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THREAD. Let& #39;s talk about the demands that are coming our of #Louisville RN. It is important to understand that actual organizers in Louisville have never worked under the assumption that justice would ever come from the systems that conspired to murder #BreonnaTaylor. #DefundLMPD
Organizers on the ground in #Louisville have been clear in their demands regarding the officers who murdered #BreonnaTaylor - they want then FIRED and their PENSIONS REVOKED. Not arrest, not convict, but FIRE & DEFUND. There is a reason for that. #DefundLMPD #DefundBlackLives
Next up - DIVEST FROM LMPD and INVEST in the COMMUNITY! Going to spend a few tweets here - but find full information here as well: https://www.investdivest.org/ ">https://www.investdivest.org/">...
Take a look at what #DivestInvest looks like in practice. Pulling funding from police and move them to services and community-based solutions that time and again PROVE TO WORK. POLICING DOES NOT WORK because it& #39;s not supposed to curb violence, it& #39;s meant to JUSTIFY VIOLENCE.
Check out what is included in the KY Police Bill of Rights. But also - let& #39;s confront the fact that POLICE have a Bill of Rights but Black folks do not... who is the aggressor? who is the freedom fighter? GET CLEAR. #DefundPolice https://nixthe6.org/kentucky ">https://nixthe6.org/kentucky&...
I mean - @louisvillemayor could not be less ineffective if he actually TRIED doing his job. I had to sit on a panel with this man a few months ago and was disgusted with his lack of sense of urgency, and frankly, he didn& #39;t sound very bright either. He SHOULD be ashamed.
Police Violence IS GUN VIOLENCE. It& #39;s time we all treated them that way and spoke about police shootings in ways that tell the truth of what is happening in our cities and communities. #DefundThePolice #DefendBlackLives
INDEPENDENT needs to mean INDEPENDENT. Police cannot police themselves, investigate themselves, determine what justice looks like when THEY are the perpetrators. #DefundLMPD #JusticeForBre
TRANSPARENCY means something too. Look it up. What it doesn& #39;t mean is six months of bullshit and justice for the shooting of a fucking LAMP. FOH. #DefundPolice #DefendBlackLives #JusticeForBre
