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Let’s talk about @cmlauriecumbo tho.
. @cmlauriecumbo spoke last night about how this movement is not led by Black people. That is an outright lie. She basically said Black organizers & advocates like me + @monifabandele @KassandraFrederique @ACSawyerJustice don’t exist.
So @cmlauriecumbo allow me to reintroduce myself. I am the Deputy Director of @BKMovement, an organization that first interacted with you in 2013 when you ran for the seat you currently hold in the Council. Here’s a receipt, in case you forgot https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/closing-bell-city-council-forum-tomorrow/
Our anti-street harassment collective No Disrespect worked hard from 2013-2018 to develop solutions to street harassment OUTSIDE of the police state, understanding that policing doesn’t equal safety to Black women, queer, trans & GNC folks https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150626/bed-stuy/catcallers-be-challenged-by-anti-harassment-cyclists/
but maybe @cmlauriecumbo missed that because she was too busy standing with @Hollaback, which at the time was white-led and up until 2017 endorsed police state solutions that impacted Black male harassers in Black neighborhoods http://brooklynbrief.com/hollaback-event-empowers-women-to-speak-out-against-street-harassment-through-art/
As for the assertion that the #DefundNYPD organizers aren’t Black and are co-opting #BlackLivesMatter 
, @cmlauriecumbo here’s a clip from 2016 of me + @TamikaDMallory @CarmenMDixon on @ny1 lifting up police violence during the height of BLM https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2016/07/8/ny1-online--panel-discusses-string-of-police-killings-around-the-country-of-young-black-men
, @cmlauriecumbo here’s a clip from 2016 of me + @TamikaDMallory @CarmenMDixon on @ny1 lifting up police violence during the height of BLM https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2016/07/8/ny1-online--panel-discusses-string-of-police-killings-around-the-country-of-young-black-men
. @cmlauriecumbo let me also remind you that @BKMovement was a part of the @changethenypd coalition that pushed back against @NYCCouncil in 2017 when y’all were gonna let @MMViverito kill the #RighttoKnowAct https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mark-viverito-defends-choice-block-vote-police-reform-bills-article-1.2753736
We been here. I’m not posting more receipts. Google us b4 you say the leadership of #DefundNYPD is not Black or hasn't done the work. One search will save you from sounding out of touch w/ the constituents you claimed to rep in your argument against us last night @cmlauriecumbo
Talk about who you talkin about and don’t mix us up with your enemies, especially when Black futures are on the line @cmlauriecumbo
This tweet has been getting around and I wanna name the nuance of this thread—I’m laying out facts. This is not a license for ungrounded bashing of a Black woman.
