Interesting @majorjenny Yet blocks away you laid down the call to arrest friends and clergy demanding the new you jail which targets mostly black and brown youth be stopped. Maybe you need more than bias training https://t.co/kX8GyV0bTV
So proud of my team and of the work being done by @SEACivil_Rights.
I asked my staff to attend this implicit bias in leadership training because I believe it is vital to making sure our city does a better job addressing institutional and structural racism in our government.
If this is how SPD treats singing and peaceful protestors, the treatment of black and brown youth is immeasurably worse (obvi). There was something really deep about seeing the arrests today. Arrested for sitting and singing. This is where we are with our state militarization.
The jail itself is so immoral, and then to see the police take further action against those taking a stand against this oppressive institution was both not at all surprising AND so wrong.
There was something really disheartening to see the arrests today at the #NoNewYouthJail action. Faith leaders, clergy, & protesters were arrested while peacefully taking action.
I left a message with Chief Best asking for #NoNewYouthJail clergy and youth protestors to be released with no charges. We need a moratorium on construction and further community input if we are to truly commit to Zero Youth Detention
@kcexec@MayorJenny y'all are responsible for this and should be questioning yourselves. you care more about building this jail than the people in and out of it. Despicable. #peoplesmoratorium#nonewyouthjail Call Police Chief Best’s Office: 206-684-5577 for immediate release. https://t.co/nbx0VSVjzd
Seattle Police Department just arrested peaceful praying protesters outside of King County’s new children’s jail @kcexec@MayorJenny#NoNewYouthJail#PeoplesMoratorium
Call Police Chief Best’s Office: 206-684-5577
We are here at the construction site as clergy and people of faith lock their bodies down to steep beams of the construction to halt construction! #NoNewYouthJail
petition for #PeoplesMoratorium: https://t.co/Hjuv3DQLFZ
press release: https://t.co/TA1WUzCnAW
@kcexec values quick construction of the youth jail
over the safety of workers and protesters. Has begun work on site despite presence of protesters, against safety regulations. #PeoplesMoratorium
An amazing spread of food to honor the coalition and orgs that are doing amazing community work. We need community solutions not jails! #NoNewYouthJail Day 12 of the #PeoplesMoratorium
LOL. @kcexec really knows how to make it seem like he's down. But he's just Dow. Who builds jails to cage kids, even though we've been fighting against it for 6 years. #NoNewYouthJail#PeoplesMoratorium https://t.co/jEpJPmVmrn
If we as a community can imagine a world without prisons and can imagine what to do with all that money, why can't you @kcexec ? #NoNewYouthJail # WheresDow https://t.co/VlPRbhHmfE