NY lawmaker & Chair of Aging Committee who exposed COVID #eldercide & held Cuomo accountable to build a Caring New York 
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On November 25, 2017, Yang Song died after falling from a 4th floor balcony during a targeted police raid. Her personal messages revealed that in 2016, she was raped at gunpoint by an undercover police officer and she tried to report the incident 1/pic.twitter.com/CMBpgv7MwB
Following her reporting of rape & sexual assault by an undercover officer, Yang Song’s texts & messages also showed months of harassment by Vice NYPD, with threats of deportation 2/https://theappeal.org/family-former-attorney-of-queens-woman-who-fell-to-her-death-in-vice-sting-say-she-was-sexually-d67461a12f1/ …
After a few months of investigating Yang’s death, despite evidence of targeted harassment, the Queens DA absolved VICE NYPD of any wrong-doing 3/ http://queenspublicmedia.com/queens-da-report-absolves-vice-squad-in-death-of-flushing-sex-worker/ …
The next #QueensDA must explore every option to seek #JusticeforYangSong and end the criminalization of poverty 4/
... that is why we are so proud to officially endorse @CabanForQueens for #QueensDa as she’s the only candidate who’s ready and willing to seek full #justiceforyangsong
#rightsnotraids
@DecrimNY @RedCanarySong @yuhlinepic.twitter.com/33AGYPFtV2
Let’s go win this for #YangSong and all the workers, immigrants, tenants, and marginalized members of our communities.
Justice shouldn’t be bought by the privileged & wealthy class.
#Queens #TeamCabán @yuhline @CabanForQueens @AMDanQuart @HarveyforNY @RedCanarySongpic.twitter.com/yn0VHiy4a6
Big shout out & respect to @RedCanarySong @iamwomankind @DecrimNY @katezenlove @asiannomad @AudaciaRay @yuhline @AMDanQuart as we seized this moment to fight hard for #justiceforyangsongpic.twitter.com/FDCXsLjcH0
@BernieSanders, please see our ongoing thread on why we need to #decriminalize #sexwork as we seek #justiceforyangsong
Workers deserve rights & economic opportunities, not more raids, trauma & violence in their lives.
Thank you @BernieSanders @fshakir @WaywardWinifred #TeamBernie for listening to the story of #YangSong and why grassroot groups like @RedCanarySong @DecrimNY are fighting for #rightsnotraidspic.twitter.com/c46oHyaa6u
Let me remind my colleagues once more about my constituent #YangSong who died in agony and pain after a targeted raid by VICE NYPD @NYSA_Majority @NYSenatepic.twitter.com/FsDAuUhWqb
If we had abolished VICE & defunded NYPD to invest in care over criminalization, my constituent #YangSong would still be alive today.
And no, this isn’t about spending more to re-train or finding the bad apples.
This is about care over criminalization, people over properties.
For the last few years, we've seen how VICE NYPD causes indescribable pain and trauma to sex workers, all disguised as law and *racial* order.
Today, @propublica @jbsapien lays out indisputable proof of why we need to abolish VICE and defund the police.https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-cops-cash-in-on-sex-trade-arrests-with-little-evidence-while-black-and-brown-new-yorkers-pay-the-price …
We stand together to #AbolishVICE + decriminalize sex work.
#RightsOverRaids
#JusticeforYangSong
@DickGottfried @JuliaCarmel__ @jessicaramos @yuhline @CarlinaRivera @NYCCouncil38 @JimmyVanBramerhttps://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-lawmakers-demand-nypd-halt-undercover-sex-trade-stings …
Today, after listening to advocates and visiting the site where #YangSong died from a racist & targeted police raid, @AndrewYang is comitted to decriminalizing sex work to center solutions around those closest to the trauma and pain.pic.twitter.com/ARtfMeOnb0
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