With ongoing protests against police brutality in the aftermath of the #JacobBlake shooting, it's a good time to check out among our #Triangle-area politicians are in the pockets of police PACs. https://twitter.com/mishademia/status/1298955223306850304

Data from @NCSBE campaign finance reports for contributions by the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC, starting with Q1 2020

https://cf.ncsbe.gov/CFOrgLkup/ReportDetail/?RID=173692&TP=EXP

Sarah Crawford, @NCDemParty candidate for NC State Senate District 18 in Wake County, took $2,500 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC (contribution dated 2/4/2020)

Moving on to the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC 2019 End of Year Semi-Annual Campaign Finance Report posted on @NCSBE:

https://cf.ncsbe.gov/CFOrgLkup/ReportDetail/?RID=170911&TP=EXP

Councilor @dcoxraleigh accepted $1,000 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC (contribution dated 10/2/2019)

Raleigh City Councilor @PBuffkin accepted $1,000 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC (contribution dated 10/2/2019)

(Saige Martin, who was elected to the Raleigh City Council in 2019 but has since resigned, also accepted $1,000 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association, dated 10/2/2019, but had pledged to return the contribution during the Raleigh protests in May-June)

Moving on to the @NCSBE report for the Southern States Police Benevolent Association for Q3 2018:

Allegra Collins, elected as a member of the @NCDemParty to the NC Court of Appeals in 2018, took $2000 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC, dated 8/15/18.

Wake County Commissioner @Matt_Calabria ( @NCDemParty) accepted $1,000 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC, dated 10/19/18.

Wake County Commissioner @SigHutchinson, @NCDemParty, accepted $1,000 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC, dated 9/5/2018.

Wake County Commissioner Greg Ford (D), who is not running for re-election in 2020, took $1,000 from the Southern States Police Benevolent Association PAC in 2018, dated 9/5/18.

(Commissioner Ford got mighty defensive when I tweeted about this a few months ago).