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John Raphling Profile picture
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Aug 13, 2020 • 13 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
“A Roadmap for Re-imagining Public Safety in the United States” @hrw paper on policing, recommendations for structural reform: Divest from policing, invest in communities, strengthen accountability hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
This paper builds on @hrw 2019 case-study of policing in Tulsa, detailing connections between abusive policing, poverty and structural racism, recommending divestment from police/investment in community/accountability for harmful police hrw.org/sites/default/…
We must: 1) reduce role of police in addressing societal problems; 2) invest in communities to advance public safety/rights/well-being; 3) develop independent accountability mechanisms @hrw recs on policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
“Police violence… is inextricably linked to deep and persisting racial inequities and class division. For reform efforts to be meaningful and effective, they need to address those societal condition.” @hrw hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
Day-to-day abuse by police, especially toward Black, Latino and Native American people, is pervasive; it often escalates and leads to killings. @hrw paper on US policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
Mechanisms to hold police officer accountable for harming people are ineffective at best, encouraging officers to act with impunity. @hrw paper on US policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
US policing emphasizes enforcing obedience through command and control, responding to perceived disobedience with force. @hrw paper on US policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
US society is extremely stratified by race; the way police are deployed and interact with communities compounds that stratification. @hrw paper on US policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
US governments fail to address societal problems directly, instead tasking police, resulting in unnecessary coercive interactions with public, frequently escalating to violence. @hrw paper on US policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
US governments should reduce scope and responsibility of policing while redirecting funds to initiatives that support people and empower communities. @hrw paper on US policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
For example, People’s Budget Los Angeles. peoplesbudgetla.com
For example, @reimagine_la la.streetsblog.org/2020/07/28/cou…
For example, #NoCopAcademy
@NoCopAcademy nocopacademy.com/wp-content/upl…

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Sep 28, 2020
This is for pre-arraignment release. Sec. 1320.13 allows review, but not for high risk. At arraignment, the risk assessment is a factor for the judge to consider in deciding release or detain (Sec. 1320.15)
Knowing judges, they will not be releasing people with high or even medium risk scores. Where RAs are already being used, judge override the scores in favor of detention.
And, the scoring system of RA tools are completely arbitrary. Whoever controls the tools (judges) can set them to rate as many people as high risk as they want.
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Sep 28, 2020
Sec. 1320.18 allows a prosecutor to request and a judge to impose "preventive detention" (held in jail pretrial with no way out) if the judge believes no release conditions will assure protection of the public or return to court.
That is a completely subjective standard. The judge just has to say that they don't think release will assure protection or return and they can simply order incarceration. Nothing stops them from doing this. Judges can always find some reason to justify.
In the past, judges have set high bail; now they don't even have to bother with bail. Sec. 1320.19 and 20 describe the hearings. Almost no due process protections. Almost unlimited judge discretion to impose preventive detention.
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Sep 17, 2020
4 yrs ago today Tulsa police officers killed Terence Crutcher, unarmed, not threatening, maybe in need of some help. Image
Terence left behind a loving family, including his twin sister @TiffanyCrutcher, and a large community of people, especially in North Tulsa. ktul.com/news/local/fam…
City officials promised justice and police reform, but have delivered neither. That fight for justice continues. newsweek.com/tulsa-police-k…
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Sep 2, 2020
Dijon Kizzee 8/31/20
Terron Jammal Boone 6/17/20
Andres Guardado 6/18/20
Michael Thomas 6/11/20
Jarrid Hurst 6/7/ 20
Robert Colvin 5/29/20
Robert Avitia 5/26/20

These are all people shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies since George Floyd was killed.
According LASD, deputies stopped Kizzee for a bicycle violation, he ran, hit an officer while trying to escape, dropped a gun (so, unarmed)—and they shot him. abc7.com/doorbell-video…
Deputy who killed Andres Guardado was reportedly trying to prove himself to a Sheriff’s Deputy gang out of Compton Station—The Executioners. spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/pub…
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Aug 19, 2020
We need to defund police and invest in communities to promote public safety. @hrw has just released a report recommending this divest/invest approach to reform. hrw.org/news/2020/08/1…
But @hrw report also says we need meaningful accountability mechanisms to deter police misconduct. We cite to data from departments across the US showing police investigating themselves and finding themselves blameless.
Our report on Tulsa revealed from 2012-17, TPD reported 3,364 acts of force, found only 2 “out of policy”, imposed no discipline for either. Not unusual for US police. hrw.org/sites/default/…
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Aug 9, 2020
This is a good piece, but needs to push harder against risk assessment tools. You explain well that the tools have embedded racial bias- reason enough to reject them.
pbtx.com/files/2019/12/…
But you could also explain that risk assessment tools are completely adjustable, which means who ever controls the tools (judges, court administration, law enforcement) can use them to increase incarceration at will. propublica.org/article/bill-b…
And, risk assessment tools function by creating dehumanizing profiles, reducing individuals and their circumstances to data points, predicting based on what others with similar profiles have done in the past.
hrw.org/news/2019/06/2…
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