Austin Is Safer When

@SaferWhen

Austin is safer when we respect all our communities and address each crisis with an appropriate solution.

Austin, TX
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  1. 15 hours ago

    What we DO know is that the vaccines are safe, effective + our way forward.

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  2. Aug 28

    Join us tomorrow as we talk with our neighbors about what keeps our community safe:

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  3. Aug 27

    Join us tomorrow at Mueller Lake Park (under the hangar)! Let's talk with our neighbors about real common sense public safety. Sign up >>>

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  4. Aug 26

    "DA José Garza and CA Delia Garza – want City Hall & APD to explain why cops are lying to citizens & according to those citizens, not doing their jobs & investigating potential crimes, & pinning the blame on the two Garzas for making Austin less safe." 📰

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  5. Aug 25

    "According to Council Member Greg Casar's office, the city could add 400 firefighters, 400 parks and library staffers, and 210 emergency medics to its other short-staffed General Fund departments for less than the cost of Prop. A."

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  6. Aug 25

    Wearing a mask saves lives. Austinites lets

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  7. Aug 25

    "The volunteers helping to reimagine the Austin Police Academy are sounding alarms after APD abruptly paused meetings of the curriculum & video review committees."

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  8. Aug 24

    The modern police force not only provided an organized, centralized body of men legally authorized to use force to maintain order, it also provided the illusion that this order was being maintained under the rule of law, not at the whim of those with economic power." G Potter 5/5

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  9. Aug 24

    The only effective political strategy available to exploited workers was what economic elites referred to as "rioting," which was actually a primitive form of what would become union strikes against employers (Silver 1967). 4/5

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  10. Aug 24

    "Inequality was increasing rapidly; the exploitation of workers through long hours, dangerous working conditions, and low pay was endemic; and the dominance of local governments by economic elites was creating political unrest. 3/5

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  11. Aug 24

    We will be sending out another email with a more in-depth explainer of why modern day police were developed to protect the elite class later this week. If you haven't signed our petiton yet please so you can receive our emails. 2/5

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  12. Aug 24

    We are adding another graphic here to make sure we use the proper name for the Pro-Police group that is backing this effort, the Austin Police Association. It is important to understand that in the north the first formal police were the original union busters. 1/5

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  13. Aug 24

    Here's what Prop A, backed by Austin's Police Union, would eat away from other city services! we invest in community care and public resources that help us thrive.

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    We don't need our tax dollars to hire more cops. We already spend $444 per resident in for police. More than , , and .

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  15. Aug 23

    "While neither district attorneys’ policies forbid police from intervening in crimes, officers are telling residents that their hands are tied...The Austin Police Department did not respond to a request for comment." 📰

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  16. Aug 21

    Are you ready to talk to your neighbors about what really make's our community safe? Join us tomorrow and canvass from your couch!

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  17. Aug 21

    Please join us today to talk to our South Austin Neighbors about community care.

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  18. Aug 20

    This story is as old as time. Citizen in distress, police shoot citizen then use a taser because the citizen was still in distress... after being shot. we build systems of care that are rooted in improving the well-being of all communities.

    Chief of Staff from giving a briefing now. Surrounded by executive APD staff and DA’s office.
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  19. Aug 19

    “When sworn law enforcement officers decline to investigate crimes reported by Travis County residents, it erodes public confidence in our justice system and makes our community less safe.” 📰 Read article here:

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  20. Aug 16

    “I can’t find it,” he said after looking for it in the petition for a couple of minutes. “My manager basically is the one that told me about the de-escalation, and so, I’m gonna have to get him to point that out to me specifically, bc I can’t find it.”

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