In the wake of the high-profile cases involving white police officers and their deadly encounters with black men, multiple Twitter hashtag campaigns have been started.

#CrimingWhileWhite captures white people’s reported encounters with police, and how benign those interactions were. #AliveWhileBlack documents the daily racism that African-Americans deal with on a daily basis, from law enforcement and others.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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