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Stephen Semler

@stephensemler

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The number of people killed by police reached a ten-year high in 2022. Federal subsidies to police did too: stephensemler.substack.com/p/tracking-fed

Federal subsidies to police are at a ten-year high. This column chart displays the combined funding of Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security police grant programs in two shades of blue from fiscal years 2013 to 2023. In this time, total police grant funding went from $2.2 billion to $4.5 billion. The biggest one-year jump in this stretch was from fiscal years 2021 to 2022, when Biden approved a nearly $800 million increase. His 2023 budget increases it again, this time by $105 million. Biden’s two budgets are highlighted in pink. Data via Justice and Homeland Security department budget requests and appropriations, and the Congressional Research Service. More: stephensemler.substack.com

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Memphis Police Chief Trained With Israel Security Forces

The Intercept

@theintercept

Feb 5

American police chiefs often train in Israel, where they visit “sites of well-documented human rights abuses against Palestinians,” according to

@EranEfrati

@jvplive

. “Participants witness real-life examples of repressive violence.”

theintercept.com

Chief Cerelyn Davis also led the first police department in the U.S. that swore off the exchanges.

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Lizar_tistry

@lizar_tistry

Feb 4

Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police. Abolish the police.

Digital illustration of Black children’s cartoon characters bracing themselves to defend against a police SUV with Black History Month propaganda painted on the side. Text reads “No Cops Allowed!” And “Defund the Cops!”

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In Our Names Network

@inournames

What does #BlackHistoryMonth look like in a country where Black people accounted for 24% of police fatalities last year, despite making up only 13% of the population? Where a police institution that traces its origins back to slave patrols still operates & murders?

Harsha Walia

@HarshaWalia

Opinion: Canadian police’s condemnations of the killing of Tyre Nichols amount to a cynical bit of...

"The statements lend legitimacy to police forces’ self-serving narratives that policing is more just in Canada, even though number of police shootings in Canada increased nearly 25 percent in 2022." Excellent piece by

@wickdchiq

on Canadian hypocrisy.

theglobeandmail.com

Police chiefs across Canada appear to be capitalizing on a Black person’s death for image management

"We must transform every fake cop neighborhood into real, affordable housing & vibrant neighborhoods where everyone has what they need to thrive. To do that, the city budget must fund life instead of death. From Atlanta to Chicago, it’s past time to defund & abolish the police."

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Rampant Magazine

@rampantmag

In the wake of the police murder of a forest defender in Atlanta, Chicago leaders just unveiled the completed $128M “cop academy.” These cop cities are training grounds for police violence and must be dismantled to restore a world where life is precious. rampantmag.com/2023/01/from-a

Anti Police-Terror Project

@APTPaction

This Saturday has been called as a National Day of Action for Tyre Nichols. Join us to mourn and celebrate his life together ❤️✊🏿 Justice for Tyre Community Skate Session & Healing Village February 4, 2023 1pm-4pm Lil Bobby Hutton Park 1200-1248 16th St, Oakland, CA 94607

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#StopCopCity

@micahinATL

PRESS RELEASE: “Manny was a kind person who helped anyone who needed it. He was a pacifist. They say he shot a police officer. I do not believe it.” said his mother, Belkis Teran. “I do not understand why they will not even privately explain to us what happened to our child.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 2, 2023
Media Contact: 678-434-9339
FAMILY DEMANDS ACCESS TO INVESTIGATION AFTER PRIVATE AUTOPSY REVEALS
POLICE SHOT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST
OVER THIRTEEN TIMES
PRESS CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
[Atlanta, GA]—Results of a private autopsy reveal that several different officers shot environmental
activists Manuel Esteban Paez Teran at least 13 times. Law enforcement continues to evade simple
questions about the killing.
Manuel Esteban Paez Teran was an environmental activist protesting the destruction of a forest in a
historically Black neighborhood to build a privately owned and operated police training center known
as Cop City.
As tensions between the community and police increased, so too did the aggressive tactics police used
to confront activists. This event marks the first time any environmental activist in the United States has
been killed by the government.
“Manny was a kind person who helped anyone who needed it. He was a pacifist. Th

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“Protests by non-locals are inherently terrorism,” Second-in-command Atlanta Police Department
Assistant Chief Carven Tyus was recently quoted as saying of the protesters. The City of Atlanta has
also admitted to using Georgia’s hands-free driving law as a pretext to arrest at least one person for
filming officers at Cop City. “Police who behave legally have no reason to fear being filmed and should
welcome it. Law enforcement has a vested interest in this training center that demands scrupulous
transparency and impartiality. Unfortunately, we are getting the exact opposite.” said Gerry Weber of
the Southern Center for Human Rights.
There is little support for Cop City among Atlanta citizens. “Cop City is something that no one in the
community asked for, and survey after survey shows that the majority of Atlanta residents are opposed.
The mayor continues to run roughshod over the desires of the community,” said Kamau Franklin from
Community Movement Builders, one of the organizations f

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talk about this more in the Re-Form chapter of #NoMorePolice (bit.ly/NoMorePolice): "Ending qualified immunity would be a reform that tinkers at the edge of the problems of police violence rather than striking at its root causes."

A photo of page 137 of the book No More Police by Mariame Kaba and Andrea Ritchie. Highlighted text: "Ending qualified immunity would be a reform that tinkers at the edge of the problem of police violence rather than striking at its root causes. While it wouldn't build systems of policing, it would increase their legitimacy by giving the illusion that the courts can adequately remedy police violence. Perhaps most importantly, qualified immunity only comes into play after the harm is done, which means it does nothing to stop police violence from happening in the first place."

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And all this talk about ending qualified immunity misses the main point, as

point out in this

@democracynow

interview: "Qualified immunity only comes into play AFTER someone has been harmed, after someone has been killed." democracynow.org/2023/2/1/tyre_

"So, that’s what I was getting at with this tweet, is that I’m not really interested in reforms that only focus on what we do after police officers have beat a 29-year-old father to death. I want to focus on reforms that are going to stop that from happening in the first place. And I want to focus and I want to invite the Congressional Black Caucus and everyone else who’s thinking about what to do in this moment to think about what’s actually going to prevent actions like this from happening, not sort of what we do about them after the fact, which actually won’t even stop the individual officers involved from continuing to engage in that behavior, much less address the system that enables and makes that behavior possible. So, for me, it is about reducing the power and the legitimacy and resources that we put to policing, and investing in the things that communities need to be safe."

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Literally nothing. Or #TyreNichols' murder Please stop promoting pouring millions more $ into the policing that killed them in their names. #GeorgeFloydJusticeinPolicingAct #JusticeforTyreNichols

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Literally nothing in that bill that they named after George Floyd would have prevented his murder, or that of Breonna Taylor. @prisonculture and @dreanyc123 talk about this, and why it is #DefundThePolice, never reform, in #NoMorePolice, excerpted here. thenation.com/article/societ

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Todd (they/them) #AbolishThePolice

@ToddBohannon

Ron DeSantis announces plan to block DEI programs in state colleges

“DeSantis is not alone: so far, at least 25 states have considered legislation or other steps to limit how race & racism can be taught, according to an analysis from

@educationweek

. 8 states, all Republican-led, have banned or limited…” #Fascism #HigherEd

theguardian.com

The Florida governor’s latest attack comes on the heels of a ban on an AP course in African American studies in high schools

StopCopCity

@divafeminist

More vile and violent BS coming out of Florida. This targets the repro autonomy and privacy of students as well as trans and gender expansive youth.

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MP Arizona

@AzPetrich

Despite public outcry, the Florida Highschool Athletics Association is standing by its decision that girls submit menstruation information to schools: including age of their first period, how many days are typically in between their periods, & the date of their last period.

Andrea Ritchie

Video shows East Precinct officers back down after bystanders step in over heavy response to...

In better news, thankfully people in Seattle stopped what could have been yet another tragedy last night when someone stepped outside to cool down after a fight, hit a stop sign in frustration & was listening to music to calm down until the cops showed up

capitolhillseattle.com

Reports of gunfire and yelling in the street Wednesday night near 12th and Mercer led to a tense situation with East Precinct officers taking aim on an unarmed person in crisis before deciding to r…

Andrea Ritchie

It's literally Groundhog Day another Black person brutally killed by police another round of calls being made in their name for legislation that would give even more million$ to the department that killed them and for reforms that would not have stopped the cops from killing them

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#StopCopCity

@micahinATL

Table of Contents Background How to Take Action to Stop Cop City Frequently Asked Questions Additional Resources Background In September 2021, the Atlanta City Council passed legislation to destroy...

Stop Cop City action toolkit with basic background, ways to take action, more resources, and FAQ - one of many such resources, so share this and share others! There are so many ways to get involved!!

docs.google.com

Stop Cop City Toolkit

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@Chesaysthings

"They will not separate us into good activists and bad activists. We will remain united." -

@kamaufranklin

#stopcopcity

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Talila "TL" Lewis

@talilalewis

don’t be ableist & revisionist! • cops maim+kill chair riders/amputees OFTEN • chair riders/amputees can+do cause harm & still shouldn’t be killed •stop the “disability training/units” BS abolish the police so our people can stay tf alive #AnthonyLowe #DisabilityJustice

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The same is true of

’ #ComradeCards. So grateful for Black feminist visions to propel us forward and for the artists among us who replenish our spirits when they are low.

You can never know how deeply an act of care & kindness can impact someone. I just received this GORGEOUS hand painted notebook by/from

@mariatho1

that is exactly the medicine I need in this moment 🥹💗 🙏🏼 And on the heels of a lovely visit w/

@alexispauline

who taught me this!

AJ+

@ajplus

Striking French workers gave free energy to low-income households, cut power to a politician and plan to target the wealthy. Here's how nationwide strikes with "Robin Hood" tactics are rocking the country and what's expected next.

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@MsKellyMHayes

6.7 Million Children Could Lose Health Coverage as COVID Protections Expire

“Under special rules enacted by Congress, states were barred from dropping people from Medicaid rolls during the pandemic, but that safety net will disappear when the emergency orders expire.” -

@ludwig_mike

truthout.org

GOP efforts to end pandemic emergency orders early would create “wide-ranging chaos” across the health care system.

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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

@KeeangaYamahtta

a blacklist

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noliwe rooks

@nrookie

And here you have it. They were removed…

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Andrea Ritchie

You can also check out

interruptingcriminalization.com

's collection of resources to support organizers in discerning which reforms bring us closer to ending the violence of policing at

Abolitionist Organizing Binder — Interrupting Criminalization

Grateful for the opportunity to reflect on what justice for #TyreNichols requires w/

@Blackstarjus

@democracynow

today. For an excerpt of #NoMorePolice on why reform won't create a world where he is still here visit bit.ly/NoMorePolice #DefundPolice

democracynow.org

Howard Prof. Justin Hansford & Abolitionist Andrea Ritchie on Tyre Nichols & Calls for No More...

Mourners gathered in Memphis, Tennessee, Wednesday for the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died on January 10, three days after being severely beaten by five police officers following a traffic stop...

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Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN

@JoshuaPHilll

More than half a million workers are on strike across the UK today, the biggest strike in a decade. Schools are closed, railroads are halted, and government offices are empty. The unions are striking for better pay with the cost of living soaring.

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The Intercept

@theintercept

What $28 Million Bought the Memphis Police Department

“Instead of pouring more money into militarized forces that brutalize, terrorize, and even murder, we should fund libraries, after-school programs, good jobs, and other investments proven to keep us safe.”

theintercept.com

The specialized division that included SCORPION, the anti-crime unit responsible for beating Tyre Nichols.

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Abortion Fund of Ohio

@abortionfundOH

Ways to honor #BlackHistoryMonth: 1. Stop killing Black people

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Jessica Valenti

@JessicaValenti

Abortion, Every Day (1.31.23)

A Tennessee law would send women to prison for 3 yrs if they file a ‘false’ rape report to get an abortion - and all it takes is one cop who thinks you’re lying

jessica.substack.com

Tennessee bill would jail women who make 'false' police reports to get abortions

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Eva

@evanagao

Interrupting Criminalization and 2 others

Kicking off a year of free monthly #1MExperiments resources sent straight to your inbox: bit.ly/millionexperim (Whose ideas was this, anyway? 😵)

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Puff the Magic Hater

@MsKellyMHayes

Veteran Black Panther Julia Wright: Tortuguita’s Death Is Strangely Familiar

“I see the life and death of Tortuguita through the lens of nearly four decades spent in the struggle to free veteran Black Panther and MOVE sympathizer Mumia Abu-Jamal.” Alana Yu-lan Price and I interview veteran Black Panther Julia Wright in

@truthout

truthout.org

Veteran Black Panther Julia Wright explains what we should remember about the past in order to understand this moment.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective

@atlanta_press

Cop City Press Conference Thread:

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Elise Joshi

@EliseJoshi

BREAKING: Mayor of Atlanta and Dekalb County CEO just announced that that Cop City is moving forward. People across the country CAN help. Screenshots of contractor emails and script below⬇️

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Better yet, check out a whole binder of resources including updates to this list 👇🏼 gathered by

@prisonculture

@C_Resistance

to evaluate proposals for reform at bit.ly/OrganizingBind #DefundPolice

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Haymarket Books

@haymarketbooks

Here is a simple guide from @prisonculture (published in 2014) for evaluating any suggested ‘reforms’ of U.S. policing. truthout.org/articles/polic

The Ignant Intellectual®

@ignantintellect

We may physically bury one body. But the impact of systematic racism sears communal flesh. In barely 3 years, Zion has lost his aunt, his grandfather, his grandmother and, today, his mother.

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The Ignant Intellectual®

@ignantintellect

Oct 12 2019: Atatiana Jefferson killed by cop Aaron Dean while babysitting her nephew Zion. Nov 9 2019: Marquis Jefferson (Atatiana’s dad) dies at 58. Dec 3 2020: Yolanda Carr (Atatiana’s mom) dies at 55. Jan 30 2023: Amber Carr (Atatiana’s sister/Zion’s mom) dies at 33.

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Stuart Schrader

@stschrader1

I've spent the last decade writing the same sentence a million times over and over again, phrased differently. I'll try it once more: Police professionalization is not designed to change how policing operates but is meant to change how everyone else perceives police legitimacy.

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Free The Land! By Any Means Necessary!

@MXGMNational

Today, We honor New Afrikan Freedom Fighter, Political Exile and NAPO / MXGM founder, Nehanda Abiodun, who made her transition to the ancestors in 2019. We love and miss you, continue to watch over us & guide our efforts to Free The Land & Free Em ALL! bit.ly/CarryItOnNow_N

MXGM NYC and 7 others

GET THIS ZINE - I was riveted when

@prisonculture

told me this story, it is a beautiful tribute to principled Black Indigenous solidarity! 🏃🏽‍♀️ *runs to download*

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