Protests are heating up in McKinney, Texas after video surfaced showing a white officer slamming a black teenage girl to the ground and pulling his gun on other teenagers after responding to a disturbance at a community pool. The officer has been placed on administrative leave, but protesters are doing their thing:
Shutdown. McKinney. https://t.co/kjvvYpB0FE
— deray (@deray) June 9, 2015
We can't swim, you can't drive. McKinney. https://t.co/vs4FtDK7LK
— deray (@deray) June 9, 2015
And the protest continues McKinney. https://t.co/fcEqbvS4Tc
— deray (@deray) June 9, 2015
There are now reports that members of Nation of Islam and the New Black Panther Party are in town:
@Bloviate_Barbie Nation of Islam and Black Panthers are walking through the neighborhood right now! #McKinney @deray @tnmd11 @realistguys
— Eye Of Covfefe™ (@ProgPoker) June 9, 2015
And the Nation of Islam has arrived. McKinney. pic.twitter.com/Qsuy1ak95t
— deray (@deray) June 9, 2015
Nation of Islam leaders arrive at the police brutality protests in #McKinney. pic.twitter.com/JkXduzNkx1
— Rob Webster (@JRobWebster) June 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/Isx_m22/status/608072501034254337
And the New Black Panthers are out here. McKinney.
— deray (@deray) June 9, 2015
Some Black Panthers arrive. #McKinney #protest pic.twitter.com/O4C4905EwW
— Rob Webster (@JRobWebster) June 9, 2015
Another Black Panther who arrived at Comstock Elementary for the protests. #McKinney pic.twitter.com/ylY6Bw5LIL
— Rob Webster (@JRobWebster) June 9, 2015
#Evergreen:
My favorite part about the Obama era is all the racial healing.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) August 18, 2014
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