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I learned some days ago that the charges against me from the mass arrest on Nov 4, 2020, when I was volunteering as a medic, were dismissed. 1/ #646dropthecharges
I had the privilege of having an attorney. Majority of the 646 people arrested that night have still not heard anything about their charges. We have to continue to fight to get all charges dropped against everyone. 2/ #646dropthecharges
The police continue to kill. When it comes to fighting injustice, actions that we might believe to be morally justified are often considered illegal by the racist-capitalist state, especially if they threaten the status-quo power structures. 3/ #646dropthecharges
The police state has become more authoritarian since they were humiliated during the George Floyd uprising. 4/ #646dropthecharges
We witnessed that humiliation of the state, first when the 3rd precinct was burned down. Then again when Jacob Frey was booed and told to go home. And then every time since then when during a protest there is a chant of “Fuck 12.” 5/ #646dropthecharges
There is the police and then there is “policing.” All of it is interconnected and meant to keep us in our place as subservient lap dogs of the racist-capitalist system. 6/ #646dropthecharges
Policing is interwoven into various disciplines and institutions of capitalism. 7/ #646dropthecharges
Schools, work, hospitals, banks and landlords serve a policing function by operating as “private governments.” [h/t Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) by Elizabeth Anderson]. 8/ #646dropthecharges
The police arrest you for breaking their laws. Policing by private governments makes sure that you pay for breaking those laws by closing doors, evicting, sanctioning and ostracizing. 9/ #646dropthecharges
Ever noticed how some disciplines are so chummy with police? Nowhere is this more evident than in the mental health field. Mental health professionals and the police are cousins. They both police and incarcerate / incapacitate. 10/ #646dropthecharges
Deterrence is one of the justifications used for punishment. The threat of punishment is meant to deter you from disrupting the status-quo social order created by the state. 11/ #646dropthecharges
