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. @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun are live right now for Day 2 of the 2021 budget discussion.
http://abbotsford.ca/watchcouncilonline
Keep the pressure on. We must #DefundThePolice by 50% and scrap the $60 million expansion to police HQ.
#AbolishThePolice #CareNotCops
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Keep the pressure on. We must #DefundThePolice by 50% and scrap the $60 million expansion to police HQ.
#AbolishThePolice #CareNotCops
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and tell @City_Abbotsford that increasing the police budget is unacceptable. We must be defunding them and funding our communities.
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and tell @City_Abbotsford that increasing the police budget is unacceptable. We must be defunding them and funding our communities.
Starting with the police and their justification for increasing the police budget in the middle of a pandemic when there are national and international calls to defund and abolish police.
There's no "strength and community" in police.
#ACAB #DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
There's no "strength and community" in police.
#ACAB #DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
This is not just about George Floyd and the US. Police have been murdering Black and Indigenous people here in Canada every single day. There is systemic racism here and in this police force.
#ACAB #DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#ACAB #DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
Uh huh, 25% reduction is property crime.
Seems to me that y'all are making the case for defunding yourselves.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice #ACAB
Seems to me that y'all are making the case for defunding yourselves.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice #ACAB
"Project Panhandle"
Yeah, we see those signs @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun. Y'all are just pushing folks from asking for funds in public places to private more dangerous places. Clearly it's not working when I see people still out in the streets and not in housing!
Yeah, we see those signs @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun. Y'all are just pushing folks from asking for funds in public places to private more dangerous places. Clearly it's not working when I see people still out in the streets and not in housing!
BTW, this is @ ChiefSerr who is speaking right now to justify increasing the police budget in the middle of a pandemic.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
Um, I think the Abby PD is more known for street checking Black and Indigenous people, particularly Indigenous women, in this city. The @bccla and 90+ orgs are calling on a ban on street checks. Y'all haven't banned them yet.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
People aren't coming forward with intimate partner violence because COPS DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. Y'ALL ARE THE PROBLEM, FFS. Y'ALL COMMIT THE VIOLENCE!
@City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun (Chair of Police Board)
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
@City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun (Chair of Police Board)
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
Come on. Police are not public safety. The world is literally calling for police to be DEFUNDED so we can fund actual crisis response teams full of medical professionals and mental health experts.
Y'all also don't reduce domestic intimate partner violence.
#DefundThePolice
Y'all also don't reduce domestic intimate partner violence.
#DefundThePolice
Cool. The cops need money to replace their IT network storage and servers so they can keep surveilling us. Oh, and a new automatic license plate reader to further criminalize people.
How about no?
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
How about no?
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
Les Barkman is literally asking the Chief of police how best to snitch on our neighbors. This always disproportionately endangers Black, Indigenous and racialized people.
DON'T CALL THE COPS ON YOUR NEIGHBOURS, DAMN.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
DON'T CALL THE COPS ON YOUR NEIGHBOURS, DAMN.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
It also can't be understated that our entire @City_Abbotsford council, other than Kelly Chahal, is old and white. They are extremely pro-cop and aren't affected by police violence. Kelly Chahal is also really pro-cop.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
. @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun Y'all not going to mention how Abby PD attacked a Mexican farm worker and sicced dogs on him? https://www.abbynews.com/news/mexican-consulate-wants-answers-after-assault-on-farmworker-by-police-officers-in-abbotsford/
. @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun Y'all not going to mention how Abby PD sent out militarized police, SWAT and K9 units to Edgeview Place in response to one person suffering from a mental health crisis? https://www.abbynews.com/news/abbotsford-police-respond-to-incident-on-edgeview-place/
. @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun y'all not going to mention how Abby PD drew a gun on an innocent man and then deleted their recording from their phone? https://www.abbynews.com/news/plainclothes-abbotsford-police-officer-deletes-cellphone-video-after-drawing-gun-on-innocent-man/
Ross Siemens, we don't need more grant money and these specialized teams to help homeless people. We need to take the money you're giving to police and HOUSE PEOPLE. COPS ARE TAKING ALL OUR TAX DOLLARS. STOP GIVING THEM ALL THE MONEY.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
So far, no questions from any @City_Abbotsford Councillor or @MayorHenryBraun about defunding the police. They are deliberately ignoring this and it's infuriating.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
It's so weird how this council and the police talk about houseless people and drug users. If y'all decriminalized drug possession, cops wouldn't be needed. Treat drug addiction as the health issue it is and not a criminal one.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
There must be no 1.55% increase in police, @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun. There is no justification for more police, pandemic or not.
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
The @ReadLearnPlay is up now and they are getting pennies in this budget. Fund our libraries more and not the police. They actually strengthen our communities. @City_Abbotsford @MayorHenryBraun
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
#DefundThePolice #AbolishThePolice
