Thread by @TJJohnston415

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Recently, Scott Wiener called for reforming the criminal justice system after George Floyd + Breonna Taylor's deaths at the hands of police.

"We need to acknowledge the system is broken," he said. But the system rewarded him throughout his political career ... (1/)

https://twitter.com/TJJohnston415/status/1320916588002902017

... with endorsements and campaign contributions from law enforcement groups.

This THREAD, based on this Medium article, will focus on that (2/ )

Like Deep throat told Woodward + Bernstein, "follow the money," which is the name of one of the sites that's the source of Winer's election financials (that, and @sfethics) (3/ )
followthemoney.org

For the last 10 years, since Wiener ran SF supervisor, numerous LE groups have contributed money to his campaign coffers (4/ )

As of September 2020, the overall figure has grown to $76,367 (anyone who has more recent stats, feel free to respond!) (5/ )

These LE groups have included police unions, PACs and research associations (6/ )

These groups have given $ in his campaigns for @sfbos, @SFDemocrats Central Committee and state senate.

Some of the biggest givers included the @SanFranciscoPOA. The POA itself gave $8,400 to his 2016 senate bid. Its PAC forked over $5K from 2012-16 (7/ )

Peace Officer Research Association of California (PORAC) doled out $25K+ in both of Wiener's senate campaigns (8/ )

Other LE groups include the California Assn. of Highway Patrolmen (abt $15K) and the CA Correctional Peace officers Assn ($6K)
(8/ )

In June 2020, @JackieFielder_ , Wiener's opponent, challenged him to reject LE campaign monies and donate up to $25K to bail fund and mutual aid groups (9/ )

https://twitter.com/JackieFielder_/status/1267183612371189763

In response, Wiener promised to no longer accept police union money from that point and donate to at-risk youth orgs (10/ )

https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1268559043116716035

.@JackieFielder_ chided @Scott_Wiener for limiting it to unions' money and not PACs'.
"No loopholes," she wrote (11/ )

We could go on about Wiener's legislative record as it pertains to policing (esp. w/POC, homeless people, etc.) but that can wait for another thread! (12/ )

While Wiener promises to reform policing if re-elected, he won't be able to ignore the paper trail from his LE-related contributors (13/ )

More info and fun facts in the linked article.
Thanks to @Tuhmorruh and @quiverwatts for letting me collaborate on this story!
And vote by Nov. 3!
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