Meet Rashod Stanley. "Started the clothing line ‘THE TRENCHES’ where he designed clothes w/ scraps from his cell in prison to reconstruct the inmate uniforms using only a paper clip & dental floss." For this: Sentenced to *9 months* solitary confinement. trickdaddypage.com/inmate-gets-9-…
According to his mom: Stanley is charged w/ "attempt to aid in escape” bc of the claim officers won't be able to identify the incarcerated "bc of their altered clothing." "Also charged with “altering state property” for the materials he used to make the clothing."
According to his mom: "Tier 2 is a 9 month solitary confinement program for offenders who commit or lead others to commit violent disruptive predatory or riotous actions or who otherwise pose a serious threat to the safety and security of institutional operations."
"Not only does he not meet the criteria, this is excessive punishment & in violation of his constitutional rights. The GA Department of Corrections was created for rehabilitation, so why is he being punished to the highest severity?" A petition to sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/just…
Rashod's mom also set up a GoFund me account to help fund a parole attorney & continue funding his creativity and business while trapped in solitary. They're nearly half-way to their $5k goal. gofundme.com/f/kgezur-the-t…
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“Pentagon prohibited D.C from receiving ammunition or riot gear, interacting w/ protesters unless necessary for self-defense, sharing equipment w/ local law enforcement or using Guard surveillance & air assets w/o the defense secretary’s explicit sign-off.”washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
“Guard units arrived roughly 2.5 hours after the chief of the Capitol Police made the emergency request, even though a Quick Reaction Force had been put on standby outside the city limits.”
“The Defense Department was able to restrict the D.C. Guard because the military force answers to the president rather than the mayor, as the District is not a state.” Another reason for D.C Statehood.
Watch this video. Knee on neck. Just days ago in NYC. Just like what happened to George Floyd. Lucky he didn’t die. His public defender at Legal Aid Society now calling on @QueensDAKatz to dismiss charges & NYPD to terminate cops. Full powerful statement:
Sircarlyle Arnold's defender Olayemi Olurin (@msolurin): "This video is merely a microcosm of the racist policing that Black & Latinx New Yorkers suffer on a regular basis. These officers' first impulse was to employ an illegal, life-threatening, knee-on-neck hold on Mr. Arnold."
"Not only should the case against Mr. Arnold be immediately dismissed in the interest of justice, but NYPD must expeditiously terminate the officers involved, & DA Katz--upholding her promise to hold accountable officers who commit serious acts of misconduct--must bring charges."
Thinking this morning of the committed organizers I have the privilege of working with & learning from. Some for years. Some every day. In no particular order. My friend, Kassandra Frederique (@Kassandra_Fred). ED of Drug Policy Alliance. Thank you! More: drugpolicy.org
Thinking this morning about the committed organizers I have the privilege of working w/ & learning from. Some for years. Some every day. David George (@davidgeorge265) & Jose Saldana (@hamzasaldana614) Fighting for release & justice. Thank you! More: rappcampaign.com
Thinking this morning of the committed organizers I have the privilege of working with & learning from. Some for years. Some every day. Raj Jayadev (@svdebug). My brother from San Jose. Pioneer of participatory defense. Thank you! More: siliconvalleydebug.org
Inbox: From friend & colleague Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec). In 1 hour he'll be arguing Mr. Humphrey's case in CA Supreme Court. "I believe this case will have the most significant direct impact on the number of people in jail in modern U.S. history." Asked to share. More:
"I haven't written to you as a group in a while, but I hope each of you are as safe & as healthy as possible in these difficult times. If we win, hundreds of thousands of people (perhaps half a million people) charged w/ less serious offenses will be released every year in CA."
"If the California Attorney General and state prosecutors win, then hundreds of thousands of human beings will be separated from their families in jail cells prior to trial. The case is unlike anything we have litigated before in terms of its direct impact on human caging."
Talking w/ Dwayne Betts about justice is always tough. Bc he’s inconsistent. Hates prison. Wants his friends out. But wants vengeance. Wants the man who raped his mother imprisoned forever. In this piece, he confronts this contradiction. It is illuminating.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/mag…
Dwayne has the remarkably unique perspective of somehow who’s done time for a serious crime, has a violent criminal record, AND is also a lawyer, & not only has many friends still imprisoned, but fights for their release, AND is the family member of a survivor of a violent crime.
Dwayne understands how prisons “do little to address violence.” He understands how prisons warehouse Black boys who only come out better if “they’ve fought w/ the system.” He also understands the “unfathomable” pain & anger of being the victim of violent crime or family member.
🚨Happening now: Black juror suppression in California. Using the pandemic as an excuse to make Oakland residents travel to far away counties if they want to serve. While also allowing white jurors from outside counties to flood Oakland juries. Not okay. mercurynews.com/2020/12/29/ala…