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Budget committee is digging into @SeattlePD's budget for the second straight week, and several @SeattleCouncil members are expressing frustration they aren't getting straight answers, even to requests for how long it will take to get answers. #DefundSPD
Here's what we learned at last week SPD budget hearing. #DefundSPD #DefundThePolice theurbanist.org/2020/06/11/pro…
.@CMTMosqueda objected to SPD's use of "less than lethal" as a name for crowd control tactics like chokeholds and chemical weapons that really do take lives, particularly amid a pandemic that targets the lungs. (Hence the ban.) #DefundThePolice theurbanist.org/2020/06/16/sea…
No police officer should have the ability to use grenade launchers, military aircraft, machine guns, or tanks on members of our communities. #DemilitarizeThePolice
Yesterday, the House of Representatives led by @SpeakerPelosi introduced the #JusticeInPolicing Act that will help end the pattern of violence against people of color by law enforcement since the beginning of our nation’s history.
Black people are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by the police. To protect people from police abuse of power, we must begin by demilitarizing the police. statista.com/chart/21872/ma…
Police in riot gear showing up at peaceful protests escalate the situation by creating an antagonistic environment. A line of officers donned in military-style gear standing side-by-side holding batons and shields and guns that fire projectiles. 1/n
The protestors carry cardboard signs and bottles of water. Who are they there for? “We’re here to protect you,” says an officer in riot gear to a tiny girl who asked that the officers please don’t shoot anyone. BULLSHIT. Those police and military are not there to protect...2/n
the protestors. They are there to protect property and to show force. They are there to enforce curfew. By shooting high powered projectiles indiscriminately (protestors have been seriously injured; loss of vision from being hit in the face; loss of the ability to father...3/n
