Thread by @staceyabrams

THREAD: Georgia, our home, faces twin crises: of justice and of conscience. Recent horrifying incidents have renewed the urgency of change. Voting will not solve everything, but to build a government able to deliver equality, we must demand it at the ballot box.

#RoderickWalker was beaten by Clayton County sheriff deputies. While the firing of one officer is a step forward, all officers involved—including those who failed to intervene—should be held accountable. I am thinking of Mr. Walker and his family & join the call for justice.

At the privately-run Irwin County Detention Center, a whistleblower has accused ICE of conducting mass hysterectomies on detained immigrants. The dehumanization of women, esp. immigrant & Black women, is not new but never cease to shock the conscience. This must be investigated.

Georgia's sometimes inhumane prison conditions are rapidly deteriorating during #COVID. The serious deprivation of basic necessities such as food + water and inexcusable inaction has been recorded on video. As deaths rise, so does our state's complicity in silence.

Georgians deserve better. This election season, we can flip GA's State House and have more leaders to advocate for all Georgians, send two US Senators to Congress who believe #BlackLivesMatter; and we can remove the Coward-in-Chief in the White House.

Voting is part of the process of ending systemic inequities: protesting in the streets, at the polls and in the halls of power. This isn't just about who wins an election. It's about the lives saved, the injustices avenged, the futures reclaimed.

So we must fight with our votes and our voices. And, together, we will win.