#New Today activist attended the Okc City Council meeting to express their concerns for a agenda item that would give the @OKCPD $388,399 for covert technology & custodial services.
#Protest
#Protest
Cherisse Baker @CharleMoNae says,
“You have situations like #StavianRodriguez where you have 6 people yelling commands at him...so here is it I have 6 people with guns drawn, screaming, demanding I do something...how well would you respond.”
#News #Protest #Okc
“You have situations like #StavianRodriguez where you have 6 people yelling commands at him...so here is it I have 6 people with guns drawn, screaming, demanding I do something...how well would you respond.”
#News #Protest #Okc
Cherisse Baker continues,
“And instead of proving those resources to the families & the community affected by the trauma...you want to give them to the officers who inflict the trauma on the community.”
“You should be ashamed of yourself.” #News #Protest
“And instead of proving those resources to the families & the community affected by the trauma...you want to give them to the officers who inflict the trauma on the community.”
“You should be ashamed of yourself.” #News #Protest
Also on the agenda was approval of 21CP Solutions to conduct a Law enforcement study not to exceed $193,130.
Councilwoman @NikkiNiceOKC says,
“I’m not trying to call our police chief out, but we haven’t even talked to him...about our concerns...there should be a willingness to want to work with us.”
#News #Okc
“I’m not trying to call our police chief out, but we haven’t even talked to him...about our concerns...there should be a willingness to want to work with us.”
#News #Okc
Councilwoman @jospacebear says,
“People with mental illness are no more likely to be violent then people without mental illness, but that’s how publicly and culturally we see them, particularly people with several mental illness.”
#News
“People with mental illness are no more likely to be violent then people without mental illness, but that’s how publicly and culturally we see them, particularly people with several mental illness.”
#News
Councilman @JamesForOKC says,
“It is up to us if we truly believe in those words of “a more perfect union” to confront the past, stare it in the face that’s the only way you beat a monster...If we do not do those things then this cycle of violence will continue.”
#News #Okc
“It is up to us if we truly believe in those words of “a more perfect union” to confront the past, stare it in the face that’s the only way you beat a monster...If we do not do those things then this cycle of violence will continue.”
#News #Okc
Activist @DuronWise says,
”when you look at giving more money to the @OKCPD when they already have $200 million budget...when you clear out a homeless camp these are decisions you're making...when you go home Craig Freeman & @davidfholt just know people know where you live.”
”when you look at giving more money to the @OKCPD when they already have $200 million budget...when you clear out a homeless camp these are decisions you're making...when you go home Craig Freeman & @davidfholt just know people know where you live.”
Activist Emily Blount says,
”Stop giving money & protection to our killers. Give resources to the community to put a stop to the desperation of being 15 and trying to rob a convenience store, leading 6 officers to use deadly force despite the weapon on the ground.”
#News
”Stop giving money & protection to our killers. Give resources to the community to put a stop to the desperation of being 15 and trying to rob a convenience store, leading 6 officers to use deadly force despite the weapon on the ground.”
#News
Activists @JessQuintonEddy says,
”The truth is that @OKCPD is the 2nd deadliest police department in the nation”
”The truth is that @OKCPD is the 2nd deadliest police department in the nation”
Activist Megan Wiggins addressed the OKC City Council on Tuesday expressing concerns for the @OKCPD saying,
“You don’t want to fund low income families with fresh food apparently...and then we’re shootings them, both odds are against them at this point.”
“You don’t want to fund low income families with fresh food apparently...and then we’re shootings them, both odds are against them at this point.”
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
