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There’s a reason the far-right wanted @BetaCuck4Lyfe in a cage.

Now free of the shackles of eMonitoring (‘prison by an another name’), the PDX activist who took on an armed Nazi sent me

A LIST OF EVERY SINGLE CITY OF UVALDE EMPLOYEE — INCLUDING THE COPS

govsalaries.com/salaries/TX/ci… Alexander Dial (aka Beta) p...
The Catch:

The latest info on the City of Uvalde website is 2 years old

When you click on an employee on the list, it doesn’t tell you their position — only their salary

When you click on the ‘full profile’ button, it takes you to a 3rd party data broker

Was this true May 23? the year filter option, dis...The 2020 employee list on t...An example of the employee ...A screenshot of what happen...
The entire Uvalde police department — now refusing to cooperate with state police — must be held accountable (@TENDEMANDS 4)

But even that won’t solve our problems.

Cops are not the answer to mass shootings or hate crimes — in spite of the copaganda
Not only did Uvalde police knowingly allow the massacre of 19 children, they openly lied about it, obstructed the state investigation, and are threatening journalists uncovering the truth (doing their jobs).

The Buffalo PD? They’re doing the same thing.

freedom.press/news/exploitin… Image
Have I mentioned it’s the whole prison industrial complex — and not just the cops? The prosecutors, the judges, the jails and prisons — they’re not just complicit.

Meet the District Attorney of Uvalde County

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As we spread info on the corruption of the Uvalde police and DA, and struggle to compute how one nation could be filled with so much hate and violence:

Far-right extremists are using their platforms to *urge* their young followers to copycat the massacre

abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-warns-d… Image
Do they *really* think increasing school “security” is the solution?

Or is it just all they’re willing to do?

Cause — icymi — this is what school “safety” officers do: Image
In addition to hiring a law firm to prevent an investigation into town police misconduct

In addition to journalists being threatened for doing their jobs

There’s this:

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Of course, it’s not enough for #UvaldePolice to threaten journalists and obstruct justice

The grieving parents are being targeted for merely asking for answers — and now feel as unsafe as their kids in school



#UvaldeCoverUp
@DelilahforTexas After the longest period of sustained protest in US history

Against police violence

Police funding *increased* in 2021.

And after Uvalde police watched children get massacred, and then lied about it

The city council voted to *increase* their budget too

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I spoke with @kamaufranklin, who co-founded @CommunityMvt after years with @MXGMNyc in NYC, about Cop City in Atlanta and what it means for liberation movements in the US and worldwide

“We’ve got to get to a place in our movement where we’re winning some of these struggles, but we can only have that when the lulls happen and we’re not falling apart”

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Police abolishing themselves A screenshot of a tweet fro...Brent Cox is seen at age 55...
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Sep 8, 2022
#AndrewJosephIII was a beloved honor roll student and athlete.

February 7, 2014, the 14-year-old Black child was murdered

And police did nothing; he was already their *target*.

For years, the Joseph family has fought for justice — to no avail.

Today, we share their story

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2/7/14 was Students Day at the Florida State Fair in Tampa.

That’s when county sheriffs targeted, harassed, searched, photographed and kidnapped #AndrewJosephIII and 98 other Black children — as young as 8

And abandoned them on the side of a busy interstate, 2 miles away
After being stranded by cops 2 miles from his ride home on 2/7/14, #AndrewJosephIII was forced to cross a busy highway

And was struck and killed by a white motorist.

The cops did not arrest or even breathalyze the driver

And they didn’t call Andrew’s frantic parents.
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Aug 22, 2022
The person seen on video getting his head smashed in by three cops in Arkansas?

*He* is facing charges of terroristic threatening, resisting arrest, 2nd-degree battery, trespassing, aggravated assault, and possession of an instrument of crime

The perpetrators? Still employed ImageImage
If you’re confused, read this thread on wandering cops
If you’re surprised, read this thread on qualified immunity
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