These Truths Are Self-Evident

IF they are allowed to do this to ONE of us
They have the POWER to do this to us ALL.
The problem is systemic… and it must CHANGE.

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https://www.npr.org/2021/09/22/1039718450/congressional-negotiators-have-failed-to-reach-a-deal-on-police-reform

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-police-kenosha-wis-shooting-black-man-back-n1237819

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https://buffalonews.com/news/local/buffalo-man-charged-in-attack-on-capitol-officer-says-he-buried-cops-badge-in-backyard/article_3c9f8f5e-8398-11eb-87ca-9f337774ebb3.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/26/aaron-bowman-body-camera/

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/lawyers-black-man-killed-by-ncarolina-officers-release-autopsy-2021-04-27/

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/i-cant-breathe-five-years-after-eric-garner-died-in-struggle-with-new-york-police-resolution-still-elusive/2019/06/13/23d7fad8-78f5-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/08/george-floyd-police-killing-transcript-i-cant-breathe

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https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/police-video-california-man-who-died-said-i-cant-breathe

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-arrested-capitol-riot-asks-court-approve-trip/story?id=75657911

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/ted-cruz-cancun-texas/index.html

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mother-11-year-old-texas-boy-who-died-during-power-n1258564

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/barr-is-a-no-show-at-house-hearing-on-mueller-report-as-democrats-warn-of-threat-to-democracy/2019/05/02/005c0ab2-6cda-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html

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https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/11/us/5-million-settlement-ends-case-of-tainted-texas-sting.html

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/911-call-prior-rayshard-brooks-fatal-shooting-police-released-n1231160

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https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/philando-castile-shooting-dashcam/index.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/17/bride-to-be-called-911-for-help-and-was-fatally-shot-by-a-minneapolis-police-officer/

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https://www.axios.com/daunte-wright-shooting-police-accidental-9f19f8f2-bb82-490c-8cb0-0a897d213778.html

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https://nypost.com/2021/09/19/new-haven-cop-robert-ferraro-charged-with-killing-fellow-officer-in-vegas-dui-crash/

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https://www.axios.com/minneapolis-police-george-floyd-press-release-0fa00f93-06df-409d-b2e2-fad463de354d.html

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/03/politics/pennsylvania-probation-illegal-ballot-trump-2020/index.html

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https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression/crystal-mason-thought-she-had-right-vote-texas

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/trump-stormy-daniels-lawsuit-dismissed.html

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https://www.insider.com/62-year-old-man-imprisoned-for-43-years-innocent-2021-6

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/critical-report-fbi-failure-to-investigate-larry-nassar-11626280355

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/will-the-fbi-ignore-testimonies-from-kavanaughs-former-classmates

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https://www.thecut.com/2018/09/the-meaning-behind-dr-christine-fords-second-front-door.html

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https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/oath/oath_kavanaugh.aspx

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https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/09/us/memphis-jury-sees-conspiracy-in-martin-luther-king-s-killing.html

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

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https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/11/archives/nixon-testifies-kissinger-picked-wiretap-targets-says-he-ordered.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/09/01/fbi-burglary-hoover-cointelpro/

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https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130401193

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/11/politics/fbi-releases-first-9-11-document-after-biden-order/index.html

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https://www.cnet.com/news/mueller-report-ag-barr-says-no-evidence-of-trump-collusion/

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/11/us/windsor-virginia-police-stop-army-lieutenant-lawsuit/index.html

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https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2021/09/16/lee-county-deputy-who-asked-inmate-say-i-cant-breathe-fired/8357746002/

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/nyregion/mdc-brooklyn-jail-heat.html

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https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/texas-jails-prisons-winter-storm/

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/us-prisons-coronavirus-uprising-riot

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https://www.npr.org/2017/04/26/524744989/when-la-erupted-in-anger-a-look-back-at-the-rodney-king-riots

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/nyregion/eric-garner-case-death-daniel-pantaleo.html

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https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/justice-department-finds-that-ferguson-officer-did-not-violate-michael-browns-rights/article_06cfab32-5fb1-59dc-bf47-5711ae36cd8a.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/09/dangerous-rise-anonymous-cops/

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https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-use-unmarked-vehicles-to-grab-protesters-in-portland

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/politics/capitol-police-riot-report.html

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https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/blacks-whites-police-deaths-disparity/

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/us/african-americans-sickle-cell-police.html

All of this… and it’s only a snippet. A snapshot.

So many thousands more, but only a handful of these: 

… 

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IF they are allowed to do this to ONE of us, then we give them the POWER to do this to us ALL. 

Trends change. Things happen. TIME marches on. 

Where will it go from HERE… 

The problem is systemic… and it must CHANGE. 

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https://jackcharbonneau.com/2021/04/24/justice/

-JC 

Author: jackcharbonneau

Husband, father, housewife, musician, theoretical astrophysicist, (FMR) Presidential Candidate in 2020, and all-around human guy.

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