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Jan 16,, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The efforts by so-called “progressive” leaders from LA, SF, Chicago, & NYC to kill bail reform & expand policing is not about “public safety.” Best case it’s political pandering to police lies & propaganda. Worst: It’s to unnecessarily cage hundreds of thousands more people.
Chicago Tribune: Mayor Lori Lightfoot has brazenly lied to Chicagoans to cage more Black people. She cant be trusted. chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-…
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti—like “progressive” mayors in SF, NYC, & Chicago—has chosen to support the coordinated lie campaign by police against even modest changes *that are working* instead of telling residents the truth, standing proudly behind good policy.latimes.com/opinion/story/…
Bloomberg: SF Mayor London Breed like so many other "progressives" is caving to fearmongering & lies from police--not facts or reason. “We can’t arrest our way out of poverty and substance abuse.” Yet she’s pandering to right wing talking points. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
In NYC, Mayor Eric Adams lies he’s not expanding solitary bc he calls it “segregation.” Lies about need for even more subway cops to add to 4000+. Lies about bail reform causing crime. He’s been in office for 2 weeks. Pandering to fear has historically worked. Let’s end that.

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Jan 17,
THREAD: This is a story about how police are frontline propagandists. It starts with a violent robbery at a men’s clothing store in Manhattan. It ends w/ NYPD responding, but refusing to investigate. Then lying that no one would face any consequences bc of “reform.” Read on:
A few weeks ago, a men's clothing store in Manhattan was victimized by numerous young men who, according the owners, stole $20,000 of merchandise. And worse: punched a 61 year old employee in the face. It was the second time the store had suffered similar theft recently.
The owners called NYPD both times. Both times NYPD came after the young men had left. The second time, however, one of the young men left his cell phone behind. Even apparently called it to retrieve it. The holy grail of evidence. A way for cops to catch them, right? Wrong.
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Jan 14,
Absolutely appalling. A sick, ailing man just had a pig's heart transplant. Historic moment for science. New potential for his life. The @nytimes dedicates an entire article to expose-in detail- a *34 years old* crime of his & question whether he deserves to live. Appalling.
The @nytimes actually harassed the man's son--a young child at time of crime--for comment. “I do not wish to speak about my father’s past. My intent is to focus on the groundbreaking surgery & my father’s wish to contribute to the science & potentially save lives in the future."
Last week, this man--David Bennett Sr--put his life on the line for science. To give life to people in the future who may need a transplant. And the @nytimes won't let him or his family have peace or move beyond a crime he committed 34 years ago. I'm so upset. It's beyond words.
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Jan 8,
Thread: As Eric Adams promises to flood NYC w/ even more cops, know this: The NYPD *orchestrated an attack* on 100s of protestors in June 2020 in the Bronx. Used the curfew to trap, assault & arrest. Mass human rights atrocity. NYPD called it “restraint.”hrw.org/news/2020/09/3…
Human Rights Watch (@hrw) conducted an investigation. Based on videos, mapping tech, hundreds of interviews. Found NYPD planned a coordinated assault. Trapped them 10 minutes before curfew to justify attacking them for being out past curfew. All on film.
"About 10 minutes before curfew scores of NYPD surrounded & trapped protesters–tactic called “kettling”–as they marched peacefully. W/o warning, they moved in, wielding batons, beating people from car tops, shoving, firing pepper spray into faces before arresting more than 250."
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Jan 6,
Over the near decade I was a public defender, a common refrain from people I represented was: “I feel trapped, imprisoned in my own neighborhood. On my own street. Scared to walk down my own block.” The “omnipresence” of police is violent & traumatic. Makes people feel unsafe.
Cops already omnipresent on subway. Last year, NYC hired *500 more.* There were already 4000. $245 million/yr. They mostly target Black people for jumping the turnstile. Fail to prevent crime. Instead of investing in free/affordable public transportation. gothamist.com/news/500-more-…
This is what “omnipresent” subway policing looks like. NYPD surround woman selling churros. Crying. Telling her she stops or get arrested. Trying to talk to them in Spanish. Rolling their eyes. Lead out in cuffs. Cart taken away. This is police violence.
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Jan 2,
Whether 5 or 18 days in jail: People are leaving those cages far worse off than before. More desperate to sell to survive &/or support their own habit. With even longer criminal records. At a cost per person of $10000s, can’t imagine a worse investment. And yet, @sfchronicle:
The data @sfchronicle cites is a glaring indictment of policing & caging as a “solution.”

“The arrest data…raises questions about the efficacy of the city’s approaches to law enforcement & prosecution as the drug epidemic has spiraled into a state of emergency.”

Exactly.
“65 adults were arrested more than once for the same alleged crime in the same neighborhood during the same nine-month period. Sixteen of those were arrested more than twice, and four were arrested four times.” And SF’s Mayor is investing more in police?? sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
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Jan 1,
NOW PRESENTING: A *short film festival* right here on Twitter for New Year. A collection of some short films & other story-telling projects my team & I produced in support of our local allies. Range of justice issues. All over country. First hand accounts. Thread w/ selections:
Still in Prison: On how a law passed by the KKK 80+ years ago to maintain white supremacy keeps disproportionately Black people locked up in Oregon. How a jailhouse lawyer got the case to the Supreme Court. And how to topple this monument to racism. Watch:
More on the ongoing fight for fairness in Oregon and what you can do to help in this thread and on the campaign site: stillinprison.org.
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