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June 20, 2019

Twitter posts for 2019-06-19

RT @ryan: Read this (again) today: https://t.co/rZIdvG4rBe 17:46:53, 2019-06-19
RT @ddiamond: MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS DIDN’T BOOST WORK, Harvard researchers find in new look at Trump’s controversial policy. https://t.co/48LGQOKsHi 18:08:46, 2019-06-19

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June 19, 2019

⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣#repost @mocanyc⁣ ⁣__________________⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣On this day in…

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⁣On this day in 1982, Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese American draftsman, was beaten into a⁣
⁣coma in the Highland Park suburb of Detroit by two white autoworkers. Ronald Ebens and his⁣
⁣step-son Michael Nitz, who mistook Chin as Japanese, blamed him for the loss of their jobs. In the 1980s, many auto workers in the U.S. began losing their jobs due to competition from Japan’s auto industry. While Chin was at a bar celebrating his bachelor party with his friends, Ebens and Nitz began hurling racial slurs and death threats towards Chin. The verbal altercation ended when the three were thrown out of the bar and went their separate ways. ⁣
⁣However, Ebens and Nitz searched for Chin until they found him at a nearby McDonald’s later in the evening. Once they found him, Ebens and Nitz began beating up Chin and bludgeoned him with a baseball bat. The comatose Chin died from his injuries four days later. ⁣
⁣Ebens and Nitz were arrested by two off-duty police officers who witnessed the crime, but through a plea bargain were able to reduce their charges from second-degree murder to manslaughter. They pleaded guilty to Chin’s murder, but denied any racial motivation. They served no jail time, receiving just three years’ probation and a fine of $3,000. This outrageous verdict galvanized the Asian American community to call for stronger federal hate crime legislation and⁣
⁣served as a critical turning point in Asian American civil rights engagement.⁣
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⁣In 1984, a federal civil rights case was brought against Ebens and Nitz, but even though Ebens was initially found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison, in 1987 he was cleared of all⁣
⁣charges after a retrial. Ebens and Nitz lost a civil suit and were ordered to pay respectively $1.5 million and $50,000 to Chin’s family. The judicial system’s failure to seek justice for Vincent Chin’s murder resonates today in the continuous violence perpetrated against marginalized communities that goes unpunished http://bit.ly/31HELrU

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⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣#repost @mocanyc⁣ ⁣__________________⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣On this day in 1982, Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese American draftsman, was beaten into a⁣ ⁣coma in the Highland Park suburb of Detroit by two white autoworkers. Ronald Ebens and his⁣ ⁣step-son Michael Nitz, who mistook Chin as Japanese, blamed him for the loss of their jobs. In the 1980s, many auto workers in the U.S. began losing their jobs due to competition from Japan’s auto industry. While Chin was at a bar celebrating his bachelor party with his friends, Ebens and Nitz began hurling racial slurs and death threats towards Chin. The verbal altercation ended when the three were thrown out of the bar and went their separate ways. ⁣ ⁣However, Ebens and Nitz searched for Chin until they found him at a nearby McDonald’s later in the evening. Once they found him, Ebens and Nitz began beating up Chin and bludgeoned him with a baseball bat. The comatose Chin died from his injuries four days later. ⁣ ⁣Ebens and Nitz were arrested by two off-duty police officers who witnessed the crime, but through a plea bargain were able to reduce their charges from second-degree murder to manslaughter. They pleaded guilty to Chin’s murder, but denied any racial motivation. They served no jail time, receiving just three years’ probation and a fine of $3,000. This outrageous verdict galvanized the Asian American community to call for stronger federal hate crime legislation and⁣ ⁣served as a critical turning point in Asian American civil rights engagement.⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣In 1984, a federal civil rights case was brought against Ebens and Nitz, but even though Ebens was initially found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison, in 1987 he was cleared of all⁣ ⁣charges after a retrial. Ebens and Nitz lost a civil suit and were ordered to pay respectively $1.5 million and $50,000 to Chin’s family. The judicial system’s failure to seek justice for Vincent Chin’s murder resonates today in the continuous violence perpetrated against marginalized communities that goes unpunished

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Twitter posts for 2019-06-18

RT @maggieNYT: “At the airport, he refused to board without the baby. The immigration officers, he said, told him that Constantin… https://t.co/WX5EQ5eyY1 07:51:57, 2019-06-18
RT @AAAJ_AAJC: Incarceration was wrong then and it is wrong now. https://t.co/DYFkYvRw0L 16:08:58, 2019-06-18
@NoahFeit @BobbyBigWheel @nyknicks @NBA @RjBarrett6 i definitely can see the knicks to be that stupid. in reply to NoahFeit 16:21:49, 2019-06-18
@NateSilver538 https://t.co/fhfWHofqII in reply to NateSilver538 16:29:47, 2019-06-18
RT @aaaj_alc: We applaud this decision & are grateful to those who worked to obtain these visas. We maintain that this situation… https://t.co/CuPEpofkeH 18:20:13, 2019-06-18
this is really good snapshot videos of x-men history .
https://t.co/bCOeYBZ2pY 20:12:29, 2019-06-18
the only shame is that they did not have @jimlee talk about his work in reply to dotalxchn 20:14:35, 2019-06-18
RT @NateSilver538: R.J. Barrett's No. 1 comp according to our projection system CARMELO is … Carmelo Anthony. 20:19:10, 2019-06-18
RT @GregCapullo: I’m baaack. Spawn #300 GET IT! DIG IT! 🤘🏻✏️🤘🏻 https://t.co/9DkDxxO9pR 21:40:54, 2019-06-18
RT @peltzmadeline: boomers, explained: https://t.co/rXEGih5hsE 22:22:21, 2019-06-18
RT @keithboykin: Trump took out full-page newspaper ads calling for the execution of 5 innocent black and Latino teenagers. Even aft… https://t.co/iJDJ0CobTh 22:25:32, 2019-06-18

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June 18, 2019

Twitter posts for 2019-06-17

RT @AroundtheHorn: ICYMI: In the midst of #PrideMonth, @IzGutierrez used his FaceTime today to deliver a powerful message about how wa… https://t.co/kxxdfnaZQW 16:41:17, 2019-06-17
Alex Jones. Scum bag.
https://t.co/WK89RhuuKl 18:37:20, 2019-06-17
"Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down.”
https://t.co/WK89RhuuKl 18:43:41, 2019-06-17
Bomani Jones on the N.B.A., Analytics, and Race https://t.co/TvDA87rJlm 21:54:47, 2019-06-17

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June 17, 2019

Twitter posts for 2019-06-16

RT @jdmaccoby: TRUMP: I'm gonna cheat again
RUSSIA: We're gonna help again

GOP: We're gonna allow it again

DEM PARTY: looking f… https://t.co/5Q97FQKvh5 12:28:04, 2019-06-16
RT @PabloTorre: And you thought batflips were bad https://t.co/YPlVJdo06S 12:30:05, 2019-06-16
this is great ! #NYG https://t.co/bo2JBBGOiZ via @YouTube 15:39:51, 2019-06-16
best bio on DJT https://t.co/MnDXEgBxaN 20:02:17, 2019-06-16

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June 16, 2019

Twitter posts for 2019-06-15

RT @jemelehill: I’m always torn about posting these videos because they are traumatizing to watch. But at the same time, there has… https://t.co/Pj7faZZR68 14:04:11, 2019-06-15
RT @jemelehill: This will not end well. https://t.co/HY3jYtYtiG 14:04:34, 2019-06-15
RT @nbajambook: "WWF WrestleMania vs. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3" would have made the best arcade game ever https://t.co/pIKFTLFlA6 14:23:20, 2019-06-15
RT @CoryBooker: Four. Months. Old.
This administration took an infant from their parent with no plan to reunify them. That's the… https://t.co/m18T9Mfssh 19:55:55, 2019-06-15
RT @wojespn: Here we go. https://t.co/FPXZBUgyMK 21:25:02, 2019-06-15
@rolandscahill https://t.co/AWIjSdU69S in reply to rolandscahill 21:41:06, 2019-06-15

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June 15, 2019

Twitter posts for 2019-06-14

RT @SLAMonline: lmaooooo Drake popping bottles like he just dropped a 30-piece https://t.co/Y8lbYaZPtj 00:06:34, 2019-06-14
@BillSimmons https://t.co/HCU7AAE6KD 11:11:09, 2019-06-14
RT @EugenePuryear: This is an important article. The FBI purging Chinese cancer researchers, including Chinese-Americans, based on the… https://t.co/gkmoFd1AYK 11:13:59, 2019-06-14
RT @dsilverman: Home Internet Is Becoming a Luxury for the Wealthy by @davegershgorn https://t.co/dpeehbSE3Y
Lower-income communit… https://t.co/r4Vywkmwh1 12:59:42, 2019-06-14
RT @thehill: Fox News legal analyst says Trump comments showed he’s "prepared to commit a felony to get re-elected"… https://t.co/Yn4WVRjrbO 13:02:58, 2019-06-14
RT @willsommer: How did QAnon convince so many boomers that JFK Jr. is still alive? I talked all things QAnon with @anamariecox on… https://t.co/6S3JNXbj9W 13:06:54, 2019-06-14
RT @JordanUhl: Last night, something truly disgusting happened on Laura Ingraham's show.
An anti-LGBT extremist on promoted a boo… https://t.co/QWv9R100nf 13:09:31, 2019-06-14
@WhiteHouse He is molesting the flag in reply to WhiteHouse 13:24:28, 2019-06-14
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⁣What side y’all on? #Sudan https://t.co/F4DB2NyYBi https://t.co/VhfuEz7hlk 13:54:27, 2019-06-14
this story angers me . https://t.co/gaHzIWdYxC 15:13:31, 2019-06-14
RT @ClintSmithIII: It is revealing, though not at all surprising, that this administration would intervene to keep the man who orchest… https://t.co/XMJBmVyUJr 17:22:35, 2019-06-14
RT @ClintSmithIII: This administration has clearly demonstrated that its policies are designed to expand white political power, but do… https://t.co/v6VF6QvLmy 17:22:39, 2019-06-14
RT @chrislhayes: He could also just order Bill Barr to initiate a criminal investigation of his opponent, and there's no reason to think Barr wouldn't do it. 23:35:37, 2019-06-14