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We are saddened, angered, but unfortunately unsurprised by recent police actions against Black Americans. While we did not organize yesterday's protest, we fully support the Detroiters who came out to speak truth to power. #BlackLivesMatter #WeAreDoneDying

the new #SCOTUS ruling on #RoeVWade will be seriously detrimental to Black women. And a violation of rights against ANY of us is a violation of rights against us ALL. #StandWithBlackWomen #BlackLivesMatter essence.com/news/lt-gov-ju…

TUESDAY 7:30p ET on #AmericanBlackJournal: @naacpgr President Cle Jackson and @DetroitBLM co-founder John Sloan III join @shdetroit to discuss the #PatrickLyoya’s shooting, #policereform and #racialdisparity in West Michigan. Watch on @detroitpublictv or americanblackjournal.org.

Campus police violently removed Dr. Melina Abdullah from the LA mayoral debate hosted on her own campus for no apparent reason…other than she’s Black. Shame on @CalStateLA! And shame on every candidate on that debate stage who watched in silence. latimes.com/california/sto…

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@GovWhitmer, boss of MI State police, these jokers haven't interviewed the cop who killed #PatrickLyoya b/c "his lawyer's on vacation". GRPD has to protect HIS 5th amendment rights, like he's the only lawyer & we get that. Want our vote? We want justice: Identify, Prosecute, Fire

Hey, @GovWhitmer, we demand justice in the name of #PatrickLyoya. We stand w/ the family, #Justice4Patrick means that you: 1. Identify, 2. Prosecute, 3. Fire the officer responsible for the murder of Patrick Lyoya #BlackLivesMatter We'll remember come re-election #VoteAndOrganize

A cop w/ Grand Rapids PD killed #PatrickLyoya. 2+ weeks later, the unnamed cop hasn't even been questioned. Our community isn't safe w/ this cop free on PAID leave. We'll see you in the streets, 4/21 March: @3pm- 122 S Pennsylvania Ave, Lansing. Rally: @ 4 pm- MI State Capitol

#GrandRapidsPD stalked & racially profiled #PatrickLyoya. The cop tackled him, held him down, turned off his body cam & shot him in the back of the head- killing him during a traffic stop. 2+ weeks later, he hasn't been questioned. We demand @dananessel & @GovWhitmer take action

Thinking about #PatrickLyoya. How do children view murder by cops w/o consequence? When they see cops celebrated/rewarded w/ more funding & power after they kill? What message is sent to children when adults in power close ranks and protect killer cops @dananessel @GovWhitmer?

Police & politicians say police funding reduces crime. They blame #DefundThePolice for a "spike in crime." Defunding hasn't happened yet. The correlation b/n increasing police funding & crime seems to be a reinforcement of killer cop culture, just ask the family of #PatrickLyoya.

Thinking about #PatrickLyoya... What happens to people & communities- especially children, when they witness civilians being murdered by cops? @dananessel & @GovWhitmer must take action to help actualize #Justice4Patrick: 1. Identify, 2. Prosecute, 3. Fire

Hey, @GovWhitmer, we demand justice in the name of #PatrickLyoya. We stand with the family, #Justice4Patrick means that you: 1. Identify, 2. Prosecute, 3. Fire the officer responsible for the murder of Patrick Lyoya.

Hey, @dananessel, we demand justice in the name of #PatrickLyoya. We stand with the family, #Justice4Patrick means that you: 1. Identify, 2. Prosecute, 3. Fire the officer responsible for the murder of Patrick Lyoya. #BlackLivesMatter @BLMLansing @BLMMichigan

MI State Police say they can't interview the Unknown Killer Cop of #PatrickLyoya b/c his lawyer is on vacation. His family is devastated & wants answers, the process is stalled b/c of a vacation! The family deserves answers NOW: IDENTIFY, FIRE, PROSECUTE #Justice4Patrick

#GrandRapidsPD took a week to edit video & construct a narrative to try to justify the murder of #PatrickLyoya. They still haven't released the name of the killer cop. We see through their lies & stand w/ the family. Join us Thurs. 4/21 4PM @ the MI state capitol @BLMLansing

The Unknown Killer Cop who executed #PatrickLyoya w/ a shot to the back of the head is free on paid leave. #GrandRapidsPD Chief Eric Winstrom & #KentCounty DA Christopher Becker say the killer deserves protection. WE say the community deserves protection @blmlansing.

The family of #PatrickLyoya came to the U.S. from D.R. Congo b/c they thought their family would be safer. They thought the police were protectors. Instead, Patrick was racially profiled & shot in the back of his head. The community demands justice. #BlackLivesMatter @blmlansing

#GrandRapidsPD killed #PatrickLyoya on 4/4/22. Join us Thurs., 4/21/22 at 4PM, MI State Capitol (100 N Capitol Ave, Lansing) for an action w/ the family of the 26 year old. We demand: 1. Federal legal action 2. Identify 3. Fire 4. Prosecute #BlackLivesMatter #Justice4Patrick

“My heart is really deeply broken, I didn’t know, I didn’t believe that in this country, that there was a genocide in this country...I didn’t know that here in America, that there would be an execution…” - Peter Lyoya, father of #PatrickLyoya #BlackLivesMatter #Justice4Patrick