Defund 604 Network organizes on unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm, Skwxwu7mesh, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, Q'e'yc'ey, qiqéyt, Qw'?ntl'en & Stó:lō peoples.
Mar 17, 2021 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
[THREAD RE: POLICE OUTREACH TO ASIAN COMMUNITIES]
so you want to talk about anti-asian racism & policing in so-called vancouver. a thread & response to targeted VPD outreach to diasporic asian communities.
CN/CW anti-asian violence, police violence & white supremacy
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let’s talk about the history of racist policing in so-called vancouver BC, specifically in point grey, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory.
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Mar 15, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
To mark International Day Against Police Brutality AKA #IDAPB#IDAPB2021 the @defund604 has released its first set of four posters. They've also made their way to the streets of so-called vancouver over the past week!
POSTER 1: ABOLITIONIST TWEETS
Mar 15, 2021 • 21 tweets • 12 min read
[THREAD ON POLICING] March 15 - International Day Against Police Brutality AKA #IDAPB#IDAPB2021
#IDAPB was first observed in 1997 thanks to organizing by the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (Montreal), and the Black Flag group (Switzerland).
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“Cdn” media portrays police brutality as something that stops at an arbitrary border -everywhere there are police there is police brutality. During the #BLM protests of 2020, Montreal police used tear gas against protesters, a chemical weapon banned for use in warfare.