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Collected Item: “Curfew tweets”

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Curfew tweets

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Screenshot from Twitter

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This tweet calls out government hypocrisy between lack of action with rules to limit human interaction and prevent them from contracting COVID but the quick response to shut down protests and put curfews in place for those protesting against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd.

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curfew, hypocrite, tweet, protest, murder, police, government

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https://twitter.com/ishathepoet/status/1266535361032925196

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@ishathepoet

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2020-05-29
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