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4 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I'm just sitting here thinking about how utterly disgusting it is the @LADAOffice let @IamMRMOSELY out of jail as soon as the voters repudiated Lacey

Just confirms prosecutorial decision making based on what they can get away with rather than what is right
OH MY GOD PEOPLE READ THE TWEET

I am CELEBRATING Drakeo getting out and CALLING OUT HOW CORRUPT THE PROSECUTORS ARE
Context: my prior writing on why everything about gang prosecution and the Drakeo case is racist af

theappeal.org/drakeo-califor…
Yes my phrasing was bad and I feel bad

But happy @IamMRMOSELY is coming home ♥️

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Emily Galvin-Almanza Profile picture
22 Oct
Just heard deputy Attorney General Rosen on @WYPublicRadio NORTH talking about the Purdue settlement. He said that the law doesn't allow you to strip someone of all of their assets because of wrongdoing, but you have to analyze the crime and have a proportionate response... 1/2
... would he please advise thousands of DAs across the nation who routinely strip people not only of their assets but of their right to vote or their right to parenthood on the basis of conduct far less serious than creating an opioid epidemic?
As always, my point is that we need to treat ordinary people better, not that we need to treat everybody worse. In case that wasn't obvious.
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2 Oct
Hey, if you are wildly swept up in a new cycle that moves way too fast, like me, you may have missed the fact that D Cameron admitted the only charge he submitted to the Breonna Taylor grand jury was wanton endangerment.

washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09…
This means the Attorney General knew that any grand jury was basically gonna indict those cops of whatever he put in front of them. So he didn't give them the option to hold anyone accountable for Taylor's death.
He lied to the people of his state.

He lied to you.

He walked into a space where he was supposed to be a prosecutor and did not carry out his duty, as that duty would be carried out against any ordinary person.
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28 Sep
I know we're all tied up with national stuff right now, but is anyone paying attention to what's happening with that juvenile jail NSI in Wyoming, where kids are fleeing and terrified and the state decided that "the market would decide" if their "therapeutic" techniques are good?
This is a facility that was nearly shut down in Michigan for causing the death of a young man. A chain of kid jails that is currently being investigated. And the state of Wyoming thinks the market will decide if this is a problem?
I'm sorry... kids are not widgets. They're not for sale and their treatment and care should not be decided by whether or not people *purchase the services* of a child prison.
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3 Jul
So...much to my surprise (and I should definitely make the deliberate choice to stop being surprised these days) I have learned that there are folks out there who think that people who *film* Karens in the wild are somehow responsible for provoking said Karens.

A thread.
I sat with this for a while, and realized that if one had not had much exposure to the way Black men are utterly brutalized by our system, and if one imagines a stranger randomly filming them *doing nothing wrong, minding one's own business* how filming could seem provocative.
So...I feel like I have to explain this if you're out there (or if your friends or relatives or family) take this view.

Christian Cooper--and everyone else who has captured these videos--is doing the single best thing they can do to protect themselves from harm.
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28 Jun
Gross, completely unsurprising peek at how prosecutors deliberately weed thoughtful and conscientious people off of juries because they are harder to manipulate.

Something to remember next time you go for jury duty.
To those of you who are thoughtful and concerned and asking whether you will ever be able to make it on to a jury, yes. You will. Short story to follow.
These slides make it clear that prosecutors are actively trying to weed out people who might listen too carefully to be swayed by shabby evidence and the false testimony of police.
Read 13 tweets
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21 Jun
Dear folks who are donating online to @PFJ_USA right now--thank you. We are a small org trying to dismantle a deeply oppressive system and transfer power to people usually marginalized in that system. In a pandemic world, the future is always uncertain for small orgs like us.
But in the last week, we've gotten more small-dollar donations than we ever have (literally in our entire existence) at partnersforjustice.org, and some really generous donations as well. We are thrilled, and really honored to have your support.
We have a long way to go--we're trying to expand our services to impact a full 10% of arrested folks nationwide within a couple of years, and ultimately ensure that no one encounters the criminal system without wraparound support and fierce advocacy.
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