David Beard
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Black students nearly two times as likely to be suspended as white peers in the ICCSD
The Little Hawk 4h 1 tweets
Malcom* was playing with a BB gun. He was with two friends, but they are white, and he is black. They shot at a shed, and then the cops came. Malcom served 17 months and his friends served no time. What Malcom never knew was that he had been on the...
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David Beard Something was off at Iowa City High School. Student reporters got the stats—and kept digging. Black students were being suspended at wildly higher rates than whites. The school newspaper, The Little Hawk, just won a Robert F. Kennedy award for its work 4h
Photos can show protests’ complexity—or they can perpetuate old lies
Photography 7h 6 tweets
Pictures from demonstrations around the U.S. can become powerful symbols, but some only tell one side of the story.
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David Beard So powerful: How photographs, even of painful events, have the power to challenge stereotypes—not reinforce them. Thank you, #GeorgeFloyd 7h
Why Washington’s Streets Have Filled With Troops the Mayor Did Not Want
Emily Badger - Nytimes.com 26h 5 tweets
Because it’s not a state, the District of Columbia is at a disadvantage in any clash with federal authorities.
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David Beard The people of Washington DC are clear. Under whose authority, DC leaders ask, did the US gov't bring in militarized units to gas and hurt peaceful people legitimately protesting police brutality? Can they leave? #GeorgeFloyd 14h
Labor council to Seattle police union: Address racism or get out
Crosscut.com 24h 2 tweets
The King County Labor Council once welcomed the Seattle Police Officers Guild. As protests continue, it’s reconsidering. 
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David Beard If Seattle's police union doesn't seriously address racism in its ranks, the area's largest labor coalition will kick them out. The union also "must commit to police contracts that do not evade accountability." 21h
White House security blocks Washington's Episcopalian bishop from holding a vigil at her church
Mother Jones 33h 8 tweets
"We as people of faith are here to stand with you and for you."
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David Beard The Episcopal bishop planned to hold a vigil at her church where the president held a photo op. US authorities wouldn't let her. #GeorgeFloyd 32h
New York Times Staffers in Open Revolt Over Tom Cotton’s ‘Send in the Troops’ Column
Max Tani - The Daily Beast 49h 6 tweets
“Running this puts Black @NYTimes staff in danger,” dozens of Times employees tweeted in solidarity on Wednesday evening.
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David Beard A broad range of journalists protested an op-ed in the NYT endorsing the use of US troops against Americans who exercise their right to protest. The op-ed came out on the eve of the anniversary of China's bloody #Tiananmen massacre #GeorgeFloyd 48h
Commit to action: Addressing police use of force policies
Obama Foundation 51h 6 tweets
Together, we can work to redefine public safety so that it recognizes the humanity and dignity of every person. See how mayors and city council officials can take action to address police use of force policies.
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David Beard Former President Barack Obama urged Americas mayors to sign a pledge to reform police forces after the killing of #GeorgeFloyd. Mayors of NYC, CHI, SF, ATL, DC and Minneapolis signed up immediately. The four points of the pledge: 51h
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 3d 20 tweets
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David Beard Sweden: We were wrong to have been so lax about #COVID19. People died who shouldn't have. #coronavirus 53h
15 West Point Cadets Test Positive for Coronavirus
Nytimes.com 3d 5 tweets
More than 1,100 cadets returned to campus ahead of President Trump’s commencement speech in mid-June.
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David Beard The president wanted to speak to West Point grads—and forced cadets back during a pandemic. 15 of those cadets have tested positive for #COVID19. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said the decision risked our future military leaders—"all to stroke his own ego." 3d
George Floyd Reverberates Globally: Thousands Protest In Germany, U.K., Canada
NPR.org 5d 2 tweets
The killing of George Floyd has sprung a global movement against inequality and racism; protests were seen over the weekend in the U.K., Germany and Canada.
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David Beard Thousands of people in Berlin, Amsterdam, and London joined protests over the US police killing of #GeorgeFloyd. The message worldwide: Murderous police must be rooted out and prosecuted. 4d
'Domestic terrorist actors’ could exploit Floyd protests, DHS memo warns
POLITICO 4d 7 tweets
The memo cites “previous incidents of domestic terrorists exploiting First Amendment-protected events” as one reason for DHS’ concern of additional targeted violence.
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David Beard FBI: White extremists seeking to exploit #GeorgeFloyd killing to stir racial war and weaken our nation 4d
Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don't understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge
Los Angeles Times 6d 87 tweets
The main concern of black people right now isn’t whether they’re standing three or six feet apart, but whether their sons, husbands, brothers and fathers will be murdered by cops.
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David Beard 'You start to wonder if it should be all black people who wear body cams, not the cops' - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #GeorgeFloyd 5d
FBI's top lawyer, Dana Boente, ousted amid Fox News criticism for role in Flynn investigation
NBC News 6d 7 tweets
Boente was asked to resign on Friday and two sources familiar with the decision to dismiss him said it came from high levels of the Justice Department rather than directly from FBI Director Christopher Wray.
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David Beard The FBI's top lawyer sought the truth in the Michael Flynn-Russia case. For that, Fox News criticized the widely respected Dana Boente. On Friday, with Americans' attention elsewhere, the DOJ asked him to quit. Not the FBI chief, the DOJ. 6d
Bubonic plague hit France in 1720. Officials dithered. Sound familiar?
Cindy Ermus - STAT 11d 9 tweets
The last major outbreak of bubonic plague started on May 25, 1720, in Marseille, France. The response to it was a lot like the U.S.'s response to Covid-19.
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David Beard How corruption led to a widespread plague in France in 1720—which worsened as officials dithered. 11d
Remembering the Nearly 100,000 Lives Lost to Coronavirus in America
Dan Barry - Nytimes.com 13d 71 tweets
As the U.S. approaches a grim milestone in the outbreak, The New York Times gathered names of the dead and memories of their lives from obituaries across the country.
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David Beard One survived the bloodiest battle of WWII. Another guarded Herman Goering. A third fished a kamikaze pilot from the sea. Each was felled by #COVID19 in a notoriously understaffed veterans home. by 12d
Watch Live Sunday: Yo-Yo Ma Performs Bach’s Cello Suites From WGBH Studios
Org 15d 2 tweets
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform J.S. Bach’s six cello suites live from the studios of WGBH on Sunday, May 24 at 3pm, a memorial for those we have lost in the pandemic and a tribute to the resilience of our communities.
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David Beard Remembering the nearly 100,000 dead in America from #COVID19 and the resilience of our nation, will perform Bach's six cello suites live at 3 p.m. eastern today. Here's how to listen (and watch): @995WCRB 13d
The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.
ProPublica 14d 19 tweets
Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract just days after registering his company. He sold Chinese masks to the government just as federal regulators were scrutinizing foreign-made equipment.
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David Beard He used to be the president's deputy chief of staff. Then he started a PPE company. 11 days later, he won a $3 million contract. 247,000 masks he supplied the Navajo Nation were medically unsuitable. Another 130,400 were the wrong kind. #COVID19 14d
What we'll need to find the true COVID-19 death toll
Nat Geo Science - Science 14d 3 tweets
The U.S. could reach 100,000 coronavirus deaths by Memorial Day, but that may be far lower than the true number to date. Here’s why.
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David Beard In three months, the number of Americans reported killed by #COVID19 is nearly 1/3 the entire US death toll from World War II #coronavirus 14d
Coronavirus Case Counts in 50 States Indicate Vast Differences
WSJ 14d 2 tweets
While all states in the U.S. have started reopening, the pace and the severity of their Covid-19 outbreaks vary.
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David Beard Sharply rising: #coronavirus cases in Illinois Nebraska Iowa Michigan South Dakota Indiana #COVID19 14d
As Saudi Official Hid Abroad, His Family Became a Target at Home
Ben Hubbard - Nytimes.com 15d 1 tweets
Saad Aljabri knows “where the bodies are buried.” Now Saudi authorities are arresting his relatives to force him to return to the kingdom, his son says.
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David Beard The Saudi government wants one of its intel guys back. The ex-official won't come home. The Saudis kidnap an adult son. Then his daughter. Then his brother. All are held incommunicado. The family doesn't even know if they are still alive. 15d