Michael Moore Calls For The Disarmament of Police And More in Awesome Series of Tweets

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore tweeted some profound truth about Baltimore and the U.S. at large.

May 01, 2015
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Though we haven't had a proper film from Michael Moore since the 2009 documentary Capitalism: A Love Story, the sporadically controversial figure has maintained a strong presence — particularly on Twitter. On Thursday, Moore took to @MMFlint to voice his thoughts on Baltimore, his disgust with the current state of law enforcement, and the ridiculousness of overcrowding prisons with nonviolent offenders in the name of an increasingly pointless war on drugs.

Moore, who won a well-deserved Academy Award for his 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine and boasts the highest-grossing documentary of all time in Fahrenheit 9/11, packs an almost overwhelming amount of truth in just five tweets — embedded in chronological order below.

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Imprison u, shoot u, sever your spine, crush your larynx, send u to war, keep u poor, call u a thug, not let u vote. But u can sing for us.

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015

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Here's my demand: I want every African-American currently incarcerated for drug "crimes" or nonviolent offenses released from prison today.

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015

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And the rest who r imprisoned- I dont believe 50% of them did what they're accused of. Lies. Greed. A modern day slave system. Poor whites 2

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015

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Next demand: Disarm the police. We have a 1/4 billion 2nd amendment guns in our homes 4 protection. We'll survive til the right cops r hired

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015

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Local cops now militarized. Founding Fathers said NO army policing on our soil. Why do cops have tanks? Oh, right - the Enemy: The Black Man

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015

 

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