DefundPoliceSA

The city of San Antonio spends nearly half a billion dollars on police. We’re organizing to change that. Fund communities, not police.

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

The new deadline for the SA Speakup budget survey is this Friday, and that gives us #5DaystoFreeze!

Today is F: #FreezeSAPD

Take the survey and tell @COSAGOV what real San Antonians want our budget to look like!
https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

More info in 🧵

[𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖊 @lestesays]

Pull up tonight. Bring your own candles if you can. #DarrellZemaultSr

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

Join us tomorrow evening at 7:30pm in remembrance of #DarrellZemaultSr

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REMEMBERING #DARRELLZEMAULTSR

Please wear masks and observe social distancing as much as possible.

Water and lighters will be provided

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

REMEMBERING #DARRELLZEMAULTSR

Please wear masks and observe social distancing as much as possible.

Water and lighters will be provided

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CLEAN UP AT DARRELL ZEMAULT SR HOUSE

12pm - 4/5pm
TODAY AND TOMORROW

[𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖊 @lestesays]

After #DarrellZemaultSr was killed by SAPD we had to clean out his house. At that time, we had to put the bulky items in the backyard until the next bulky item pick up. The next pickup is Monday. We are looking for volunteers today & tom to help get the bulky items to the curb

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

This is the LAST DAY to get your voice on the record to #FreezeSAPD!!! Fill out the survey soon and share pls!
https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

3/ Like other budget initiatives by the city, the survey is purposely built to make it hard to tell them that we want communities and not cops, so here is a guide as you take it to best communicate that it’s time to #FreezeSAPD

https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

That chart shows:

What SAPD + Park Police get from COSA's General Fund—not even including the funding they get from grants or civil forfeiture.

TOTAL funding of Human Services + Health + 311

TOTAL funding of Parks & Recreation + Libraries + Arts & Culture

#FreezeSAPD

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

For the last day of #5DaysToFreeze, a new chart of the city's 2021 budget priorities. The last E in FREEZE stands for Equity.

EACH YEAR @COSAGOV spends OVER HALF A BILLION on Policing!!!

LAST DAY to get your voice on the record to #FreezeSAPD: https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

This means that under HB 1900, SAPD’s budget can essentially either freeze where it's at (proportional to the rest of the budget), or go up.

Fill out the survey and tell @COSAGOV we want ZERO INCREASE to the police budget: https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

Why #FreezeSAPD instead of #DefundSAPD this year?
Today is Z for Zero Increase, which is what we're asking for under HB 1900.
The law heavily penalizes cities for defunding police budgets. Even if we accepted the penalties, the law would redirect money to other forms of policing.

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

Don’t let the heat keep you from telling @COSAGOV to #FreezeSAPD on the SA Speak Up budget survey: https://t.co/Qr8X4ZK67I

The EE in FREEZE is for: Engage & Educate

After the survey, get educated & join us at our next community meeting! Sign up: https://t.co/w80deMqYY6

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

Tips for filling out the survey for #FreezeSAPD before this Friday's deadline: https://t.co/MFkvx96lAk

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3/ Like other budget initiatives by the city, the survey is purposely built to make it hard to tell them that we want communities and not cops, so here is a guide as you take it to best communicate that it’s time to #FreezeSAPD

https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

Day 2 of #5DaystoFreeze!
The 2nd letter of FREEZE is R for Redistribute!

If you haven't yet, fill out the SA Speakup survey & share! Tell @COSAGOV what San Antonio's budget priorities should be: https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

(Thanks to @BlackFuturesSA for inspo for today's graphic!)

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

4/ Submit the survey, share, and keep an eye out this week for our next piece in #5DaystoFreeze 👀
https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

(Also, thanks to @texrising for lending and customizing graphics for today!)

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

The new deadline for the SA Speakup budget survey is this Friday, and that gives us #5DaystoFreeze!

Today is F: #FreezeSAPD

Take the survey and tell @COSAGOV what real San Antonians want our budget to look like!
https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

More info in 🧵

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

3/ Like other budget initiatives by the city, the survey is purposely built to make it hard to tell them that we want communities and not cops, so here is a guide as you take it to best communicate that it’s time to #FreezeSAPD

https://t.co/DSmEl9GwxQ

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

Tomorrow is the first conversation about budget goals, but it won’t be the last. Tweet city manager @ejwskk about what kind of investment you need from COSA with the hashtag #freezesapd and join us in the defund coalition at https://t.co/tj6MdNVstP

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

San Antonio! Tomorrow morning, @COSAGOV will meet to determine next year’s budget priorities but recent legislation by the state means policing could bankrupt our communities! Open this thread to learn what HB1900 is, and why our only option is to #freezesapd.

[DefundPoliceSA @DefundPoliceSA]

THIS is inequality! THIS is what organized abandonment looks like! When cities choose to invest in police at the expense of the communities they claim to serve, they create the poverty that is used as justification to criminalize poor Black, and Brown people

#freezesapd