#Defundthepolice

Lewis Miles

lewisjmiles

1 thing that may be missing in fully understanding GEO’s demands is this: police presence is not automatically “good.” That default has to be revisited. Like any other profession, the

my name doesn’t matter, but Black lives do!

unotater

On Aug. 15, tensions rose between Blue Lives supporters and #BLM counter-protesters in downtown #Portland. See thread. PPB made no appearance that afternoon, later stating that an incident in Forest

Anti-Fascist AWK

AWKWORDrap

Like K-12 public schools, public universities are meant to be places of learningNot entry points for the school to prison pipelineIt's time to #AbolishThePolice across academia — and California should

Mariana Winnik #WeWontDieForDOE

marianaedyn

@MOREcaucusUFT Here’s yet another THREAD about how @NYCSchools reopening plan is UNSAFE and DANGEROUS. I tested + for COVID and I most likely got it inside of my school building.

avery 💫

SUNSETSAPPHICS

there are other people on death row who can still be saved, petitions below https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-execution-pervis-payne/ https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/abolish-the-death-penalty-3?bucket=&source=twitter-share-b

Shannon Baker

Shan_Bake

.@HarvardAsh convened a conversation yesterday with @DavidCallahanIP, @CHayling, @garalog, Julie Fernandes, and @meganfrancis about #philanthropy and race, mobilization & the #2020election. I’ve been thinking about it since. At the

Schrödinger's Criminologist

anarkriminology

The ability to infiltrate and hijack a transformative social movement, then repackage a contaminated discourse to disseminate it through demands for reforms, gives specific political interest groups an edge in

Coalition Against More Surveillance

CAMSOttawa

Regardless of intentions, non-profit organizations - as part of the non-profit industrial complex - can pose a huge barrier to social change. Efforts to relegitimize their own existence derail social

BLMChicago

BLMChi

Welcome back to #Fuck12Friday!! We're proud to see Chicagoans keeping up the energy and continuing to come out to the streets. We're in this for the long haul! Lori Lightfoot's

Sasha "Interrogator (C)" Costanza-Chock

schock

I'm reading the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act that was just introduced into the Senate. This is a quick read, and does not represent the views of any

Ari Shapiro

arishapiro

If you've been wondering what #DefundThePolice looks like in practice, @npratc has been exploring the question all week. There's no single, simple answer, but these five conversations give you some

alex wants jjpope ★

TH3REF0REIAM

tw // racism , police brutality i just spend 45 mins signing petitions. you can too. heres a thread of resources including petitions, emails, donation links, and just other ways

Tom Fowler

tombfowler

Mohamud Mohammed Hassan died at the hands of @SWPCardiff, something they are describing as "sudden and unexplained" His is the 1774 death following contact with police in England & Wales

Dmitri Zimine

dzimine

1/*I use twitter professionally, but will step out of this line because what I see hurts my heart & insults reason. I DONT support what many here support. Silence is

Gabrielle Blair

designmom

This is how I, a 45-year-old white woman and mother of 6, currently at her peak Karen power, went from assuming police work was a necessary part of functional communities,

🌱 Laurel Lynn Leake 🐌

LaurelLynnLeake

hey fellow people not able to attend protests: one way we can join in is by reporting abusive comments & adding/uplifting messages of support! if you have the time &

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