Just an incredible piece from Israel's oldest running newspaper, Haaretz. The kind of writing that would certainly result in accusation of anti-semitism in the US. It's paywalled so I cut and pasted the whole op-ed into tweets below. It's worth the read. THREAD

https://twitter.com/tbh4justice/status/1712189062252212493

"Behind all this lies Israeli arrogance; the idea that we can do whatever we like, that we’ll never pay the price and be punished for it. We’ll carry on undisturbed. We’ll arrest, kill, harass, dispossess and protect the settlers busy with their pogroms.

What's happening with cops in New Orleans should be shocking. Even while under a consent decree, cops are raping, sexually assaulting, and committing widespread sexual violence against mostly Black and brown girls and women in New Orleans. Abolition is the only answer. 1/5 Instead of facing charges, dealing with public shame, or providing any sense of justice for the people they have harmed, these violent predators simply walked away from their jobs. If what we know about cops is true, they are probably working somewhere else right now. 2/5

As details emerge after the murders in Texas, pay close attention to abject failure of cops to keep youth safe. It represents one of the clearest arguments yet in support of abolition. Here are some key facts to consider as we grieve, organize, and build what's next. THREAD.

https://twitter.com/tbh4justice/status/1529311796389027840

Uvalde spends an overwhelming amount of its money on cops. Here they pose for propagandandistic photos carrying military grade weapons. With 40% of the budget spent on cops, how much is left for the services that make communities safe?
theintercept.com/2022/05/25/tex…

We must urgently resist the call for more guns in schools. Cops don't stop school mass shooting. In fact, studies show the presence of cops INCREASES fatalities in school shootings---in addition to the egregious, daily violence cops commit against Black, brown, & poor youth. 1/10

https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1529239706214481920

After Columbine and Sandy Hook, electeds mandated cops in schools---purportedly to keep kids safe. It is an objective failure. Studying 40 years of school shootings revealed 3X fatalities when cops were present compared to no cops in school. 2/10

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Dred Scott is buried 2 miles from where Mike Brown was murdered in Ferguson. Philando Castile is buried there, too. In 1875, the SCT said "blacks had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." While overruled, its logic still infects our society today. 🧵 1/10

https://twitter.com/NMAAHC/status/1500471362175000579

SCT: Black people "might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery. He was bought and sold and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever profit could be made by it." Prison slavery is legal. We cage more than any country---mostly Black & brown ppl. 2/10

The sheer amount of violence cops commit & the money we spend on them is mindblowing. Cops harass, arrest, beat, & sexually assault people regularly. We pay them to do it & protect their violence in courts. Here is some coverage from this week. This is just what made the news. Police fired less lethal weapons at Cassidy Doyle, who said she was kneeling when she nearly lost an eye despite wearing a helmet and goggles. Idris Salaam was hit by a tear gas cannister trying to deescalate tension between police and protesters.

citizen-times.com/story/news/loc…