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Twitter: Shaun King’s Threat To Name Random Police Officers After Jacob Blake Shooting ‘Not In Violation’ Of Rules

Tim Pearce
Twitter: Shaun King’s Threat To Name Random Police Officers After Jacob Blake Shooting ‘Not In Violation’ Of Rules
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A series of tweets by Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King threatening to baselessly accuse Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers of shooting Jacob Blake does not violate Twitter’s rules, the platform said on Wednesday.

“The Tweet you referenced is currently not in violation of the Twitter Rules,” a Twitter spokesperson told The Daily Wire after a reporter directed Twitter to a series of tweets posted by King late Tuesday night. Twitter directed The Daily Wire to the platform’s privacy policy.

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