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There may be no better argument for having trained unarmed crisis responders showing up to calls for folks in distress than what the footage from Isaias Cervantes' case shows us.https://twitter.com/CBSLA/status/1385047929564639233

Kids rolling 30-40 deep on their bikes in Perth Amboy, NJ got chased at high speeds by several police cars til a few of them got cornered on a quiet

People are getting better at not accepting other coded police narratives that frame how we think about encounters. And yet there is a tendency to let police define an obvious

I beg you: Stop saying Daunte was pulled over for air fresheners. It was a pretextual stop pure & simple. The goal was to check his mobility, get him in

starting in a few minutes #Exide also, some FAQs from DTSChttps://dtsc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2020/10/Exid-Bankruptcy-FAQ-10-20-2020-Final_a.pdf https://twitter.com/Rendon63rd/status/1318706293729751040 So here are the slides th

So the ad-hoc cmte on Police Reform concluded quickly & quietly after hearing the report back on alternative models for non-violent crisis response and public comment in support of keeping

It's a bit more complicated than this. This was an investigatory stop. The bike offers an excuse for the stop&frisk, and gives them a way to ticket him that would've

yes, let's talk about policing finally.https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1287904257950117888 We're not off to a great start by blaming a community that has been deliberately disenfranchised and repressively policed: "But lon

Getting a late start on the Garcetti press conference but here we go.https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1267170209925722113 Words are being said: "Our conscience demands that we translate our pain into passionate calls for justice.

I've been working on writing something related to this as I've watched the open/slow streets drum be beat by urban planners/advocates for the last several weeks...https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1264922138332540929 What I'd appre

What I'd appreciate hearing from said urban planners/advocates is how and where they have incorporated these realities and concerns into their work around safe/open/slow streets and planning, more generally. Because

One of the most interesting things about the meltdown around this piece w/in urbanist circles was seeing how many different ways those folks interpreted Alissa's interpretation of the work of