"Portland is becoming a central focus for that fight. It's important that our city fight back to ensure that any erosion of Civil Rights doesn't happen here." - @Bobbin_Singh
"What COVID-19 revealed... is all system inequities. Things largely unnecessary in our society. We've massively restructured. We've been able to reduce our jail populations. In some jurisdictions up to 75%. It highlights there are things we are doing that don't contribute to ...
community well-being." @Bobbin_Singh uses this phrase instead of "public safety" because it isn't about us vs. them - it's about the well-being of everyone in the community. #StateofOurPortland
Responses to the #GeorgeFloyd uprising have revealed a system that puts people over profit. "In Portland there are good things happening, but we're only firing at 2 cyclinders out of a 6 cylinder car. COVID pushes us to imagine a completely different society." - @Bobbin_Singh
"The last four years have been a failure of leadership." - @Bobbin_Singh on the problems Portland is facing. "We need a new perspective that's not beholden to the status quo, or the politics of fear and anger."
"Our democracy, civic society, our rights and liberties are under attack. We're fighting for systems that have not existed in this country. I'm happy to support Sarah, because this crisis presents opportunity, and Sarah has a great Civil Rights platform." - @Bobbin_Singh
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