DC Safety Squad

A coalition of organizations and trained individuals who rise up in solidarity with harm reduction & rapid response - mobilize as an alternative to police.

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

Join us in a info session on how to get plugged into the DC Safety Squad. @HIPSDC will also provide a community-level perspective on using harm reduction to reduce morbidity and mortality from IV drug use and opiate overdose in the community. https://t.co/BPcb7Q2cKw #WekeepUsSafe

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

NOW: Trayon White is currently introducing an amendment that would strike Section 14 of the Secure DC Act which removes the requirement that officers’ names be withheld from the public in adverse action proceedings.

Amendment passes: 11-2 (Pinto & Frumim vote no) #SecureDC

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

NOW: Brooke Pinto re-introduced DNA Collection upon Arrest with probable cause of violent crimes as a component of her Secure DC Omnibus Bill. The bill passed 10-2 with Council Members Kenyan McDuffie & Janeese Lewis George voting against the amendment #SecureDC #Crimnibus

[Defund MPD @Defund_MPD]

We have PACKED the DC Council meeting room, hallways, and overflow room to STOP the hyper-racist and carceral #SecureDC (or crimnibus). #UsNotCrimnibus 🔥🚍

@ChmnMendelson @CMBrookePinto @MayorBowser @councilofdc

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

.@HarrietsDreams joined the @mlkholidaydc115 Annual Peace Walk & Parade in S.E., D.C. to center Black Joy & honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy through service and reflection on the ongoing struggle for justice. #MLKDay2024 #MLKDay #MLK #IHaveADream #Statehood #SafeAndFreeDC

[Courtwatch DC @CourtwatchDC]

The omnibus crime bill is a hodge podge of harmful legislation that will directly impact the work we do at courtwatch dc.
The expansion of pretrial detention is something we have fought against since the public safety emergency legislation.
https://t.co/7Qvpv1AJHD

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

We deserve a #PeopleResponse #CareNotCages

[Movement 4 Black Lives @Mvmnt4BlkLives]

We deserve a BETTER response to mental health and substance use crises.

We deserve a BETTER response to community violence.

We deserve a BETTER response than policing and mass incarceration.

We deserve a #PeoplesResponse.

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

The @DC_safety_squad rise up in full solidarity with @ACLU_DC and @BreadfortheCity federal https://t.co/fo7IVW99zB more Police for Mental Health Emergencies. We are committed to training people every Friday in the month of July to become certified Mental Health Rapid Responders.

[Bread for the City is on Bluesky @BreadfortheCity]

🚫 No More Police for Mental Health Emergencies! 🚫

Today, with @ACLU_DC, we filed a federal lawsuit challenging DC's practice of sending police officers instead of mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies.

https://t.co/1wPMEc0DDU

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

@michellechap76 @WashSpirit @PeaceforDC @MomsDemand Feel free to connect with the @dcsafety_squad . Thank you for donating to people thats outside truly trying to keep DC safe 🤍.

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

Still time to register to attend our legal observation training happening tonight at 6:30PM! Come learn from our movement lawyers on how to observe police involved interactions. You do not have to be a lawyer to be a legal observer!

Register: https://t.co/12JBZ4WqTu

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

.@MayorBowser @SafeDC @brookepintodc we are a coalition of local organizations & individuals trained to respond to crisis to help keep constituents in DC safer. Can you respond to the @DCJusticeLab questions and concerns regarding the Public Safety Summit? We were not invited.

[DC Justice Lab @DCJusticeLab]

We watched the Mayor's whole Summit today - well, all the parts that were streamed because the event was closed to the public - and we were left with so many questions... here are a few of them in no particular order:
#SafeAndFreeDC #WeKeepUsSafe #CareNotCages

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

It’s unfortunate that the @DC_safety_squad was not invited to @MayorBowser public safety summit. The safety squad consist of several organizations & community members that are experience with responding to community safety as a alternative to the Police. https://t.co/erQWfh9xXq

[Mark Segraves @SegravesNBC4]

Here’s the preliminary list of those invited to participate in DC @MayorBowser’s public safety summit. @councilofdc and others also invited. Summit is open to press, but not public. Event will be live-streamed 9am-1pm @nbcwashington

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

.@MayorBowser @SafeDC @CMBrookePinto @councilofdc the @DCPoliceDept posted a video of serious use of force with no narrative and only one body cam. How is our community loved one doing? What actions have been taken? Is this violent Cop still working? https://t.co/qir5zBaEaA

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

Over 700k people across the US are sitting in cages because they can’t afford bail. Put $500, $50 or $5 on a Black mama's freedom. No one should be sitting in a cage because they can’t afford bail → https://t.co/R2rYIHuk89 #FreeBlackMamas #FreeBlackMamasDMV #HousingNotHandcuffs

[ACLU of the District of Columbia @ACLU_DC]

D.C. Crisis Response Coalition Press Conference https://t.co/9NDCeu3qaM

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

Please donate and share the Go Fund Me . https://t.co/AvXuzSWLv7

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

Police should not to be the judge, jury and executioner. Dalaneo Martin should still be here. Help this grieving family bury their loved one and continue to push for accountability for killer cops. Donate : https://t.co/FJu8s1nNYh
Cash App: $Justice4Dalaneo #Blacklivesmatter

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

Court support is mutual aid. @CourtwatchDC

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

Please sign on to virtual court tomorrow and support our Comrade Ana. She was arrested on Capital Hill by Capital Police while fighting back for the people. We want to pack out the virtual court in hopes that the case will be dismissed. Injustice happens in empty courtrooms.

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

Tomorrow the mother of Dalaneo Martin will speak for the first time since her son was brutally killed by a @usparkpolicepio Cop.Why you all didn’t reveal how many times he was shot and where? Rise up in Solidarity with the family at his vigil. #BlackLivesMatter #ReleaseTheBodyCam

[Courtwatch DC @CourtwatchDC]

Congress not only has its hands in DC legislation, but it has its foot on the neck of DC's judicial system. #handsoffDC is about the courts too. The people of DC have no say in who their judges are nor who prosecutes most of the cases in our jurisdiction.

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

Debo’s family was on the scene for over 4 hours before police spoke to the family about their love one and where he was taken . He was 17 years old. They never allowed the mother to identify her son. This is a photo of him with his now 5 month old son. #reclaimsafety #stoppolice

[DC Safety Squad @DC_safety_squad]

People over property
Debo life mattered
Police interactions lead to violence and death. Debo was sleep and then killed by Park Police behind a non violent allege crime. #policegunviolenceisviolence #StopGunViolence #BlackLivesMatter @HarrietsDreams @Defund_MPD @DMVBlackLives