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The video of Ivor Otieno’s murder is out & the narrative created by the press is critical.
I’m calling for @RTDNEWS to remove @RTDMarkBowes from staff as he is anti-BLM protesting, anti-LGBT, anti-repro rights, anti-immigrant, anti-CRT, anti-1619 Project, climate change denier.
Recent reports show the situation in Texas youth prisons has reached a full-blown crisis. Kids are living in dangerous and inhumane conditions–trapped in their cells for up to 23 hours a day, using the bathroom in water bottles, and nearly half of them on suicide alert.
Today, we’re launching a new campaign. And it couldn’t be more urgent.
We’re launching the #FinishThe5 campaign to tell leaders enough is enough: it’s time to close Texas’s 5 youth prisons and invest in kids, not in further harm. texascje.org/finish-the-5
Seems like City Council is patting themselves on the back for ignoring public comment and also ignoring the proposal suggested by a group appointed to come with the CRB. This CRB is co-opted & is a mistake. I regret ever having supported one.
Virginia incarcerates more people per capita than virtually any independent democracy on earth, higher than the national average @PrisonPolicybit.ly/3Dfq0Si
I had the opportunity to talk with @NBC29 about the Swords Into Plowshares project, which will turn the Lee statue into something good. If you haven’t yet, please take the survey and share your vision! sipcville.com/survey/
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"Under this proposal, funding that should be going into education, transportation, housing + directly to RVA residents will go to the police who surveil, arrest and incarcerate us more each year," she added.
"'Stoney is a phony and the cops are his cronies,' isn't just a chant from the 2020 uprisings, it's a reality in RVA” Harris said. richmond.com/news/pay-boosts…