Texas Governor Greg Abbott just signed a racist voter suppression bill into law. Texas may have been the epicenter of harmful legislation this past week, but it isn't the only state passing dangerous laws that disproportionately affect Black people.
We’re seeing this happen across the country. Following the 2020 election, 14 states have already passed laws that have shortened the window for absentee voting, restricted the eligibility of early voting, or made it easier to contest the results of election.
The U.S. Senate has the power to pass federal bills that protect abortion access and the right to vote, but Republicans are using the filibuster to block Congress from acting. Senate Democrats have the power to reform the filibuster but, for some reason, not all are on board.
This doesn’t just affect the 30 million people in Texas. Right now Republican lawmakers are creating a blueprint so that states across the country can pass laws that restrict access to abortions and make it harder to vote. We can’t let this happen.
Sign our petition and send a clear message to Senate Democrats: we can’t afford to wait on the Supreme Court to protect abortion access or the right to vote. Reform the #JimCrowFilibuster and pass bills that strengthen these key rights. act.colorofchange.org/sign/Jim-Crow-…

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9 Sep
Last night, @atlcouncil voted YES on plans to raze Atlanta Forest to build a $90MM cop training facility. 70% of the public opposed the plan.

The fight to #StopCopCity isn’t over. But this isn’t the 1st time @atlpolicefdn used backroom deals to expand violent policing. A thread:
Founded in 2003, Atlanta Police Foundation (@atlpolicefdn) is a private, corporate-sponsored organization. Behind closed doors, police foundations and their corporate sponsors privately fund the ongoing militarization & expansion of policing, targeting BIPOC communities. #gapol
.@atlpolicefdn is no exception. The pro-police group reported $7 million dollars in revenue in 2018, and nearly $11 million in 2019, a 45% increase. This private $$$ is used to supplement APD's massive budget with little to no public accountability, transparency, or oversight.
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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.
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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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24 Mar
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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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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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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