Social Cues: International Day of Peace? Not on Twitter
A spate of fatal police shootings keeps protesters calling for justice on social media.
The third high-profile fatal police shooting in just one week has kept calls for justice echoing across social media.
Exactly a week ago, Tyree King, 13, was killed by police in Columbus, Ohio. Two days after, Tulsa, Oklahoma, police fatally shot Terence Crutcher. On Wednesday, another name rose to the top of Twitter's trending topics: Keith Lamont Scott.
Social Cues delivers the morning's top trending topics on Facebook and Twitter as your go-to guide on what your friends and followers are talking about. Here's what's trending Wednesday morning:
Keith Lamont Scott: Protesters took to the streets and to social media after another fatal police shooting, this time in Charlotte, North Carolina. At about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, officers shot and killed the 43-year-old, with police reporting Scott had a gun. A woman claiming to be Scott's sister streamed the aftermath of the deadly shooting on Facebook Live, arguing that he did not have a gun. By Wednesday morning, both Scott's name and #CharlotteProtest were trending on Twitter.
International Day of Peace: In a week of turmoil, plagued by shootings and terrorist threats, the Day of Peace brought out social media's optimists and pessimists, calling for peace but acknowledging the world still has a long way to go. "Hard to believe it's #internationaldayofpeace when all I see is hate and horror stories on the news and Twitter. #SpreadLoveNotHate," Rob Lundquist tweeted. The day is organized by the United Nations, with this year's theme being "Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace."