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May 1, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Some people are upset that we don’t have more police officers. They think adding a couple hundred more in a city like San Francisco will end garage robberies and other bad stuff.
So, I got curious: if you wanted to *police* your way to zero street crime, how much would it cost?
Let’s do the math on a no-holds-barred police budget to defend every corner of San Francisco and all the garages in between!
Number of intersections in SF: 6399
At 2 officers per intersection, we need 12,798 officers on duty around the clock
Jun 8, 2022 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
For anyone who cares about ending mass incarceration, this 🧵 is for you. How did we fare in yesterday's elections? Some great results, some bad results, and others inbetween. Here's what we know:
Anne Marie Schubert, the retrograde, anti-reform prosecutor from Sacramento (who never filed charges in 72 killings by police) who stepped down to challenge progressive AG Rob Bonta in the California Attorney General race, failed miserably in her effort. She got 7.5%.
Apr 13, 2021 • 24 tweets • 10 min read
Many are asking what they can do right now in response to the police killing of #DuanteWright. First, these are deeply systemic problems. No single thing will fix it, but there is good work happening that's pushing in the right direction. Some suggestions in this Thread. 1/
Ultimately we are talking about undoing white supremacy, which is a political, social, and personal transformation. When it comes to more immediate solutions, there are a few basic categories: 2/
Jun 3, 2020 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Thread: for people looking to Learn right now, I’m sharing a few things that have been important to my education on race and mass incarceration. This is meant to be a manageable short list for first engagement. /1
First, I highly recommend watching James Baldwin’s speech at the Cambridge Union debate in 1965. It’s an exceptional summary, eloquently delivered, that rings all too true today. /2
Jun 2, 2020 • 24 tweets • 11 min read
Thread: A lot of people are asking me where to give $ in this moment (I direct criminal justice giving at Open Philanthropy). I've compiled a list of recs for police accountability, including shrinking their budgets; decarceration; and transforming systems. /1
Sharing with gratitude to the movement leaders who advised on this list and whose courage and relentless devotion to this work absolutely inspires me. These are groups I know do good impactful work. In no particular order: /2
