Actually got a black woman on INTERNATIONAL TV talking directly to the POTUS (by name) and you KNOW he (or at least his wife) is watching.
Would they be happy if Mallory got up there and told jokes?? Or tap danced? Once again I say to them FOHWTBS
Tamir Rice's Mom Has Words For Tamika Mallory and Other Activists After Watching
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Actually got a black woman on INTERNATIONAL TV talking directly to the POTUS (by name) and you KNOW he (or at least his wife) is watching.
Would they be happy if Mallory got up there and told jokes?? Or tap danced? Once again I say to them FOHWTBS
I remember that story from about 2 or maybe even 3 years ago. From some RIGHT WING piece of trash blog. Never proven.
But even if it's true....Why are they always counting money from progressive organizations but no one is counting the millions
going to the Heritage Foundation? Or other right wing groups
Stop it this is a bs take. Like them crackers don't know what racism is.
Yall gotta Lotta slave talk here. Yall sound like stridhg opportunist.
She right 100% it's been a. Hustle and Mallory is just a clown looking for a check like all them other clowns looking for money off the backs of dead black men.
Nigga please.
Yeah you take every opportunity to make sure they can't avoid it. You have to keep reminding them they can't escape what we're going to so i have zero problems with going to the Grammy's or any other event especially when you still do the other stuff. You speak you way and let them speak theirs.
I thought that might be the issue, but I didn't want to assume
Opportunists?
I will cut her some slack. Tamir would have been 19 this year I believe. I can only imagine up to a certain point what it must have been like to not only loose a child, but the way in which it happened. Tamika lost her husband to violence (not sure of the details), so it not like she hasn't lost anyone close to her in somewhat of a similar manner. Maybe Tamir's mom has tried to reach out to Tamika for something and felt she didn't respond in the right way. Hopefully, everyone can "get on code" because it won't' take much to derail the entire movement.
As for your second point, I don't think that CAC would want to be a dark alley if Mrs.Rice is somewhere nearby.
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My 12-year-old son, Tamir Rice, was killed by police. I’m not allowed to be normal.
Samaria Rice shares the life and death of her 12-year-old son, Tamir Rice, who was shot by a police officer in 2014. Samaria spoke with “GMA” amid growing protests.
My 12-year-old son, Tamir Rice, was killed by police. I’m not allowed to be normal.
Samaria Rice reflects on her son who was shot by a police officer in 2014.
BySamaria Ricevia
July 13, 2020, 4:27 AM
• 12 min read
'My 12-year-old son, Tamir Rice, was killed by police. I’m not allowed to be normal'
Samaria Rice shares the life and death of her son who was shot by a police officer in 2014.
On Nov. 22, 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black child, was shot and killed by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in Cleveland, Ohio. Surveillance video of the shooting garnered worldwide attention, which led to Rice becoming a symbol for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Both officers involved were cleared of criminal charges, though one was terminated in 2017 after it was revealed that he had previously been dismissed from another police department. This information was not disclosed on his job application with the Cleveland Police Department. The police union is appealing a decision upholding the termination.
After her son’s death, Rice's mother, Samaria, launched The Tamir Rice Foundation, which aims to enrich children through after-school programs in arts and culture. The organization also seeks police reform by advocating to change laws and implementing new policies.
Samaria Rice was one of seven mothers who sat down with ABC News' Deborah Roberts for "Good Morning America" to share the stories of the children they lost and their journeys as Black mothers in America.
In her own words, Samaria recounts her emotional journey and shares her opinions that have been shaped by her life-changing loss.
People used to joke and say my son was going to be with me until he was 35 years old. They probably would have been right. He was mommy’s baby.
Tamir had just turned 12 years old and was transitioning from playing with Legos to playing video games and becoming a teen.
Courtesy Samaria Rice
Tamir Rice was very athletic from an early age, playing soccer, basketball and football, a...Read More
As a single parent and his dad not really being around, Tamir was very attached to me. He would give me hugs and kisses. He was able to keep the family laughing and basically kept us glued together.
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Tamir Rice pictured with his mother, Samaria Rice, was "mommy's baby."
He went from one activity to the next. He really enjoyed soccer. He enjoyed football. He enjoyed basketball as well. He liked to draw, too. He was part of the art program. He liked his school, for the most part. I would say he liked science and reading. I was able to expose him to the things that I wasn't exposed to. I put him in mentoring and tutoring. I really tried to keep him out of trouble by keeping him busy.
He was loving and caring but he was a jokester -- definitely a ladies’ man.
If Tamir was alive, he’d probably be doing something with sports. That little boy was so athletic at an early age. I'm not sure what kind of athlete he would have been. We didn't really have a chance to have a lot of those conversations. He would be 18 and have graduated high school by now.
Illustration by QU Lan/Photo Courtesy Samaira Rice
Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old, excelled in soccer, football, basketball and more, according to his mother.
That day Tamir was murdered I received a knock at the door and it was a neighborhood kid saying my son had been shot by police. I said, "What are you talking about?" I was in denial and shock.
As I arrived on the scene, my 14-year-old was in the back of a police car. Tamir was laying on the pavement in a gazebo with police surrounding him. My 16-year-old was surrounded by police officers as well. Basically, police told me to calm down or else they were going to put me in the back of a police car. They gave me an ultimatum to stay at the scene of the crime, or to go with Tamir in the ambulance.
The day was very horrific for me. I was enraged by the way he was killed, murdered, assassinated, lynched, whatever they may call it. Nobody bothered to look at this man's record before he became a Cleveland police officer. He had a horrible report. Nobody in Cleveland did their job, and that's why I have a dead son today.
I have a lot of confusion about why this has happened. But at the end of the day, God is using me in a way that’s much bigger than all of us.
Andrew Spear/The New York Times via Redux
Samaria Rice, Tamir Rice's mother, at the opening of "A Color Removed," a tribute to Tam...Read More
Being a Black mother in America is stressful. I'm nervous and scared all the time. What America had done by killing our children, a lot of us walk around angry. I have taken my anger and created something positive.
No parent should have to endure something like this. Before, I was just living a normal life, trying to take care of my kids.
Now, I’m not allowed to be normal because of what America has done to my family.
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Tamir is in high demand and I’m his voice, so that keeps me really busy in wanting to give back to the community with his foundation, and things that I’m doing with the platform that I have -- the platform that America has provided me. They provided it for me because they murdered my son. I’m still being a mom, a grandmother and I’m always going to be fighting for police reform, dismantling the whole system.
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Tomiko Shine holds up a picture of Tamir Rice during a protest in Washington, D.C., Dec...Read More
When I hear there's a new victim of police brutality or a hate crime, it's just this numbing feeling. It makes me feel like there's no hope, and makes me feel that America does not care about us as Black and brown people. My son was assassinated. With that being seen all over the world, I think it deserves an indictment, a conviction on a federal level.
I’ve connected with a whole bunch of moms and I'm not happy to be among this group. The group I do want to be a part of, is the group that treats all Americans equally.
With all the protests across the country, I do see a united rainbow out there. I’m actually happy, but I don’t want the message to get lost with the vandalism and the burnings. They need to have a clear agenda on why they’re out there marching. Congress, Supreme Court and the governor—that’s where everything should be addressed to. Nobody in America should be comfortable sleeping at night with what’s going on in this country.
Their Painful Bond: Black Mothers Speak Out Together on Their Unimaginable Loss
"GMA" brought together seven mothers, who have all lost children, for a conversation with ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts to discuss their journeys and sacrifices as Black mothers in America.
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As Americans, we come in all shades of colors. I'm sure that's what Tamir would say. He had friends from all shades of colors --Arab to Asian to white to Puerto Rican, Latino. So, he probably would want to see everybody be treated fairly in America.
Being Tamir’s mother I want to be able to represent the people and represent my son in the most honorable way. He was 12 years old. You can’t diminish a 12-year-old’s character. You cannot. It’s time for a change.
I just wish my baby was here. I miss his smile, his hug, his touch.
If the death of Tamir has made people have a change of heart, or has affected their lives in some way, for the better, I guess I'm okay with that. But, I would rather have my son back. I would rather have him back home with us, as a family.
Illustration by QU Lan/Photo Courtesy Samaira Rice
On Nov. 22, 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black child, was shot and killed by a white p...Read More
this !
yeah most folks dont know Sista Tamika's background! her history with crime & violence (lost her baby daddy to street gun violence & fighting police brutality !! she stood her ground against these feminist cacs when they tried to come for the Minister & she decided to pat ways with the biggest women's movement at the time time becos she wouldnt denounce the Minister! the Sister is a true legit one!
its understandable but they need to discuss these issues in a better forum becos this is what cacs r looking for to stain the movement & not just the organization
that my take on her , shes gonna always be a hurting mother but its just that these cacs and their black defenders gonna use every little opportunity like this to shit on the movement so id would love if she took times to be more measured & better strategic with her words btu ist tough totalk to a hurting mother , theres literally nothing she can do for me to fault her in my eyes as a result of that.. i dont understand her pain , i cant , im not in her shoes...i can only imagine
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I agree with your point, but it's going to be hard to ask a grieving mother to be more nuanced. It seems she hasn't reached the acceptance stage of grief yet. Trust me that last step can take awhile to get to.
yeah man!
whats speaking get us? and marching? Even MLK said that shit was a waste
and pad her pockets yes we know
Which is basically what they are.
proof ?
yeah we can't go silent now..keep the aggression..the game is so fuc'd up tho man...
how bout we actually do something other than sing and fucking dance
This whole thing is a little confussing. 
that too..what do you suggest?.but we definitely can't go silent..especially now...
We just don't ever learn 
. Deal with discourse IN PRIVATE and move collectively, in an organized manner in public at all times, or progress won't ever happen. I feel for the mothers and fathers and RIP to the dead, but man this just ain't the way to move. White folks laughing at this BS, and we feed into on social platforms like its sports banter.
. Deal with discourse IN PRIVATE and move collectively, in an organized manner in public at all times, or progress won't ever happen. I feel for the mothers and fathers and RIP to the dead, but man this just ain't the way to move. White folks laughing at this BS, and we feed into on social platforms like its sports banter.
dont care how white people feel...shouldnt be on the white mans awards seeking validation in the first placeWe just don't ever learn
stop cooning and tear shit up
this,,,,
My suggestion..we need our own..there's a Asian community in almost every city..Hispanic community..even out here in L.A. they have taco stands setup on off blocks and they people be lined up to recycle their dollar with their own..we need some type of togetherness..all I know..til then..we can complain like we been doing...
I have no idea what is going on.
true but check this , ..quick question , anybody stopping anyone in those blocks from running a black food truck ?
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