“If the algorithm can’t read my lips, it’s a problem with the system, and not with me.”
systemic racism
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Tamla Horsford’s death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner finding that her broken bones and internal injuries were consistent with the result of a fall off a 14-foot-high deck after a night of drinking.
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On Thursday 10 June, 2020, the NFL decided to hold a “moment of silence dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country”.
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For the thousands of messages of hate and ignorance – Thank you. You highlight exactly what needs to change.”
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It might take one person to spark that thought or that confidence that, ‘You know what, my life matters, what I do matters, and I can succeed regardless of the oppressive nature of the system I have been put in.’
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His fateful walk to the convenience store for a bag of Skittles and an iced tea happened on the evening of February 26.
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And we have heard about the brute force with which the police held Seni in a prolonged restraint which they knew to be dangerous: a restraint that was maintained until Seni was dead for all intents and purposes.
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At a preliminary trial hearing which started on 4 June, a judge determined that there was enough evidence to try all three men for murder. The three men have denied the charges.
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Because there is no homicide determination, it could be difficult to find any cops criminally liable for his death.
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The fact that the last time a British police officer was convicted for a death in custody was in 1969 – despite several verdicts of unlawful killing since – is all the more galling.