“In These Tweets” is The North Star’s weekly cultural dive into trending topics on Twitter impacting our community, hosted by TNS Chief Content Editor, Donney Rose.

This week, Donney looks at Trump's pardoning of Lil Wayne before he left office, the New York attorney general filing suit against the NYPD for excessive force during summer 2020 protests and Jemele Hill's commentary on MLK's approval rating at his time of death compared to Donald Trump's rating leaving the presidency.

We are outchea in these tweets!

About the Author

Donney Rose is a poet, essayist, Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow, advocate, and Chief Content Editor at The North Star. He believes in telling how it is and how it should be.

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