearson
after he said
@repgillespie
lied to Tyre Nichols’ family — they had come to oppose the overreaching bill banning limiting police practices, so Gillespie delayed it then snuck it in today with them gone.
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They said I was banned from going in the City Council meeting, but I can be in the public City Hall building. The security guard Cedric Young said, “Amber, you know what you’re doing. Your presence is getting the people going”
Who knew I was that powerful 🤔
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“At the end of the day, we are the ones to feel the brunt of the weight of being black in America”
- White House Correspondent
@AprilDRyan
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“How can you bring dishonor to an already dishonorable house? How can you bring disorder to a house that is out of order?” -
@brotherjones_
as he testifies against the expulsion resolution
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Memphis Police officers who pulled Tyre Nichols over & murdered him were in Black hoodies and unmarked vehicles. Also police told his mom she couldn’t see him originally cuz of course they were trying to hide what actually happened to him.
Where’s the body cam footage bruh?
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Thinking of our Kentucky comrades as they fight back against legislation targeting gender affirming care. The same legislation that’s passed in Tennessee and most recently Texas.
MOMENTS AGO: This is the scene inside the Kentucky House Chamber right now as police are escorting protesters over Senate Bill 150, a bill critics say is harmful to transgender youth.
"You go after everybody's kids but your own," said Rep. Pamela Stevenson, who opposes the bill.
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Let’s see if the police remain peaceful tonight since they’ve shown over and over again they can’t control themselves. They only know how to respond with violence and we’re seeing the remnants of that as another person has been violently murdered by police.
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Yep, that’s Detective Preston Hemphill
Yal know there was also a white officer who tased Tyre Nichols that they’ve just conveniently opted not to mention?
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Got banned from city council meetings for speaking truth to power and packing out the meetings with community members 😎
EVERYONE INCLUDED; Please brag to me about a thing you did in 2023 that you’re proud of?
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I met Ericka Huggins, former leading member of the Black Panther Party, at the
#BlackFeminismLivesSummit
and it was such a beautiful experience. Also, she said she loves my shirt 🥹🥰
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Just call me Professor Amber 🤭
I’m so excited to take the next step in my career and get to teach students at Rhodes about my research and the history of Money Bail in the US.
#LFG
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The APD and GBI is becoming desperate because they’re losing! Now that the truth has come out that Mayor Dickens lied to folks and this project is actually almost triple the costs the police are scrambling so now they’re attacking legal support systems.
#StopCopCity
This morning, APD raided The Teardown House and arrested three organizers with
@ATLSolFund
.
The Solidarity Fund provides legal defense and bail support for first amendment protected activities in Atlanta and the surrounding area.
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I’m at a March for
#Palestine
and some random police officer walked up to me and said “You know I know who you are right?” and I said “Am I supposed to care?”
Y’all better find someone else to intimidate, I don’t give a damn.
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@TheTNHoller
@Justinjpearson
Oh we’re pulling up deep for Justin. And folks can still send emails, we’ve sent over 66,000 so far.
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Cop City is a global issue. As someone who comes from a city that’s over surveilled, discriminates against Black folks, and aids the carceral state in mass incarceration.
#StopCopCity
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Burna boy so ghat damn fine...like bruh look at the material 🗣🗣🗣
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Update: NO RALLY AT 11:30am
We’re partnering with Rep.Pearson for a March at 12pm, graphic below 👇🏽
🚨 It’s time to BRING JUSTIN BACK! 🚨
🗣️ Pull up for our Day of action on April 12th
👉🏽 Rally at 11:30am
👉🏽 Pack the County Commission Meeting at 1:30pm
#TenneseeThree
#Tennessee2
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As he MF should.
⚡️🎉LAST NIGHT: Rep. Paul Sherrell (R-Sparta) WITHDREW the bill to change John Lewis Way to “Trump Blvd” after much backlash.
Another “L” for Trump. (Reminder: Last week Sherrell said he wants to bring back Lynching.)
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I’ve never driven 4+ hours to canvass for someone, but I did for
@malcolmkenyatta
when he ran for US Senate because I know what it’s like to be told to wait my turn and I’m so glad he didn’t. I can’t wait to watch this inspiring documentary.
Executive produced by Al Roker &
@7knotstim
— this documentary lets you inside the political system through the unique lens of my story w/
@drmattkenyatta
during a incredible & occasionally daunting race. Excited for folks to see — starting in London!
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@CandiceBenbow
I along with others sat down with the organizers and asked they change the name, but we were ignored
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I’m glad both of my homies
@brotherjones_
and
@Justinjpearson
joined the protest at the White House Correspondents Dinner. It’s time to
#EndFossilFuels
🗣️
BREAKING: Youth climate activists are nonviolently blockading the White House Correspondents Dinner, turning away attendees and govt SUVs.
They are demanding President Biden keep his promise to end drilling on federal lands.
Climate science demands it. We must
#EndFossilFuels
!
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Anyways, this why they don’t want me at the Memphis City a council meetings.
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Based on the affidavit Detective Preston Hemphill deployed his taser. So when will he be held accountable for inciting violence that led to Tyre Nichols being murdered?
#JusticeForTyre
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Update on the
#montgomerybrawl
They arrested our good brother Reggie, you can donate to his legal fund here 👉🏽
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Every time the committee’s gavel out of session we put our signs right back up because the rules only apply when they are in session 🤭
#TNSpecialSession
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These are the five Murderers who killed Tyre Nichols that were fired from the Memphis Police Department today.
1.Tadarrius Bean
2.Demetrius Haley
3.Emmitt Martin III
4.Desmond Mills, Jr.
5.Justin Smith
#JusticeForTyre
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@TheConsciousLee
@EscaflowneClown
They were detained and released. We’re waiting to see if they charge anyone after the fact since the police said the investigation is ongoing. I’ll share the legal fund soon as my Montgomery organizing friends send it.
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Update: Attorneys have sent notice to the City Council noting that they have no legal justification to ban citizens from meetings. So we’ll see what happens tomorrow at the meeting 🤪
The TN GOP aren't the only ones trying to disrupt democracy, your local Democrat leaders are too. Young Black organizers are being targeted locally & statewide for standing on the side of justice & community.
Tell Chairman Jones to rescind the ban: Martavius.Jones
@memphistn
.gov
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Tyre’s family has issued a statement in support of our ordinances as they go up for a third reading today in the Memphis City Council.
#JusticeForTyre
means tangible change and we have a chance to do that today.
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