A pregnant Black woman in South Carolina is serving 4 years in prison for chanting at police at 2020 protests — convicted of "breaching of the peace." Brittany Martin has lost 12 lbs in prison and was hospitalized twice for pregnancy complications in July, family says. 🧵

"None of this is new," Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder and executive director Cliff Albright (🧵cliffalbright🧵) told AJ+. Breach of peace laws have targeted Black activists since before the civil rights movement, traced to Jim Crow. "They would create certain crimes that only apply to Black people."

The GOP is pushing new anti-protest laws, like one passed in Florida. "These are the same people who call Jan. 6 rioters 'patriots,'" Cliff Albright (🧵cliffalbright🧵) told AJ+. "If we even gather, no flagpoles, no guns. Just our presence and audacity to use our 1st Amendment right is made a crime."

Martin was already known by Sumter police for her activism and leading protests, Dr. Candace Brewer, national president of the Racial Justice Network, told AJ+. "I guess they thought this was one way to get rid of Brittany... 'Maybe if we cut off the head, the body will fall.'"

Prosecutors and police claimed Brittany Martin disturbed the peace by using her words to protest police violence. In 2020, police: ▪️ shot at least 115 people in the head/neck with "less lethal" weapons at protests across the U.S. ▪️ arrested 10,000+ protesters within days.

Those who love this country must be more committed to saving our democracy than the MAGA agenda is to destroying it.

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WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ This incident of police brutality in Paulding County, GA is from March 2022 and it should be bigger news. Deputy Michael McMaster goes on a power trip and assaults Tyler Canaris for no reason. McMaster should be arrested. x.com/Texas_Made956/…

I've seen it all now, she's so mad she's putting snow back on the public sidewalk "Yes, I have an emergency! African Americans are shoveling snow off my sidewalk!"

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Nashville Police have released body camera video of officers responding to the school shooting yesterday. The video is graphic – and shows officers killing the shooter.