#Keith Boykin@keithboykin

[batmanbeyondrocks]

Keith Boykin@keithboykin1-Nikki Haley says America has “never been a racist country.

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[izooks]

Trump is a loser on the Issues:

Abortion: keeps flip flopping

Border: Killed bipartisan border deal

Crime: He’s a convicted criminal

Defense: He was AWOL on January 6

Economy: Lost 2.7 millions jobs

Family Values: Hush money to porn star

Debt: Added $7-8 trillion in debt

[cyarskj1899]

Any Black person who performs at Trump’s inauguration dishonors:

• The Black families he refused to rent to in the 1970s,

• The Black kids he wanted to execute in the Central Park case in the 1980s,

• The Black casino workers he mistreated in the 1990s,

• The Black president he lied about in the 2000s,

• The Black NFL players he attacked as president,

• The Black election workers he targeted when he lost in 2020, and

• The Black Haitian immigrants he lied about in the 2024 election.

[thesiouxzy]

Be like Michelle Obama, skip (watching) Trump’s inauguration. Don’t give him the viewer numbers. And always remember, Trump didn’t attend Biden’s inauguration. Trump is a garbage person. Don’t support him or act like the things he says & does are acceptable. Rise up! ✊🏼

[hinahasan]

pressure mounts

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/55DUNQTfT7— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) September 1, 2024

[nj-stone]

Keith Boykin @keithboykin Thirty-four years after Donald Trump led a lynch mob to execute him and four other wrongly accused young Black and brown men, Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five has declared victory in the New York City Council race to represent Harlem. https://twitter.com/i/status/1673888161892560898

[thevitalportal]

Review the stats now back them up with votes.

[orchidvioletindigo]

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Hundreds of people gathered at NE 115th Street in Kansas City’s Northland to protest the shooting of a 16-year-old boy last week. As they stood in front of the house where he was shot, protestors chanted for justice and demanded prosecution of the shooter for what they called a hate crime.

The boy, who family has identified as Ralph Yarl, was on his way to pick up his twin brothers from a friend’s house and arrived at the wrong address, about a block away. According to a Go Fund Me by his aunt Faith Spoonmore, after Yarl rang the doorbell at the wrong address, the homeowner shot him in the head through a glass door and again after he fell to the ground.

Yarl is in the hospital in critical condition, but alive, according to the family. The homeowner is currently free. They have not yet been charged with a crime.

Justice Gatson, founder and director of Reale Justice Network, said Yarl’s case is proof that law enforcement doesn’t adequately protect Black people.

“We cannot and we will not be silent when Black children are under attack,” Gatson said. “As a mother of three children, this enrages me. My son delivers food every morning. And sometimes you go to the wrong address. You should never have to worry that your life will be taken.”

While protesters demanded justice, they also rallied around Yarl and his family. Spoonmore thanked the protestors and said she hoped the event would show the shooter that he won’t get away with it.

“Ralph will feel a lot of love because this is a lot of people,” Spoonmore said. “This is exactly what that man (the shooter) did not want to happen today. But you know what? Ralph is alive. He is healing. It is not the story that that individual intended for us to tell. We are telling a story that is different from the stories that you normally hear — he is healing. We have a lot to be thankful for that. There is a lot of hate. This right here is a lot of love and that is what God intentioned when he saved his life from over there.”

According to police, officers were called to a residence in Clay County on April 13 just before 10 p.m. where Yarl was shot in front of a house by the homeowner. He was transported to a hospital for his injuries, which were described as life-threatening.

Police did not confirm how many times Yarl was shot.

The homeowner was taken into custody and placed on a 24-hour hold, according to police. Detectives processed the scene and recovered the firearm. The shooter was released after the hold.

As protesters were gathering at the scene of the incident, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves held a press conference at police headquarters downtown. She said the homeowner was released pending further investigation because they needed a formal statement from the victim and to gather more forensic evidence before sending a case file to the Clay County prosecutor. Graves said that statement is planned as soon as Yarl is recovered enough from his injuries.