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RIGHT NOW - members of the skateboard community are in front of Memphis City Hall showing support for the family of #TyreNichols
More at 11 on @WMCActionNews5 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
More at 11 on @WMCActionNews5 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We’re at Mt. Olive Church now, where we’re expected to hear from family attorney Ben Crump following their meeting with city officials.
Stick with @WMCActionNews5 for live coverage.
Stick with @WMCActionNews5 for live coverage.
The family of #TyreNichols has arrived @WMCActionNews5
Some people really believe we are being hyperbolic when we talk about reformism as a police counterinsurgency strategy, when we frame policing as a manifestation of domestic war and occupation… if you read the literature across any political spectrum they are clear about it: 🧵
“Repression does not always come dressed up in riot gear, or breaking into offices in the middle of the night. It also comes in the form of the friendly “neighborhood liaison” officer, advisory boards to local police departments, & the social scientist hired on as a consultant…”
“…Repression is, first and foremost, a matter of politics: it is the means the state uses to protect itself from political challenges, the methods it employs to preserve its authority and continue its rule.”
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Last May we requested all of LAPD's communications with @deray. LAPD told us they have 57 pages of records that they'll start turning over later this month.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
Read more on how @deray met with city officials to sanitize LAPD violence early during the 2020 uprising:
Deray told @MrErnestOwens this week that the #8cantwait reforms he was peddling were "the largest rollback of the power of police in a generation."
Yet LAPD had long been compliant with #8cantwait's bullshit, as the Mayor announced after meeting
@deray:
Yet LAPD had long been compliant with #8cantwait's bullshit, as the Mayor announced after meeting
@deray:
It looks like @deray was meeting with Eric Garcetti as early as June 10 last year to peddle police reforms no one wanted. @lapdcommission was so excited about it they emailed him for details.
This was nearly a week after local organizers led by @LACANetwork @BLMLA and @stoplapdspying had publicly condemned the #8cantwait proposals that @deray was trying to sell to LAPD
Wherever you live, you should file records requests of your police department's conversations with reform professionals. Also come to this tm night to learn more about using public records requests:
Mega Thread in English on police violence in the USA.
1/3 of all the people killed by a stranger in the USA are actually killed by a police officer
In March and April of 2020 (during quarantine) the police killed as many people as they did in March and April of 2019 even though people were in their homes and there was a historic
In March and April of 2020 (during quarantine) the police killed as many people as they did in March and April of 2019 even though people were in their homes and there was a historic
decrease in crime. Despite that the police killed the same number of people at the same rate.
2019 was the first year ever where black people were more afraid of being killed by police than community violence
In Minneapolis (where George Floyd was murdered) black people have 13
2019 was the first year ever where black people were more afraid of being killed by police than community violence
In Minneapolis (where George Floyd was murdered) black people have 13
PA Council Meeting about to start!
Check out openpaloalto.org/next for tonight’s agenda items, how to listen in, and how to provide your input to the Council.
Live tweet thread to follow here.
Check out openpaloalto.org/next for tonight’s agenda items, how to listen in, and how to provide your input to the Council.
Live tweet thread to follow here.
#pamtg
Meeting called to order!
Mayor Fine asks to "adjourn our meeting in honor of those who suffer from the wildfire and our first responders."
Now starting with Oral Communications (public comment on non-agenda items).
Meeting called to order!
Mayor Fine asks to "adjourn our meeting in honor of those who suffer from the wildfire and our first responders."
Now starting with Oral Communications (public comment on non-agenda items).
Only one public comment 🗣:
Steven Lee strongly urges Council to take action on the CEDAW resolution that the Human Relations Commission recommended unanimously over 2 years ago.
Steven Lee strongly urges Council to take action on the CEDAW resolution that the Human Relations Commission recommended unanimously over 2 years ago.
NEW: #8ToAbolition - We talk to @theAfroLegalise, @rachelkuo, @EliToYou, @SultanReina and @micahherskind about the new abolitionist platform that they created along with their comrades in response to the police preservationist platform #8CantWait. …nnialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/8toabolition-f…
We talk to these creators about developing an abolitionist response to a reformist platform. How abolitionists understand the trajectories of "reform" vs "non-reformist reform," & how #8ToAbolition might be useful for organizers in their specific cities …nnialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/8toabolition-f…
#8ToAbolition's @theAfroLegalise also shares how years of struggle within the @Mvmnt4BlkLives on abolition, helped bring about this moment where people are looking to abolitionist solutions to the deep rooted issue of state violence against Black people …nnialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/8toabolition-f…
What we need most right now is for @JohnCooper4Nash and Chief Anderson to jointly lead an immersive conversation about what real public safety is in Nashville.
And it should have some clear goals. It should deal with challenging data and expect to agree to meaningful reforms.
And it should have some clear goals. It should deal with challenging data and expect to agree to meaningful reforms.
Specifically and especially, that means publicly grappling with the troubling data revealed by the @gideonsarmyutd "Driving While Black" report:
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It means grappling with that data having been reinforced by the @policingproject:
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Many good proposals to improve policing policies have been offered over the past week that should be enacted. But material change is harder than just changing laws or words in the employee handbook. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” is true in most orgs, including PDs. 1/8
The #8cantwait campaign claims that enacting the slate of reforms “can decrease police violence by 72% (versus having none of these policies).” I'm skeptical it's this easy. Enacting policies without culture change is helpful but limited. 2/8
After Laquan McDonald shooting, the DOJ sent a team in to investigate the Chicago PD. A member of that team later told me Chicago had better policies than his last department. The problem wasn't the policies; it was that officers weren’t following the policies on the streets. 3/8
“Police should stop strangling people” is a pretty basic starting point...
US leaders should #REJECT8CantWait.
This is no time for minor fixes.
The US needs meaningful change to ensure police are held to account & reduce the police footprint, investing saved resources into services to address structural racism.
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This is no time for minor fixes.
The US needs meaningful change to ensure police are held to account & reduce the police footprint, investing saved resources into services to address structural racism.
hrw.org/news/2020/06/0…
“The #8CantWait policing program is so superficial as to be meaningless. It allows mayors and police chiefs to say they’re doing something without actually making the changes that are needed.” - @JRaphling @hrw
“The end goal of these reforms is not to create better, friendlier, or more community-oriented police or prisons. Instead, we hope to build toward a society without police or prisons, where communities are equipped to provide for their safety & wellbeing”
8toabolition.com/why
8toabolition.com/why
1. Defund the police:
-Reject any proposed expansion to police budgets.
- Prohibit private-public innovation schemes that profit from temporary technological fixes to systemic problems of police abuse and violence.
- Reduce the power of police unions
#8ToAbolition
-Reject any proposed expansion to police budgets.
- Prohibit private-public innovation schemes that profit from temporary technological fixes to systemic problems of police abuse and violence.
- Reduce the power of police unions
#8ToAbolition
2. Demilitarize Communities
- Disarm law enforcement officers, including the police and private security.
- End the militarization of Black and brown neighborhoods
#8ToAbolition
- Disarm law enforcement officers, including the police and private security.
- End the militarization of Black and brown neighborhoods
#8ToAbolition
4/?
Campaign Zero is an organization that is pushing for greater police accountability and reduced police violence, using data-driven and statistically-proven methods. #8CantWait is a series of common-sense reforms that have been proven to reduce police violence AND crime rates.
Campaign Zero is an organization that is pushing for greater police accountability and reduced police violence, using data-driven and statistically-proven methods. #8CantWait is a series of common-sense reforms that have been proven to reduce police violence AND crime rates.
5/?
What I raise this week won't make a huge difference. But this is something small I can do. I may only ever be able to do small things, but if I keep doing the small things and combine those with the small things from others, we can make a REAL difference. It's not about
What I raise this week won't make a huge difference. But this is something small I can do. I may only ever be able to do small things, but if I keep doing the small things and combine those with the small things from others, we can make a REAL difference. It's not about
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being an individual hero - none of us are going to SOLVE the problem of police violence and institutional racism by ourselves. But that doesn't mean we can stay silent and inactive. Doing something small in support is FAR better than staying silent and complicit.
being an individual hero - none of us are going to SOLVE the problem of police violence and institutional racism by ourselves. But that doesn't mean we can stay silent and inactive. Doing something small in support is FAR better than staying silent and complicit.
1/?
I've been thinking a lot about #BlackLivesMatter and everything going on right now. I've felt hurt and powerless, wanting to do something about this injustice, but feeling like nothing I do will be enough.
But that's DUMB. It's like saying "my vote won't swing an election."
I've been thinking a lot about #BlackLivesMatter and everything going on right now. I've felt hurt and powerless, wanting to do something about this injustice, but feeling like nothing I do will be enough.
But that's DUMB. It's like saying "my vote won't swing an election."
2/?
One of the things that keeps us from doing the little things that we NEED to do to effect change is that self-defeating philosophy: "I can't change it myself, therefore it can't be changed."
But changes are never brought about by single people. There may be leaders, but
One of the things that keeps us from doing the little things that we NEED to do to effect change is that self-defeating philosophy: "I can't change it myself, therefore it can't be changed."
But changes are never brought about by single people. There may be leaders, but
3/?
individual voices joined together as one are what creates real change. And we can't join our voices together if we don't speak up as individuals.
So I'm going to do something. This week, any money earned by my Twitch channel is going directly to #CampaignZero and #8CantWait
individual voices joined together as one are what creates real change. And we can't join our voices together if we don't speak up as individuals.
So I'm going to do something. This week, any money earned by my Twitch channel is going directly to #CampaignZero and #8CantWait
Abolition can’t wait. Building off the work of Black feminist theorists and abolitionist organizers, we’re putting forward 8 actionable steps to move us closer to a world without prisons or police. 8toabolition.com #8ToAbolition
Thank you for continuously pushing for a better world @cemicool, @theleilaraven, @micahherskind, @sheabutterfemme, @hamidtasnuva, @SultanReina, @rachelkuo, @theAfroLegalise, @dereckapurnell, and @BlkTransFutures.
In response to the #8CantWait reformist co-optation of decades of Black feminist abolitionist work, a group of abolitionists has compiled this list of demands. #8ToAbolition
Read about their 8 demands here: 8toabolition.com
Read about their 8 demands here: 8toabolition.com
Two+ months since I wrote this. Where are we now? A (long) thread about protest, statues, events as transformations of structures. Plus #MMT and regime change!! theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Thinking about the protests and two other things I saw on here last week:
1) huge marches didn’t prevent Iraq War;
2) Do we know what would satisfy the protesters?
(plus, of course, the French Revolution)
1) huge marches didn’t prevent Iraq War;
2) Do we know what would satisfy the protesters?
(plus, of course, the French Revolution)
3/ Iraq (or Brexit) marches are not good analogies, I think. Those were attempts to sway small group of national lawmakers, get them to NOT do something planned. When invasion/Brexit happened anyway, protests had “failed.”
In response to the #8CantWait reformist co-optation of decades of Black feminist abolitionist work, a group of abolitionists has compiled this list of demands. #8ToAbolition
We honor the work of abolitionists who have come before us, and those who organize now. A better world is possible. The #8CantWait campaign co-opts the abolitionist label toward reformist ends and erases the work and theorizing of Black women. We need #8ToAbolition
State violence isn’t a problem of “bad apple” cops; it’s systemic. #8CantWait doesn’t move us closer to safety!
We need #8toAbolition
Check out: 8toabolition.com
We need #8toAbolition
Check out: 8toabolition.com
After the terrible events of The Doctor Falls, Bill & Nardole are trying to keep their spirits up...
⭐️ THE BEST OF DAYS by @StevenWMoffat
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Starring @Pearlie_mack @RealMattLucas
Music @murraygold
Visuals: John Smith VFX
Creative Supervisor @rtalalay
⭐️ THE BEST OF DAYS by @StevenWMoffat
▶️
Starring @Pearlie_mack @RealMattLucas
Music @murraygold
Visuals: John Smith VFX
Creative Supervisor @rtalalay
#DoctorWhoLockdown has raised thousands for the @FilmTVCharity.
On this occasion, we want to support #BlackLivesMatter initiatives in the UK and the US.
If you enjoyed THE BEST OF DAYS please consider donating to one of the following organisations chosen by @Pearlie_mack...
On this occasion, we want to support #BlackLivesMatter initiatives in the UK and the US.
If you enjoyed THE BEST OF DAYS please consider donating to one of the following organisations chosen by @Pearlie_mack...
The BLACK LIVES MATTER movement in the UK. Donate here... gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund
Samuel did the main study underlying the #8cantwait policies, the subject of much debate lately. I wanted to see if his results could be replicated.
Spoiler: in cities with 0-2 of the policies, you're 44% more likely to be shot by police than in cities with 6-8 of them.
/1
Spoiler: in cities with 0-2 of the policies, you're 44% more likely to be shot by police than in cities with 6-8 of them.
/1
I'm replicating, not reproducing, so I'm intentionally not doing what he did. He did a binomial regression for each policy compared to police shootings from 01-JAN-2015 to 15-JUL-2016. I'm doing a hazard ratio for 01-JAN-2018 to 05-JUN-2020. Different data, different analysis. /2
The only part I relied on Samuel / 8cantwait for is their list of the current policies in place. He is quite right: this info is very difficult to obtain. Most departments do not make it easy. I have no reason to doubt their info. Here's an example. /3 useofforceproject.org/#review
I’ve seen some questions about #8cantwait and the data so I want to clarify the research and intention behind the campaign. Here’s my response. (1/x)
I got into this work in 2014 to collect, analyze and utilize data as a tool to end police violence. To honor the demand - stop killing us. That, first and foremost, is what I use to evaluate impact - will a policy or strategy make progress towards that goal or not?
The effort to get cities across the country to enact more restrictive use of force policies is a limited, targeted campaign informed by 40 years of research concluding that more restrictive policies reduce killings by police and save lives. docs.google.com/document/d/1XS…
Want to take action for good?
Here are things you can do today to make our world better.
Please retweet. My reach isn’t very big.
#BlackLivesMatter
#UseYourPrivilege
#TogetherWeRise
PART I: POLICE OVERSIGHT
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Here are things you can do today to make our world better.
Please retweet. My reach isn’t very big.
#BlackLivesMatter
#UseYourPrivilege
#TogetherWeRise
PART I: POLICE OVERSIGHT
1/
Call your mayor, city council, or similar group and demand changes to police policy.
Here’s what to talk about:
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Here’s what to talk about:
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#8cantwait is a set of eight policy changes to decrease police violence by 72%.
Ask about each one.
8cantwait.org
3/
Ask about each one.
8cantwait.org
3/
I've already hit on why #8cantwait bugged so I decided to do some digging just to see what's up. Campaign Zero is a project of We the Protestors which is affiliated with an Obama Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Already I'm laughing.
The Obama Foundation promotes them but their available paperwork is all kind of circuitous and lacks detail. They've worked hard to conceal this information which is weird because 501c3's like to celebrate their donors.
NPs are pretty transparent cuz the people that donate to them WANT to be recognized as being good lil millionaires yet I couldn't find who their current donors are (though I found something about their 2017 board.) All we have on the website is 3 members of the "planning team."
Okay, I've seen a number of people on social media share this #8cantwait campaign. I wanted to put my thoughts (and those of others) together to explain why this campaign is a bad idea.
I want to first start by addressing each of the 8 policies.
(Bear with me, thread follows)
I want to first start by addressing each of the 8 policies.
(Bear with me, thread follows)
1. Ban chokeholds and strangleholds
Banning things with the police does not work. NYPD banned chokeholds and still used one on Eric Garner. The officer who killed him was never indicted on any charges.
Banning things with the police does not work. NYPD banned chokeholds and still used one on Eric Garner. The officer who killed him was never indicted on any charges.
2. Require de-escalation
Every single policy that requires de-escalation has an exceptional circumstances provision that allows officers to escalate force. The legal threshold for deadly force is whether an officer feared for their life, which does *not* require de-escalation.
Every single policy that requires de-escalation has an exceptional circumstances provision that allows officers to escalate force. The legal threshold for deadly force is whether an officer feared for their life, which does *not* require de-escalation.
Here is something literally everyone can do to help: join #8CantWait. Urge your mayor to enact policies that can reduce police violence that results in death by up to 72%. It doesn't require an act of Congress -- just our voices. Go to 8cantwait.org and act. Now.
The demands made by #8cantwait are data-driven, simple, and achievable. For example: Ban All Neck Restraints, like this one used by cops in Sarasota LONG AFTER the killing of George Floyd. cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/…
When instituted by metro police forces, these policies reduce police-instigated deaths by up to 72%. And the police are safer too! It's common sense, practical, achievable. It just requires people to call their mayors and demand the changes be made. 8cantwait.org
Please note the claim that it decreases police violence by 72% is only if the department has NONE of the policies and adopts all eight. D.C. has seven of these policies implemented already. NYC & Minneapolis already has four. Los Angeles and Oakland has five. Albuquerque has six.
Also a reminder that Deray is who he is because the NYT gave him a magazine spread. No one acknowledges this man as a leader but himself and he is not accountable to anyone.
Deray & the rest of Campaign Zero are derailing the movement so they can get some easy 'wins' that they can brag about on their grant applications and use to get speaking gigs. Mayors & governors will use these meaningless demands to push off calls to defund police depts.
