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Sister of Juston Root

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My brother Juston was shot over 30 times by 6 officers at point blank range while on the ground, incapacitated w/nothing in his hands. Only 1 BWC w/blackouts. An independent investigation is critical for #Accountability #TruthMatters www.JustonRoot.com

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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
#VanityFair #TruthMatters #JusticeforJustonRoot #FKR “isn’t just about one verdict; It reflects a broken system where #police investigate themselves, eroding #transparency & making #accountability nearly impossible.” #JustOne www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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Beyond the Karen Read Verdict: DA Michael Morrissey and the Scandal Still Haunting Massachusetts
Karen Read case insiders speak on the DA who unsuccessfully tried her, the federal investigation, and the other death scandal in Norfolk County that will “make your blood boil.”
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
#VanityFair #TruthMatters #JusticeforJustonRoot #FKR “isn’t just about one verdict; It reflects a broken system where #police investigate themselves, eroding #transparency & making #accountability nearly impossible.” #JustOne www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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Beyond the Karen Read Verdict: DA Michael Morrissey and the Scandal Still Haunting Massachusetts
Karen Read case insiders speak on the DA who unsuccessfully tried her, the federal investigation, and the other death scandal in Norfolk County that will “make your blood boil.”
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
@thomasnolan.org Thank you 🙏 #VanityFair #JustonRoot www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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Beyond the Karen Read Verdict: DA Michael Morrissey and the Scandal Still Haunting Massachusetts
Karen Read case insiders speak on the DA who unsuccessfully tried her, the federal investigation, and the other death scandal in Norfolk County that will “make your blood boil.”
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
#TruthMatters
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/05/2025
NEW: We identified at least 14 officers in the Chicago Police Department who, according to disciplinary records, have faced multiple accusations of sexual assault or misconduct in the past 10 years. Most have not been convicted. With @invisible.institute
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Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Many of the same “investigators” on Read/O’Keefe and Birchmore case were also on Juston Root’s #TruthMatters #Digdeeper
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
#TruthMatters
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Tom Nolan @thomasnolan.org · 03/04/2025
Any law that gives police officers more discretionary authority to arrest people who do something to displease them is always and already a bad idea.
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Mass. police say a 25-foot buffer will keep them safe. First Amendment advocates call it ‘dangerous.’ - The Boston Globe
Law enforcement leaders are pressing to give police and other first responders the power to keep reporters, people taking cellphone videos, and bystanders at least 25 feet away from them. First Amendm...
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
despite all that, the 1st Cir. Court of appeals cherry picked evidence & denied my family&the public a right to a jury trial! They’re about letting officers kill w/impunity. Shame on them! To allow officers to continue to use excessive force with zero consequences puts US ALL in DANGER! #WakeUp
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
despite all that, the 1st Cir. Court of appeals cherry picked evidence & denied my family&the public a right to a jury trial! They’re about letting officers kill w/impunity. Shame on them! To allow officers to continue to use excessive force with zero consequences puts US ALL in DANGER! #WakeUp
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
officers met together prior to their interviews 5 days after the shooting. Despite a passbyer certified EMTat his side, describing his dyer condition, gurgling blood & eyes rolling in the back of his head, covered in blood
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
@jcschwartzprof.bsky.social issues that came up w/the Officers who executed #JustonRoot Lying under oath, significant issues w/credibility, broke rules & policies, little did I know ALL wouldn’t matter! only the officers “totality of the circumstances” and their purported distorted perception
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#TruthMatters #JustonRoot #JustOne www.JustonRoot.com
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
That’s true. #JusticeforJustonRoot why because #TruthMatters Why because the officers met together prior to their interview (which took place 5 days after they shot 31 bullets into Juston, he was incapacitated, covered in blood with NOTHING in his hands. So much for accountability Andrea.
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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Couple problems here. First, Carnes (and many other judges/justices) assume law enforcement officers and other government officials are actually reading the cases that clearly establish the law for qualified immunity purposes-when they most certainly are not. lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...
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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Anyone who thinks about police violence/accountability must watch "The Incident" www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW65..., a 30-min doc by @billmorrison.bsky.social from footage of the killing of Harith Augustus by Chicago PD, gathered by Jamie Kalven of @invisible.institute. I can't stop thinking about it.
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How Police Officers React When a Killing Is Caught on Tape | "Incident" | The New Yorker Documentary
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Evan @spacecommandernix.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Even if you somehow think Karen Read killed John O’Keefe, the misconduct at the Norfolk County DAs office is still a gigantic issue that needs addressing.
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Keep in mind that Trooper Proctor was permitted to lead the investigation into Ana Walshe's murder in January 2023, despite having been a subject of a federa...
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Deaths of 9 Indigenous people at hands of police in one month fuel renewed calls for justice Families of people who died in police encounters say getting accountability is a long journey and sometimes proves impossible. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Deaths of 9 Indigenous people at hands of police in one month fuel renewed calls for justice
Families of people who died in police encounters say getting accountability is a long journey and sometimes proves impossible.
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Instead, in the two seconds that constituted the moment of the threat in Barnes, the officer “was still hanging on to the moving vehicle when he shot Barnes.”
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
the change in circumstances caused by the car accident & Root’s resulting physical and mental condition are irrelevant to the totality of the circumstances. Barnes, in contrast, does not involve the same type of change in circumstances.
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
in his head coupled with the circuit split over the impact of a change in circumstances on the totality of the circumstances analysis, warrant certiorari." "The question here is whether the majority below created a circuit split by erroneously holding that
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"The facts of this case—where the court below forged a new summary judgment standard that overlooked multiple material disputes of fact in favor of the police officers who shot a man dead when he was already on the ground, covered in blood, nonverbal, gurgling blood, w/his eyes ping ponging—
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Below is from the response to the respondents opposition to the petition- filed 11/29/24:
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Juston's case was files with the US Supreme Court 9/9/24 - you can read more here: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
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Evan @spacecommandernix.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This article just gets worse and worse. How was it that disciplinary records were disallowed from being considered when promoting cops?! Corrupt to the core. #defundMSP #FreeKarenRead #JusticeForEnriqueDelgadoGarcia #JusticeForSandraBirchmore #JusticeforJustonRoot #JusticeforJohnOkeefe
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A State Police trooper had a history of misconduct. State law let him rise through the ranks. - The Boston Globe
He was but one member of a more than 2,300-person police force. But his story is a snapshot of the shortcomings of the State Police accountability system.
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#TruthMatters #JustonRoot #JustOne www.JustonRoot.com
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#JusticeforJustonRoot #TruthMatters Sign the petition www.JustonRoot.com
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Wild Bill @ohwildbill.bsky.social · 24/04/2021
This is wrong. So absolutely, horrifically, disgustingly wrong. Help hold police #accountable & get #JusticeForJustonRoot The police shot him 30+ times at close range while he was on the ground, defenseless. - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Y5qzpdNp via @Change
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 23/04/2024
Police had reasonable cause to fatally shoot man after chase from gun incident near Brigham and Women's, court rules #JustonRoot #Brookline #Boston www.universalhub.com/2024/police-...
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Sister of Juston Root @justonroot.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
First tweet BlueSky #JustonRoot #JustOne
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