#8toabolition

ORGANIZERS: so many good resources have come out recently around campaigns and tactics to defund and abolish the police. Here are some of them: The Interrupting Criminalization toolkit recently came

Dreaming Freedom Practicing Abolition

Currently our demands center on two things:1. Releasing prisoners, especially those with compromised immune systems and the elderly (over 50). Please follow @RAPPcampaign, @WLNMP, and @ParoleIllinois among others on this

JG

Petition for universities to create a one-credit course for international students called "Fuck ICE 101" that meets in person once per semester with excused absences. "Fuck ICE 102" to be

Dishonest Republican cop Steven Lee, running for Democratic office in Flushing, has record of domestic violence & abuse of sex workers, yet received $15,200+ in real estate funding, funneled through

Woobie🌹Tuesday

Beware of leftist orgs raising money for calls to action that never come to fruition beyond Tweetstorms.If you use graphic images depicting Black radicals to promote your fundraiser, your organization

Mario Gonzalez was killed by the police in Alameda, CA on April 19 due to excessive force. He was murdered in the same manor as George Floyd, with pressure being

Sparrow/Liz (semi-hiatus)

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if we criminalize not wearing a face mask rn, the law will not be used to punish the people who you

all we have is each other

a note of caution: there will be many who try and sweep up this grassroots upsurge to abolish / #DefundThePolice into reformist bullshit. don't let them!three ways that can happen:

This past weekend, I read the full report “Believe Us” from the Community Safety & Well-Being Task Force in Edmonton. This is a long thread with some of my thoughts

We are at the intersection of two crises: the racist violence of policing and the COVID19 pandemic - both which disproportionately harm Black people. Now is the time to ask:

Something I've learned while in law school is about the social construction of crime. I work in a legal clinic on wage theft cases, where employers have "improperly paid" workers

brielle entzminger 👻

Getting settled in for the Know Your Rights panel discussion starting in a few min! Run by @defundcpd, @BSAatUVA, @plumas_at_uva, and others! Will be live tweeting as much as i

sheabutterfemme

I told myself I wasnt going to say anymore about this but this has been weighing on my heart. I may take breaks during this thread, so please be patient.