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@BerniceKing There are reports that they were trying to hit the officers with their car. If that is true the shots may have been warranted. If not then they shouldn’t. Babies shouldn’t be accessories to crimes.

A 1-year-old baby, Kohen Kartier Wiley, is dead because police opened fire over an alleged shoplifting incident in a Walmart parking lot. We are treating items on a shelf as more valuable than a child. That is not just bad policing; it is a moral collapse. We need officers who honor the sacredness of life more than the thrill of power and control. A badge is not a license to shoot first and ask questions later. Reports indicate that officers were called to a Walmart on a shoplifting complaint, encountered a family as they went to their car, and then opened fire on the vehicle with a 1-year-old child inside. A mother says she tried to tell them her baby was in the car before shots were fired. In the name of “law and order,” a child was killed and a family was shattered over items that could be restocked, written off, and replaced. This is what happens in a “shoot first, ask questions later” culture of policing. When those entrusted with public safety reach for a gun faster than they reach for their conscience, they are declaring that property is more precious than people. That is not public safety. It is a spiritual crisis. No item in any store is worth the life of a child. Kohen should be alive today. We cannot simply grieve and move on. We must raise our voices, demand accountability, insist on policies and training that put the preservation of life above the protection of property, and refuse to accept a culture where it is thinkable to fire into a car with a baby inside. Our charge is clear: until the sacredness of human life is the starting point of every police encounter, we must demand changes in training and work unrelentingly to reform policies around police accountability. #KohenKartierWiley #HumanityFirst

@KinngVenable Future doctor should know where the heart is, future lawyer should know you don’t bring knife to a fistfight, future teacher would say you should follow the rules.

“Karmelo Anthony is a 19-year-old kid with a clean record, 3.7 GPA, captain of his football & track teams, and no prior trouble — an A-student athlete who even saved a child from drowning years ago. Now the court system is trying to destroy his entire life over a tragic split-second incident at a track meet. This isn’t justice — it’s overreach. Karmelo was at the Frisco meet when he got confronted and allegedly pushed/grabbed by bigger guys (the Metcalf twins, much heavier than his slight 130lb frame). He claims self-defense after feeling threatened in a chaotic moment — he had a pocket knife in his bag, pulled it in fear, and tragedy struck. He immediately turned himself in, said ‘I did it,’ and has maintained it was to protect himself. No history of violence. Epilepsy. Good kid from a supportive family. Yet they’re charging him as an adult with 1st-degree murder, facing 5 to 99 years or life. Prosecutors call it ‘unjustified’ and ‘senseless,’ pushing a narrative that ignores the fear, the size difference, the push, and the heat of the moment. The system is throwing the book at him while ignoring context — self-defense laws exist for a reason. Young Black males get adult charges disproportionately in these cases, and the all-white jury selection has raised serious fairness questions. Karmelo deserves a SECOND CHANCE. He’s not a hardened criminal. He’s a teenager who made a panicked mistake in self-preservation. Rehabilitation, counseling, probation — not ruining a promising young life forever. Texas ‘direct file’ laws treat kids like adults without enough oversight, destroying futures over incidents that deserve nuance. The court system isn’t protecting society here — it’s crushing potential. Stand with Karmelo. Demand fairness, self-defense rights, and juvenile justice reform. He turned himself in. He deserves to rebuild, not rot. #JusticeForKarmelo #SecondChance #SelfDefense Free Karmelo Anthony.”

@gtmom Rigor! Students are taught to badger teachers into giving them the answer. If you dare say “you cannot work with anyone and you cannot ask me for help on this” they will revolt. The standardized test is the first time they take anything where they cannot: cheat/collaborate

Here we go again... what would you tell this mom who's concerned about a large discrepancy between her child's classroom grades and standardized test scores?

@jenteach13 Did you call the parent

What is the thing administrators say that makes every teacher in the room go quiet? For me, it was: we just need you to be flexible today.

@mehdirhasan Typical elite asshole who wants to stay the course.

Which is why you have no business running for mayor of LA in the first place.

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@Martina @wesyang No because he says that he wants to prevent trans people from taking their own life. So I guess if the women they are taking spots away from threatened the same he would support women? We can’t let threats like that guide policy. Logic and reason should guide policy

@wesyang Unreal.

Tom Steyer- seriously dude??? Seriously? Have you thought this through at all???

@mattvanswol And given that she lives in Dekalb she’s probably a liberal. Do we get it yet people?

A White female doctor in Georgia was strangled, se*ually assaulted, then had her THROAT SLIT by a Black man with 40+ PREVIOUS CHARGES. ZERO coverage from: -NYT -CNN -WaPo -MSNBC -NPR -Reuters -Axios -ABC -PBS EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. COVERED. GEORGE. FLOYD. DO YOU GET IT YET?!!!

@ofcrdeonjoseph @CNN @spencerpratt @CNN now ask Karen Bass about Castro

He absolutely nailed this question. This was clearly a hit piece question. Why is Trapper asking him about something that happened in NY 25 years ago when he’s running for a local office. @CNN never learns. Great job @spencerpratt

@KarenBassLA She lives in a bubble. Listen to her interview on Bill Maher. She has no idea what life is like for regular people

Angelenos need leaders willing to stand up and speak out. Jane has never been afraid to do either

White skin gives me and every white American immunity from the virus. But we spread it wherever we go—through our words, our actions, and our systems. We don’t have to be showing symptoms—like a white hood or a Confederate flag—to be contagious.

@Ocuroj @californiapost But if she is ok with them all over LA in front of businesses and schools then why is her house off limits?

Socialist LA mayoral candidate Nithya Raman is getting hammered online after appearing visibly rattled by a staged homeless encampment protest outside her own home. trib.al/WkKejd0

@adamcarolla No reason for him to start his speech saying that you guys don’t agree on politics. No reason. But he had to do that to maintain his cred with his woke friends.

I do

@JenniferSey @TomSteyer What if a girl ends her life because she loses a scholarship to a guy? Ridiculous

@TomSteyer What about girls who don’t feel safe in the locker room with boys?

Trans kids are constantly under attack from the Trump Administration. As governor, I’ll do everything in my power to make sure every child feels safe and welcome.

@rpondiscio I’m doing all I can as a teacher- I also could be making more money using my undergraduate degree. I can’t decide if better teachers will even be able to fix things at this point. Education is what you make of it. It’s parenting and motivation

I’m in favor of raising teacher pay. But I’m unclear how this will “fix” education: is it that teachers are not working hard but will for a raise? Or that higher salaries will lure capable people from law, medicine, tech, etc.?

@Kittenwaffin She won’t be filling out any FAFSA forms

What would FASFA think knowing that 2 years' worth of college tuition went to a 2hr HS dance?

@TheEXECUTlONER_ The most annoying parents have kids with the lowest gpa. Getting a diploma isn’t impressive. We push them through. Getting good grades, participation in academic competitions and taking challenging classes is impressive.

This woman shows up a little later than everyone to the graduation ceremony. Rather that stand out of the way or take a seat way in the back she decodes she is going to stand at the rail in front of everyone and she is not sorry about it. The police were even called and they are not doing anything about it. Why do people think they are better than other people? Why do some act like they have zero respect for others? Would you ever do this? Ever? Do you think the police should have hauled her away?

@washghost1 The louder the parents at graduation, the lower the GPA of their child

Imagine embarrassing your kid at their graduation like this