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24 Feb, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Daniel Prude should still be alive. He needed care.

Instead, #ROC police put a hood over his head & pushed him into the ground until he stopped breathing.

No charges for the cops who killed #DanielPrude. No accountability. No justice. We are outraged.
apnews.com/article/no-cha…
We’ve been here before — demanding justice when police murder our people with impunity. And when justice is denied to Black people and our families, we're left heartbroken and outraged all over again.

The white supremacist status quo is killing us. #JusticeForDanielPrude #BLM
We’ve been here before, but every new instance of state-sanctioned violence against Black people feels as painful as the last.

We’ve been here before, but we can’t become apathetic. We can’t stop demanding justice or stop fighting to build a world where ALL Black lives matter.
Daniel Prude deserved care. It's clear we can’t rely on police to respond to mental health calls.

Violent, militarized police forces do not keep our communities safe. @RochesterNYPD is the same police dept that pepper-sprayed a 9yo Black girl last month. act.colorofchange.org/sign/care_not_…
Daniel Prude deserved justice. To meet our community’s needs and protect Black lives, we must invest in what actually keeps us safe, and fund programs we need to survive.

Now is not the time to rely on systems proven to fail us. Now is the time to stay in the fight for justice.

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22 Feb
Did you know that until recently Oregon was 1 of only 2 states that allowed non-unanimous verdicts, meaning that only 10 of 12 jurors had to agree to get a conviction? The Supreme Court struck it down last year.
Passed in 1934 with support of the KKK, non-unanimous convictions reinforced white supremacy by eliminating the influence of Black jurors.
The Jim Crow jury law essentially gave complete power to the white jury members. For over 70 years, these all-white majority convictions led to a prison population in Oregon that was disproportionately Black.
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Police unions are one of the most powerful forces standing in the way of efforts to hold police accountable for violence and misconduct, and to transform the criminal legal system. We’ve studied all their tactics and strategies and now we’re exposing their playbook.
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#1: Contracts & legislation: police unions use the collective bargaining process and get states to enact law enforcement bills of rights to shield violent police officers from investigation and discipline right off the bat.
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The abusive monopoly power of @Amazon has resulted in lost wages, dangerous working conditions, and even the deaths of Black workers.

To mark the end of Jeff Bezos’ reign as CEO, here are just a few of the horrific practices his successor needs to address. A THREAD 📜
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One day, she complained of a headache. She died the next morning.

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Sabotaging social and environmental movements.
Again and again, Amazon abuses its monopoly power to crush Black and brown workers standing up for their rights.
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3 Feb
Deputy Fournier body-slammed a Black teenage girl, knocking her unconscious, and handcuffing her while she lay motionless -- -- he must face accountability.

@OsceolaSheriff has initiated an investigation but it's not nearly enough.
Let’s be clear: a grown man should never be able to body slam a teenage girl, especially under the guise of “keeping other students safe.” It’s unacceptable.

We're looking at @OsceolaSheriff Marco Lopez to ensure Deputy Fournier is fired from the police force for good.
Black kids, especially Black girls, deserve to go to school to learn & grow, not to be targeted by the police.

Black ppl are already over-policed, leaving Black kids more likely to be arrested or sent to juvenile detention for minor issues.
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3 Feb
1/ Last Friday, @RochesterNYPD responded to a family disturbance call. Just a few minutes later, body camera footage reveals the Rochester Police officers terrorizing & pepper-spraying a 9-year-old child.

refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/…
2/ This story comes less than a year after bodycam footage showed Rochester Police murdering Daniel Prude, a Black man suffering a mental health crisis. Instead of offering him the help he needed, 3 cops pushed Daniel’s face into the pavement and suffocated him.
3/ America's policing problem has always been a threat to public safety. Mental health professionals should respond to mental health calls. Professionals trained to handle domestic disputes should respond to family calls. Cops shouldn't arrest, restrain or assault children, ever.
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2 Feb
1/ Newly elected District Attorney @GeorgeGascon is enacting major reforms led by LA communities to reduce harsh sentencing, shrink systems of mass incarceration, and stop the over policing of Black communities.

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3/LA voted for Gascón because he ran on a platform that LA communities have pushed for & made possible over years of organizing. His platform stood in contrast to his "tough on crime" opponent, whose donations came predominantly from law enforcement unions
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