[Image description: Two tweets. The first is from the US radio station KCUR (@kcur) and reads “BREAKING: Missouri’s @GovParsonMO has once again declined to pardon Kevin Strickland, a Kansas City man who has spend 43 years behind bars for a crime prosecutors say he did not commit.” The tweet is accompanied by a link to the article on KCUR’s website and a picture showing a black and white photo of Kevin Strickland, a Black man, alongside a scanned image of the list of individuals pardoned by Missouri governor Mike Parson on May 31st, 2021.
The second is a tweet from The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) and reads “Missouri governor pardons McCloskey couple, who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protestors in 2020”. The tweet is accompanied by a link to the article on the Washington Post website and a photo of the McCloskey couple, a white man and woman, brandishing guns and pointing them at Black Lives Matter protestors. -end ID]