The City of Minneapolis hauled my trash today, the United States Postal Service brought me some running shorts, but I had to go all the way out to Eden Prairie to pick up a prescription from CVS. Thank God for the public sector 🙏

In a sane world, gassing peaceful protesters to get a creepy photo op would be an impeachable offense. Also an indictable one.

So many intersecting drivers of inequality clearly outlined here

Such amazing work happening in Minneapolis. Check out the videos of my AMAZING former student Rosemary Fister, a tireless advocate (and healthcare provider) for those without housing.

It's really important to know who should be the target of our ire and who should not. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner is the wrong target.

YES. Now let's have some individual cops stand up.

As one of the original creators, I endorse this revised graphic. Defund, disarm, and abolish.

#BREAKING: Minneapolis Public Schools votes unanimously to terminate its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department, in response to the death of #GeorgeFloyd.

This is what we need to work on in Minneapolis #8cantwait deray

Fellow faculty of #epitwitter, we need to talk: our students are not ok. Have you talked to your students about how they’re feeling this week? If you asked, would they even tell you? Have you told them how you’re feeling? Have you told them they are more than the work they do?

I love this so much

a fun fact about rand paul filibustering an anti-lynching bill today is that it is in keeping with the traditional function of the filibuster, which is to kill anti-lynching bills!

A quick anecdote on my own devolving credulity with respect to MPD. About a decade ago, I visited the home of one of my students, who's black and lived in N Mpls. When I arrived, the front windows were all smashed out. (1/X)

This isn’t anywhere near the most important thing about police violence—the devastating loss of life is—but... Our police have been bankrupting our city for years. Consistently and absolutely gutting taxpayers of money. I thought we’d seen the worst of it but probably not.

Want to take action for good? Here are things you can do today to make our world better. Please retweet. My reach isn’t very big. #BlackLivesMatter #UseYourPrivilege #TogetherWeRise PART I: POLICE OVERSIGHT 1/

This could be big news. Or it could be like the time my high school band broke up -- and all the other guys reformed the next day with a new name and a different guitarist. news.yahoo.com/minneapolis-co…