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We just issued a Cease and Desist letter to #CampaignZero over their attempt to plagiarize our Mapping Police Violence platform. They have until next Weds to stop masquerading as Mapping Police Violence and misappropriating our work & site as their own. Here are the facts. (1/x) 
I began building the Mapping Police Violence project in 2014, before I met @deray and before Campaign Zero existed. The first time he found out about my project was in this email on February 4, 2015.
Note that We The Protesters (which later became Campaign Zero) first became an organization after filing for incorporation on June 29, 2015. And Campaign Zero didn’t exist until August 21, 2015. There was no actual CZ/WTP organization when MPV was created and launched.
🚨After @Nettaaaaaaaa and I called for accountability for #CampaignZero, @deray is trying to forcibly take over the Mapping Police Violence database that I and my team have built for *years* - redirecting it to a COPY he has no capacity to maintain in an act of retaliation. 🚨
Before I even met Deray and before Campaign Zero existed, I began building Mapping Police Violence to give communities data to fight back against police violence. It has since become among the most cited resources in the space. The real site is still here: mappingpoliceviolence.squarespace.com
I never thought his animosity over my leaving CZ would cause him to retaliate like this. The fact that we’ve been working on this database for months *unpaid* while he keeps fundraising $40M+ on our work - and on the movement - is shameful. AND on the first day of BHM!
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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."
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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
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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
The police are always political but in the US there’s no longer even the pretense that they treat everyone equally.
Across the country people are waking up to yet more images of out of control police violence. Scroll through the TL of @greg_doucette (who is collecting videos) and the cumulative effect is sickening. What to do?
There are concrete policy steps that can be taken to reform the police. Check #CampaignZero for an eight point plan - also the TL of @samswey who has been campaigning for years
THREAD: Yesterday's work session @ the #Portland City Council w/ presentation by @deray and @samswey of #CampaignZero about national best practices in reducing police violence was a hopeful occasion: yes, there IS something we can do about this problem.
To then see the Portland Police Association attacking the presentation is beyond disappointing. Upholding fairness, dignity, and equity by identifying and addressing problems in policing is an opportunity, not a threat, for PPA members.
A lack of transparency and accountability around law enforcement officers who are alleged to have engaged in or have actually engaged in misconduct or wrongful use of force hurts our community and hurts other officers who are trying to do the right thing.
THREAD: 🚨Tomorrow 9.30 am @ Portland City Hall: a work session on "National Best Practices in Police Union Contracts" featuring @samswey & @deray of #CampaignZero. This is a chance to learn what experts say abt policies & practices shown to reduce police violence & reduce deaths
Next year, the City of #Portland will renegotiate its contract with the Portland Police Association, the union representing Portland police officers. That contract sets out the terms of the working arrangements between police officers and the City.
The work session tomorrow is open to the public but does not include public testimony. It's 9.30-11.30 at City Hall in the council chambers. You will also be able to watch a livestream on YouTube if you can't make it downtown:
