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Anti-Fascist Abolitionist AWK

@AWKWORDrap

6 Aug

Like body cams, which police unions fought *for*

Electronic monitoring is a reform — pitched as a way of shrinking incarceration — that actually works to increase surveillance

And incarcerate people at home who never would’ve served prison time

Expanding the carceral state 🧵

@waazn1

“Electronic monitoring, like prison, restricts liberty, limits privacy, disrupts family relationships, and jeopardizes financial security” @waazn1 @EmmettSanders75 @KWeisburd @inQuest_

“The true alternative to incarceration is freedom — not surveillance”

inquest.org/the-case-again…

@LVikkiml

Vikki Law (@LVikkiml) and @MayaSchenwar talk at length about electronic monitoring and other reforms in ‘Prison By Any Other Name’ via @thenewpress

I interviewed Vikki in March

Their book is being re-released with a new afterward

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Anti-Fascist Abolitionist AWK

@AWKWORDrap

5 Jul

@ShahidForChange

I first met with @ShahidForChange last year to talk #GeneralStrike. Then he and @EFF helped recover my Twitter account from hackers, and later he joined our call with @FlyingWithSara.

I interviewed him on everything, including the allegations against him

@ShahidForChange

During our 60-min conversation, lawyer, organizer, Congressional candidate and rapper @ShahidForChange and I talked Mike Gravel, the Squad and #ForceTheVote, the George Floyd Act, police reform, #DefundThePolice and abolition, and power in protest music

@ShahidForChange

"Mike Gravel was like an actual real-life Jedi… He’s one of the only members of congress in the entire last century to show up for work"

- @ShahidForChange on Mike Gravel, who endorsed Shahid and whose legacy continues today through @GravelInstitute

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Anti-Fascist Abolitionist AWK

@AWKWORDrap

5 Jul

@thenewjimcrow

Happy July 4th

Let’s talk about those who still aren’t free, as a result of racism in policing, prosecution, and sentencing — also known as @thenewjimcrow

Cops kill 3 people a day

Black people are 300+% more likely to be the victim

But it’s a lot more insidious than that.

🧵

https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1411713466608635909

1 out of every 3 Black boys and 1 out of every 6 Latino boys born today can expect to be sentenced to prison

A Black person is 500% more likely to be stopped without just cause than a white person

Black people are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites

32% of the US population is Black or Latino, but 56% of the US incarcerated population is Black or Latino

In fact, if Black and Latino people were merely incarcerated at the same rates as whites, prison and jail populations would decline by almost 40%

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Anti-Fascist Abolitionist AWK

@AWKWORDrap

27 Jun

The #1 way cops are equipped to repress protest movements and perform no-knock raids on private homes is the BILLIONS of $ in military weaponry from the federal govt.

This is the militarization of the police, and it’s made an already violent institution even more dangerous.

🧵

The origins of the 1033 program lie in the “forever wars” on drugs, crime, and terror.

In 1989, Congress gave the Pentagon temporary authority to give military equipment to local law enforcement.

Anything was OK as long as it was deemed suitable “in counter-drug activities.”

In 1996, Congress made the Pentagon’s temporary authority to give weapons of war to local law enforcement agencies permanent and expanded its purview to “counterterrorism”, creating 1033 as we know it.

Since, 10,000 jurisdictions have received $7 billion-plus in equipment.

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Anti-Fascist Abolitionist AWK

@AWKWORDrap

25 Jun

@MOHAVVKJOHNSON

If you haven’t heard of @MOHAVVKJOHNSON, it’s because @LoriLightfoot and the Chicago PD don’t want you to.

Mohawk has been on house arrest for 309 days — with no trial, and despite having no criminal record

#FreeMohawk

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@imLeor

The Chicago PD “has tried to turn the rapper and comedian into a cautionary example to social justice protesters” - @imLeor, @chicagoreader

Mohawk Johnson was arrested at a protest to #DefundThePolice and #AbolishICE

He was charged with aggravated battery of a “peace officer”

@MOHAVVKJOHNSON

While @MOHAVVKJOHNSON was charged with battery, here’s what really happened, in his words:

“Four to five officers grabbed me and held me against the car before they handcuffed me, and didn't tell me why. They kept yelling, 'Don't struggle…’ I said, 'I'm not struggling.’”

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Anti-Fascist Abolitionist AWK

@AWKWORDrap

18 Jun

@TENDEMANDS

Today was the 50th anniversary of the #WarOnDrugs.

@TENDEMANDS, the abolitionist org I co-founded last year, is committed to its end.

Here’s a thread on why the @ACLU calls it “bullshit”, and so should you.

Drug offenses are the leading cause of arrest in the United States.

More than 1.5 million people were arrested on drug charges in 2019 alone.

The vast majority of drug arrests are for simple possession (pictured).

Every 25 seconds, someone is arrested for drug possession.

1 in 5 people in prisons and jails are locked up on drug charges.

There are another 750,000 people under state surveillance (on parole or probation) for drug offenses.

150,000 people have been killed in the War on Drugs; another 73,000 have disappeared.

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