Jeanne Theoharis

@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South

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Do my eyes deceive me, or does this article that mentions the assassination of Charlie Kirk, who was not an elected official, not mention that Rep. Ilhan Omar was physically attacked less than 10 months ago?!?!?!

@seadear.bsky.socialReposted by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

NYC Comptroller casually drops his role in the City of New York's retirement systems before listing his demands for Target's Board after ICE used their parking lot to stage raids that led to a father being shot in the neck.

As Comptroller of the City of New York, I serve as investment adviser to, and custodian and a trustee of, the five New York City retirement systems (“the Systems”). The Systems are substantial long-term Target shareholders. I write to request that the Governance & Sustainability Committee immediately commission and oversee an independent, third‑party human rights risk assessment focused on Target’s interactions with federal law‑enforcement agencies, including how the company manages risks associated with the use of its property, facilities, and security practices.
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update: per a hearing today Oscar Belgal was detained overnight in Elizabeth NJ and is now being held in Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as his attorneys push for his release. he is still in pain and apparently has a bullet still in his body.

@handsoffnyc.bsky.socialReposted by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

EMERGENCY PROTEST IN NEW YORK TONIGHT 5:30PM FOLEY SQUARE. ICE shot a man with his 5 year old in the backseat. We cannot let this be normal. Be there.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 EMERGENCY PROTEST ICE SHOT A NEW YORKER WITH HIS 5-YEAR-OLD IN THE CAR FOLEY SQUARE 5:30PM HANDS OFF NYC
@mayor.nyc.govReposted by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Rev. Robin Tanner, president of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, flew in from NJ to attend the event and led a prayer. Rev. Liz Theoharis, exec. dir of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice in NYC and a Presbyterian pastor, felt called to engage in the fight.

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in July an ICE agent killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. just 6 months prior, agents abducted 100 people in 3 days during "Catch of the Day"

I joined Mainers monitoring an ICE facility despite harassment, making memorials, protesting Congress, and caring for their neighbors @us.theguardian.com

theguardian.comICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics tooICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach
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@clancyny.bsky.socialReposted by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

“When she filed for Title IX, they [the university] did not tell her she could also contact the police and have them launch a criminal investigation,” ... “She just assumed LSU would do the criminal investigation.” The East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney is launching a criminal investigation.

@clancyny.bsky.socialReposted by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

@nbcnews.com:
LSU student says she was raped by a football player who is still on the team

By Corky Siemaszko

“LSU does really protect their athletes, especially their football players,” says the woman, whose claims are being investigated by the local district attorney.

@reneefeltz.bsky.socialReposted by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

“There is an inability to hold simultaneously in our minds that this person not only inflicted suffering but is someone who is herself suffering, and that is what we really need to do to understand this case,” Sandra Babcock, with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide, told Truthout.

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