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20 Apr

40 years ago, Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to life in prison after an unjust trial, including evidence of misconduct committed by police investigators and the DA’s office against him.

Now, he is awaiting heart surgery – but dangerous treatment, including the barbaric act of shackling prisoners onto the hospital bed, is threatening his life.

As Mumia is elderly and not a threat, and deserves to be well cared for while he recovers from his health concerns.
sfbayview.com/2021/04/pam-af…

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19 Apr

As more stories come out of Brooklyn Center, one critical detail has been buried in the coverage: Kim Potter, the police officer who murdered Daunte Wright, was also involved in helping fellow officers cover up the murder of Kobe-Dimock Heisler in 2019. newsweek.com/daunte-wright-…

Potter was the police union president at the time, and one of the first officers to arrive on the scene. Kobe Dimock-Heisler, who was on the autism spectrum, was shot by police 6 times. Potter counseled the officers so no criminal charges were filed. facebook.com/watch/?v=73528…

Kim Potter is not one bad apple. Police unions use contracts & legislation to avoid accountability and condone state-sanctioned violence. That’s why we’ve studied their tactics, and we’re ready to expose how police unions harm our communities: policeunionplaybook.com

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@ColorOfChange

24 Mar

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For some reason @LeaderMcConnell thinks the filibuster has no racist history. Here are some of the times the #JimCrowFilibuster has been used by racist senators in the past. (Thread)

The filibuster was first used by John C. Calhoun, a racist senator who believed that the institution of slavery was a “positive good”. He used the filibuster to delay bills that threatened the power of slave states, including the establishment of Oregon as a free state.

In 1922, racist senators used the #JimCrowFilibuster to block a bill that would have punished law enforcement leaders and elected officials who allowed lynchings to take place in their states. This wouldn’t be the last time a filibuster blocked anti-lynching legislation.

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@ColorOfChange

22 Mar

The culture of white supremacy in Police Unions starts with its leadership and trickles down. This is how we break the power that police unions have over our government and our justice system ➡️ [A THREAD]

Police unions are one of the most powerful forces standing in the way of efforts to hold police accountable for misconduct and anti-Black violence. They perpetuate harm, protect killer cops, and create barriers to officer accountability and policy change.

Understanding how they work is the only way we can change the culture of white supremacy and brutality that pervades police departments all over the country.

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@ColorOfChange

24 Feb

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.

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@ColorOfChange

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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