Associate Director @RAPPcampaign | Social Worker. Organizer. Abolitionist. | No to Prisons, Yes to Caring Communities | He/him/his | Personal Account
May 31, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
It looks like @NYGovCuomo is trying to move from the nation’s COVID-19 savior to a national voice for “police reforms.” Before he starts going on national TV to promote his bullshit platform, I’d like to remind folks who the Governor really is. THREAD. 1/
In 2016, The NY Times found a “scourge of racial bias” in NYS Prisons. Black People were placed in solitary confinement and denied parole release more than their white counterparts. Cuomo ordered an investigation that no one has heard about since. nytimes.com/2016/12/03/nyr… 2/