A know a lot, not a know it all.

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Which one of you rich Black Americans (or rich immigrants that genuinely understand what’s going on) that lurk my tweets wants to open up your brownstone for me and likeminded homies to converse and plan?
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Joe Ligon was 15 years old when Pennsylvania sentenced him to life in prison with no possibility of parole. He walked out 68 years later at 83. The state spent $3 million keeping him locked up. He was the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in American history. The world he remembered no longer existed. When they finally offered him parole he refused. He said he'd rather stay in prison than spend his last years being supervised. He kept fighting until a federal judge set him free with zero conditions. In the video below, Ligon gives his first television interview after release - and describes walking out of prison for the first time since 1953. He was 15 years old when five Black teenagers from Philadelphia went on an alcohol-fueled night of robberies and stabbings. Two people died. All five were tried together at city hall, convicted on guilt by association, and sentenced to life without parole. His lawyer said if the case went to trial today, Ligon would likely face a manslaughter charge. Five to ten years. Maybe twenty. He got 68. In 2016 the US Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences for juveniles were unconstitutional. Ligon won the right to be resentenced. But he refused parole - he didn't want to spend whatever years he had left being supervised. So his lawyer kept fighting until a federal judge vacated his sentence entirely. He walked out free. No conditions. No parole officer. When asked what he did first as a free man, he said he almost cried. Then broke into a big smile. He said they locked him up. But they didn't lock his mind up. Was Joe Ligon a criminal who got what he deserved, or did Pennsylvania spend $3 million proving that the punishment had nothing to do with the crime?
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A lot of yall didn’t watch The Player’s Club as kids and it shows.
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Frederick Richard makes HISTORY! For the first time since 2003, an American is the men's floor WORLD CHAMPION. 🥇 📺 World Gymnastics Championships on Peacock & NBCSN
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A man 🥹❤️. The greatest man. The BEST man.
The way I’m still so glad my dad wasn’t a bitch and worked on himself so that he could have a healthy relationship with me. Man I miss him so much.
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My dad is dead but he still lives ❤️
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Me when I find out a disrespectful man didn’t grow up with his dad.
I love talking about how my daddy made me this strong and I’m starting to realize why that results in tension with men. They can’t relate 💔
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Like so much makes sense
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Like ohhh. Yall don’t know how to talk to women because there was no man around to model that. There there.
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I couldn’t have asked for a better father. 🥹
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FREDERICK RICHARD IS A WORLD CHAMPION‼️ @FrederickFlips scores a 14.633 on Floor Exercise to capture his first Gold Medal at the World Championships!
Frederick Richard puts up a HUGE 14.633 in the Men's Floor Final! 📹⤵️
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He really is the last one
“Guru…play anything…”
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Look at all of these children left behind.
Yo niggas that don’t or can’t read, buying tickets to a book tour and then being upset it’s a book tour and not a comedy tour is hilarious 😂
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Remember Kohen Wiley. Remember all Black children who never got a chance to grow up. This image is 150 years old.
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Former Senatobia cop Foster who killed Kohen Wiley had 2 previous lawsuits for excessive force, one of them also mentioning that he exaggerated the threat by the vehicle he stepped in front of. Two Black men sued him for “viciously and repeatedly beating” them and claimed that Foster “conspired to charge them with crimes they did not commit” in a Waffle House parking lot in 2019 (video enclosed below). A second lawsuit was filed by Katherine Jefferson (race unverified) who claimed that on 8/26/2022, they “tased her multiple times,” “stomped on her face breaking her jaw” and “knocked out multiple teeth” during a traffic stop. actionnews5.com/2026/10/24/f… piped.video/watch?v=5xt0EFt-…
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This chilled me to my fucking core.
Kohen Wiley's tiny coffin carried out by children at his funeral The 1 year old was shot by police at a Walmart The officer got away with it
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RT @PreciousGNSD: A victim of police brutality that’s young enough to have a Bluey themed funeral. This world is so evil. They don’t care t…
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LMFAO
WATCH: A Spanish reporter warned viewers of rough seas moments before a giant wave knocked him down during a live broadcast.
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A hit that sticks like grits
i’m glad she detests beenie man (rightfully so) but it’s sad that she ignores this song because this is one of janet’s best music video looks 🙂‍↕️
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Was experimenting and made the best chicken and rice soup I have ever had.
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Hella garlic and onion. Had me sweating out a cold I don’t even have.
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Dog owners when their dog is attacking you
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